enough for tonite, tomorrow i'm gonna try to fit the psu and build in 3 rads in parallel. this should hopefully give me below 40°C passive cooling, we'll see.

thx for the support dude. if u want a case like that it might be a good idea to roam some webhosting companies, normally they always have some old junk lying around.

Glad you never gave up :D , I'd get rid of the original holey part of the back though. use as much of the replacement back as you can to make it look tidier. Are you gonna have a PSU on the mobo side?, or block off the PSU hole at the top?...

Nice job though ;) ...

well, because the case i used as a backplate was real cheap, the steel is not very thick, with an enermax 420W i think it is gonna bend too much.

i'll put psu in the other compartment, there's heaps of space there anyway.

and another one for the road... testfitting rad1

shroudage!!! it might not look too solid, but it is solid as a rock

you used some wood if I'm not mistaken...rigid...

what's that fan manuf/cfm/dia?

there are 2 opposing pieces out of bendy cardboard, the pieces u thk to be wood, are just very thick (4mm) cardboard. took some pattex to glue and airtighten the joints. then cover it up with painters tape. supercheap.

the fan is 1 120mm enermax. dunno cfm's or rpm; as it is constantly being rheobussed. obj is to quiten the HDD down more than in my old rig; i calibrate my fans on 100% load and tone them down until they are quiter than my hard disk. so in the end i hope to have a cleaner rig, and hopefully a bit quiter.

cheers

The frame of the case had this preserved steel smooth stuff on it, I then sanded it with 400 and it was really smooth, cleaned it, applied paint. I held the little back piece in place with jb weld and a piece of alu. The paint i used is below. It worked pretty good cause if I messed up :D it did a good job of coverin it up. The color is charcoal black.

I'll vouch for the RustOleum Hammered finish--looks great, and it's nearly impossible to mess up in painting it on. :D

Well, I see you already cut into the case.

If I payed attention to this thread earlier, I would have said 1/4" Plexi motherboard tray with 1/8" plexi backplane.

But, since you found that FREE:D solution, that works just great :)

i must say though that upto now i spent about 100$ getting the case where it is now. lots of dremel wheels (burnt 8 alread) , sanding bits, riveting pliers (boy, those r fun), drill, new tubing, screws,... but i'd have to have spent almost the same amount modding a new bought case.

thx for the painting tips, dunno if i feel like doing that just yet. my legs and back are still sore of working that case all weekend.

a radiator mounting detail here, haven't seen much ppl do it like this, so i thought it might come in handy for certain modders. doens't look like much, but i can turn the case around, kick it, and the rad still won't move.

Passes the Kick test eh?, impressive! :D ...

Are they ordinairy bolts?. looks like there's no thread on the shaft to me(?)...

they are ordinary bolts: maybe this shows better what is going on:

thats pretty slick, I might have to try that mounting trick next time.

Aluminum tape will cure all aesthetic issues with the back of the case.

good idea!!!! was already wondering how to tackle that one