another old to new glory worklog

shadowlord · Sep 17, 2005

Hi all!
It's modding time again.
I get the chance to sell my old athlon xp system, complete with my modded coolermaster centurion case.

i had an old at case lying around with a nice shape, luckily i was able to buy a cheap second one for spare parts.
here we go:

and here the nice new hardware to go inside.

A64 3000+ Venice, clocks now at 2500

soon in the project i found out that a normal DVD-Drive would not fit with the large A8N installed, so looked on ebay and found this laptop Panasonic DVD-Writer and a ide converter.

since i liked to suck the cool air in at the bottom i needed something that keeps the whole case about 30mm above the ground, after a little research i come up with this.

test fitting of the psu

now it was time to start a little painting, iv'e used dupli color automotive paint for all paint jobs.

this time i didn't want a window because iv'e wanted some sound dampening on the inside. but without a little plexi it wouldn't be a mod so i decided to cut a x in the side panel.

shadowlord · Sep 17, 2005

since the space in the case is very limited i need some extreme flexible round ide cables for the dvd drive (hdd is a sata). I made some by myself from the flat ones that came with the mobo.

aswell for the midi port.

next i frosted some plexi with 600 grit wet sand paper and put it behind the X in the side panel, i even added 12 leds.

for my thrusty gamepad i needed some fron usb ports. so i used a additional packplate as a template and cut a front bezel.

finaly i completed the suspension for the tires.

next i need to cut a front bezel to hold the laptop drive and mounting device.

SAS91 · Sep 17, 2005

Looking good m8y

shadowlord · Sep 17, 2005

this is a holding thingie for the fan filters. there were a lot of struttings but my thrusty proxxon got rid of them.

assembled the psu (changed the loud globe fan with a red led coolermaster 23db one) and the case intake.

soldered some red leds to the connectors for power and hdd leds

started with the final assembly

a red led with a piece of frosted plexi is added to the front usb ports for the right "glow "

heres the finished top panel, unfortunately i found out that the fan will not fit inside the case bacause its interfering with the mobo so i mounted it outside later.

as i posted allready in the Zahlman 700 cu thread i changed the loud cooling on the gfx card.

final assembly. due to the limited space the cabling looks like a rats nest in some places. but i somehow managed it to hide the worst behind the drive cage.

some night shots.

and a closeup of the glowing front usb ports

due to the noise isolation material, the box is somewhat silent.
cooling seems to be enough for the winter months, i think a watercooling build is calling for springtime.

take care
Chris

SAS91 · Sep 17, 2005

ok ... so i said it looked good....

now i say it looks fucking awesome. Great job man that is class.

d3fc0n5 · Sep 17, 2005

that is the best crap to golry ive seen yet. very nice job

][V][AGIC · Sep 17, 2005

a very nice job man, that fan on top is an eye sore though. maybe paint it to match or something. other than that everything else is pretty awesome

Shmuckety · Sep 17, 2005

Maybe when you do the watercooling you can put a shroud over the top fan. Great job. Your case has some bad ass rims.

What are those 20's...

FadedSpark · Sep 17, 2005

WOW that case is HOT! i would buy one if it had a window, i like the inverted ness and all the room! wow!

good job!

KrakenGuy · Sep 18, 2005

Your cuts are incredibly straight. Excellent Job, I hope to see more from you in the future.

shadowlord · Sep 26, 2005

hi all,

first thanks for all the positive replys

@ shmuckety, yeah they look like 20"s

and yes the fan on the top was an eye sore........was..........

it took me a while to come up with a solution, a smaller fan was out of the question so i come up with this.

not nice eh.....

i guttet the inside of a cooler master led fan from the "shroud"

and voila, it fits

not that bad.

the red led fits nice with the color theme.

and visit at home depot will fix the problem with the one white zip tie instead of 4 black ones

][V][AGIC · Sep 28, 2005

wow 100 times better, looks awesome

Bassist-X · Sep 28, 2005

Yeah that looks sooo much better, maybe roll those ends of the tie wrap upside down so they aren't showing.

Sloth · Sep 28, 2005

They might hit the fan blades then.

Awesome mod dude, very clean. I like the placement of the psu.

Techx · Sep 28, 2005

hah cool mod, and pimp wheels

1337m0dd3r · Sep 28, 2005

looks great

mrweasel · Sep 28, 2005

That fan solution is Ghetto-licious!

Great job over all

altec · Sep 28, 2005

][V][AGIC said:
a very nice job man, that fan on top is an eye sore though. maybe paint it to match or something. other than that everything else is pretty awesome

What he sed.

Elledan · Sep 28, 2005

Bassist-X said:
Yeah that looks sooo much better, maybe roll those ends of the tie wrap upside down so they aren't showing.

I'd probably have used something like black thread, or even thin metal strips/wire.

Other than this little detail it looks absolutely fantastic

rogue_jedi · Sep 28, 2005

very nice looking mod. i thought the fan with the stickers on it was cool

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