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begining of my first case makeover

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recently i went ahed and ordered some new parts for my existing ones; i purchesed a new motherboard (abit nf7-s) and harddrive (wd 80gb special edition) from newegg, along with a new case. i skimped pretty hard on the case, and got a generic looking $22 powmax case (with power supply).

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i decided against using the cheap power supply, and modded a blue LED fan into my old one. along with that, i've been planning out a lot of other mods that i'm looking forward to complete. i have 5 80mm fans inside, which makes it pretty noisy. i wanted a fan controller to allow me to keep it quiet when needed. i noticed the fan and harddrives were making my case vibrate, so i've been looking into stopping that. i never got a window in any of my cases, so there's another one of my goals. i need to paint my beige floppy black, and the fan grills are pretty restricting so i want to chop those out, too. i currently have an order from svc on the way...
-3.5" bay 4 fan controller
-2 12" red CCFL lights
-rounded IDE and floppy cables
-arctic silver 5 to allow for overclocking of my xp2500+

this build was one of the few i actually tried to keep clean wires in, so thats why i went ahed and got the rounded cables (i feel the need to show of my wire job with a window). once the order arrives i'll have all my before, during, and after pictures...for those who are wondering where they are now. enough of my rambling...i know what i have planned out and hopefully this case will come out as good as i picture it. if anyone even cares, stick tight and i should be 100% finished by the end of the week.
 
well, i've been so used to fedex from newegg, and i ship usps when i sell things on the forums, that i forgot about how long ups takes to deliver. i ordered my stuff off svc on sunday the 25th, my estimated delivery time is the 2nd. in the meantime, i need to go to home depot to get a nibbler so i can work on these stock fan grills, and maybe even my window, if cutting a window with a nibbler is possible. what do you guys reccomend to put between a harddrive and the case to cut down on vibrations?
 
Depends on what you can fit in there. If you can fit some foam, awesome. But usually some rubber grommets and lining the inner portion of the HD rack with a couple layers of electrical tape can make some nice improvments, if you don't mind the slightly ghetto look. (even still, you can do the tape without it being really seen.)
 
If you can put some rubber washers or something between the harddrive and the cage it would help. Also if your whole case is vibrating then you may want to check the case feet and get somer rubber ones.
 
i now hate window mods. i tried one on an old mATX case before - i ended up mauling both my jigsaw, and the window. i got snips that cut through this side panel, and the cut was pretty decent, and i went to cut down my piece of lexan so i could attach it, and the thing pretty much snapped into 4 pieces, none of them big enough for me to use. i wasted $10 on a piece of lexan and a lot of my time cutting the window. i'm trying to see if powmax offers a replacement side panel that comes with a window, if not, i might need to get this window done by someone else.
 
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