Are these PC case mods possible?

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Hiya guys, I own a xenta b138a case and I like it very much. It may be cheap but I love the way it looks and it suits my needs. Anyway, as nice as it is, I'd like to do a few mods and wondered if they're possible.

Here's a list of what I'd like to do -

Add some fans to cool it a bit more
Add some LEDs
Add a window
Add some extra front IO (USB ports, card reader, etc)
Create a cover for said extra IO (like on those old IBM PCs)
Mod the case to take a BTX CPU cooler (I dunno if there's an adapter or something)
 
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Add some fans to cool it a bit more. You could add side fans, but then you loose the ability to add a window.
Add some LEDs. yhou can add LED's to any case. They sell all kinds of LED strips for PC's.
Add a window. Yes cut out the metal, glue a piece of plexi behind it. You then loose side cool though, and with no top cooling, that case could probably use it.
Add some extra front IO (USB ports, card reader, etc). could put one in the DVD slot.
Create a cover for said extra IO (like on those old IBM PCs). above point solves this.
Mod the case to take a BTX CPU cooler (I dunno if there's an adapter or something) BTX cooler requires a BTX motherboard, which is you're already using the case...
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Add some fans to cool it a bit more. You could add side fans, but then you loose the ability to add a window.
Add some LEDs. yhou can add LED's to any case. They sell all kinds of LED strips for PC's.
Add a window. Yes cut out the metal, glue a piece of plexi behind it. You then loose side cool though, and with no top cooling, that case could probably use it.
Add some extra front IO (USB ports, card reader, etc). could put one in the DVD slot.
Create a cover for said extra IO (like on those old IBM PCs). above point solves this.
Mod the case to take a BTX CPU cooler (I dunno if there's an adapter or something) BTX cooler requires a BTX motherboard, which is you're already using the case, you don't have one, so I don't know what you mean by BTX cooler.

 
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Thanks for that. Now, I'll clear some confusion up.

I'll start with the case fans. I didn't necessarily want to use the mounting points that are already there, instead I wondered if I could create my own mounting points, in the top maybe. As for the BTX cooler I'm sorry I didn't explain that. The xenta I have is ATX and I have a very beefy BTX cooler in another PC and I'm wondering if there is an adapter to make the BTX cooler fit on the ATX mobo cooler mounts
 
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Coolers aren't really ATX or BTX, they are socket specific. The cooler works on Intel socket 1150 boards say, or 775, or AMD Phenom II chips, etc.

As for the top of the case, one, usually the motherboard goes right to the top of the case, so no room for fans there. Two, you'd have to drill out hundreds of precise holes to allow air to pass through. Just ramming fan's up there with no intake or exhaust is pointless.

Is it all possible, sure. Do you have all the tools, and metal and plexi working knowledge to make it happen, that's your call.

People who can't work medal and file and sand and make things look pretty.






people who can.


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