Project: My Black Box

[vastonecat]

Ok so I originally submitted this in the wrong place. It looks like this is the correct place now.

First just a little back story on why I needed a new PC. My last one burnt up and was put out by me with a fire extinguisher after running 3 weeks with a new raid card and vid card.

So the first pic has the melted vid card and the second shows the fried raid card after removing the vid card.
So I want/need a new computer.
Order some goodies!

My new Phenom quad core proc a 950 watt PSU from Rosewill and a K9A P{latinum MOBO Sweet!
The new case!

the White you see through the slots is my dvd drive from the last PC (may it rest in pieces) I intend to replace it later but not yet.

Sorry I got excited and mounted everything right away without taking pics.

so a little closer shot of the insides.
I quickly realized the scythe CPU cooler was too big for the case.

couldn't get the side door to close! It sticks out like an inch too far! So I need a Bump out to cover it and since its in the way of the side fan might as well incorporate a new fan as well. So a quick run to the hardware store gets me a new piece of sheet metal for only $5.06. Now at home I go ahead and tape it off and mark out the cut lines.

and some fan grills to show a little better how it should look finished.

Ok all cut and ready for bending. so a shot of my bending machine.

and another with the bent box in place to give you a better idea how it was done.

Bent into shape, but still needs glue to hold the sides in place and a little TLC from a set of files.

So now to start on the cut out from the side door. first a Little tape so I dont muck it up too much.

and a little shot of my work area/ garage. and yes that is the main source of light for now.

All taped up with the cut marks layed out.

and the test fit on the case. fits!

here is a shot to show you how much the scythe cooler sticks out after I get the door on.

got the bumb out mounted and need to get some bondo for it.

and a shot of the tabs in place holding the bump out in place.

This is as far as I have gotten. Hope It whets your appetite some. There is a whole laundry list of things I still need to do here put in a blowhole on the front clean up the wiring with some black sleevingand a few other things im just not sure about yet. Well if you have any questions or comments please post and if you have complaints well I suppose you can post those too. I would love to hear some suggestions from you guys.

[The boy 4rm oz]

Looks good so far buddy, sucks about your old PC. I have seen CCFL inverters do the same thing.

[Braveheart]

i love that case, what graphics card did you get for the new rig?

[The boy 4rm oz]

Looks like a HIS Ice Cool Radeon of some sort, like the other.

[si-skyline]

I like your workaround from the shortness of your case xD

[vastonecat]

i love that case, what graphics card did you get for the new rig?

That card is an old MSI NX8600GTS.
Its the one I had upgraded from when My old PC burnt up. I will be upgrading again in the future.

[blueonblack]

Love the case you chose, it looked pretty sweet even stock, but your solution for the space issue was excellent.
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[vastonecat]

Thanks for the rep guys and the patience I must have caught the flu bug cause I haven't been any good to anybody since the last post.
I did sand the side down and get some bondo on it but the rest will wait till tomorrow at least when I can sand it and start the paint job hopefully. Once I get the side done I can fire it up and see if my drives survived or if I need new ones. then I will start the sleeving job. Thanks again for the rep and your patience.

[vastonecat]

Ok quick update tonight I finally got some bondo on this piece and did some sanding followed by more bondo and more sanding finally a bit of primer to show me where I need to do some more work.

Well I'm sorry I dont have more but this is my first time working with bondo and its a little trickier than it seemed from the directions on the can. As you can see from the last shot I still have some work to do with getting the bondo smoothed out so I can paint it without it showing through.