Ahhh yes, the time to mod is upon us. First the unsuspecting victim as seen here:
Case Mod -- Picture 1
Case Mod -- Picture 2
Case Mod -- Picture 3
This computer is my testing rig. It has been by my side for quite some time now, and has more than earned its keep. Some may sneer at its specs?. But it does its job perfectly, and that is all you can ask of a computer really. I guess, I?ll go ahead and indulge you in the specs incase you?re wondering
- AMD K6-2 450 @ 550 Stone Cold stable
- 384MB PC-100 RAM
- 20GB WD200BB Hard Drive
- Now after the mod a nice 48x CD-RW (Formerly 40X CD-ROM)
- NVidia TNT2 Pro 32MB
- ESS Audio Card
- Adaptec SCSI 2 controller (For testing SCSI devices)
- Maxtor SATA Controller (For testing SATA devices)
- 3Com 10/100 PCI NIC
- CoolerMaster 380W Power Supply
Ok enough of that. Lets get to the modding. Today was the last day of finals, and afterwards, I decided to have a bit of modding/spray painting fun with my trusty computer. I also just got this roll of 3M plastic tape used for tracing paint outlines on stuff and wanted to give it a try.
First step in the process was to disassemble the computer and clean it thoroughly.
Case Mod -- Picture 4
After that, since I?m in an apartment and it is uber cold outside, and snowing (not ideal conditions for spray painting, I set up my own ghetto-rigged painting booth in my kitchen, with a large box fan blowing out the patio door, for proper ventilation, and lots of garbage bags everywhere to catch the excess paint.
Case Mod -- Picture 5
The first piece I painted was the main steel frame. I went with a nice deep red for good contrast with the planed black exterior. Took a while to work paint into all the nooks and crannies of this case, but in the end it looks alright.
Case Mod -- Picture 6
Case Mod -- Picture 7
I started painting the exterior panels and stuff black at this point, nothing fascinating there. After the red paint had dried enough, I replaced the fan enclosure (freshly painted black as well), and speaker.
Case Mod -- Picture 8
Here is where the fun begins. This is my first ever attempt at ?Free-hand paint masking? with my badass new tape. I decided the top of the case looked a little bland, so I decided to go with a nice yellow-red faded AMD logo up top.
Case Mod -- Picture 9
Case Mod -- Picture 10
Case Mod -- Picture 11
From here I just started adding the black panels as they dried
Case Mod -- Picture 12
Case Mod -- Picture 13
Case Mod -- Picture 14
Now for the side panels? I wanted to put some ?real? flames on them as opposed to the Sharpie flames I had drawn on it before, so I busted out the magical blue tape again, and free-handed a couple ?auto-style? flames on each side panel, as well as a red pinstripe across the bottom, that carries over across the front bezel. Unfortunately on one panel I didn?t wait long enough for the pinstripe paint to dry and it came out pretty Fugly. Oh well live and learn.
Case Mod -- Picture 15
Case Mod -- Picture 16
Case Mod -- Picture 18
Since I?m not doing anything radical to the case, or altering it in any way this was a fairly quick mod. Did it all today actually. Start to finish. I sprayed the Power supply (Disassembled it first? goodbye warranty) with a yellow base coat and a medium light Orange topcoat, so it is a two tone color. Looks pretty sweet in RL, mounted it up and mounted the internal components back into it and viola. Case mod done? for now.
Case Mod -- Picture 17
Case Mod -- Picture 19
Here are the final pictures of the completed mod.
Case Mod -- Picture 20
Case Mod -- Picture 21
Case Mod -- Picture 22
Case Mod -- Picture 23
Case Mod -- Picture 24
Case Mod -- Picture 25
Oh yeah, before I get flamed too bad about the A64 sticker on the front of the case, I didn't have any other AMD logos to stick on there, and it looks rather naked without something there. I've got a roll of 500 of those damn A64 stickers I gotta use up somehow
Case Mod -- Picture 1
Case Mod -- Picture 2
Case Mod -- Picture 3
This computer is my testing rig. It has been by my side for quite some time now, and has more than earned its keep. Some may sneer at its specs?. But it does its job perfectly, and that is all you can ask of a computer really. I guess, I?ll go ahead and indulge you in the specs incase you?re wondering
- AMD K6-2 450 @ 550 Stone Cold stable
- 384MB PC-100 RAM
- 20GB WD200BB Hard Drive
- Now after the mod a nice 48x CD-RW (Formerly 40X CD-ROM)
- NVidia TNT2 Pro 32MB
- ESS Audio Card
- Adaptec SCSI 2 controller (For testing SCSI devices)
- Maxtor SATA Controller (For testing SATA devices)
- 3Com 10/100 PCI NIC
- CoolerMaster 380W Power Supply
Ok enough of that. Lets get to the modding. Today was the last day of finals, and afterwards, I decided to have a bit of modding/spray painting fun with my trusty computer. I also just got this roll of 3M plastic tape used for tracing paint outlines on stuff and wanted to give it a try.
First step in the process was to disassemble the computer and clean it thoroughly.
Case Mod -- Picture 4
After that, since I?m in an apartment and it is uber cold outside, and snowing (not ideal conditions for spray painting, I set up my own ghetto-rigged painting booth in my kitchen, with a large box fan blowing out the patio door, for proper ventilation, and lots of garbage bags everywhere to catch the excess paint.
Case Mod -- Picture 5
The first piece I painted was the main steel frame. I went with a nice deep red for good contrast with the planed black exterior. Took a while to work paint into all the nooks and crannies of this case, but in the end it looks alright.
Case Mod -- Picture 6
Case Mod -- Picture 7
I started painting the exterior panels and stuff black at this point, nothing fascinating there. After the red paint had dried enough, I replaced the fan enclosure (freshly painted black as well), and speaker.
Case Mod -- Picture 8
Here is where the fun begins. This is my first ever attempt at ?Free-hand paint masking? with my badass new tape. I decided the top of the case looked a little bland, so I decided to go with a nice yellow-red faded AMD logo up top.
Case Mod -- Picture 9
Case Mod -- Picture 10
Case Mod -- Picture 11
From here I just started adding the black panels as they dried
Case Mod -- Picture 12
Case Mod -- Picture 13
Case Mod -- Picture 14
Now for the side panels? I wanted to put some ?real? flames on them as opposed to the Sharpie flames I had drawn on it before, so I busted out the magical blue tape again, and free-handed a couple ?auto-style? flames on each side panel, as well as a red pinstripe across the bottom, that carries over across the front bezel. Unfortunately on one panel I didn?t wait long enough for the pinstripe paint to dry and it came out pretty Fugly. Oh well live and learn.
Case Mod -- Picture 15
Case Mod -- Picture 16
Case Mod -- Picture 18
Since I?m not doing anything radical to the case, or altering it in any way this was a fairly quick mod. Did it all today actually. Start to finish. I sprayed the Power supply (Disassembled it first? goodbye warranty) with a yellow base coat and a medium light Orange topcoat, so it is a two tone color. Looks pretty sweet in RL, mounted it up and mounted the internal components back into it and viola. Case mod done? for now.
Case Mod -- Picture 17
Case Mod -- Picture 19
Here are the final pictures of the completed mod.
Case Mod -- Picture 20
Case Mod -- Picture 21
Case Mod -- Picture 22
Case Mod -- Picture 23
Case Mod -- Picture 24
Case Mod -- Picture 25
Oh yeah, before I get flamed too bad about the A64 sticker on the front of the case, I didn't have any other AMD logos to stick on there, and it looks rather naked without something there. I've got a roll of 500 of those damn A64 stickers I gotta use up somehow
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