StickyMicky

does anybody here run a modified pc case?

i started doing mine with sum mods to the front to enable a section of plastic to light up and 3 80mm blue led fans but never got any further

was planning on changing the motherboard and cpu next summer is this ones getting a bit old now (1.2ghz athalon)

i also couldnt find my perspex in the garage (after i spent a while marking up the side pannel for a window

anybody else running a modded case?
get sum pics up

beemerboy

sticky,
heres my new baby,



nothing too fancy,
silent running thermaltake 480watt PSU
AMD XP2800+ processor
512mb dual channel ram
120 gb hdd 7200/133
128mb video card
dvd/cr-r combo drive
floppy (for nostalgic purposes)
has onboard sound, but i stuck my 1024 soundblaster in, much better IMHO

ready to be overclocked and have SATA Raid drives, when i get the dosh together!!

BB

nothing too fiddly to install, the whole lot cost me £400 + vat
give or take a few little items (and some swearing)

[Edited by beemerboy - 12/28/2003 4:35:50 PM]

StickyMicky

is that a pre modded case?

mr-white

pic is rather large to post directly

http://server5.uploadit.org/files2/291203-case.JPG

spec built last summer case was modded 18 months ago

xp2500 @ 2.3ghz
epox 8RDA3G
ocz 512mb pc4000
128mb 9700 radeon
80gb maxtor
200gb maxtor
550w enermax

MW


[Edited by mr-white - 12/29/2003 6:09:42 PM]

[Edited by mr-white - 12/29/2003 6:14:25 PM]

StickyMicky

nice!

i need to sort the window out on mine, what did you use for the perspex rubber trim?

Pistol_Pete

my case



and



[Edited by Pistol_Pete - 12/30/2003 12:29:44 PM]

[Edited by Pistol_Pete - 12/30/2003 12:31:10 PM]

Pistol_Pete

the case came was £25 from http://www.ebuyer.co.uk product code 51346.

StickyMicky

are they real bubbles or "fake" ones?

so does that mean theres water or maybe water cooling possible with that case?

been playing with the computer tonite
overclocked my old athlon 1.2ghz to 1.3 ghz
quite impressed on how easy it was, tried to go further and it kept crashing, increased the core voltage to try and help and it was having none of it, got the over clocking bug (lol its my first time) and found a page telling me how to over clock and tweak the Nvidia graphics card

had to reset the bios and stuff on the cpu a few times becuase i got greedy, and i thought i had nearly wiped out the graphics card when i went crazy with that

i havet got any newer pc games here as i lent them all to my mate, tried Rouge Spear and it was flying along but its old
downloading sum demo now for a proper test

case temp is 21 degrees @ the moment and
cpu temp is 39 degrees

bargin for a few mins work

angrynorth

Build your own

geek bling

StickyMicky

ok i was inspired tday and had nothing todo

so i chopped sum big *** holes in my case and installed a nice window (im turning into a proper uber mod geek )

it turned out pretty well, i payed £6 for this plastic stuff for the window and ive got enough spare to probably do another 5 pc`s



but i need sum of that rubber window etching stuff, where do you buy it from?
i was thinking of buying sum blue silicone boost pipe and sliceing it down one side to make sum moulding then glueing it in ?

probably going to spray the case black as well (in time)

the best ive found so far has been sum edging stuff in maplins but i dont think its going to bend very well round the corners

StickyMicky

just got this from ebay on buy it now



£0.99 - £2.50 postage with insurance

seams like a bargin lol
still need to find sum rubber edgeing
help!

Pistol_Pete

The bubbles are fake, but it still looks cool as they change colour.
Not good at the old DIY lark, so I have to buy my cases pre modded.

If you need insperation, go here .... http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/sho...threadid=53162