hah there's no paint? then why it isn't shining like ur mobo tray

It's original colour.

It is the special patern that most aluminum case possess ..

imagine the hole case shine like the mobo tray ,,, u would being blinded with the flash and reflection from the case ...

that's why most alunimun case has the whole exterior design with non reflective surface ... but it also caught thumb print easily ..

hopefully all the King Kong Series worklog will be complete, otherwise keep see New King Kong unfinished worklog...

Just joking...

This post has been edited by Kataro: Feb 2 2007, 02:15 PM

Chrome it? *Hint Hint*

Updatessssssssssssssss.........................


I've been studying the structure n also checking out some mods on the net for ideas. I started a part of the major mods today. I'm gonna strip out everything, n I mean EVERYTHING. Remember I told u guys this case is like a box of Lego blocks? Well, it really is. Check out the stripping work below.





Started by removing the mobo tray, tray rails n the top exhaust fans n mesh mounting.










View from the top.











Sum pix of the chassis mounting joints. They're all screwed together. This 1 is a pic of the lower part of the ROM cage.









Side view of the ROM cage.











Top of the ROM cage.













After removing all those screws, the entire ROM cage structure comes out just like that.










It's now time to remove that divider plate between the mobo n PSU sections of the case. I hafta remove the USB ports at the front n sum screws on the sides b4 I can remove the divider plate.










That's all for the day folks. It's late now n I gotta get sum sleep. No more Vampire mods nowadays. I'll continue with more work on it 2moro.

This post has been edited by ianho: Feb 7 2007, 12:28 AM

this is real serious work man! nice start, hope to see more.

wah the whole case can be dissemble to bare bone only ... not bad not bad ..

anyway uncle ... does the aluminum of this case is thicker than Lian Li case in general ?? it looks quiet thick to me ...

Don't worry, more updates coming up later in the day. The mods r gonna progress pretty quick now as I haf cleared off my backlog of other mods at last. I also can't wait to get my hardware into this super nice case.





Yes the alu is a lot thicker. The main unibody section(the U shaped part which makes up the top, front n bottom) itself is 4mm thick in the mid section n 8mm thick on the rim section. Here's a pic to show u what I mean.

realyl a nice casing with the silver colour all around the case....

really great casing...use screw than rivet.can separate the part easily

no wonder the price also more expensive ... the alu is so thick ..

i really wonder cutting through it will be hassle or not..

anyway uncle are u going to cut it in large scale ?

Silverstone casing again... haha...
KingkongII - I just noticed tat...
another kingkong is yet to be borned~! RAWR

Wow...super nice casing...so flexible... all can be disassemble... it worth the price...

Hope to see the update soon...

Updatesssssss..


Got down to more stripping work. In fact I stripped it down totally until nothing left.


After removing the USB ports, I removed the divider plate. Here's how it looks like without the divider.














It's already pretty bare but there's more stuff to remove. The HDD cages.














Everything is now removed except for the PSU mounting plate at the back. Look at all those parts that have been removed! It's my loooooooooovely box of Lego blocks.












Here's how the chassis looks like now. Absolutely bare except for the PSU plate. I left it on coz it doesn't affect my work on the case. Actually the 2 bars at the back n the PSU plate can b removed too. Then all u'll b left with is the main Aluminum Unibody(the U shaped part).















That's it for today. I will get down to the serious stuff 2moro. Actually, b4 I do that, I'll remove the 2 rear bars n the PSU plate too just to show u guys how the TJ07 looks like when it's completely dismantled. It will be naked right down to the Unibody section 2moro. I bet none of u haf seen a case completely stripped down like that b4. Watchout for more updates 2moro.

hmm . it can be dissemble down to the most naked strip...

it really required hell a lot of designer idea to come out with such case ..

flexibility yet does not fragile...

walau... now i fall in love with this casing liao... maybe goin to by one too...

Yeah. It's design is fantastic. U'll c y the chassis is so strong in the coming update.






Gogogo. What u waiting for? TJ07

Here's what I did today.

Time to remove everything. Absolutely everything!


1st thing I did was to remove the rivets holding the mobo tray's rail on the divider plate. U can c the rail on the divider here.









Turned it over so I can access teh rivets from the back.









drill drill drill n it's almost out.











The dreaded rivets r out! Begone u evil rivets. I sentence u to Ian's Dungeon of Obsolescence forever!













Now it's time to remove everything from the Unibody chassis. Removing the screws holding the rear alu pipes to the Unibody in this pix.








Closer view of the rear pipes.









The rear section is now completely removed.





















This post has been edited by ianho: Feb 9 2007, 05:37 PM

Now u can c y the unibody chassis is so strong. C how the thing is actually expanding outwards instead of the normal square shape. It's pretensioned like a spring. That gives the chassis extra strength.















Wokeh, the stripping is done. I will commence on the actual modding 2moro.




edit: have any of u guys ever seen a case stripped down to this extent? Now, that's what I call a really cool case.

This post has been edited by ianho: Feb 9 2007, 05:42 PM