Yeah, yeah, I know. Took me long enough. 
But when you have another person helping you who doesn't have much freetime, then that's kinda what you end up with. But anyways, here's what I've got for you in picturific goodness.
The Finished Holes - Ok, picking up where I left off last time, this here is a picture of the finished side holes for the main door. It took us the longest to deal with these because of the temper of the steel door and the fact that we had to cut around a set of ventilation luvers and an intented door handle. Needless to say, we were successful, even if it proved to be quite the adventure. Plus the holes did ground out a tad bit better this time as we learned as we went. Still a little rough at points, but it worked.
The Finished Side Door - Ok, this picture shows the finished side door with mounted fans. I forgot to get a picture of the backside of the door to show you how it looked with the fans attacked. But either way, we got the tubing in place to line the holes and the rest of it fit perfectly. Thing is, we hit a glitch after mounting the fans. The way the indentations and the luvers on the door were sitting, it caused the fan blades to drag on the rubber linning and stopped them cold. Well, after much playing with the layout of the fans and installing spacers to raise it up where needed, the fans eventually spun free and I don't have any more problems with it moving air correctly. At least I hope not.
The guts of my box - This little wiring disaster is the heart of my box. It may not look pretty, but it works. In fact, with the way all the PSU wires and IDE cables, the cards, IDE slots on the board, ram, HD's, and whatnot fall inside that case, that's what I end up with. Like I said, it's not pretty, but it works. It also shows you all of the stuff I have crammed into there. Hence why I need the extra cooling. In the summer this thing could cook an egg. Plus I need to force extra air up past the zoo of wires and towards the top of the case and away from the MB, processor and other components where it can be safely exhausted with no problems.
The Finished Product - Ok, the moment you've all been waiting for. The finished product! This is what the case looks like once it's fully assembled and running. The fan in the lower right hand corner pulls in air and forces it up past the HD's, and around the CDr/DVD and out the top. It also keeps the lower half of the case cool. The one on the middle left puts air directly onto the processor and sends the warmed air either out the lower rear exhaust fan, or towards the upper half of the case past the PSU to be exhausted out the blowhole at the top. This also creates a forced flow dynamic inside the case that makes sure that there is always fresh, cool air flowing over every component.
Now, just for proof of point as to how well this mod works, my room is an average of 62 degrees at any time. Here's my idle temps with the computer freshly booted, and here are my operating temps with the system under the maximum load possible. Pretty impressive, eh?
Tell me what you think of this whole project so far. You can review the first half of it here.
But when you have another person helping you who doesn't have much freetime, then that's kinda what you end up with. But anyways, here's what I've got for you in picturific goodness.The Finished Holes - Ok, picking up where I left off last time, this here is a picture of the finished side holes for the main door. It took us the longest to deal with these because of the temper of the steel door and the fact that we had to cut around a set of ventilation luvers and an intented door handle. Needless to say, we were successful, even if it proved to be quite the adventure. Plus the holes did ground out a tad bit better this time as we learned as we went. Still a little rough at points, but it worked.
The Finished Side Door - Ok, this picture shows the finished side door with mounted fans. I forgot to get a picture of the backside of the door to show you how it looked with the fans attacked. But either way, we got the tubing in place to line the holes and the rest of it fit perfectly. Thing is, we hit a glitch after mounting the fans. The way the indentations and the luvers on the door were sitting, it caused the fan blades to drag on the rubber linning and stopped them cold. Well, after much playing with the layout of the fans and installing spacers to raise it up where needed, the fans eventually spun free and I don't have any more problems with it moving air correctly. At least I hope not.
The guts of my box - This little wiring disaster is the heart of my box. It may not look pretty, but it works. In fact, with the way all the PSU wires and IDE cables, the cards, IDE slots on the board, ram, HD's, and whatnot fall inside that case, that's what I end up with. Like I said, it's not pretty, but it works. It also shows you all of the stuff I have crammed into there. Hence why I need the extra cooling. In the summer this thing could cook an egg.
Plus I need to force extra air up past the zoo of wires and towards the top of the case and away from the MB, processor and other components where it can be safely exhausted with no problems.The Finished Product - Ok, the moment you've all been waiting for. The finished product! This is what the case looks like once it's fully assembled and running. The fan in the lower right hand corner pulls in air and forces it up past the HD's, and around the CDr/DVD and out the top. It also keeps the lower half of the case cool. The one on the middle left puts air directly onto the processor and sends the warmed air either out the lower rear exhaust fan, or towards the upper half of the case past the PSU to be exhausted out the blowhole at the top. This also creates a forced flow dynamic inside the case that makes sure that there is always fresh, cool air flowing over every component.
Now, just for proof of point as to how well this mod works, my room is an average of 62 degrees at any time. Here's my idle temps with the computer freshly booted, and here are my operating temps with the system under the maximum load possible. Pretty impressive, eh?
Tell me what you think of this whole project so far. You can review the first half of it here.
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