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[Case Gallery] Cheap case turned into something decent

MadCow

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Processor Athlon 64 X2 4400+ @2.6 GHz
Motherboard DFI LanParty UT CFX3200
Cooling 120mm Yate Loon fan intake, 82mm ex-PSU fan exhaust
Memory 2048 mb. of cheap DDR400 RAM w/cheap heatspreaders
Video Card(s) Sapphire+HIS X1950 PRO, Crossfired@635/709
Storage WD 250 GB SATA
Display(s) Samsung 216BW
Case No-name ATX case (modded to hell)
Audio Device(s) SB X-FI OEM
Power Supply Nikao Cool Power 500W (34a@12v)
Software Windows XP PRO SP2
To view this case mod, go here.



Specs:
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ @2.64Ghz. W/AC Freezer 64 PRO
ABIT KN8 SLI
ATI X1950 PRO @ 682/1608 W/AC Accelero
2048 mb. of Ultra DDR400 RAM with cheap Chinese ebay-bought heatspreaders
X-FI OEM
WD 250GB SATA HDD
Nikao Cool Power 500W (34A@12V)
No-name $30 case

Mods:
First thing I did was dremel out a 120mm fan hole on the front of the case, behind the plastic panel. The stock 80mm hole was too small and let almost no air through. I had to modify the front panel a bit to get it to fit. Next thing was cutting out the side window, that was fairly easy and turned out well. And now the crappiest mod for this case, I hacked together a casing for some USB and audio ports to fit on the top of the case, it looks bad because I screwed up the bondo job, and it doesn't even work because I stupidly used conductive spray paint to paint it, and some got on the PCB and killed it. I also painted the faceplates of the DVD burner, floppy drive and top cover of the case black to match the rest of the case.

I know the wiring is a complete mes, I've been to lazy to sort it out. And it's pretty dusty, but once again I just don't really care.
 
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pretty good..

chris
 
what mess? Its perfectly fine!

It was a lot messier a while ago, but I had to install some fans so now the power wires are all over the place. All of the wires are just shoved in behind the HDD cages.
 
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