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shadowlord
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Hi all here.
iv'e modded not many things on my pc before, only some fans and a crap paint coat, all in all very ghetto style.
now iv'e wanted something better and went out looking for a new case.
iv'e found a cooler master centurion 5
in a local store for about 90 euros.
i wanted a black - red theme on it. and here we go:
the basic centurion:
getting rid of anything i didn't want in it and cutting some bigger fan holes and some holes for the psu wires:
the cutting was done with a proxon(dremel clone)
1st layer metallic red spray paint. ( iv'e warmt the spray can in some 45 degree hot water for better results).
After letting the paint dry a day i made a test fitting of the mobo, psu, and fans.
iv'e bought a fan adapter 120-80mm to fit a cooler master 120 fan on the 80 mm thermal take, silent boost heat sink.(silent is the false word for the TT fan).
from the plexi (it's an PS clone btw) which was left from the window i made some hd mount, so i could but it in a 51/2 bay. also some red leds were added.
i also cut a custom made window in the side panel. i only used a blade from a hand saw for metal and a few files for the side panel, the plexi was cut with a jigsaw.
for the edges i used some edge cover for car doors.
stealthed the DVD/CD-RW:
on the bottom of the case and also on the top of the dvd drive i put some noise damping material.
sleeved most of the cables, 2 case fans and the cpu fan were connected to a aerogate 1 which is hidden behind the front bezel.
changed power and hd led to red ones.
now some day/night shots
i used the components of my old system
cpu: amd 2600xp+ at 2086mhz
psu: tagan 480 watt(new), old one was a 350 w enermax with anoying fan setup.
ram: elixir 2*265 mb 400mhz
mobo: asus a7n8x-x rev.2
gfx: creative gf 5900 with the cheap 700mhz ram but who cares? it was cheap.
dvd: nec 1300
hd: 80gb maxtor, no more seagate ever!
misc: coolermaster aerogate1(new), 3 cm 120 mm red led fans(new), cm ramsinks, gfx-ram sinks,
temps are idle cpu 29C, sys 18C, under prime 95 cpu45, sys20,
i wouldn't call it sillent but i is a lot, lot, lot better now.
thanks goes to the company proxon for such a excelent tool, my local hardware supply, and my father for the tipp with the saw blade for the window cut, it made a very clear and nice cut.
iv'e modded not many things on my pc before, only some fans and a crap paint coat, all in all very ghetto style.
now iv'e wanted something better and went out looking for a new case.
iv'e found a cooler master centurion 5
i wanted a black - red theme on it. and here we go:
the basic centurion:
getting rid of anything i didn't want in it and cutting some bigger fan holes and some holes for the psu wires:
the cutting was done with a proxon(dremel clone)
1st layer metallic red spray paint. ( iv'e warmt the spray can in some 45 degree hot water for better results).
After letting the paint dry a day i made a test fitting of the mobo, psu, and fans.
iv'e bought a fan adapter 120-80mm to fit a cooler master 120 fan on the 80 mm thermal take, silent boost heat sink.(silent is the false word for the TT fan).
from the plexi (it's an PS clone btw) which was left from the window i made some hd mount, so i could but it in a 51/2 bay. also some red leds were added.
i also cut a custom made window in the side panel. i only used a blade from a hand saw for metal and a few files for the side panel, the plexi was cut with a jigsaw.
for the edges i used some edge cover for car doors.
stealthed the DVD/CD-RW:
on the bottom of the case and also on the top of the dvd drive i put some noise damping material.
sleeved most of the cables, 2 case fans and the cpu fan were connected to a aerogate 1 which is hidden behind the front bezel.
changed power and hd led to red ones.
now some day/night shots
i used the components of my old system
cpu: amd 2600xp+ at 2086mhz
psu: tagan 480 watt(new), old one was a 350 w enermax with anoying fan setup.
ram: elixir 2*265 mb 400mhz
mobo: asus a7n8x-x rev.2
gfx: creative gf 5900 with the cheap 700mhz ram but who cares? it was cheap.
dvd: nec 1300
hd: 80gb maxtor, no more seagate ever!
misc: coolermaster aerogate1(new), 3 cm 120 mm red led fans(new), cm ramsinks, gfx-ram sinks,
temps are idle cpu 29C, sys 18C, under prime 95 cpu45, sys20,
i wouldn't call it sillent but i is a lot, lot, lot better now.
thanks goes to the company proxon for such a excelent tool, my local hardware supply, and my father for the tipp with the saw blade for the window cut, it made a very clear and nice cut.
, Dont really see the point in noise dampening the bottom of the case, how often are you gonna have your head underneath your case? Well anyway, I like the colour theme.
