Noob modding, its cool 8-)

[Logic Zero]

Hi guys, I just thought I’d show you the pics of my PC! I started thinking about modding about a month ago, since then I hadn’t even had a look inside my pc, and I didn’t know what sizes system fans came in! :p

I was gonna post pics after I fixed my “hot cpu” problem but it turns out its running fine so here we go!

PC as stock:

Busting out the dremel

First cut, thank god everything went smoothly! (Remember iv never done this before!)

All filed down and relatively smooth

Popped it back on the case to take a look at what I’d be able to see through it.

Got my first batch of parts and some Perspex

Everything from that batch installed (upped the ram to corsair 2gb ddr2 whilst at it)

About a week after doing this I decided the view inside was pretty much crap, so I took out the cage on the right hand side and made a Perspex HDD mount and hid it in a spare drive bay, runs lovely and cool and much much neater. Then I flipped the Perspex window sheet over so the fan was on the other side, this made the internals of the case a lot cooler as the airflow was better (before this the intake was throwing air in but then the exhuast would suck it right back out again leaving no chance for the rest of the case to cool)

[Logic Zero]

Unfortunately I was so engrossed I forgot to take pics along the way but my dad managed to get one of me tootling around. I put some vantec cable braiding in, a vantec UV cold cathode (hopefully my blue cathodes are coming tomorrow, but everyone knows what they look like so I thought id post pics today xD), some fan vibration dampers (Perspex was giving off an annoying buzz) and some new IDE and SATA cables. After much worrying I decided to take the plunge and change the heatsink over to my Tt golden orb II, and to my surprise it was so much easier than I first thought!!!

Lit up (only UV cathode installed atm)

Outside of case

One last shot

Just a bit more cable management (hiding them etc) and ill be happy with that, im very happy with the way the braiding came out. If anyone is struggling with this I came up with a way of getting it on quickly and easily. Fold a small piece of paper into a smooth cone shape and cello-tape it together. Cut the big end off to the size you need so that you can just about fit the end of the connector into it, and then slide your braiding up and over the connector all the way down!

Well that’s it for now. Any comments good/bad appreciated! These were the big steps forward into computer modding for me, I don’t think I will stop modding now! I would just like to thank all of you on this forum for the content on here, I would never have been able to attempt this at all without the wealth of knowledge and support that I read and received!

Thank you once again

-Chris

[Logic Zero]

Might pop one last pic on tommorow if my blue cathodes arrive, thats if people dont think they've seen enough mutilated hp plastic already

[silverdemon]

that's actually quite nice, you could do with some more cable management though (as you already said...)
but really, for a first try it is very nice!

[Razors Edge]

Hp modding huh nice. I always enjoy viewing galleries where people take regular named computers (dell,hp,compaq,emachines, ect) and modding them. Nice work so far, Keep going!

[progbuddy]

The blue lights are...

FREAKIN AWESOME!!

lol.

[Indybird]

Nice work! I've been trying to convince my friend to mod his HP media center (looks just like yours), and he doesn't want to. Maybe this will inspire him!

By the way, are you going to paint that, I think that would really finish off a really simple, but clean (and good) mod.

[simon275]

Nice clean simple mod turning a stock brand case into something nice.

By the way I like your sig Logic Zero very nice.

[Logic Zero]

Thanks guys

Was thinking about painting it....hmmm might paint the inside :p

By the way I like your sig Logic Zero very nice.

Why thank you.

I've been trying to convince my friend to mod his HP media center

I had to try and convince my mum :p

Thanks to all the rest of you, makes me feel all warm and cuddly inside! xD

[DaveW]

Looks pretty good to start off with! good work on the window, i was worried that your cuts were poor-but then you took the time out to file them to perfection. It's a good thing you had the patience to do that-most new modders think you can just dremel a hole and that's you.

Your work shows a lot of potential, so keep it up, and i want to see where this takes you.

Btw...loving your sig.

-Dave