Cable management with that type of PSU and a super cheap case with zero cable management features makes for a great challenge (That's the nice way of saying it sucks! lol) Because it was a cheap case the body itself was bare steel and the front face was plastic so no need to strip. For the sides and top I sanded with 150 grit sandpaper followed by 220 grit to remove the gloss from the paint. I didn't bother taking it down to bare metal as the paint I used had a pretty good binding agent. I'm looking forward to my next case, something that can both water cool and have some cable routing holes.
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Cable management with that type of PSU and a super cheap case with zero cable management features makes for a great challenge (That's the nice way of saying it sucks! lol) Because it was a cheap case the body itself was bare steel and the front face was plastic so no need to strip. For the sides and top I sanded with 150 grit sandpaper followed by 220 grit to remove the gloss from the paint. I didn't bother taking it down to bare metal as the paint I used had a pretty good binding agent. I'm looking forward to my next case, something that can both water cool and have some cable routing holes.
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Sounds like ur a pennie pincher. just spend it. lol
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Small Update
Another small update .Got the stencils in for fan controller and temp gauges. Didnt take any pics except these .
Fan Controller came out ok, but wish could have been better. Very difficult to keep stencils 1/4 inch down,shoulda tried harder i guess, live and learn.
Temp stencils did ok ,but could have been better. Still had trouble keeping them down, they were cot out of thin clear plastic by Alphabet Stencils.com ,wanted a lil smaller but all i could find were 1/4 inch stencils, would have been better if were masked, they stick on.
Also decided to change top radiator to a 280. But discovered a lil problem. Whoever Corsair subed this case out too, didnt match up the 140 holes for a 280 radiator up top, even though they have holes up there.but the spacing isnt quite right.As can bee seen in this pic, the screw hole in radiator can barley be seen in hole next to bottom screw to the right . The other two holes in front of case dont even show. Checked spacing of fans on radiator , they just touch each other in the middle. What does anyone think. Am i wrong?
Another small update .Got the stencils in for fan controller and temp gauges. Didnt take any pics except these .
Fan Controller came out ok, but wish could have been better. Very difficult to keep stencils 1/4 inch down,shoulda tried harder i guess, live and learn.
Temp stencils did ok ,but could have been better. Still had trouble keeping them down, they were cot out of thin clear plastic by Alphabet Stencils.com ,wanted a lil smaller but all i could find were 1/4 inch stencils, would have been better if were masked, they stick on.
Also decided to change top radiator to a 280. But discovered a lil problem. Whoever Corsair subed this case out too, didnt match up the 140 holes for a 280 radiator up top, even though they have holes up there.but the spacing isnt quite right.As can bee seen in this pic, the screw hole in radiator can barley be seen in hole next to bottom screw to the right . The other two holes in front of case dont even show. Checked spacing of fans on radiator , they just touch each other in the middle. What does anyone think. Am i wrong?
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The fans in temp picture are just for experiment to see if i had room for pull fans on front radiator. Got 2 Cougar 120 for that purpose, coming. They did help get temp a lil lower. wanna run fans slower, and quieter. Just found out there are different spacing that manufactures use on pc radiators ,guess ill have to get a 20mm spacing rad,the one i have is 15 mm spacing between the fan
holes the case if for 20 mm fan hole spacing. Why didnt they design elongated holes to match the different spacing, have seen elongated holes on some cases.
holes the case if for 20 mm fan hole spacing. Why didnt they design elongated holes to match the different spacing, have seen elongated holes on some cases.
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If may intergect an oppinion on that case; it's not a bad little lan case, and it has pretty decent airflow. Helped a buddy build his system in it, and he's pretty happy with it.
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The case is built for lightness ie thin metal. Its priced right but running into problems with fan hole mounts for radiators, uses old standard fan mounts. Having hard time locating proper 280mm rad with old fan mounts . Dont wanna hack top of case to make the new mounts fit but may have to. Case is smaller than im ust too, difficult to work in when hooking up hoses and doing wiring,but managable ,im not as nimble as i ust to be lol. Paint job is ok if careful but seems to chip some what around holes.nicks pretty easily, hard to match paint texture. When I post the final pictures you will see why i chose this case.
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Read post to Dlaw I posted to him instead of you sry. Blaylock ,the case is an older case came out about 4 yrs ago or so ie cheaper price.
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Blaylock remember ur first post about case bering heavy lol. Well dripping wet it weighs right at 40 pounds
But lighter than most other cases ive built
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Yeah, I knew this was gonna be a sweet build from page 1.
Nicely done Pvtwulf
Nicely done Pvtwulf
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Tnx Sir. It was basically a necessity to keep the vid card in proper orientation, very heavy card.
