Don't laugh PF!!!!! It's nothing like your mods!!!!!!!!!
I finally solved my dust problem with my case......This thing gets so full of dust that I heat up 10 C in about 2 months..... The front of the case has a washable filter.... The door fan didn't have a filter..... So I used stick on Velcro & made a square around the door fan.... A heating guy gave me a huge sheet of filter material & I cut some filters out of it.....
It works great so far.... I did it on the 19th last month & the filter already showing dust it's not letting in the case.... I'm still at 31 C temp. & it hasn't risen... We'll see how long it keeps the temp. now......
I don't see why not...... I hadn't thought of that..... I guess because the fan pulls air in....
On second though, You'd have to clean the dust off the grill in the door that way..... The holes would almost close, it would get so much dust on it without the filter.... It didn't look to good that way...... [shrug]
lol, heheh yeah i would either mount it on the inside like tom said, or maybe find you a fangrill off a fan and mount it on the outside, to improve the looks a little...
i moving into a new apartment so you might see some new mods(most likely will) coming from me in the coming months as i will be bored and when im not studying, well i likes to fucks with the ole compy. heheh, i ve got a few good ideas i havent been able to play around with because of the space i was working in , but now i should have more room.
yeah ive been tentative and stalling as well, have been wanting to put a frosty window on the front of my case for awhile now, i have decent room where im at now, but ill have alot more to work with as im moving tomorrow, so i will most likely start into modding the case on fri-sat, maybe be done with it by next week. definitely some cool stuff i have been planning on doing.
sounds cool, you plan on going with a full American flag or just the colors? i might can get you in touch with some friends of mine who do great airbrushing, (although i havent really chatted with him for about 6 months now, and he might be deployed) but if you interested in maybe getting an airbrushed panel or so ill call to see what the hell he is up to, in fact hes a marine stationed in san diego, so hes right close by.
The thing is, my case doesn't have any front usb ports and I'm not sure if I want to invest a lot into it. It's still a good Antec case but it is dated and I can't get the airflow in it very good without a lot of noise so I just leave the side panel off. Stupid apt with no air-con.
its always a good thing if you want to try something small yourself, so if you ever want to do it again, youll have first hand experience, especially if you do get a newer case and want to mod it. 8)
just thought of something from an old mod that could help the looks of the case(if your interested )
take a pair of pantyhose and cut out a square that will fit the size of that case vent, now masure to peices of cardboard(preferably the thickness of shoebox cardboard) to the exact same dimensions of the pantyhose square. now make a trim that is the same hexagonal shape of your vent(big enough if you placed it on the vent you could see the complete vent and a very minute outline of you the edges of the ventcut out the middle of both cardboard peices and place the hose in the middle, staple/ glue/ adhere the pieces together with the hose in the middle.
cut the extralength of hose around the edges for cleanliness and the mount between you fan and the case(on the inside).
that should provide plenty of filtering for dust as well as you can get the dark gray hose and it would look nice(almost like it fits) to the case.
also i would consider dremeling out the inside of your vent away for better airflow.
you would be amazed how much air blockage that causes.
then sand it down so there are no sharp edges and get some rubber tubing(very small guage) and apply it around the edge of the new hole. it will give it a more professional look, imo.
That's a place to start for sure.... I had thought of hose before.... I know that you can use a starch solution & actually form the hose like a filter..... But cutting off the grill would look even better.....
Puter could always run without the door on it for awhile......
LOL you didn't think much of my Coors heat sink then?????
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