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    ok not do much of an update bcause i was in such a hurry i forgot to take pictures, i got all the peices cut except 80mm fan holes dvd drive and io shield holes, took some of that "waste" plexi bent it, drilled it, and wet sanded it to make the hdd cage. im going to take pics, and should have it assemled for the most part on sunday, thats all for the moment comment if you please
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    Yea soooo... i bought some special adhesive and did some final trims, got the dvd drive hole cut roughly so still got a bit of work to do on that, in perspective heres what still needs to be done:
    -cut out io sheild hole
    -cut out 80mm fanholes
    -cut out power button hole
    -assemble pieces
    -order parts
    -install parts
    -Tell my parents im Not CRAZY...well not too much anyways
    comment please
    Will

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    Thought it was about time for a photo update,
    heres a pic of the frosted hdd cage

    heres one of the dvd drive hole that took forever to fit right

    heres one of the glue i bought for this project still havent tried it yet,

    and finally heres one of all the pieces after being wetsanded lighty

    now all i have to do is the steps above this post.
    comment please
    Will

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    This looks great man...it's fun to watch scrath built mods! I've always wanted to try this...just haven't worked up the courage yet Keep up the good work bro!
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    thanks for the reply! I cut out the power supply hole and am measuring for the io shield hole right now, ive been thinking about this power button http://www.frozencpu.com/products/61...ion.html#blank what do you think? Pics later maybe
    Will

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    Well...thanks for the Enormous amount of helpfull replies jk, i have decided to go ahead with that power button and cut the hole
    here you can see the power supply hole
    the inside of the case
    and with the door on
    this was done with masking tape it is not permanent i assembled it just to see it i am impatient, really all thats left6 to do is drill some ventlation holes cut out the io shield hole and install the parts
    Will

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    Ok then so i got the io shield hole done and drilled some ventalation holes

    heres one with the io in place

    and finally i added the fan to the top

    , I ordered the parts on friday so if everything goes to plan it should be done by the end of the week. Please Comment
    Will

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    great build
    But you really should drill more hooles for the ventilator leaveit like that and the fan isn't utilitized 100%

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    yea i took your advice and it kinda cracked the pexi, so yea, but its not too bad and i problably wont even notice when its done
    Will

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    Be more careful next time
    You could still cut out the whole circle , and the protect the fan with fan mesh

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