Project Stealthlow

[BS Mods]

Looking great. That is such a nice design.

Since your countersink went dull you can also use a drill bit that is about twice the size of the hole. Just use it gently or by hand even.

Also, clean up that work area!!

[AmEv]

OK. I am now lurking (cough cough) this worklog.

Have I given you enough rep yet?
jk

*Apparently I have.

[msmrx57]

Very nice indeed. As far as attaching it to the mobo if theres no flex in the mobo tray or back panel there's no reason at all. Most cases just aren't built this well.

[Waynio]

Looking great. That is such a nice design.

Since your countersink went dull you can also use a drill bit that is about twice the size of the hole. Just use it gently or by hand even.

Also, clean up that work area!!

Thanks BS , I've ordered a new countersink bit & yeah it's about time I cleaned & tidied the garage .

OK. I am now lurking (cough cough) this worklog.

Have I given you enough rep yet?
jk

*Apparently I have.

hehe Thanks AmEv .

Very nice indeed. As far as attaching it to the mobo if theres no flex in the mobo tray or back panel there's no reason at all. Most cases just aren't built this well.

LOL thanks msmrx57 .

A bit that I think every diy modder fears getting wrong when making the mobo mounts is done & correct so with me not being a drinker or anything I'll post a load of pics instead lol .

So, I put the case on it's side with the io shield in.

Took my last pc & placed it in the case.

Held it up enough to have the io bits fit inside the shield & drawn along the edge & with the edge being drawn I could remove the io shield.

Then line the board up to the line & poke a marker through to get the exact mounting positions, then spot drilled, then drilled, then tried tapping but the tap fell straight through , so I either used the wrong drill bit or drilled it badly so I went back to the trusty brass inserts & made the hole 4mm & whacked them in .

Then put the standoffs in.

Tadaaa & wooooo hooooooo .

Now all I need to do is drill & file the expansion slots in the mobo panel.

Also I pre-drilled the positions for the fan mount bars.

[x88x]

Wow, I finally got around to reading through the last few pages, and I am impressed. I don't think I've rep'd you for this in a while, so here ya go.

I'm glad you get the IO/PCI mask/frame/whatever sorted out, it looks awesome, and much more in the theme of the case than a wimpy steel shell one would have.

[Waynio]

Wow, I finally got around to reading through the last few pages, and I am impressed. I don't think I've rep'd you for this in a while, so here ya go.

I'm glad you get the IO/PCI mask/frame/whatever sorted out, it looks awesome, and much more in the theme of the case than a wimpy steel shell one would have.

Thanks 88 but wow it would be soo much nicer to have access to CNC for that pci/io piece could have been done so much faster but I'll have some basic templates to make the process much quicker when I have a go in the future , by the way the solid pci piece cost about £20 so is £10 less than a standard one .

[AmEv]

Huge. 0.0

[Waynio]

Huge. 0.0

LOL yeah it is a bit .

Just ordered a 10mm counterbore which I'll need to mod the pilot for m3 size for the fan mount bars so they fit snug inside the positions .

[xr4man]

i fcan't believe you would let somethig as nasty as that heatsink anywhere close to that sexy ass case.

[Waynio]

i fcan't believe you would let somethig as nasty as that heatsink anywhere close to that sexy ass case.

Ah but that will make the new parts look all the more better .
Thanks xr4man .