[trickson]

The New look of my OLD case . Tell me what you think .

[trickson]

I need to add some inside picks for you to look at too .















This is a picture of the top ( DUHH ) I decoupaged and painted it and have some more work yet to do on it .


in this pic you see red outlined areas they are HDD bays from an Antech 900 case the green outlined area is a custom built power and reset switch with a HDD light ( the original switch's went out ) .


Here you will see I have modded wheels to the base for easier moving around each wheel has a lock on it as well .



On a foot Note the side fan is from an Antech 900 gaming case modded to fit . The top is made from a piece of plastic grate from a furnace filter the side fan has a piece of that grate cut out for it as well . the top is a 8x10 cut out for looks and ventilation as well , The area around the plastic is a heavy electrical tape cut to fit and well as you see make for a better ascetic look as well no jagged plastic edges . The Iron man pictures are just that decoupaged onto the areas and varnished .

This is what my case looked like when I first bought it , only mine was brushed metal side panels .
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119042

[trickson]

So .... any one ? This was a lot of work any one at all ?

[87poopcoupe]

overall ilike it ! ... i'm not a big iron man fan... J/K

what kinda temp drops did you see witht he big fan setup ?

[trickson]

I get more of a temp drop on the video and mobo and ram temps , It has helped to keep them cooler than with no fan that is to say about 10c lower with the fan on than with it off . I have a water cooled CPU so that temp never EVER gets above 55c FULL LOADED .

[Neuromancer]

Interesting work. Like iron man, and the grates are pretty industrial looking.

The STC-T01 comes with wheels, are those different somehow? (you posted that you modded it with wheels)

[trickson]

Originally Posted by Neur0mancer

Interesting work. Like iron man, and the grates are pretty industrial looking.

The STC-T01 comes with wheels, are those different somehow? (you posted that you modded it with wheels)

Thank you . Yes this case was one that did not come with wheels I had to go to home depot and find ones that would fit and work . I have had this case for so long it has been on wheels for a very long time . The grate's were a real strange kind of thing I (while at home depot ) was just looking around and saw this stuff it was in a " kit " for a furnace filter big too like 5'x5' square . I thought to myself this would look good on the top of the case and well it did then I put it on the fan as well it looks great there as well .
I like going to home depot and just wander around some times things come to me . There are a lot of mod's on and in this case . the power buttons are a mod that I fabricated from parts at the local Radio Shack ! and I used one of the bay grill's and my Dremel . if you look harder there are even more mods at the bottom where the second PSU goes I moded a cover there as well .

[fusion509]

That is one sick paint job!

[ihrsetrdr]

Originally Posted by Neur0mancer

Interesting work. Like iron man, and the grates are pretty industrial looking.

I think the industrial look is hawt!

[trickson]

WOW thank you so much !

[Neuromancer]

You know, just a suggestion

You could probably use the bottom PSU area to mount your second HDD cage, move everything else up and fit the rad in the bottom front of the case. Would make it a little sleeker and safer to move around.


Also since you (like myself) just liek walkign around HD. Go down the hardware aisle, and check out the cabinet handle section. I will see if I can pull the nbame/model number of the ones I use, but for about 4.50 you can get some decent cabinet handles that work great on the stacker. Just need a couple of washers for strengthing and hacksaw the mounting screws to something shorter.

I painted mine but they are normally nickel plated IIRC.

This is my stacker paint job with some small mods

Not nearly as good as yours, but it was simple and the handles are SO useful. Considering you removed so much of the top of the case, if you decided to use handles, you may want to opt for a piece of flat steel instead of washers, something that spans the width of the top of the case, a snug fit will double as a stiffner as well.

[trickson]

Originally Posted by Neur0mancer

You know, just a suggestion

You could probably use the bottom PSU area to mount your second HDD cage, move everything else up and fit the rad in the bottom front of the case. Would make it a little sleeker and safer to move around.


Also since you (like myself) just liek walkign around HD. Go down the hardware aisle, and check out the cabinet handle section. I will see if I can pull the nbame/model number of the ones I use, but for about 4.50 you can get some decent cabinet handles that work great on the stacker. Just need a couple of washers for strengthing and hacksaw the mounting screws to something shorter.

I painted mine but they are normally nickel plated IIRC.

This is my stacker paint job with some small mods

Not nearly as good as yours, but it was simple and the handles are SO useful. Considering you removed so much of the top of the case, if you decided to use handles, you may want to opt for a piece of flat steel instead of washers, something that spans the width of the top of the case, a snug fit will double as a stiffner as well.

That looks great too ! nice work . Do you still have the case ?
I have had this case for 5 years now ! best case I have ever had and well as you can see it now looks nothing like the original .

[trickson]

Originally Posted by shellshock

Looks pretty cool man!

Thank you !

[shellshock]

Looks pretty cool man!

[ratbuddy]

I like the electrical tape holding on the pictures of Iron Man, very nice.

[trickson]

Originally Posted by ratbuddy

I like the electrical tape holding on the pictures of Iron Man, very nice.

Dude there is no tape holding it on at all . it is glued on and painted and varnished nothing more .

[visbits]

Originally Posted by ratbuddy

I like the electrical tape holding on the pictures of Iron Man, very nice.

I thought I was the only one that noticed that!

[trickson]

Originally Posted by visbits

I thought I was the only one that noticed that!

Sorry but no TAPE at all it may look like it but it is paint you are seeing nothing more .

[Neuromancer]

Originally Posted by trickson

That looks great too ! nice work . Do you still have the case ?
I have had this case for 5 years now ! best case I have ever had and well as you can see it now looks nothing like the original .

Thanks

No I don't still have the case unfortunately, in a moment of weakness it went away I regret it all the time.

Freeagent has it now.

If I did still have it, I would definitly have continued modding it. Probably not to the extent you did, but definitly a 120mm or large in the top of the case. Maybe more rear exhaust like I did to my rocketfish

[freeagent]

i havent had the heart to modify the case after all of the hard work he put into it

well, i did do 1 thing.. i took off the handles! because when i put the wheels on, i only had about 1/4 inch between the top of the tower, and bottom of my desk heheh.

[trickson]

They are the best cases in the world IMHO .

[trickson]

Update . Thought that it looked to plain so I went to the auto parts store and well found these .....

[gofaster87]

Dont get too crazy with the stickers. The simple look is nice. Any way, you have a mural on top which is more than enough.

[trickson]

Meh . I know but I could not resist when I seen these .

[trickson]

An update for you all . I bolted down the water pump I used thumb screws , I changed out all the IDE drives for ALL SATA drives I have 2 Seagate Barracudas in RAID0 Way fast too !