Lexa

[The boy 4rm oz]

Well I have a treat for you all today. I have finally finished my HDD bays. That means all the plexi I had cut in now mounted. YAY!!!
This is what my HDD racks looked like before I started my modding today:

This is the part I will be modding to finish them off:

I am covering the base of the racks with a piece of plexi. This will help me keep some cables out the way, keep the air directly moving across my HDD and above all look cool.
The piece of plexi in position:

A bit of modification to get it to sit right:

Perfect:

While I had the Dremel out I figured I may as well expand this hole.
Before:

After:

The hole is now big enough for a SATA power cable.
Next I market and drilled the corner holes to mount the plexi:

Did the same on the piece of plexi:

The plexi bolted to the base of the HDD rack:

I did this to save time when drilling the rest of the holes. I can drill both pieces at the same time.
The rest of the holes drilled and bolts added:

On to painting.
The primer:

And painted black:

And here is a pic of the rack all back together:

I also put some U channel on the cut I made earlier:

And finally the complete HDD rack with the HDD cover:

And with the rest of my drive bays:

Well I think that looks quite good lol.

Well not much work I can do now until I get my fans, hopefully by the end of the week. Until then...

Happy Modding.

[The boy 4rm oz]

I have been using the PC for about 7 months now, it's in pieces on my desk lol.
Thanks for the comment.

I may have an update for you guys later this weekend.

[The boy 4rm oz]

Update time.

I have riveted the HDD and ODD drive bays together...finally, it has been 10 months since they were like this lol. I also riveted the front face plate onto them as well and guess what, the bays stayed perfectly square .
Here are some complete shots of the drive bay stack:

The bay res fits perfectly:

And the inlet and outlet even line up (you can't see it too well in the pic):

Alas there are still a few things to be finished up on.
These two gaps, here:

And here:

Need to have mesh covers made up.

While I am at it I will also make a mesh cover for the bay res:

Looks a bit plain don't ya think?

Well it's a public holiday tomorrow for us Australians so I will be doing my homework which I didn't do over the weekend lol. I may get some of this work done during the week. Until then...

Happy Modding.

[The boy 4rm oz]

Well I have another update for you guys today, not modding unfortunately, just tech. Everyone loves new tech .

I guess this is a bit over due since I got the items on Friday but I had a busy weekend and couldn't get the update up.

Well here is my order:

1x TP-LINK 108Mbps wireless network card
2x Antec Tri-Cool 120mm Blue LED fans
2x OCZ RAM coolers

Here is the fan unpackaged. They come with a 3 to 4 pin adapter and it is good to see the connectors are all black apposed to white like my 80mm fans. Also the fans have a built in 3 speed fan controller, very handy. With both fans on medium I can barely hear them.
Pic:
http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/8118/dsc02184um3.jpg
I then attached the fans and the radiator to the floor of the case. Fits like a glove:

Here is a pic of the bits that come with the OCZ RAM cooler:

You get the cooler top which houses the two 60mm fans, two sets of feet (you chose depending on what your RAM slots are like) and you get two thumb screws, 2 plastic washers and 2 normal screws.
I then installed the cooler onto my 4GB of RAM:

Powered up:

The fans will eventually get the same UV treatment as the rest of them. I am trying to get my hands on some AC Ryan UV green black majic paint to re do them all.

Last but not least we have the wireless card:

I would show you some pics of it installed but it isn't working and therefore doesn't deserve to be anywhere near my rig lol.

Well that's all for now. I need to do some modding this week. Perhaps the planning for the pump platform? Until then...

Happy Modding.

[The boy 4rm oz]

It's not that it doesn't work it's just that it keeps dropping signal. My old card never had this problem. It's also only showing up as 54Mbps not 108.
Here is the thread I started about the problem:
http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/f...748#post191748

I just got off MSN with Sean (b4i7) and now I have the urge to mod that RAM cooler. I will post sketches after school.

[The boy 4rm oz]

Well I found the uploaded image of my sketches so here it is:

From left to right.

Option 1:
Basic cut out of the letters, may replace cut parts with black mesh, tie it in with the rest of the case.

Option 2:
Same as option one but with a line running parallel with the flow of the letters.

Option 3:
Completely different from the first two. The rectangle in the top left corner that reads "Project:" will actually be a piece of etched green plexi indented into a cut made into the cooler so it sits flat. The letters will be cut out in the same fashion as the others.

I am kinda leaning towards the third option. A bit more challenging and holds more physical appeal.

Also I found out what font NZXT use for their products (thanks to the NZXT forums), it's Tahoma Bold. I will be using this font for the text on the cooler mod.

Let me know what you think. Especially you Sean. If you guys have ideas post them up and I will have a look.

[The boy 4rm oz]

Yeah I should have put a not saying that those sketches were only a mock up done in class, hence the crookedness lol. I will make something quick up in word and import a print screen shot.

Thanks for the comments guys.

[The boy 4rm oz]

Here is what I came up with. I think this will look quite effective. Just picture the letters in the green white not black. I could make the other letters black also by using some black mesh behind the cuts. I will see what it looks like without mesh before I make my mind up.

What do you guys think?

[The boy 4rm oz]

It has just come to my attention that if I cut out the 'A' in LEXA the center piece will have no where to sit. I will be inlaying the letter cuts with black mesh. This will also tie the chrome cooler into the rest of the case design.

[The boy 4rm oz]

I am glad you are enjoying my mod Vexxx, I'm just glad to get positive feed back lol. I won't let you down. Thanks for the +rep.

The mod is on the final stretch now guys. I just need to place one final order than I can completely finish off the bottom panel.

All that's left to do is:
RAM cooler mod
Pump platform
Paint bottom panel
Sleeve remaining cables
Solder up the CCFL switches and extend some cables
AND
the water cooling