Saint Louis Cardinals theme case! - Haswell CPU

[TheGreatSatan]

A Mod for my Wife!!

The case I'm using is the Fractal Design Arc Midi

I need to tear it down for painting. The first to go is one of the drive bay cages. I will not be putting it back in either because I'll only have two drives and there's room on the bottom

Next, comes everything else that's not part of the base steel frame

Can you believe this thick filter was on the top? Why the hell would they use such a thick filter over an exhaust fan??

The front comes off too with it's lone fan

There she is....the frame

I start painting with a light red coat

The front and top mesh pieces are painted white

and the front and top panels are painted red

Once dry, I reassemble the top without the thick mesh filter

The front will obviously have a mesh filter, so that's where I start

There will be two 140mm intake fans

under the completed bezel

I need to paint the panel controls and ports area too

And put it back on the case

Once the frame is dry, all the fans and accessories go back in

Now that the top panel and front bezel are on, they go back on the case

I added a matching DVD burner

The right panel finally gets its top coat

[TheGreatSatan]

I just slapped a BIG decal on the right side because that's what the wifey wants.

It looks good anyway

and then I started painting left side and ran out paint!!

[TheGreatSatan]

I intend to use the other 5.25 bay for a light controller. The NZXT Hue is great little toy, but it's not gonna match like this

So I strip it down to the core components

The top piece, which is the largest will be white. The under layer will be red, when I get more paint...

[TheGreatSatan]

I got the Specs lined up:

i5 3570K

Asrock Z77 Extreme 6

EVGA GTX 580 DS Superclocked

8GB DDR3-1866 Corsair Dominator Platinum & OCZ Vertex 3 240GB

Corsair H110 Cooler

[AmEv]

Dude. You could really teach a modding class.

Wow!

[TheGreatSatan]

I picked up some more red paint for the mesh

And then reassembled the panel

Then I painted some thumb screws to match

Now the bays are back together

[TheGreatSatan]

I put the balls on the knobs

I don't know if I like it, what do you think?

I want an STL logo on the front of the case and tried ordering it through a metal cutter. The problem is that it's a copyrighted symbol and no one will cut it for me!

So, here I go:

I slowly widdle it away

Till it's done

I just have to strip, sand, paint, and then mount it

[AmEv]

*cue lame puns*

Seriously, though, I'm on the fence with you. Clever, but I'm not sure if I like it.

[TheGreatSatan]

I'm gonna wait till the logo is on the front and I mount the baseball bat on top before I rush to judgement.

[TheGreatSatan]

So, I admit it, the ball knobs look stupid. I've decided to use them as feet instead, but had to order one more

On to the top of the case. I have special nut that lets me add a screw without having to go through the panel

Then I ran a bolt through the bat

And added it to the top of the case

And I used a thin wire to secure the bottom of the bat to the top of the case. This will be for decoration only and NOT a handle.

And I'll need to use a wood filler to cover the bolt

But first I used my dremel to make the screw in the bat a little more concave

It's only gonna take an hour to dry, but I'm giving it 24!