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Compaq case mod

here's another pic

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t77snapshot said:
ummm this could yield a problem because it's all the way to the bottom.:ohwell: Like sniper bob said, How many hdd's are you going to have? if one, then I say cut all the way up to here (see pic) instead. Once again not passed the rivet. This way you will have a more options on where to place the fan or 2 if there is room;)

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yeah im only going to use one so thats no problem. i actually have a 61.4gb HDD:roll:
 
I agree. Cut out all the hdd bays except for the one or two that will have drives mounted in them.
 
I'd cut them all out and use a 5.25 to 3.5 adapter, but thats just me
then you could probably fit 2 120mm fans up front if you tried.
 
sNiPeRbOb said:
I'd cut them all out and use a 5.25 to 3.5 adapter, but thats just me
then you could probably fit 2 120mm fans up front if you tried.
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im just going to stick with one HDD bay because it will cost more to get the 5.25 to 3.5 adapter and im on a limited budget.
 
bend the 3.5 bays you cut out to make your own 5.25 adapter maybe? Or drill out the rivets on the top of the 3.5 cage, cut the cage down and invert it to go up into the 5.25 bays.
 
sNiPeRbOb said:
bend the 3.5 bays you cut out to make your own 5.25 adapter maybe? Or drill out the rivets on the top of the 3.5 cage, cut the cage down and invert it to go up into the 5.25 bays.
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then it will look crappy i want it to look like i was bought like that.
 
your cutting the entire case up, but your worried the drive bays will look like junk? I assure you that flipping the 3.5 cage up into the first 5.25 bay will work AND look clean.
 
How about cutting here? Thought your setup might look something like this.

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If you plan in cutting a hole in the bezel then yes! I think that would look nice if it's a clean cut.:)
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If you need a 5.25 bay to 3.5, I have one you can have for the price of shipping, pulled it from my CM 690 and I'm never going to use it.
 
ok lets recap

1. cut out mesh

2. cut 3.5 drive bays

3. put a 120mm intake fan in front of case

4. put a 120mm fan on top of case

5. cut cable management holes

6. sand case

7. clean case of dirt

8. prime case

9. pant interior and front gray thing yellow


is that correct?
 
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Radical_Edward said:
If you need a 5.25 bay to 3.5, I have one you can have for the price of shipping, pulled it from my CM 690 and I'm never going to use it.
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can you hold it for me like i said im on a limited budget and if i have any money left over i would buy it.
 
It's not going anywhere. Seriously for the price of shipping it's yours. if you choose to kick me a few bucks for it, that's fine with me. If not, one more happy TPU member. Just make this rig crunch when your done and I'll be happy! ;)
 
Radical_Edward said:
It's not going anywhere. Seriously for the price of shipping it's yours. if you choose to kick me a few bucks for it, that's fine with me. If not, one more happy TPU member. Just make this rig crunch when your done and I'll be happy! ;)
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how much is a few bucks?
 
adcom32 said:
ok lets recap

1. cut out mesh

2. cut 3.5 drive bays

3. put a 120mm intake fan in front of case

4. put a 120mm fan on top of case

5. sand case

6. clean case of dirt

7. cut cable management holes

8. prime case

9. pant interior and front gray thing yellow


is that correct?
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You might want to cut cable management holes before you sand and clean the case.:slap:
 
t77snapshot said:
You might want to cut cable management holes before you sand and clean the case.:slap:
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ok fixed it, anything else i sould do to make it mad sick?;)
 
You want more? :D

1.) Cut a large square hole in the mobo tray to access the socket back plate. This makes it easy to switch cpu coolers without having to remove the whole board.

2.) Apply some sound dampaning material to the base of the case. It won't make a large different in noise, but acts as a good dust catcher and I think it just looks cleaner. I know your on a budget so I might have some left over from my last build.

3.) Change the front panel leds to yellow ones and like I said before, you can mod the case fans/ cathodes with yellow as well. Now modding all your fans to yellow leds will be very time consuming, so I was thinging maybe white leds will light up the yellow paint. We might be able to find yellow fans:) check A.C.Ryan's website, they have lots of uv colored fans.:)

4.) With the paint jod I wouldn't do the inside 100% yellow. You want to even the theme out nicely, for example: paint the mobo tray, inside/outside rear, and top of the case Yellow. With the botton black and drive bays black. I can draw out a good example if you want.

5.) Have you thought about mounting a fan on the bottom as intake? This will be very effective if the case will be off the carpet and on a table or stand. If you want to do this I would get taller feet so air can actually get under there. If you really want to be flashy you can get led case pegs.;)

Do you have a Lowe's or Home depot near by? They have Plexi-glass that you can cut to the size you want.

To help with more mod idea's, do you have the specs for this mod yet? What psu, cpu cooler, mobo etc are you using?
 
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t77snapshot said:
You want more? :D

1.) Cut a large square hole in the mobo tray to access the socket back plate. This makes it easy to switch cpu coolers without having to remove the whole board.

2.) Apply some sound dampaning material to the base of the case. It won't make a large different in noise, but acts as a good dust catcher and I think it just looks cleaner. I know your on a budget so I might have some left over from my last build.

3.) Change the front panel leds to yellow ones and like I said before, you can mod the case fans/ cathodes with yellow as well. Now modding all your fans to yellow leds will be very time consuming, so I was thinging maybe white leds will light up the yellow paint. We might be able to find yellow fans:) check A.C.Ryan's website, they have lots of uv colored fans.:)

4.) With the paint jod I wouldn't do the inside 100% yellow. You want to even the theme out nicely, for example: paint the mobo tray, inside/outside rear, and top of the case Yellow. With the botton black and drive bays black. I can draw out a good example if you want.

5.) Have you thought about mounting a fan on the bottom as intake? This will be very effective if the case will be off the carpet and on a table or stand. If you want to do this I would get taller feet so air can actually get under there. If you really want to be flashy you can get led case pegs.;)

Do you have a Lowe's or Home depot near by? They have Plexi-glass that you can cut to the size you want.

To help with more mod idea's, do you have the specs for this mod yet? What psu, cpu cooler, mobo etc are you using?
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all them ideas sound really good, and about the fan at the bottom i dont know where to put it so it can be directly under my GPU like yours, i will be using a CoolerMaster 460w PSU, the cpu cooler i will be using is a BigTyp 14 Pro Thermaltake, and i will be using the ASUS P5K-E.
 
you have alot of cutting to do when my dremel arrives to you, you will probably need to buy a few more cutting discs. I gave you 2 or 3 realy good ones and a small tube of 50 of the cheaper cutting discs. I cant wait to see your case when you have it all completed,Take your time cause once your done all the fun is over...
 
DTV DRAGON said:
you have alot of cutting to do when my dremel arrives to you, you will probably need to buy a few more cutting discs. I gave you 2 or 3 realy good ones and a small tube of 50 of the cheaper cutting discs. I cant wait to see your case when you have it all completed,Take your time cause once your done all the fun is over...
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yeah i cant wait to see the end product i never did a case mod like this before, and where do think i can find some more cutting blades?
 
any hobby shop, hardware stores, I get mine here at canadian tire, , very easy to fins dremel bits and cuttoff wheels, and they are pretty cheap as well
 
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