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My First Real Case Mod Project . . .

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Rike

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Originally posted by: tasburrfoot78362
Very nice... What all did you mod. Cable, sleeving, and window?
Tas.
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Cut the blowhole, cable sleeving, cable plugs, lighting is all mine. On the front panel, I did the switch panel. The window is a factory mod.
 
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I took the pics while I was doing clean up. I guess I need to do a better job next time. 🙂
 
Dust merely proves the machine is in use and useable. 🙂 That's cool. Nice mod job. Tips: You have some wires that are killing the effect for the others. Name that USB port thing with the grey wire, the PSU extender cable, and the CPU fan cable. Grab some yellow electrical tape, or just hide them (or even take out the USB thing if you don't need it). And you can easily sleeve that fan cable.

What is the thing you have the extra video fan on? And where did you get that? Looks pretty cool. I like.
Tas.
 
Originally posted by: tasburrfoot78362
Dust merely proves the machine is in use and useable. 🙂 That's cool. Nice mod job. Tips: You have some wires that are killing the effect for the others. Name that USB port thing with the grey wire, the PSU extender cable, and the CPU fan cable. Grab some yellow electrical tape, or just hide them (or even take out the USB thing if you don't need it). And you can easily sleeve that fan cable.

What is the thing you have the extra video fan on? And where did you get that? Looks pretty cool. I like.
Tas.
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The USB cable is already gone actually. I didn't really need, like you said, so I pulled it. The long cable off the vid card is the power for the vid card fan (extended my me). The vid card fan and the window fan are hooked to the same channel on the fan bus. When I'm not gaming, the fans run at minimum. When things heat up, I turn them up. It works quite well.
 
This one. It comes with lots of different faces and they are easy to change out. It has worked very well for me; I couldn't be happier with it.
 
I can say a bit more on this topic -- more so than I could speak confidently on certain finer points of over-clocking.

I still have a few questions: For instance, are the light blue LED fans at the back panel near the ATX I/O plate 92mm or 80mm fans?

Why did you filter the top blow-hole fan, which I assume is an exhaust fan?

Only based on my experience in this matter, and by looking closely at your CPU fan to see which direction it blows (my conclusion is "down" -- pushing air onto the cpu and motherboard) -- it appears that your PSU fan, twin exhaust fans and CPU fan are competing with each other for air.

I can see that these fans are pretty close together, but it still may be possible to use foam-board ducting so that the CPU fan draws air from one side of the duct, and the exhaust fans from the under-side of the duct (where the CPU fan is expelling air). Then, the fans would be working in series. That still leaves the PSU fan competing with the exhaust fans, but it may still be possible to separate them with additional ducting.

The case you chose -- on the exterior -- looks like more recent vintage. On the interior, it reminds me of earlier full-tower ATX cases -- case designs I still use by recycling used steel cases. All in all, your system looks promising, although I think there is room for improvement given the remarks I've made here.
 
Fan at the back are 80mm UV. 92mm fans would be better, but I decide it wasn't worth the hassle of trying to get them to fit. What I really wanted was one 120mm Panflo, but there just isn't room.

I filtered the blowhole to trap any dust that might be in the system so it would not recirculate . It also keeps dust from falling into the case when in the system is off.

When I setup my fan system, I was going for negative pressure in the case. What you can't see from the pics is two 80 mm fans at the front, blowing in. Total fans in/out: 3 80mm/ 2 80mm +PSU 2 80mm (dual push) + 1 120mm. My system runs very cool for air.

On the case, I take your comments as a compliment. The case is simply this one. For a two year old case I bought when I was a near complete n00b, I think it looks pretty good. Of course the new P180 sure does look. [/Drool]
 
I have the same case as you, except without the window. I got it used for $35. I like its looks, and the size makes it very easy to work in. It also is very quiet. (I have 9 fans total inside of it 3x Panaflo 80mm intake, 2x Antec 80mm exhaust, 2x PSU exhaust, 1 CPU fan (stock AMD Skt A HSF), and 1 small GFX card fan (on an old Elsa Gloria III), and it only has a quiet whooshing when powered up.)
 
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