Considering how much of a slacker I am...I sure did get started on this quick.
Case stripped, removable HD tray and cage removed...permantly...didn't wanna do it like that but the heatercore is just a little to tall.

The top and bottom were removed later to get the Jig Saw in the case to cut the required metal.
Front fan grill was removed a few days after buying the case...now the rest of the area was cut out. You can see the area of the 5 1/4 bays I had to cut out in the first picture.