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I finally decided to start modding my Lian Li V300. Some people might ask why... as it is a nice case, which it is true, its a gorgeous case, but can be greatly improved on in places, and this is what i plan to do.
My plan is to modify the Lian Li V300 case, so that it can accomodate a full working Dual 120mm Watercooled system, and a full 9" Gfx card (which was sadly overlooked by Lian Li
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I have already composed a review of my intial thoughts of the case which can be found here.. Nixehs V300 Case Review
Right enough of the babbling and on with the Project Log. I got some cutting discs for me trusty dremel today and instead of do all the modding in one go i decided to post it bit by bit as it might inform people about the good and bad points of this case and obvioously the moddability of this case.
I decided to strip the case down to its bare chassis, removing the majority of the bezels, fans and mounts and the accessibility port for sound, usb etc etc at the front, and this is what i got.
Here is a closer picture of what i plan to be removing today. I havent decided on whether to remove the just the floppy drive caddy, or the bottom cd rom caddy aswell.
All i need to do is make room for the dual radiator and fans, and also the space needed for the 9" graphics card (X1900XTX)
As i found out, the fan mount is detachable, which is going to help me a bit later, as i will definetly have to alter it to accomodate the mounting for the dual 120 rad.
And after about 15mins of careful hardcore dremel action, i managed to roughly cut out the floppy drive... heres the wreckage.
What you see here is the bottom part of the floppy caddy.
Removing the floppy caddy on its own opens up a hell of a lot of space.
I still wonder why Lian Li put the floppy drive space into this case. Ok so there might be the odd few users out there who use the space.. but most of us dont. And i think if they removed it, it would be the best case for sff'ers (if you dont mind the slightly larger footprint).
This pretty much concludes my project log at this moment. Obviously i have to do more work, but ill get round to that in the coming weekend, especially when i finally get the radiator ordered.
Also before i go, i noticed one thing that i have to modifiy around if i decided to remove the cd rom caddy.
This is the bottom most support of the HDD, now ive had a look and im sure it will be stable without it, but im not sure what it would be like for stabability and also if this will help absorb any vibrations.
Anyway, hope you like my first log.
Feel free to leave comments, and suggestions and constructive cristism.
My plan is to modify the Lian Li V300 case, so that it can accomodate a full working Dual 120mm Watercooled system, and a full 9" Gfx card (which was sadly overlooked by Lian Li
)I have already composed a review of my intial thoughts of the case which can be found here.. Nixehs V300 Case Review
Right enough of the babbling and on with the Project Log. I got some cutting discs for me trusty dremel today and instead of do all the modding in one go i decided to post it bit by bit as it might inform people about the good and bad points of this case and obvioously the moddability of this case.
I decided to strip the case down to its bare chassis, removing the majority of the bezels, fans and mounts and the accessibility port for sound, usb etc etc at the front, and this is what i got.
Here is a closer picture of what i plan to be removing today. I havent decided on whether to remove the just the floppy drive caddy, or the bottom cd rom caddy aswell.
All i need to do is make room for the dual radiator and fans, and also the space needed for the 9" graphics card (X1900XTX)
As i found out, the fan mount is detachable, which is going to help me a bit later, as i will definetly have to alter it to accomodate the mounting for the dual 120 rad.
And after about 15mins of careful hardcore dremel action, i managed to roughly cut out the floppy drive... heres the wreckage.
What you see here is the bottom part of the floppy caddy.
Removing the floppy caddy on its own opens up a hell of a lot of space.
I still wonder why Lian Li put the floppy drive space into this case. Ok so there might be the odd few users out there who use the space.. but most of us dont. And i think if they removed it, it would be the best case for sff'ers (if you dont mind the slightly larger footprint).
This pretty much concludes my project log at this moment. Obviously i have to do more work, but ill get round to that in the coming weekend, especially when i finally get the radiator ordered.
Also before i go, i noticed one thing that i have to modifiy around if i decided to remove the cd rom caddy.
This is the bottom most support of the HDD, now ive had a look and im sure it will be stable without it, but im not sure what it would be like for stabability and also if this will help absorb any vibrations.
Anyway, hope you like my first log.
Feel free to leave comments, and suggestions and constructive cristism.