I found a full tower casing for a super deal of only rm50! There was sum water damage of sum sort. The shop owner doesn't even know how it happened. I reckon a rat got into the case n made a nest in the case n pissed all over the insides hence the rust on the bottom panel n HDD cage. I cudn care less, it only cost 50 n I reckon that's 1 heck of a deal for a full tower case. It even has removable HDD cage n mobo tray.

Here's what I did 2day. Stripped it all apart for cleaning n modding.




Here's the water damage I was tokin bout. Gonna sand it down n paint it later.




Cut a 120mm top blowhole for my radiator.




Cut a 120mm hole for front intake fan. Also cut a 120mm hole for rear exhaust fan above the PSU.




Measuring, marking the side panel window.




Side panel after cutting.




Drilling holes for the wheels. rm5.90 only from Ikea. The wheels can tahan a max load of 25kg so it's more than enuf.




Tahts all for now. Will update again 2moro. Damn tired oredi whole day modding.

This post has been edited by ianho: Jul 31 2006, 04:41 AM

woot... bro... u show off kah...
lol... nice mod there...


p/s:- i'm spamer, pic belum load habis...i oredi reply wuakaka

Got question: How ur cut blowhole?

Spraypainting?

ask him do for u....is free de....
onli u need giv him some P0R* pic...wil do

What's there to show off? Not like it's a rm1000 Lian Li. Whahaha. C the Worklog name oso called Cheapskate. Just sharing so that other's can c what rm50 can do. Whahaha.

wah...nice mood ya....lol...tat is tikus punya air kecil...wukakaka

Slowly n accurately cut with a Jigsaw. Much experience n practice is needed to cut it so nice n round with a jigsaw. Can c the jigsaw in the pic. It's actually much easier to cut using holesaw but I cant find a 120mm holesaw so just be really patient n careful with the jigsaw.



Spraying it myself with black aerosol paint. Gonna haf a nice shiny mirror look coz I'm currently stripping the crappy white speckle paint of the panels coz if I spray over it it's gonna come out with orange peel finish which is damn ugly. The internals will be sprayed either matt black or silver.

This post has been edited by ianho: Feb 7 2006, 11:27 PM

What brand jigsaw u using it? But nice u cutting.

Using a cheapskate rm50 jigsaw that I bought from Macro. Drill oso rm50. All my equipment is rm50. Whahahaha. That's y my project name is Cheapskate.

Actually I better point out that the drill bits n saw blades I use r good stuff. The saw n drill dont really matter but u need good quality blades n bits for nice cuts n holes. I use Black n Decker n Bosch blades n bits only coz they're good. After u fellas go n buy the rm50 jigsaw n drill then tell me it cuts like shite. So I better tell u all I use good blades n bits 1st.

This post has been edited by ianho: Feb 7 2006, 11:48 PM

bro.. good job on the mod .. i'll call it an innovative project rather than a "cheapskate". Yup use what ever means necessary to get the job done.

Will be watching this log closely cause, thinking of getting the same casing as yours.

Hehehe. Come we go to the same shop n let go sum tikus. After they make nest n damage the case, u can buy another 1 for rm50 like mine. Whahahaha. Damn lucky man, just 1 day b4 that I was seriously thinking of buying a similar case in All IT for rm199. But that 1 was ugly coz it had a blue plastic thingy at the front bottom n no fan intake. Lucky I din buy that 1.

chief...looks like ur radiator is gonna be on top of ur PSU.... is that a good thing? what if it leaks?

Most top mount rads also hang over the PSU 1 lar. Just hafta leak test nicely to make sure no leaks lor. Water cooling is lidat 1 lar, just hafta b alert n haf a quick look under the desk everyday to make sure everything's A OK.

actually most of the ones ive seen dont go directly over the psu... its more towards the centre between the psu and the drive cage... some even extend into the drive cage but stays clear of the psu unless its a big ass rad.

oh well...if ur willing to take the chance of leaking....again

This post has been edited by mADmAN: Feb 8 2006, 03:28 AM

wukaka... u berani tangkap tikus or not???

Let me guess, you're gonna build another rig (SLI? ) from grounds up to avoid reinstalling everything?

Any plans for the front bezel? Cos there's just so many possibilities.

wrong wrong wrong....

he is planning ON ICE

wth.. what for u cut so many holes around the casing.. i wanna see your complete work..

nice job! keep us updated with more pics