Anyone mod their case?

[Quetzacoatl]

Well, my new case just came in yesterday. Here's a clickable <A HREF="http://www.newegg.com/app/Showimage.asp?image=11-125-132-01.JPG/11-125-132-02.jpg/11-125-132-03.jpg/11-125-132-04.jpg/11-125-132-05.jpg/11-125-132-06.jpg/11-125-132-07.jpgp" target="_new">http://www.newegg.com/app/Showimage.asp?image=11-125-132-01.JPG/11-125-132-02.jpg/11-125-132-03.jpg/11-125-132-04.jpg/11-125-132-05.jpg/11-125-132-06.jpg/11-125-132-07.jpgp</A>

It's a very nice, big case from Chieftec, with plenty of air flow and space for expansion. Currently running on 4 3800rpm Coolermaster fans, which are decent and quiet, but non glamarous. Considering getting some nicer Antec 80mm blue led fans.

I was also thinking of doing some basic 4 pin molex connector modding, taking a 5v or 3.3v line and buying some simple red/blue leds from like...Circuit City or Radio Shack, then attaching them somewhere in my case. The thing looks pretty sweet through the glass window, but it doesn't light up enough at night time. Only have two leds, one on my Soyo motherboard, and the other from a drive.

Anyone have any suggestions?

True dumbass:
aha!! it has some kind of cuts, hehehe"
have you ever seen smoke from a seagate?

 

[jihiggs]

you can get cold cathode tubes for pretty cheap, check out directron.com

how do you shoot the devil in the back? what happens if you miss? -verbal

 

[Quetzacoatl]

what type of voltage do they require?

True dumbass:
aha!! it has some kind of cuts, hehehe"
have you ever seen smoke from a seagate?

 

[jihiggs]

i think 12v, they dont take too much power, maybe 10 watts?

how do you shoot the devil in the back? what happens if you miss? -verbal

 

[JaeSun]

im getting this very same case from newegg, except mine is in silver. but from the pics, you got the one without the PSU? i be getting the one with the 420W turbolink PSU ... pretty nice...

how do you like it? enough room? easy to install the mobo?

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[Quetzacoatl]

Hmm....well, let's see here.

Was hoping there was a removeable mobo tray, but there wasn't. Oh well. Pretty easy to mount with all the empty space. Comes with a large bag of mixed screws and holders, as well as some plastic grounders for the motherboard. Had about half the bag left when I was done.

Plenty of mounting space for the motherboard and power supply, and the case has snap in fan units, although mine didn't come with any, so I had to get some Coolermaster 80mm fans. I think it has room for 4, along with 1 on the side cover. The great thing is it has a fan space for an 80mm right in front of the HDD which cools it (duh), and keeps it nice and stable. Below it is a big empty space for another 80mm fan, which is pretty well vented through the front grate.

Moving up, the front panel floppy uhm...cage thingy pulls out with a locking lever. Very nice feature, saved my ass when I almost dropped the case. Fits 2 3.5 floppies/ect and 1 internet, and the HDD bay with the 80mm fan below it can hold about 3 hard drives. CD drives and such were kinda confusing to mount at first. It's sorta like the Enlight models where you have to attach drive rails, then they slide in. The front panel has little brackets that pop out, pretty easy.

Plenty of space in the case, great air flow, no nasty sharp edges. All in all, good price and not too bad for a medium tower/server tower. I put an Antec 430 watt PSU in mine. I don't know much about turbolink, although i'd highly reccommend one of the Antec truepowers or an Enermax PSU. I'd have to give the case a 9.5 out of 10 just because it didn't have a removeable motherboard tray.



True dumbass:
aha!! it has some kind of cuts, hehehe"
have you ever seen smoke from a seagate?