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Project: First Try

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gregnash

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Yeah yeah I know, I am supposed to come up with some cool name for my project but seeing as this project is probably going to run over the course of the next few months I have not come up with a fitting name. I have already started the painting process, the pictures show the 4th coat of primer that has been wetsanded with 800 grit. I plan on going with a Black Pearl interior and either Orange or Blue exterior, I havent decided on the exterior color as of yet. With this mod, hopefully, by the time I am done it will be the home of my new system which will house the following:

Classic Antec Dragon Case
Biostar Tforce 4U
Opty 144
1gb(2x512) of G.Skill Ram
Hitachi Deskstar 7k80
Evga 6800GS
Lite-On DvD-RW
and be powered by Either a Seasonic S12-500 or and Enermax Liberty 500

For the time being this will have to do with the bugdet that I have. Once I start making more money then I will add another DVD-ROM in there, a 5 1/4" bay fan controller and a 3.5" bay multi-media card reader. There will also be a compendium of silent fans in there to help with the noise level as well as choice places of where I will stick 1/4 thick Sound Absorbtion material. I plan on modding the 80mm holes out to fit 120mm fans. I will be running 2 120mm Sythe S-Flex 20dba fans in back as well as 2 120mm Antec TriCool Blue fans up front.....

So here is my dilemma. Do I sacrifice the HDD cage setup in the tower for something custom built (you can see what I am talking about in image 11) so that I can put the 2 120mm in front of do I just cut it down to one 120mm fan in front and just leave the top 80mm? This is something I have been mulling over for a few weeks now. On one hand I could do a setup something like the one in the MNPCTECH.com Harley Davidson case and modify the setup so that I can still attach them like normal but would effectively on get use out of the bottom tray. Or I could leave them completely out to build my own personal HDD rack. Any suggestions would be great.

Now On to the PICTURES!!!















 
Nice start there bud :)

What are your plans for the front bezel? Meshing it like mnpctech's case would look sweet!
 
Yeah the basic plan for the bezel is to bond everything so that it is a smooth surface without any ridges, just one uniform piece. I might change my mind once I get the mesh test fitted but wont know until then.

Just to warn you guys again, this is being done on a budget as I go along, so there will be large gaps in time between postings. I will do my best to keep you up to date and if I end up being able to scan any drawings in I will post those to show what I am working on.
 
gregnash said:
2 days and no replies? Wow am I unpopular
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It's not that mate, it's just that they're a tough crowd to crack! They've seen many Dragon cases modded, what's going to make yours stand out?
 
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