HAF Mod 932

[Remy]

Not too much happening on the mod so far this week. I had a few small runs in the paint, wet sanded then out and added another coat. I'm thinking I'll be able to start the reassembly of the case this weekend.

I've decided to, when i have the time, pick up some liquid masking tape to outline the letters that are already painted on the case, and fill them in with the same color blue I'm using inside the case. The picture below shows where the lettering/logo is on the case...

Also, I got the go ahead from wifey for christmas to perform an upgrade to my computer. Here's a list of the parts I'll bee adding to this build:

- Intel Core i7-920 Bloomfield 2.66GHz

- ASUS P6T6 WS Revolution
- I'm a bit undecided on this. There's no slot for a sound card, and I just don't trust onboard sound. Any thoughts?

- Kingston HyperX 6GB (3 x 2GB) KHX1600C9D3T1K3/6GX

- KINGWIN Mach 1 ABT-1000MA1S 1000W

- 2x XFX GTX260 Core 216

[msmrx57]

One thing you can do to get a clean edge is mask it off the paint one light coat of the same color as the background. This way the only bleed through at the edge won't be seen. I've done this when painting stripes or two tones an it works very nicely. If your not painting the outside of the case you could just use a clear coat to get the same result, then clear the whole case.

[mercerman318]

For the sound card i'm pretty sure as long as it's PCIe it will fit...

[Camride]

For the sound card i'm pretty sure as long as it's PCIe it will fit...

Yep, you can easily use a PCI-E 1x card in a 16x slot. I needed an extra NIC for mine but my sound card populated the only PCI slot and my vid card covers the only PCI-E 1x slot. Some quick googling revealed that you can use any smaller PCI-E card in a larger slot. I now have my second NIC as a PCI-E 1x card in a 16x slot, works great.

[Remy]

Thanks for the info!! My mind is set then... ASUS P6T6 WS Revolution it is!!

[Remy]

Well I got a little bit more done today; reassembled the case and got some more work done on the reservoir.


After gluing the ends of the reservoir in place, I began to see some bubbling in the seams, ans some wierd effect on the walls of the reservoir. I don't think I can do much better, so I decided I should try to hide what I didn't like. To do that, I frosted the reservoir walls. Sorry I don't have pices of the work in progress...

I got the frosted effect by first sanding the reservoir with 120 grit sandpaper. Then followed that up with multiple wet sanding up to 800 grit sandpaper. I've also decided I will light the reservoir with 2 ultra bright LEDs.

To hide the bubbling in the seams, I searched all week for some vinyl end caps that I was going to glue in place. When I couldn't find exactly what I was looking for, I remembered about this stuff called Plasti Dip.

I poured some into a little metal pan, and dipped one end of my reservoir in it. Hopefully this works to hide the bubbleing and add an additional layer of leak protection.

Case Reassembly

After almost 75 rivets, the case is finally reassembled. Here are some pics of the new look.

I still have more work to do and more parts to complete reassembly. Plenty of work to do to prep for the watercooling and completing the reservoir.

I also have an inspiration from another TBCS member to make another addition to the mod. But you'll have to wait and see what it his.

Until next time...

[Remy]

I've turned my attentions to the lettering on the side panel of the HAF 932 case. Glossy lettering is already there, but it doesn't show as well as I'd like it to. So after some contemplation on how I could cleanly color the lettering in without screwing up the existing paint, I came up with the following.

For reference, here's what the case lettering looked like before I got my hands on it.

To begin I went to the hobby store just down the street from my house and picked up some small brushes and liquid masking tape.

Then I spent about an hour or so masking the outlines of the lettering. Here's what that looked like.

After the liquid masking dried, I layed down a couple of coats of metallic blue paint. Here, you can barely see the lettering through the paint.

Sometime this afternoon, I'll pull out the airbrush and attempt to give the lettering some highlight. Some time today, I'll post the completed lettering.

until next time...(Later today).

[Mark_Hardware]

That paint looks great! Good work man!

[Remy]

For those of you viewing this worklog, please review the pictures below and tell me your thoughts? Should I keep this or make the lettering solid blue? I kinda like it, but at the same time, I'm not completely satisfied...

[Remy]

That paint looks great! Good work man!

Thanks Mark. What's your opinion on the lettering? Be honest.