Ben's 27" tower

Ben333 · 11-28-07, 08:10 PM

Posted here

I am working on a few mini mods for it (thermometer, possible mods with VGA controler)

Please post comments here.

Hazaro · 11-28-07, 08:41 PM

Well it's tall...

I'll give you that much.

jimmsch · 11-28-07, 10:27 PM

I would very much like to have a case like this. Is there one in the under $50 price range?

grumperfish · 12-01-07, 06:57 PM

Cut two 120mm mounts in the front where those 80mm's are, get an HDD cage (Stacker/TT iCage) with a decent 120mm fan for top-front intake, and cut a 120mm or maybe an additional 90mm exhaust at the top-rear. Maybe some side fans too... would love to see it with the side panel(s) installed. That is a gigantic case btw... maybe add some wheels to it?

nd4spdbh2 · 12-01-07, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by grumperfish

Cut two 120mm mounts in the front where those 80mm's are, get an HDD cage (Stacker/TT iCage) with a decent 120mm fan for top-front intake, and cut a 120mm or maybe an additional 90mm exhaust at the top-rear. Maybe some side fans too... would love to see it with the side panel(s) installed. That is a gigantic case btw... maybe add some wheels to it?

haha better yet, side pannels made out of 120mm fans hahah.

that thing is giant, and i thought my v2000b was huge!

Nebuchadnazzar · 12-02-07, 07:00 PM

Wow that look a lot like my case before it got modded. I put two 120mm fans in the front, but airflow out the back was tricky on mine, your case's back looks easier to deal with.
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=407779

Neuromancer · 12-02-07, 07:01 PM

Wheels on bottom and handles on top for easy moving

Keep this updated

bryan_d · 12-02-07, 07:35 PM

Funny,

I have one exactly like that sitting in my garage right now! It was suppose to be for a water cooling project, but has since been abandoned. With the way my desk is oriented now, I would not have space for that case in my room.

I was also thinking about using it as sort of a "navig" cooling tower, where the mobo would have its own cooling chamber. Maybe another day...

bryan d

jcw122 · 12-02-07, 07:58 PM

Sick

not many roll with Full Towers anymore

downer · 12-02-07, 08:05 PM

Supermicro SC760. Just got one off of ebay a couple weeks ago to replace my AOpen full tower case. So far I've cut the back 120mm fan grill out, and plan to cut a blowhole (maybe two) for a 120mm fan up front. This case has a lot of modding potential, that's for sure.

Slick paint job on yours Nebuchadnazzar.

4od · 12-02-07, 09:44 PM

I've got one of those sitting around that was meant for a watercooling project that i never got around too...

Anyway, what i was planning to do was seal off the top and bottom sections of the case and turn the top into a 3 - heatercore cooling box.

Have fun with it!

Sleepy_Steve · 12-02-07, 11:11 PM

WOW, 1.25'' taller than my full tower! GRATS!!!!
Full towers definetly make it a lot easier to have VERY effective air cooling of your PC.

I think if I do a full tower again... I'm going to flip the case upside down... have a WC setup in the bottom and have the PC in the top part... Make shift BTX FTW

jmh547 · 12-03-07, 12:41 AM

I was given a dual PIII system two summers ago in that exact case

Ben333 · 12-03-07, 12:53 AM

lol good feedback here. I'm not going to mod it a lot but you'll see somecustom ducting, heater core cutout... maybe paint job on case but not on pannels. Going to be a fun project

if you modded a case this big feel free to post pics here as i'll keep mine on procooling (main thread)

downer · 12-03-07, 12:59 AM

Here are some shots of my Aopen Full Tower Case with water cooling hooked up.

http://www.ocforums.com/showpost.php...47&postcount=1

Cut out the back 80mm fan grills, and added a 120mm fan to the front. Cut a blowhole out in the plastic bezel to allow better airflow through the 120mm fan. Also cut a small hole in the motherboard tray for cable routing purposes. I had intended to do away with the ATX case my watercooling parts were in, because I wasn't happy with the way it came out. I've decided to do a slight redesign of it though using Polycarbonate Lexan.

Ben333 · 12-03-07, 01:03 AM

I like what you have done to the front. I might try that with two fans on mine, thanks for the idea.

downer · 12-03-07, 01:09 AM

I used a dremel to do that, which cuts through the plastic like butter. I then sanded away the melted plastic away that accumulates on the edges. I used computer window molding around the edge of the blowhole. I was pretty nervous about even touching the front bezel at first for fear of screwing it up. Had a bit of an issue lining up the screw holes to attach the fan grill, but I solved that by enlarging one of the screw holes a bit. Came out looking pretty good.

EmAn · 12-03-07, 08:11 AM

you should make it a submursion pc or put two systems in there

Nebuchadnazzar · 12-03-07, 09:48 AM

Water cool it! Those cases scream water cooling just because there's so much room for rads and reservoirs.

Super Nade · 12-03-07, 09:52 AM

Holy hell dude...did your landlord boot you out of your house? Are you planning on living in it? Sub-letting perhaps?

Jokes aside, it looks pretty interesting. Would you like to write it up for our front-page?

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grumperfish Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: South Florida	Cut two 120mm mounts in the front where those 80mm's are, get an HDD cage (Stacker/TT iCage) with a decent 120mm fan for top-front intake, and cut a 120mm or maybe an additional 90mm exhaust at the top-rear. Maybe some side fans too... would love to see it with the side panel(s) installed. That is a gigantic case btw... maybe add some wheels to it? __________________ Desktop: i7 2600K @ 4.6ghz w/ TR HR-02 + SD 120x38mm // Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3P // XFX 6950 2GB 16GB G-Skill RipjawsX 1600mhz // Samsung 830 128GB // 6TB // Thermaltake Armor // Corsair TX750 Server: Q6600 G0 // Gigabyte EP35-DS3R // 4GB G-Skill DDR2 // 4850 512MB // 4.25TB // Corsair TX650 Laptop: Latitude D630 // C2M T7300 // 4GB DDR2 // X3100 // 160GB Smoothwall: P4 2.4C // 1GB DDR // AOpen MX4GVR // 80GB // Corsair CX430 I like HEAT
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Nebuchadnazzar Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Canada, Ottawa/Toronto	Wow that look a lot like my case before it got modded. I put two 120mm fans in the front, but airflow out the back was tricky on mine, your case's back looks easier to deal with. http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=407779 __________________ New: i7 920 D0 @ 4.19?, ASUS P6T regular, MCP655->MCR220-QP-Stack->Swiftech GTZ Ci7->T-line, Patriot Viper 6GB DDR3-1600 @ 1033, BFG GTX 275, Corsair TX750W, Auzentech X-plosion to 5.1 receiver. Old: epox 9NDA3J w/ Venice 3200 @ 2500, Prime95 2 weeks stable, BFG 6800GT, 2x1gb OCZ platinum. File Server: ASUS M2A-VM, AMD X2 4000+, Crucial 1GB DDR2-667, As many hard drives as i can cram in.
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12-02-07, 07:01 PM	#7
Neuromancer Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Tau'ri	Wheels on bottom and handles on top for easy moving Keep this updated
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bryan_d Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: San Jose, CA	Funny, I have one exactly like that sitting in my garage right now! It was suppose to be for a water cooling project, but has since been abandoned. With the way my desk is oriented now, I would not have space for that case in my room. I was also thinking about using it as sort of a "navig" cooling tower, where the mobo would have its own cooling chamber. Maybe another day... bryan d __________________ Warning: Ethyl Glycol Can Kill! G73JH SSD FirePro Mod Dell XPS Studio 435 MT Xeon W3520, 6GB Triple Channel, FX 3500, SSD Heatware
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downer Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: PA	Supermicro SC760. Just got one off of ebay a couple weeks ago to replace my AOpen full tower case. So far I've cut the back 120mm fan grill out, and plan to cut a blowhole (maybe two) for a 120mm fan up front. This case has a lot of modding potential, that's for sure. Slick paint job on yours Nebuchadnazzar. Last edited by downer; 12-02-07 at 08:11 PM.
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4od Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Westchester, NY	I've got one of those sitting around that was meant for a watercooling project that i never got around too... Anyway, what i was planning to do was seal off the top and bottom sections of the case and turn the top into a 3 - heatercore cooling box. Have fun with it! __________________ Gigabyte DS3 v1.3 E6400 @ 3.8 @ 1.425 BFG 8800GTS G92 @ stock for now 4x1GB OCZ Reapers (D9's) @ stock for now Hitachi SCSI 15kRPM 36.7GB (Ultra320) Seagate SCSI 10kRPM 17.0GB (Ultra160) Maxtor IDE 7200RPM 75.4GB (ATA133) Apogee Classic, Maze4, MCW30, MCR320, 3x Yate Loon Medium Speed, MCP655, MCRES Heavily Modded Lian-Li A05B
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Sleepy_Steve Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: VT... or MD	WOW, 1.25'' taller than my full tower! GRATS!!!! Full towers definetly make it a lot easier to have VERY effective air cooling of your PC. I think if I do a full tower again... I'm going to flip the case upside down... have a WC setup in the bottom and have the PC in the top part... Make shift BTX FTW __________________ CPU i7-2600 Cooling CM 212+ w/ 2 fans RAM 4x4gb G.Skill DDR3 1333 Video 9800GT & 8600GT Storage 1TB Raid0 system & 2TB storage HEAT
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12-03-07, 12:53 AM	Thread Starter #14
Ben333 Folding for Team 32! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: New Hampshire	lol good feedback here. I'm not going to mod it a lot but you'll see somecustom ducting, heater core cutout... maybe paint job on case but not on pannels. Going to be a fun project if you modded a case this big feel free to post pics here as i'll keep mine on procooling (main thread)
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12-03-07, 12:59 AM	#15
downer Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: PA	Here are some shots of my Aopen Full Tower Case with water cooling hooked up. http://www.ocforums.com/showpost.php...47&postcount=1 Cut out the back 80mm fan grills, and added a 120mm fan to the front. Cut a blowhole out in the plastic bezel to allow better airflow through the 120mm fan. Also cut a small hole in the motherboard tray for cable routing purposes. I had intended to do away with the ATX case my watercooling parts were in, because I wasn't happy with the way it came out. I've decided to do a slight redesign of it though using Polycarbonate Lexan. __________________ Heat
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12-03-07, 01:03 AM	Thread Starter #16
Ben333 Folding for Team 32! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: New Hampshire	I like what you have done to the front. I might try that with two fans on mine, thanks for the idea.
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12-03-07, 01:09 AM	#17
downer Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: PA	I used a dremel to do that, which cuts through the plastic like butter. I then sanded away the melted plastic away that accumulates on the edges. I used computer window molding around the edge of the blowhole. I was pretty nervous about even touching the front bezel at first for fear of screwing it up. Had a bit of an issue lining up the screw holes to attach the fan grill, but I solved that by enlarging one of the screw holes a bit. Came out looking pretty good. __________________ Heat
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12-03-07, 09:48 AM	#19
Nebuchadnazzar Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Canada, Ottawa/Toronto	Water cool it! Those cases scream water cooling just because there's so much room for rads and reservoirs. __________________ New: i7 920 D0 @ 4.19?, ASUS P6T regular, MCP655->MCR220-QP-Stack->Swiftech GTZ Ci7->T-line, Patriot Viper 6GB DDR3-1600 @ 1033, BFG GTX 275, Corsair TX750W, Auzentech X-plosion to 5.1 receiver. Old: epox 9NDA3J w/ Venice 3200 @ 2500, Prime95 2 weeks stable, BFG 6800GT, 2x1gb OCZ platinum. File Server: ASUS M2A-VM, AMD X2 4000+, Crucial 1GB DDR2-667, As many hard drives as i can cram in.
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