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Well few months ago I was lucky enough to buy a Cooler Master ATC111B-SX2 for a very modest price.
The price was due to the fact there were quite a few "problems" as in damage and missing parts. I have been doing various bits and pieces along the way while negotiating and awaiting spare parts from Cooler Master (Thanks to CM for the spare parts and to knud // elessar for making it happen!).
Yay the bits arrived today:
So the first thing on the agenda was the window panel which had a ruddy great scratch across it (or so the seller thought) and a load of stickers on it:
The stickers came off with ease, a little residue but nothing that cilit bang couldn't deal with, but the scratch? well i was all set on needing to get a new piece of perspex but on doing the fingernail test (always do the fingernail test to see how deep the scratch is) i was chuffed to find the scratch scratched off! so with a bit of soft cloth wrapped over my fingernail i worked away the scratch.
The case was missing drive bay blanks, PCI blanks and all thumb screws. Having removed all the other bits, i found there was no dust filters behind the mesh. So an empty shell which needed a good clean up and lots of foam & velcro pads removing. The velcro ones were pretty easy to just pull of with no residue left but the foam pads were a bit more challenging. You'll see one that i hadn't quite shifted at the time of the pitures:
My secret weapon in cleaning all the dirt dust and trapped daddy longlegs out was Cilit Bang (BANG! and the dirt was gone!) Cleaned the brushed alu surface nicely as well:
Now that all the bits from CM arrived it was time to get all the other bits together:
4 x Akasa Blue LED fans (all fans are speed adjustable using a controller, but the two for the front are adjustable independantly)
5 x 80mm fan grills
120mm x 80mm Dust filter
1 x I/O Shield (ok so it wont fit your mobo, but it finnishes it off)
Now it's time to remove the motherboard tray install Akasa fan with grill on front and back, pop the I/O shield in and the new PCI blanks with thumb screws:
Motherboard tray Back in place with thumb screws:
Next up was installing the top blow hole fan and grill:
Then onto the front fans, with grills on the inside of the case:
Installation of the 5.25" bay blanks:
A new dust filter in the mesh and on it goes:
Sides back on and the new thumb screws in to secure:
One tenderly loved cared for and caressed back to good health ATC111b-SX2:
Feel free to comment or ask questions here, via email or MSN.
I hope you enjoyed it!
The price was due to the fact there were quite a few "problems" as in damage and missing parts. I have been doing various bits and pieces along the way while negotiating and awaiting spare parts from Cooler Master (Thanks to CM for the spare parts and to knud // elessar for making it happen!).
Yay the bits arrived today:
So the first thing on the agenda was the window panel which had a ruddy great scratch across it (or so the seller thought) and a load of stickers on it:
The stickers came off with ease, a little residue but nothing that cilit bang couldn't deal with, but the scratch? well i was all set on needing to get a new piece of perspex but on doing the fingernail test (always do the fingernail test to see how deep the scratch is) i was chuffed to find the scratch scratched off! so with a bit of soft cloth wrapped over my fingernail i worked away the scratch.
The case was missing drive bay blanks, PCI blanks and all thumb screws. Having removed all the other bits, i found there was no dust filters behind the mesh. So an empty shell which needed a good clean up and lots of foam & velcro pads removing. The velcro ones were pretty easy to just pull of with no residue left but the foam pads were a bit more challenging. You'll see one that i hadn't quite shifted at the time of the pitures:
My secret weapon in cleaning all the dirt dust and trapped daddy longlegs out was Cilit Bang (BANG! and the dirt was gone!) Cleaned the brushed alu surface nicely as well:
Now that all the bits from CM arrived it was time to get all the other bits together:
4 x Akasa Blue LED fans (all fans are speed adjustable using a controller, but the two for the front are adjustable independantly)
5 x 80mm fan grills
120mm x 80mm Dust filter
1 x I/O Shield (ok so it wont fit your mobo, but it finnishes it off)
Now it's time to remove the motherboard tray install Akasa fan with grill on front and back, pop the I/O shield in and the new PCI blanks with thumb screws:
Motherboard tray Back in place with thumb screws:
Next up was installing the top blow hole fan and grill:
Then onto the front fans, with grills on the inside of the case:
Installation of the 5.25" bay blanks:
A new dust filter in the mesh and on it goes:
Sides back on and the new thumb screws in to secure:
One tenderly loved cared for and caressed back to good health ATC111b-SX2:
Feel free to comment or ask questions here, via email or MSN.
I hope you enjoyed it!
