CM Centurion 5 Mod - Untitled so far

FINALLY getting my new computer together, and I decided upon a basic case mod for my new CM Centurion 5 case. I am going to cut a window out, and a black and white paint theme with some blue accents to match the MOBO. I plan on doing something with the front of the case as well, that is still in the idea phase though, so more to come on that.

Anyway... on to the undressing of the case:

Coolermaster Centurion 5

My son getting in on the action lol.

Naked. mmm.

Primer.

oops, I made a mistake. lol

Oh look, a present for me!!

Patriot Sector 7 6gb DDR3
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Board

gonna go great with my i7-960. I have the Cool-IT Vantage I won to cool the CPU. I just need to get a SSD for the system.

one more coat of primer is going to be needed to fix the mistakes I made with the first two coats lol, and then on to the black and white paint job.

the top and side panels need to be sanded and primed as well, but I am going to cut out the side window first. More to come soon!

Is that a run? Sand it.

I did. lol and it was a run, but it was me accidentally getting too close to the 2.5" rack. haha

+sub :D

nice so far.

Got the priming done, just gotta sand and lay on the first coats. I hope I can get the paint job I have in my head done on the inside of the case. gonna be hard to get it just right, but will look awesome if it works out!

Too bad it is waaay to windy to paint today :(

Subbed to this, I love CM mods.

Its better to seek perfection than rushing things bro, so sand it again if you have any imperfections and if you need any help on any painting let me know via PM, I am known for my techniques and knowledge on the subject! :) Mod on man I am watching! :)

Thanks for the support man! your mods are awesome and I may just take you up on the offer for advice! I haven't had time to get anything done on this just yet, but I do have a few days off next week and hope to get at least the base coat on the guts of the case done. I would also like to get the window cut in the side panel as well.

Got work done on this today.. not as much as I wanted to but oh well.

Cutting out cable management on the motherboard tray. probably should have done this before priming the case, oh well I needed to do a coat or two more anyway.

Filing half done, I forgot to take a shot of it all filed will do that next update :P

Base coat started on the drive cages. (if you look closely you can see the taping job for the two tone color I am crossing my fingers and hoping I can get right. lol)

Got some sanding to do before the next coat lol.


and a little teaser for my next update... whats that? warranty?? what is that?

Did a bit more work on this, unfortunately I didn't get much done on said warranty voiding above lol so that will have to wait.

anyways, lets get to it!

This is what happens when you have a 3 yr old and you leave your drive cage within reach.

case window drawn on the side panel

Drilled a hole with a cordless drill and started cutting away with the jigsaw.

All cut out...

With a lot of filing left to do.

using tape to keep my edges straight... it works fairly well.

And more to come! so stay tuned.

I'll be watching..


Looks like a great start.

Just keep the 3 yr. old away from it when there's fresh paint on it. Kids have a way of touching fresh paint, walking in fresh concrete, and sticking stuff into electrical outlets. Or... maybe that was just me. :twisted:

lol he picked it up and dropped it... and it got a gash in it. :(

Did some more work on this but didn't take pictures lol. Just finished cutting and filing cable management holes and re-primered the main guts of the case with high build primer. I couldn't believe how much thicker it goes on than regular primer lol. should have bought that first and saved myself some money! Oh well, the more you know right? Lol

hardware testing... had to show off the CoolIT Vantage A.L.C. :evil:

nice :D

So while stress-testing an overclock my PSU decided to die. NOT cool.

The culprit capacitor. Gonna try and switch it out for a good one.

gonna have to desolder this, as I cannot for the life of me get these plugs out of the back of the PSU. Anyone have any tips? lol

The shiny part in the corner is the liquid the capacitor pooped out.

also, there was a dead fly in the bottom of the PSU case. Culprit of the cap blowing? perhaps.

More to come of the inevitable fixing. Also I am going to try to work on the paint tomorrow morning. :)

I de-soldered my power connector and switch on the ones I've done. It's either that or cut the case apart

Yeah, I am planning on desoldering it. I cannot for the life of me find my desoldering braid though. :P

Just use a straw and suck real fast... lmfao, please dont... that would be horrible.
I love the build so far. Awesome job. :)

LOL! or pick up one of those solder-suckers from radio shack for cheap :)

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Originally Posted by akzorz

Just use a straw and suck real fast... lmfao, please dont... that would be horrible.
I love the build so far. Awesome job. :)

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Thanks! Yeah... I don't want to die, or go loony!

I haven't gotten any work on this because every day off I have had it RAINS. grrr. This paint needs to get finished already! lol

Looks great so far. Are you going to cut out your own acrylic for the window or do you have a kit that will fit?

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Originally Posted by Espie79

Looks great so far. Are you going to cut out your own acrylic for the window or do you have a kit that will fit?

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Thanks for looking! I will be cutting my own acrylic for this.

chips in the paint :(

This is the cap that died in my power supply:

Is this a good replacement?
http://parts.digikey.com/1/parts/509...s2gp561ea.html

yeah, that should do as a replacement.

unfortunately, it looks like you pulled the plating out of the through hole in the circuit board. you can see it stuck to the left leg of the cap in your picture. that means you no longer have a connection from the top layer to the bottom layer of the circuit board for the power supply. so i'm guessing that even if you replace the cap, the power supply probably won't work unless you add some jumper wires to go from the leg on teh cap to where ever the original traces went to.

Uh oh... don't tell me that...

Looking at the capacitor, yes it looks like I have some copper on the lead still stuck to it. I thought I had all the solder off, apparently not :( I am a n00b when it comes to electronics, lol I am learning though.

I will see if I can rig something up to where this thing still works, I think I might just order a new PSU when funds aren't quite so tight.

(Have to buy a new car, and fund another Vegas trip!)

don't feel bad. desoldering is way more difficult than soldering. even someone like me that has been doing it for almost 30 years still damages boards like that from time to time. although usually it's on old dead boards that i am cannibalizing for parts so it usually doesn't matter.

Just bought a 80 dollar cheapass 700w rosewill PSU for 30 bucks... hopefully that will tide me over until I can get my Kingwin up and running again. I also got an Antec Sonata case (free) to temporarily house my PC until this mod is done. Can't beat it!

The case is nice, but won't be as nice as my mod (so I keep telling myself, lol) once it is done.

No work done lately?

Not really, life has kind of gotten in the way. I did get one of the side panels worked on last week, but nothing too exciting, just more paint. :)

OK... this build hasn't died yet, I promise. I plan on getting some work done in the next few days. If there isn't an update by Saturday, I give you all permission to throw tomatoes at me. :D

Cocked and locked on!

Unfortunately, I'm fresh out of tomatoes.

Would paintballs and CO2 suffice????



*Great, now I've got the urge to make a paintball effect on a case.....

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Originally Posted by AmEv

Unfortunately, I'm fresh out of tomatoes.

Would paintballs and CO2 suffice????



*Great, now I've got the urge to make a paintball effect on a case.....

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actually you are one of the few within driving distance of me who could go through with the threat! haha. And yes, now you should go shoot paintballs at a case. Take videos and lots of pics!

Uh.whasdf,
Forgot about that fact, BG.

OK... so it has been a little too cold to do any painting today, hoping it warms up so I can get the paintjob finished. Send warm weather my way!

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Originally Posted by billygoat333

gonna have to desolder this, as I cannot for the life of me get these plugs out of the back of the PSU. Anyone have any tips? lol

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They're press tabs on the top and bottom, just use some channel locks to push the tabs down and it'll slip out the front (towards the outside face) might have to peel off that hotglue first though!

you can see them in that picture.

Thanks for the tip on the channel locks, I bet you that will work! I tried pliers but I needed an extra hand. +rep. Got a little bit done today, pictures to come forthwith.