I've been using my LCD tv as a monitor now for awhile, and at the moment theres really no need for me to have a computer desk in my living room. So, i decided it was time to junk my old case and pick up a media center style case that will fit in my TV stand. However, I figured why stop there? I may as well build an entirely new system.
Most media boxes are cramped making them difficult to work with and unable to fit big CPU coolers or lots of fans. I chose the areocool M40 because it has alot of head room over the CPU with the upper deck cut out, it can fit everything that I need and the double deck set up makes it easy to work on.
I just got this case yesterday, Ran out of paint so the bottom deck is only partialy painted and I still need to clean up the hole I cut into the upper deck a bit more. I ended up drilling out some of the pop rivits to get the latch releases out of the upper deck and to pull out the 5.25 drive bay encloser. I plan on finishing painting the frame and HDD/ 5.25 bays for the time being, latter on I will end up having to do some serrious work to the front pannels to fit a fan controler. was thinking about adding a window on top, and fans on side but I'm not sure I can make that work right. The pictures don't do the paint justice (taken with Iphone), it's a red candy paint with lots of silver chips in it. I'm painting it with 2 coats of primer, 2 color base coats, and 1 or 2 clear coats. should look as glossy as the black on the outside when finished.
lower deck
hinged double deck
upper deck
back side
backside half painted
upper deck hole cut out
side and 5.25 bay removed on top deck
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a295/nukem419/Picture027.jpg
removed bays and hardware for side
out of the box
Will post more pics as I move along with this project
Will be vinyl dyeing the front plates also; but that will have too waitl until I'm done with everything else.
Most media boxes are cramped making them difficult to work with and unable to fit big CPU coolers or lots of fans. I chose the areocool M40 because it has alot of head room over the CPU with the upper deck cut out, it can fit everything that I need and the double deck set up makes it easy to work on.
I just got this case yesterday, Ran out of paint so the bottom deck is only partialy painted and I still need to clean up the hole I cut into the upper deck a bit more. I ended up drilling out some of the pop rivits to get the latch releases out of the upper deck and to pull out the 5.25 drive bay encloser. I plan on finishing painting the frame and HDD/ 5.25 bays for the time being, latter on I will end up having to do some serrious work to the front pannels to fit a fan controler. was thinking about adding a window on top, and fans on side but I'm not sure I can make that work right. The pictures don't do the paint justice (taken with Iphone), it's a red candy paint with lots of silver chips in it. I'm painting it with 2 coats of primer, 2 color base coats, and 1 or 2 clear coats. should look as glossy as the black on the outside when finished.
lower deck
hinged double deck
upper deck
back side
backside half painted
upper deck hole cut out
side and 5.25 bay removed on top deck
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a295/nukem419/Picture027.jpg
removed bays and hardware for side
out of the box
Will post more pics as I move along with this project
Will be vinyl dyeing the front plates also; but that will have too waitl until I'm done with everything else.
Anyways it looks superb, congrats on the paint job.... Keep up the good work!!!
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