Old Case, New Life

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February 16th 2011
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Key Features:
AMD CPU AMD Graphics Custom Paint Job Water-cooled
System Specs:
  • CPU AMD Phenom II b50 x4 3.4 GHz
  • RAM G.SKILL 4GB DDR2 1066
  • Mobo Gigabyte 790X UD4P
  • HDD 1TB WD Black, 500GB WD Green, MyBook 500GB
  • VGA HIS Radeon HD 4850
  • Watercooling XSPC Rasa
  • Soundcard Creative Xmod
  • Mouse Madcatz R.A.T. 7
  • Keyboard Saitek Eclipse II
  • Gamepad Belkin n52te
  • Monitors Acer 22”LCD Monitor, AOC 32” LCD TV
  • Speakers Harmon Kardon Soundsticks II
Performed Mods:
This is an old Gateway case salvaged from being thrown out. It only had an 80mm intake and 2 80mm exhausts. The front panel was restructured to hold an Apevia LED 120mm fan. Cut a blowhole to hold a Vantec 92mm fan. Two Apevia LED fans were used as exhaust. Soldered UV leds onto the fans instead of those blue LEDs it comes with. Painted interior and exterior black / blue. Wired Power and Reset switches, and HDD indicator to front panel. Cut window in side panel. Added two UV cathodes. Changed clamps on tubing to metal spring clamps instead of plastic ones. Changed molex and 4 pin connectors from white to blue. Added Silverstone FP32B drive bay to provide USB ports to the front of the case.
Alot of time went into making this 10 year old case look great. Cable management is a big problem with this case because of the size. Cable sleeving and zip ties help keep things neat. I filled the case with UV light instead of LEDs since my last case was too bright. Now that the case is done, next upgrade will be the video card and replacing the stock fans on the radiator. Thanks for looking! I had to compress alot of the photos to get them on this site. Visit http://s1192.photobucket.com/albums/aa328/soccerwave24/case%20mod/ for high resolution pics.
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2 Comments on Old Case, New Life

#1
bokou
pictures are terribad but it doesn't even look like an older gateway case.. nice job
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soccerwave24
Thanks for the compliment! I had to compress the photos sadly because I did not know of the 2Mb restriction before hand. That is why I provided the link. I will try to re-upload better photos soon
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