My worklog...

[CrazeD]

I'm building a new PC and didn't have enough money for a new case right now, so I'm making do with an old case. I need to mod it a bit, though.

First I marked some spots for 80mm fans.
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a283/crazed_rider/HPIM0803.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a283/crazed_rider/HPIM0804.jpg

Weapon of choice? Rotary tool, of course.
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a283/crazed_rider/HPIM0805.jpg

I first tried using one of those "heavy duty" cutting discs. It dissolved almost instantly.
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a283/crazed_rider/HPIM0806.jpg

I switched to a fiber glass reinforced cutting disc and it lasted the entire project.

The first hole is cut out.
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a283/crazed_rider/HPIM0807.jpg

Then the second. Took about 10 - 15 minutes tops.

Ouch.... look at those jagged edges!
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a283/crazed_rider/HPIM0809.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a283/crazed_rider/HPIM0810.jpg

Little bit of grinding...
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a283/crazed_rider/HPIM0811.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a283/crazed_rider/HPIM0812.jpg

Some sanding...
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a283/crazed_rider/HPIM0813.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a283/crazed_rider/HPIM0814.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a283/crazed_rider/HPIM0815.jpg

I didn't have any sand paper, so a Dremel attachment had to make do.

After that I wired my fans.
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a283/crazed_rider/HPIM0817.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a283/crazed_rider/HPIM0818.jpg

The rear (single 80mm) has a 3-pin connector, and the two side 80mm's have a 4-pin molex. The reason the wire is so long is because I need room when I take the case apart. It's one of those old 3-panel-in-1 designs.

Later in the day I got the rear cut out.
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a283/crazed_rider/HPIM0820.jpg

Very interesting looking due to the design of the case, but it works.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a283/crazed_rider/HPIM0822.jpg

And here is my two side 80's

That's all I got for now. I'm just waiting for my parts to get here, should be here (hopefully) tomorrow, Friday by the latest.

 

[peterhuang913]

mind changing those to img tags?

 

[CrazeD]

I would, but apparently you can only post four images per post...

 

[bmxfreakrider]

yea that gets annoying when you are trying to do a tutorial...

 

[Nitestick]

i changed a couple of the links to images for you. keep the log going . if you're not going to paint be sure to clean up that side panel with some methylated spirits. otherwise be sure to do a good sanding job and clean up all the stuff that comes off.

 

[Nick]

haha like the sharp edges

 

[CrazeD]

Well I'm confused. All these parts just showed up at my door step this morning....

...I almost kissed the UPS guy.

YEEE

 

[bmxfreakrider]

haha how long did it take? 3 days? thats my record, ordered monday had it thrusday

 

[CrazeD]

I ordered it Yesterday.

UPS Next Day Air FTW!

Couple more pics:

By the way, here's a few benchies:

3DMark06:
3DMarks: 5419
SM2.0: 1972
CPU Score: 1910

Sandra Lite 2007:
Processor Arithmetic:
Dhrystone ALU: 18231MIPS (Compared to a C2D E6600 at 21685MIPS)
Whetstone iSSE3: 15401MFLOPS (Compared to a C2D E6600 at 15090MFLOPS)

Memory Bandwidth:
Int Buff'd: 7564MB/s
Float Buff'd: 7540MB/s

Super PI:
1M: 35s

Dunno why my Super PI is so low, meh.

Full specs:

AM2 AMD Athlon 64 4800+ 2.5GHz Brisbane 2x512mb L2 Cache
MSI K9A Platinum
Sapphire Radeon X1950XT 256mb
2x1GB G.Skill DDR2 800 5-5-5-15
36GB Raptor HDD
Antec Smartpower 500W
crappy old case

I'm gonna do some major wire management soon, and that will complete the worklog.

 

[bmxfreakrider]

freakin nice dude, i wish i had your parts...can you get a pic of the back panel? just want to see how that looks, as i think it was an old AT case...the ones with out a removeable io sheild and stuff, and the gigantic keyboard port.