- Joined
- Aug 13, 2003
- Location
- Nashville TN
About a month and a 1/2 ago I picked up a killer lil deal. An Alienware case, 650w PC Power and cooling PSU, Floppy, DVD, and a ton of case fans for less than 150.00
various misc goodies mentioned above
close up of PSU
After getting the case I started to have a few ideas going threw my head and i desided to strip the case, drill down the main chassis, take it all apart and send it to the sand blaster for a nice naked look!
all blasted and sprawled all over my floor before my girl friend gets home *note the fan shrouds have been cut out*
close up of the 5 1/2" case stripped
close up of motherboard tray
The next step is to polish the chassis rivet it all back up and get down to business. The plan is to put a hard lined water cooling system in this puppy. Either stainless steel lines or copper lines chome plated. I also plan to custom cut the power supply lines and hard line these also. Kinda give the inside of the PC an sporty cold air induction under the hood look. Between the hardlines and the componets I plan to use blue silicone tubing and Oetiker hose clamps
clamps
There are other numerous things I want to do, but first things first, I need to get this puppy polished and clear coated. I know this is going to be a long project between the full time job and my daughter on the weekends, but I think itll be a really good time.
Please dont quote the pictures I dont want to kill image shack also looking for someone to possibly host pics if possible.
Please comment away and give feed back! all ideas welcome!
various misc goodies mentioned above
close up of PSU
After getting the case I started to have a few ideas going threw my head and i desided to strip the case, drill down the main chassis, take it all apart and send it to the sand blaster for a nice naked look!
all blasted and sprawled all over my floor before my girl friend gets home *note the fan shrouds have been cut out*
close up of the 5 1/2" case stripped
close up of motherboard tray
The next step is to polish the chassis rivet it all back up and get down to business. The plan is to put a hard lined water cooling system in this puppy. Either stainless steel lines or copper lines chome plated. I also plan to custom cut the power supply lines and hard line these also. Kinda give the inside of the PC an sporty cold air induction under the hood look. Between the hardlines and the componets I plan to use blue silicone tubing and Oetiker hose clamps
clamps
There are other numerous things I want to do, but first things first, I need to get this puppy polished and clear coated. I know this is going to be a long project between the full time job and my daughter on the weekends, but I think itll be a really good time.
Please dont quote the pictures I dont want to kill image shack also looking for someone to possibly host pics if possible.
Please comment away and give feed back! all ideas welcome!