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

Updates.

Here's how the panels look like after 4 hours of paint stripping n sanding. I tell u, this OE white speckle paint is the most difficult paint I've had to remove in my whole life. I used paint remover solvent which always turns paint to liquid n then just wash of with water. This white speckle paint however is like a layer of urethane paint or sumthin. I did the paint remover routine 3 times, scrubbed it with a scouring pad n paint thinner, finally wet sanded. 4 hours later oni become bare metal. Phew. HArd work but necessary to get a mirror shine paintjob.








1 last pic of the cleaned front panel b4 I paint it.


This post has been edited by ianho: Feb 8 2006, 03:45 PM

Waiting to look after you complete it...

respect man !!!!!!

i've given up on sanding my casing sidepanel eventhough it uses ciplak paint.......

So... no mesh huh?

Tell me about it. Didn't expect the damn OE paint to be so tough. I think if the office kena atom bomb, this case will still be in perfect white paint. Whahahaha.



For now will just paint it n leave as is. Coz I'm oredi experiencing withdrawal symptoms from not having my daily dose of games. Wanna quickly do the case so I can use back my gaming rig. Then later can always remove the front panel n re mod coz it's a matter of just removing 6 screws. Hoping to finish the case by 2night. 2moro install hardware n leaktest. Fastest ever worklog record? Whahaha. 3 days siap everything.

This post has been edited by ianho: Feb 8 2006, 04:04 PM

Updates.

So bored waiting for the slow painful process of painting. Here's how the panels look like after 4 coats of gloss black. Need to put 8 coats so I can rub it down nicely with wet sanding n rubbing compound so it'll shine like hell.






Slot covers n power switch panel.






Cut the plexiglass to fit side window while waiting for the paint to dry.



Next will b the chassis' turn to receive 3 coats of matt black to cover up all the rat piss damage.

habis lah...rumah u...fully bau paint...wuakaka...

anyware....how u do tat?? i means the 1st pic...

Nice work! ur cutting damn chun la...

Maybe u can mod a mouse trap in the casing also...

How i do wat? U mean the floating panels kar? Whahahaha. That's Shaolin Kung Fu I use to float the panels while I spray paint.




TQ, TQ. Actually I can cut it even nicer but I'm in a hurry so I'm not even 100% happy with the cuts. I rushed it a bit since I dont really worry bout screwing up a rm50 case. Hehehe. If it was a Lian Li V2000 then I probably will take 4 hours just to make sure I cut exactly.

This post has been edited by ianho: Feb 8 2006, 05:44 PM

your spraying skill damn good..

This post has been edited by Sim (2): Feb 8 2006, 05:49 PM

8 coats of paint...u must be a patient person....

Nice case mod going there Very Good Job

youi just put 8 coats of gloss black paint and no clear coat ??

better cut the front air vent off and change it with a better mesh... the holes so miserably small hehehehe... nice job btw... waiting for more updates

no lah...
i means tis 1....




after u clean then u spray rite??



This post has been edited by kelvin_hata: Feb 8 2006, 09:53 PM

Yes I am.
Like the saying goes, "I haf more time than money". So spend sum time n patience n paint myself, save sum money.




Gloss black nonid clear coat 1. It's oni the metallic colors that u need clear coat. With gloss black, just need to wet sand n then use rubbing compound with orbital polisher to polish. I'll b doing the polishing after about 2 weeks coz need to let the paint really harden b4 doing that.




Nonid lar. There's a big square air intake hole at the bottom of the front panel. Check the pic in the next update.




Ya lar. Clean it like hell. Took 4 hours to rub the panel back down to bare metal.


Updates comin soonz.

Just a sample of how 5 coats of paint looks like. I've actually just finished the 8th coating. But since it's already dark, will oni take pics of the panels with 8 coats of paint 2moro.



Phew! It's been a long hard day. Spent 1 whole day just on painting. Now comes the fun part where I get to install my system in it.



Here's a pic of the front panel. Sum of u were saying that the air intake wont be enuf. I think that rectangular hole plus all the small round holes shud b enuf.


This post has been edited by ianho: Feb 8 2006, 11:23 PM

sui arr...

hav time i take a visit to ur house...

Nice job! Can make for me blowhole?

Come lar. Bring along ure Lian Li V2000B. I swap with u. Whahaha.



Can, can. I charge cheap cheap oni. 20 bux. same day can get back. Hehehe. Mari, mari. Case mods lelong.

This post has been edited by ianho: Feb 8 2006, 11:38 PM

nice job u got there..

This post has been edited by Sim (2): Feb 9 2006, 02:33 PM

mana boleh... rm50 change rm1k meh?? dun cheat me lah...i'm poor now ler...

More updates.

Here's sum magic.


From this......................


To this.....................






From this.............


To this..................







From this.................


To this....................

No more rat piss.



From this...................


To this....................



That's all for 2day folks. Gonna get down to installing the system now. Will update as I go along 2moro. Updates will come when I take a break from the modding.

This post has been edited by ianho: Feb 9 2006, 12:18 AM

@ianho

nice job u got there .

btw what case is that? full tower?

Yupz. It's a full tower. Very nice for water cooling. Sumore so cheap.

From who u bought that casing?

From a shop at The Curve. The boss didn't even wanna sell it. He sed the damage is very bad, cannot sell. I told him don't worry, just sell to me cheap cheap n I'll carry it out of his shop for him.

If like that he must selling it more cheaper. Still waiting latest update.

cunted weih....
ei faster lar fix it back lar
u online, fix, online fix
lagi lembab
quickly

Nice Paint Job,Polish it after u finish the paint job it will give a better mirror effect

Whahahahaha. Lidat oni called worklog mar. If I 1 shot do n finish everything then it wont b called worklog d right? Lidat will b called storytelling mar. Anyway, today was all about painting so got lotsa time like 30 minutes between coats, that's y so much time to write story.




Polishing will oni b done 2 weeks later after the paint really harden nicely. Now gonna install back everything 1st. 2 weeks time will remove the panels for polishing.

Lol. make 2 job already.

It's ok lar. Just polishing the side panels n top panel oni wat. Not much work involved. The major stuff all completed d. Now oni need to install the hardware.

This post has been edited by ianho: Feb 9 2006, 04:34 AM

Last update for the night.

wow mod till soo late Looks Good waiting to see the finishin product

@ianho
nice job bro, wah seh, RM50 huh, datz a good bargain, haha, Y dun u pimp it to look like a V2000.....lol

Got suggestion here. It's be more nice if u change the wheel to black colour.

wow.. this is sure a fast mod... and I thought it'll take a week or so to get this far... good job ianho.... ei you not working ar? Got so excess time to do this.

Neway, good job, Now for me to find the casing in Malakau.

Tower series?

nice one... dream to get Full tower casing.. but no money loo..

Ya lar. Day n night modding. I oso can't wait to finish so can get back to gaming.



Ikea don't sell those wheels in black lar. Anyway I like the contrast of the white wheels. Everything black oso not nice mar. The wheels r damn smooth n nice after installing it. I Highly recommend it to u guys. Sumore so cheap oni 6 bux.




Fast mod cos I'm experiencing withdrawal symptoms from not having my daily dose of games oredi. Anyway, I don't work, that's y so much time to play. Progress now stuck coz I dont haf the square Lian Li type mobo stand offs. Shite! HAfta go all the way to LYP n buy from ATE. Few more hours delay.

This post has been edited by ianho: Feb 9 2006, 02:52 PM

Look like advertisment. 1st pic background look and all stuff very messy.
2nd pic background look so nice & neat (in the kitchen ah?)

BTW nice job so far.

Actually (since I'm renovating my house and installing kitchen cabinets amongst other things) I'm more interested in your silver kitchen cabinets....

Are those painted silver or are they actually aluminum doors?

lol...he is boss...so no need work..

Hahaha. Nia seng u. People PC worklog u come ask bout kitchen.
Yeah those doors r actually aluminum panels. They use brushed aluminum panels n laminate it on top of the wood n then the edging is plastic moldings. I saw these doors in sum ID mags n decided to order the same thing.

This post has been edited by ianho: Feb 9 2006, 05:38 PM

Forgot to mention. Those of u looking for those weird looking square metal mobo stand offs. I managed to get them from New Again in LYP. It's a chop shop where they haf all the used PC parts for sale. Very cheap, got them for rm1=4 pieces.

So now my project is back on track. Here we goooooooooooooooooooooo. Work work work all night long. Next update gonna b in the middle of the night again. Haih, everytime lidat, day time is always wasted on sourcing for parts n stuff, night time oni can start work.

This post has been edited by ianho: Feb 9 2006, 05:43 PM

Small update.


Side window completed with the plexiglass stuck on.





Completed mobo tray at last.





See those 4 small lil silver "legs" in front of the mobo tray? Daaaaaaaaaaaamn those things.
Cost me half a day just to go LYP n buy them.





Bought sum black sleeves for all the wires so I can stealth the wires. Dont like the UV cacing look. Gonna stealth all wires n use white CCFL to highlight the hardware with "invisible" wires.





More updates later. Much later in the night. Cannot mod on empty stomach.

Sticky with double side tape? Your mod make me want to find cheap tower casing.

Want sum opinions from u guys. What u all think about the fan grills?
This is for my top panel n the radiator is gonna mounted underneath.

This.......................




or this.................



Both grills gonna be sprayed matt black. Which 1 u all think nicer?

Ya with double sided tape all along the edges to give the panel back it's rigidity. After cutting so much out it's like a Milo tin. Very soft so hafta use tape along all edges to make it solid with the plexi. Now the panel feels solid again. Din do the rivet style coz I don't like the rivet look. Looks very cheap.

Bout the case, I just saw it at LYP just now when I went to buy the stand offs. They're selling it for 180. No rats in LYP I guess.

This post has been edited by ianho: Feb 9 2006, 06:59 PM

I will choose this..

Maybe i will try open thread at Garage Sales [WTB]Cheap Tower Casing without rats piss

just parking my nick here so easy for me to search this thread later

damn, i need t3h stars feature.

Apa ini? No free parking allowed. Wanna park means must donate to my modding fund. Whahahaha.

Don't spoil it with that blingy-shuriken grill. Use the normal wire grill and maybe spray that matt black as well. Or if you don't need the finger protection, why not just go bare? Less impedence anyway.

Great job on the paint btw.

want to ask something lah..how u put the plei glass...means how u hold it in place

I shud think he used superglue with those rubberish double-sided tape or just, silicon cement.

personally.... i think itll be better if he used screws... more specifically black and small allan keys. at least can remove the thing...just in case.

Agree and find it at motorcycle or car accs shop.

errr..is that ur infamous pantyhose filter i see?? how did u get it to stick man?



This post has been edited by mADmAN: Feb 9 2006, 09:51 PM

Plez dont make the pc bling-bling,

keep it simple and clean... use black/silver bolt/screw and just stick to the normal grill....

The grills gonna b in matt black. Not chrome as in the pics coz I havent sprayed them yet. They'll b like this after I spray them.







Read the explanation that I gave just a few posts b4 this.





Wah! That's too Ah Beng for me.




Yes bro. That's my infamous sexy filter. By special request, here's a few pics to explain how I made n use it.

Buy this mesh from Hardware store.





Cut the mesh a bit bigger than 120mm square. Then wrap the pantyhose around the mesh tightly. U can hook the pantyhose around the jagged edges of the mesh. Like this.................




To mount on fan just bend the edges of mesh around the fan frame like this...........




Capische? Now go n make sum 4 ureself or belanja me mamak at Padang Kota n I'll make sum for u.

This post has been edited by ianho: Feb 9 2006, 11:48 PM

cool...thanks man.... very capische

as for the screws...get the ones in the top left corner of the pic that ikan posted... the shorter one... i think the black ones will blend nicely with ur case...

Those fine thread screws will b a major pain to screw into the fan holes man. May try them later once everything is in. All these tiny lil details will b sorted as I go along. Need to get everything inside the case 1st.

Thanks for the reply with regards to the kitchen cabinets.... Nice idea.

I'm sure your "significant other" will be glad to know that you're using panty hose in a purely PC manner too.... Perhaps some garter belts to suspend the harddrives?

Great job btw...

Yeeeeeeeeha. It's finally done after an all night job. Installed everything inside. Still got a few minor things to sort out like the lighting n cable management n so on. Will update as I progress. For now it's leak testing time.

Nice. Need to rivet your top panel. No picture at in front?

This post has been edited by ikan_semilang: Feb 10 2006, 10:51 AM

The top not covered properly yet coz I'm still leak testing. Later oni will put on all the panels properly. More pics will come later. Now damn tired. Haf a nap 1st.

wah...ur water pump wil be heave job

not asking u to screw the fan using those... i mean the screws should be used for ur side window instead of using double sided tape. small black ones will go nicely with ur case.

Yeah man....too much verticals.

wow, that's nice
the paint is it the normal one RM10< ??