Modding Xaser III

archilochus · 11-13-03, 10:27 AM

Well I finally modded my new Xaser III case. I cut all of the restricter grids from infront of and behind 5 fans.The rig is
about 50% quiter now.I will test temps later today.This procedure was done with a pair of right cut TIN SNIPS.

It's amazing, how much differance it really makes.So guys
get those restricter plates out and enjoy a quiter rig.

The only restricter I have left is on the back of the PSU. I
will hold off on that one,for warranties sake.Note: Now
my blowhole on top of the case actually works.It used to
push the air backwards when you turned up the fans speed.
THE FANMAN

Complete details of using AVIATION TIN SNIPS to cut fan grids and blow holes are on PAGE 4......
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AVIATION TIN SNIPS EXAMPLE LINK

Ritalin · 11-13-03, 10:36 AM

pics pics pics

voodoomelon · 11-13-03, 10:39 AM

Thats exactly what I did last night on my Antec Performance ll 1040B Server case.
I've cut the rear exhaust fan grills off the back of the case using pinchers and the noise reduction is great, no more continuous 'whoosing' of moving air through the grills.
I'd actually forgotten about the front grills - good point. I'll attack them tonight.

archilochus · 11-13-03, 10:49 AM

Don't forget the top one if you have one.That was my noisiest
one.I will have to enlarge the holes in the blowhole plastic cover.
The case has a setup on top of the case for USB/ 1394 and mic/
headset jacks.It has a plastic cover that looks like a speaker grill.
The holes in the plastic cover are to small for un restricted air flow.
I left it off for now.THE FANMAN

PS: RIT buy me a digital camera and I'll get you some pics.

Mr_H · 11-13-03, 10:50 AM

I sold my Xaser III V1000D, So I could buy a much lighter case... instead of modding this one. If anyone comes up with a mod that makes the case lighter lmk

stan03 · 11-13-03, 11:40 AM

hey archilochus, how and what exctly did you do to the blowhole? PM me if you want.

archilochus · 11-13-03, 12:46 PM

Now I have to figure out how to mod the side door.Only
answer to enlarge holes for more CFM.The side door effect
the CPU and vidoe card areas.To be continued!
THE FANMAN

stan03 · 11-14-03, 10:55 AM

yea those holes are too small to allow much airflow... tell me what you do to fix that

archilochus · 11-14-03, 11:20 AM

I've been thinking I'll cut the material out in a circle.In front of the side fans, on the side door.Maybe put the wire 80mm finger
gards on.The reason I'm being specific is because we have a front door also.The mod for now is with side door and front door
OPEN or OFF. Side door is put on for temp testing.Front door
wide open.

To be continued: THE FANMAN

Bobby · 11-14-03, 11:47 AM

I just did the side and front fan grills.

-Bobby

mesmartyoudumb · 11-14-03, 11:47 AM

I have a xaser 3 aluminum. I'm interested in this too - pics pics pics :-)

deathman20 · 11-14-03, 11:48 AM

Yea removing the nasty grills makes a nice difference in preformance besides the noise but also more air.

stan03 · 11-14-03, 12:52 PM

i really want to cut that plastic window, but im very afraid of ruining it.

deathman20 · 11-14-03, 01:17 PM

Yea cutting plasic can be uh really tricky. I've been thinking the same thing then again it can crack so easy. Thats one problem if you want to cut the window.

archilochus · 11-14-03, 03:04 PM

Bobby,Nice pics.You really have to do the two rear ones.It
really pulls that air out of the rear of case better.What type
tool did you cut with? As for cutting the plexiglass window.
I have an idea! I'll have to test it first.Sorry guys no digi-cam.
But I saved the old pieces I cut out. I'll find a digi-cam soon!
To be continued: THE FANMAN

PS: Bobby do you have a fan for the top blow hole??

Bobby · 11-14-03, 05:13 PM

I was looking at the rear and it's not that bad.

I used a Dremel and a fiberglass cutting wheel. The sparks were fun to watch the first 5 seconds

.

I also cut off the plastic piece on the side fan holder.

I have a SmartFanII on the top. Most of the air blows back but it moves the air around and my psu has 2 fans so it stays cool in there.

-Bobby

archilochus · 11-14-03, 08:46 PM

Bobby looks like a good OC rig.Have you OCed it yet? If so
to what GHz? Did you put the plastic cover back on the top of the case?I will have to enlargen the holes in it first.Nice job.Clean! THE FANMAN

Bobby · 11-14-03, 10:58 PM

It's running at 3.1ghz right now. For whatever reason, 5:4 doesn't work well with my memory (corsair was worse). I can do 244 fsb at 1:1 with this memory though.

What plastic cover are you talking about?

I haven't gone further with the fan holes in the case. Right now, if I take the side panel off, I don't see any drop in temps (mb or cpu). My video card gets hotter when I take the side panel off. This case has great airflow.

-Bobby

archilochus · 11-15-03, 06:34 AM

Nice very nice.The cover I'm referring to goes on top of my case.
It is the plastic cover that looks like a speaker grill.It has the
USB/ 1394/ Mic and head set jacks.What exactly is your case?
You might add the case and OC speed to sig.Sounds like you got the flow to go!

To be continued. THE FANMAN

LIKE this one in the pics.Third box on left.

CASE LINK

Bobby · 11-15-03, 09:28 AM

Ok. I have the same thing. Enermax CS-10181B

My o/c speed has been fluctuating for the past few months testing new memory and bios versions so I didn't bother putting it in my sig. I thought about adding the case to it though.

-Bobby

11-13-03, 10:27 AM	Thread Starter #1
archilochus THE Senior FANMAN Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Houston,TX-USA	Modding Xaser III Well I finally modded my new Xaser III case. I cut all of the restricter grids from infront of and behind 5 fans.The rig is about 50% quiter now.I will test temps later today.This procedure was done with a pair of right cut TIN SNIPS. It's amazing, how much differance it really makes.So guys get those restricter plates out and enjoy a quiter rig. The only restricter I have left is on the back of the PSU. I will hold off on that one,for warranties sake.Note: Now my blowhole on top of the case actually works.It used to push the air backwards when you turned up the fans speed. THE FANMAN Complete details of using AVIATION TIN SNIPS to cut fan grids and blow holes are on PAGE 4...... ************************************************ AVIATION TIN SNIPS EXAMPLE LINK __________________ MOBYDICK Intel-2.4c-HT @ 2.9 SP-94 w/ Delta 92mm HHE w/25mm spacer FIC-865PE-Max OCZ 2x512 EL Gold PC 4000 @ 1:1 2.5/4/4/7 BFG Geforce 7800 GS OC 80g.Maxtor PATA and SATA Xaser III. v1000D modified FULL LOAD Temp 36°C / Syst. temp 23°C /Ambient 20°C (room temp) F@H TEAM 32 :thup: Last edited by archilochus; 02-15-04 at 08:38 PM.*
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11-13-03, 10:36 AM	#2
Ritalin Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Herzlya, Israel	pics pics pics
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11-13-03, 10:39 AM	#3
voodoomelon Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Dundalk, Ireland	Thats exactly what I did last night on my Antec Performance ll 1040B Server case. I've cut the rear exhaust fan grills off the back of the case using pinchers and the noise reduction is great, no more continuous 'whoosing' of moving air through the grills. I'd actually forgotten about the front grills - good point. I'll attack them tonight. __________________ --- AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 3800+ 2.0Ghz @ 4600+ 2.45Ghz, 22°C/27°C --- Asus A8N-SLi SE --- Geil PC3200 2x 1GB Dual Channel DDR-RAM, 3-8-4-4 --- 2x 250GBWestern Digital 2500KS SATA-II 16MB RAID 0, 500GB Maxtor MyBook --- 2x Gainward 7900GS in SLI , 652mhz core / 800mhz ram --- Samsung 27" LE27T51B widescreen LCD --- HDA Digital X-Mystique 7.1 Gold PCI --- CSW DTT3500 5.1 Speakers --- NEC ND-3520A 16x DVD-RW --- Custom Copper Antec Performance II SX1040BII w/ 580w Hiper Type-R SLI Power Supply --- Water Cooled - WaterChill CPU/VGA/Chip Kit KT12A-12VS --- 3dmark 2005 - 12,583 3dmark 2006 - 8,000
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11-13-03, 10:49 AM	Thread Starter #4
archilochus THE Senior FANMAN Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Houston,TX-USA	Don't forget the top one if you have one.That was my noisiest one.I will have to enlarge the holes in the blowhole plastic cover. The case has a setup on top of the case for USB/ 1394 and mic/ headset jacks.It has a plastic cover that looks like a speaker grill. The holes in the plastic cover are to small for un restricted air flow. I left it off for now.THE FANMAN PS: RIT buy me a digital camera and I'll get you some pics. __________________ MOBYDICK Intel-2.4c-HT @ 2.9 SP-94 w/ Delta 92mm HHE w/25mm spacer FIC-865PE-Max OCZ 2x512 EL Gold PC 4000 @ 1:1 2.5/4/4/7 BFG Geforce 7800 GS OC 80g.Maxtor PATA and SATA *Xaser III. v1000D modified FULL LOAD Temp 36°C / Syst. temp 23°C /Ambient 20°C (room temp) F@H TEAM 32 :thup:
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11-13-03, 10:50 AM	#5
Mr_H Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Chicago Burbs	I sold my Xaser III V1000D, So I could buy a much lighter case... instead of modding this one. If anyone comes up with a mod that makes the case lighter lmk
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11-13-03, 11:40 AM	#6
stan03 Member Join Date: Mar 2003	hey archilochus, how and what exctly did you do to the blowhole? PM me if you want.
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11-13-03, 12:46 PM	Thread Starter #7
archilochus THE Senior FANMAN Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Houston,TX-USA	Now I have to figure out how to mod the side door.Only answer to enlarge holes for more CFM.The side door effect the CPU and vidoe card areas.To be continued! THE FANMAN __________________ MOBYDICK Intel-2.4c-HT @ 2.9 SP-94 w/ Delta 92mm HHE w/25mm spacer FIC-865PE-Max OCZ 2x512 EL Gold PC 4000 @ 1:1 2.5/4/4/7 BFG Geforce 7800 GS OC 80g.Maxtor PATA and SATA *Xaser III. v1000D modified FULL LOAD Temp 36°C / Syst. temp 23°C /Ambient 20°C (room temp) F@H TEAM 32 :thup:
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11-14-03, 10:55 AM	#8
stan03 Member Join Date: Mar 2003	yea those holes are too small to allow much airflow... tell me what you do to fix that
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11-14-03, 11:20 AM	Thread Starter #9
archilochus THE Senior FANMAN Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Houston,TX-USA	I've been thinking I'll cut the material out in a circle.In front of the side fans, on the side door.Maybe put the wire 80mm finger gards on.The reason I'm being specific is because we have a front door also.The mod for now is with side door and front door OPEN or OFF. Side door is put on for temp testing.Front door wide open. To be continued: THE FANMAN __________________ MOBYDICK Intel-2.4c-HT @ 2.9 SP-94 w/ Delta 92mm HHE w/25mm spacer FIC-865PE-Max OCZ 2x512 EL Gold PC 4000 @ 1:1 2.5/4/4/7 BFG Geforce 7800 GS OC 80g.Maxtor PATA and SATA *Xaser III. v1000D modified FULL LOAD Temp 36°C / Syst. temp 23°C /Ambient 20°C (room temp) F@H TEAM 32 :thup:
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11-14-03, 11:47 AM	#10
Bobby Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: New Jersey	I just did the side and front fan grills. -Bobby __________________ Gigabyte GA-Z68-D3 Ver 2.0 Bios FB \| Intel i5 2500k @ 4.2ghz \| CM Hyper 212 Evo \| Corsair vx550w 2 x 4gb Kingston HyperX \| Asus HD6950 DCUII 2gb \| LG 22" Widescreen \| MS Windows 7 Ultimate 2 x 160gb Seagate SATA Raid0 \| 500gb Seagate \| 1tb Seagate \| LiteOn DVD 16x \| Toshiba 16x/48x DVD Enermax CS10181-B \| Audigy 2 OEM \| LogiTech Z-640 \| LogiTech G5 \| Tt Hardcano 9 Fan controller Heatware
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11-14-03, 11:47 AM	#11
mesmartyoudumb Disabled Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dallas Texas	I have a xaser 3 aluminum. I'm interested in this too - pics pics pics :-)
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11-14-03, 11:48 AM	#12
deathman20 High Speed Senior Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Where the Cheese Heads Live	Yea removing the nasty grills makes a nice difference in preformance besides the noise but also more air. __________________ -=The Gamer=- MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) \| i5 2500k @ 4.5Ghz \| 1.3875V \| 28C Idle / 65C Load (LinX) 8Gig G.Skill Ripjaw PC3-12800 9-9-9-24 @ 1600Mhz w/ 1.5V \| TR Ultra eXtreme 120 w/ 2 Fans Sapphire 7950 VaporX 1150/1500 w/ 1.2V/1.5V \| 32C Idle / 64C Load \| 2x 128Gig Crucial M4 SSD's BitFenix Shinobi Window Case \| SilverStone DA750 \| Dell 2405FPW 24" Screen -=The Server=- Synology DS1511+ \| Dual Core 1.8Ghz CPU \| 30C Idle / 38C Load 3 Gig PC2-6400 \| 3x Samsung F4 2TB Raid5 \| 2x Samsung F4 2TB Heat
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11-14-03, 12:52 PM	#13
stan03 Member Join Date: Mar 2003	i really want to cut that plastic window, but im very afraid of ruining it.
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11-14-03, 01:17 PM	#14
deathman20 High Speed Senior Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Where the Cheese Heads Live	Yea cutting plasic can be uh really tricky. I've been thinking the same thing then again it can crack so easy. Thats one problem if you want to cut the window. __________________ -=The Gamer=- MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) \| i5 2500k @ 4.5Ghz \| 1.3875V \| 28C Idle / 65C Load (LinX) 8Gig G.Skill Ripjaw PC3-12800 9-9-9-24 @ 1600Mhz w/ 1.5V \| TR Ultra eXtreme 120 w/ 2 Fans Sapphire 7950 VaporX 1150/1500 w/ 1.2V/1.5V \| 32C Idle / 64C Load \| 2x 128Gig Crucial M4 SSD's BitFenix Shinobi Window Case \| SilverStone DA750 \| Dell 2405FPW 24" Screen -=The Server=- Synology DS1511+ \| Dual Core 1.8Ghz CPU \| 30C Idle / 38C Load 3 Gig PC2-6400 \| 3x Samsung F4 2TB Raid5 \| 2x Samsung F4 2TB Heat
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11-14-03, 03:04 PM	Thread Starter #15
archilochus THE Senior FANMAN Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Houston,TX-USA	Bobby,Nice pics.You really have to do the two rear ones.It really pulls that air out of the rear of case better.What type tool did you cut with? As for cutting the plexiglass window. I have an idea! I'll have to test it first.Sorry guys no digi-cam. But I saved the old pieces I cut out. I'll find a digi-cam soon! To be continued: THE FANMAN PS: Bobby do you have a fan for the top blow hole?? __________________ MOBYDICK Intel-2.4c-HT @ 2.9 SP-94 w/ Delta 92mm HHE w/25mm spacer FIC-865PE-Max OCZ 2x512 EL Gold PC 4000 @ 1:1 2.5/4/4/7 BFG Geforce 7800 GS OC 80g.Maxtor PATA and SATA *Xaser III. v1000D modified FULL LOAD Temp 36°C / Syst. temp 23°C /Ambient 20°C (room temp) F@H TEAM 32 :thup:
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11-14-03, 05:13 PM	#16
Bobby Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: New Jersey	I was looking at the rear and it's not that bad. I used a Dremel and a fiberglass cutting wheel. The sparks were fun to watch the first 5 seconds . I also cut off the plastic piece on the side fan holder. I have a SmartFanII on the top. Most of the air blows back but it moves the air around and my psu has 2 fans so it stays cool in there. -Bobby __________________ Gigabyte GA-Z68-D3 Ver 2.0 Bios FB \| Intel i5 2500k @ 4.2ghz \| CM Hyper 212 Evo \| Corsair vx550w 2 x 4gb Kingston HyperX \| Asus HD6950 DCUII 2gb \| LG 22" Widescreen \| MS Windows 7 Ultimate 2 x 160gb Seagate SATA Raid0 \| 500gb Seagate \| 1tb Seagate \| LiteOn DVD 16x \| Toshiba 16x/48x DVD Enermax CS10181-B \| Audigy 2 OEM \| LogiTech Z-640 \| LogiTech G5 \| Tt Hardcano 9 Fan controller Heatware
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11-14-03, 08:46 PM	Thread Starter #17
archilochus THE Senior FANMAN Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Houston,TX-USA	Bobby looks like a good OC rig.Have you OCed it yet? If so to what GHz? Did you put the plastic cover back on the top of the case?I will have to enlargen the holes in it first.Nice job.Clean! THE FANMAN __________________ MOBYDICK Intel-2.4c-HT @ 2.9 SP-94 w/ Delta 92mm HHE w/25mm spacer FIC-865PE-Max OCZ 2x512 EL Gold PC 4000 @ 1:1 2.5/4/4/7 BFG Geforce 7800 GS OC 80g.Maxtor PATA and SATA *Xaser III. v1000D modified FULL LOAD Temp 36°C / Syst. temp 23°C /Ambient 20°C (room temp) F@H TEAM 32 :thup:
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11-14-03, 10:58 PM	#18
Bobby Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: New Jersey	It's running at 3.1ghz right now. For whatever reason, 5:4 doesn't work well with my memory (corsair was worse). I can do 244 fsb at 1:1 with this memory though. What plastic cover are you talking about? I haven't gone further with the fan holes in the case. Right now, if I take the side panel off, I don't see any drop in temps (mb or cpu). My video card gets hotter when I take the side panel off. This case has great airflow. -Bobby __________________ Gigabyte GA-Z68-D3 Ver 2.0 Bios FB \| Intel i5 2500k @ 4.2ghz \| CM Hyper 212 Evo \| Corsair vx550w 2 x 4gb Kingston HyperX \| Asus HD6950 DCUII 2gb \| LG 22" Widescreen \| MS Windows 7 Ultimate 2 x 160gb Seagate SATA Raid0 \| 500gb Seagate \| 1tb Seagate \| LiteOn DVD 16x \| Toshiba 16x/48x DVD Enermax CS10181-B \| Audigy 2 OEM \| LogiTech Z-640 \| LogiTech G5 \| Tt Hardcano 9 Fan controller Heatware
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11-15-03, 06:34 AM	Thread Starter #19
archilochus THE Senior FANMAN Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Houston,TX-USA	Nice very nice.The cover I'm referring to goes on top of my case. It is the plastic cover that looks like a speaker grill.It has the USB/ 1394/ Mic and head set jacks.What exactly is your case? You might add the case and OC speed to sig.Sounds like you got the flow to go! To be continued. THE FANMAN LIKE this one in the pics.Third box on left.CASE LINK __________________ MOBYDICK Intel-2.4c-HT @ 2.9 SP-94 w/ Delta 92mm HHE w/25mm spacer FIC-865PE-Max OCZ 2x512 EL Gold PC 4000 @ 1:1 2.5/4/4/7 BFG Geforce 7800 GS OC 80g.Maxtor PATA and SATA Xaser III. v1000D modified FULL LOAD Temp 36°C / Syst. temp 23°C /Ambient 20°C (room temp) F@H TEAM 32 :thup: Last edited by archilochus; 11-15-03 at 07:15 AM.*
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11-15-03, 09:28 AM	#20
Bobby Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: New Jersey	Ok. I have the same thing. Enermax CS-10181B My o/c speed has been fluctuating for the past few months testing new memory and bios versions so I didn't bother putting it in my sig. I thought about adding the case to it though. -Bobby __________________ Gigabyte GA-Z68-D3 Ver 2.0 Bios FB \| Intel i5 2500k @ 4.2ghz \| CM Hyper 212 Evo \| Corsair vx550w 2 x 4gb Kingston HyperX \| Asus HD6950 DCUII 2gb \| LG 22" Widescreen \| MS Windows 7 Ultimate 2 x 160gb Seagate SATA Raid0 \| 500gb Seagate \| 1tb Seagate \| LiteOn DVD 16x \| Toshiba 16x/48x DVD Enermax CS10181-B \| Audigy 2 OEM \| LogiTech Z-640 \| LogiTech G5 \| Tt Hardcano 9 Fan controller Heatware
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