any easy case mods?

[jswjimmy]

so for i have stealthed, added lights, sleeved all the wires in my computer(other than the fans, im replacing them soon). is there any other easy case mods?

edit: its an enermax case
edit: pics here and here

 

[SneakyStuff]

Try taming some of those cables? Clumped cables KILL airflow.

 

[jswjimmy]

ya but thay are all up by the cd-rom drive now thae rest i fixed the pics are like from december before i upgraded.

btw where the hell do you guys put the extra wires from the psu, i have no were to put them other then under my cd-rom.

 

[jswjimmy]

i found some newer pics link.

 

[gordanfreeman]

all my extra power cords i stuffed either above the PSU or in a spare cdrom bay. the only airspace they are restricting doesnt matter really so im ok w/ it.

suggestion for case mod: if you have any stock fan grills on the case cut them out/off and either leave open or put a generic wire grill over the hole.

 

[jswjimmy]

Originally posted by: gordanfreeman
all my extra power cords i stuffed either above the PSU or in a spare cdrom bay. the only airspace they are restricting doesnt matter really so im ok w/ it.

suggestion for case mod: if you have any stock fan grills on the case cut them out/off and either leave open or put a generic wire grill over the hole.

i have that planed but i havent gotten around to it but that is a good one.

 

[wkwong]

if you don't like your window desing anymore, you can cut the whole tihng out, get a new piece of acrylic and cut your a square/rectangular window. uh.. a top blowhole would be pretty easy too and works wonders. other than that... what gordan said..

 

[mdcrab]

How about some thumb screws for easy access?

They are inexpensive and easy to install.

mdcrab

 

[jswjimmy]

Originally posted by: mdcrab
How about some thumb screws for easy access?

They are inexpensive and easy to install.

mdcrab

i leave the case screws off, because i never move it, but i do have a set of 4 thumb screws i use if i have to move it.

 

[jswjimmy]

for lights im going to add another ccfl to the top so that light will come out of the vents.

 

[JonathanYoung]

How about replacing the entire side panel with a glass panel?

Dialup warning

Shameless plug for my own wannabe mod

 

[ZoNtO]

Do all of this

1) Add handles to top

2) Add a baybus either on top or in drive bay to control fans, rheobusses are cool too!

3) Do your own window, I'm not a fan of the flower

4) Sounddampen the whole thing, pax mate, dynamat, something like that

5) Add a top blowhole

6) Cut bigger fan holes for your current fans

7) Get sound vibration dampening screw baffles, fan noise killer and power supply noise killer (Antec)

8) Paint your Drivebezels! Great guide!

9) Work on the clump of wiring by your optical drives. Try routing things into unused drive bays so that airflow has a clear path from your intakes to your exhausts.

10) Add one or two intakes to the side of your case, one over video card, one over CPU

11) Heatpipe your graphics card!

I'm out of ideas right now, hope that helped. You could get some UV stuff too I guess, that's what I did for mine!

 

[Cheetah8799]

btw where the hell do you guys put the extra wires from the psu, i have no were to put them other then under my cd-rom.

You can take apart the psu and stuff a few extra wires inside the metal housing. I've done it with mine. If you use zip-ties you can get them to stuff into a really small space and not restrict your psu airflow.

You can kinda see it in this pic of my modded psu: link. Obviously I stuffed in a few more cables than you might want to stuff in, but I didn't need any sata power, extra P4 mobo power, etc. I think there are maybe 3 stuffed in there...

 

[jswjimmy]

hay ZoNtO


1) Add handles to top
no fan in center. plus i have a huge hsf, i will crack the core if i move it to much.

2) Add a baybus either on top or in drive bay to control fans, rheobusses are cool too!
lol its called stealth

3) Do your own window, I'm not a fan of the flower
its the enermax logo not a flower. but i may cut it out mid-summer.

4) Sounddampen the whole thing, pax mate, dynamat, something like that
i like the noise. dam i have a 60db fan on my cpu.

5) Add a top blowhole
comes stock with one. but i may make it biger

6) Cut bigger fan holes for your current fans
not enoughf room

7) Get sound vibration dampening screw baffles, fan noise killer and power supply noise killer (Antec)
the enermax psu puts out almost no noise, it has one 1000rpm fan.

8) Paint your Drivebezels! Great guide!
are you crazy i stealthed all of the drives, thats means you cant see them

9) Work on the clump of wiring by your optical drives. Try routing things into unused drive bays so that airflow has a clear path from your intakes to your exhausts.
i do have a clear path from the intake to exhaust.

10) Add one or two intakes to the side of your case, one over video card, one over CPU
my card cooler does just fine

11) Heatpipe your graphics card!
why its pasive now

I'm out of ideas right now, hope that helped. You could get some UV stuff too I guess, that's what I did for mine

finaly a good one i should put uv every thing in the computer.

 

[jswjimmy]

Originally posted by: JonathanYoung
How about replacing the entire side panel with a glass panel?

Dialup warning

Shameless plug for my own wannabe mod

sounds good. i might do that.

 

[jswjimmy]

Originally posted by: Cheetah8799

btw where the hell do you guys put the extra wires from the psu, i have no were to put them other then under my cd-rom.

You can take apart the psu and stuff a few extra wires inside the metal housing. I've done it with mine. If you use zip-ties you can get them to stuff into a really small space and not restrict your psu airflow.

You can kinda see it in this pic of my modded psu: link. Obviously I stuffed in a few more cables than you might want to stuff in, but I didn't need any sata power, extra P4 mobo power, etc. I think there are maybe 3 stuffed in there...

thanks, ill do that when i put a new fan im my psu, ill need the wire anyway.