Hi guys....... plus girls as well NOW !!! (got UV's gf and pmmonkey)

after coming back to Penang with a few heavy boxes of casing and speakers from the LAN party, new semester (getting more difficult) has started but still i want to mod more !!!!

since my current setup cannot fit into the Silverstone SG-01 that i won, i had no other option but to sell it off...........

however my condition of selling the casing would be i will have the chance to mod the casing myself

all the hardware just came in last week and today i will start planning on how to mod this casing.....


here are the specs of the parts that are going into this casing

Pentium D 3.2Ghz (very very hot proc )
Silverstone ST-05 heatsink
Gigabyte 7300GT 256mb PCIe
Gigabye GA-965GM-S2 mobo
Mushkin 1Gb 800Mhz DDR2 ram (single stick)
FSP Blue Storm 500W
Liteon DVD writer (SATA connector)


Objectives

- maintain stock looks as much possible
- provide sufficient cooling for the Proc as well as the GC
- bling it up but not too much........


MOD(s)

airflow and cooling mod(s)

- whack 92mm Panaflo onto the GC which runs on a passive heatsink
- put 2x 80mm Panaflo M series/H series as exhaust fan
- put 3x 60mm fan on each side panel (6x fans in total) to increase the airflow onto the GC and onto the CPU area
- mod the rear plate to fit 2x 40mm Delta Focus Flow (or any 40mm with similar performance) to suck air out of the CPU heatsink

Aesthetic mod(s)

- red HDD activity downlight
- stealth DVD cover by using the stock CDROM bay Alu plate
- all lighting controllers + fan controllers hidded behind stock CDROM bay Alu plate
- BLUE interior lightings (or any of his liking)

This post has been edited by AllnGap: May 12 2007, 12:21 PM

First of all, just to examine the casing's quality, i stripped down the casing patiently.......

I've already taken a 360° shot so enjoy the pics !


Here is the front shot......you can clearly see the brushed Alu pattern......




Side Panel Shot (left)




Rear Shot........even the PCI bracket screw slots are covered




Side Panel Shot (right)




Interior of the casing (from left)........there are 2 80mm fans on the left side of the casing which is directly above the graphics card area......





Interior of the casing (from right)

the CPU area is quite tight because the PSU is directly above the CPU area.......




the HDD bay which is removable and the optical bay........

all the wires for USB, firewire are all damn long.......




oh, this is the removable HDD bracket which can be removed by hand because it is secured down by a hook in mechanism and then tighten by using a thumb screw





fortunately, there are still empty space to hide all the cables and for the cables to pass through



This post has been edited by AllnGap: May 12 2007, 08:55 AM

as you can see here, this casing is quite graphics card friendly because you can fit in graphics card with huge PCBs and the cooling for this area can be considered excellent because the 80mm is directly above the GC area




the whole casing is held by a main bracket to ensure the rigidity....even it is removed, the casing is still quite rigid because the joints are secured by 2 rivet points....




to continue with, here are all the hardware that are going into the casing.....









This post has been edited by AllnGap: May 12 2007, 08:56 AM

here's the victim of my cooling mod.....naked heatsink without any fans......definitely going to be hot during load








to check the pressure of the heatsink onto the proc.........evenly distributed pressure i'd say






the GC area and the CPU area is separated into 2 chambers by the bracket itself



This post has been edited by AllnGap: May 12 2007, 08:59 AM

this is the CPU area without the PSU...........








there are still some space in that corner.....perhaps can fit a reservoir or pump at that corner.....






ok, i'm gonna show the nicest and most sexiest part of the casing which is the front...





the blue thing you see is the protective layer for the mirror layer they stick on the acrylic to give the shining edge on the bay and IO panel.....








there are still around 15mm of space in between the front panel and the casing itself.....a very nice place to hide unused cables





with the acrylic removed, this is the front Alu panel........this thing is really the most expensive part to make........very heavy and really precise joints.......




the mirror acrylic that i removed from the front.......it is actually laser cut which makes shining edges



This post has been edited by AllnGap: May 12 2007, 09:03 AM

hmmmm......still wondering how to implement the side cooling fans





since the airflow for the CPU area is not that efficient, i'm gonna have to add two 40mm high speed Delta Focus Flow directly behind the heatsink to take all the heat out directly.......we have a Pentium D 3.2Ghz in the system and it is definitely no cool to play with

i'm not going to use the Sanyo Denki because airflow not good enough

for better airflow, i'll need to remove the grill and replace with an acrylic plate with 2x 40mm fans holes





after removing the main body bracket, can start to chop the grill

the acrylic plate is made in a very tight fit condition because there are only 2-5mm on the top and bottom edges

short (~5mm) precision 3mm in diameter screws were used to secure the plate to the rear

i also left some of my DNA on the mobo backplate because i cut my finger when i tried to push the backplate into position







this is how to mod for better airflow

the watermark can be removed easily by rubbing them off with your finger tip





after fitting in all the hardware......

you'll see that the heatsink configuration will push hot air directly to the back, but since there is no fan over there, the heat will all be taken into the PSU fan exhausting from there........too much heat entering PSU will shorten the lifespan of the caps an component inside, so it is advisable not to let your PSU breath in too much hot air

i'll make a 5/12V switch to be coupled with the fan or else will get negative feedback from the owner

the fans will be pushing out 30cfm at 12V and ~10cfm at 5V






This post has been edited by AllnGap: May 12 2007, 09:07 AM

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Would those 8 fans be a bit noisy for a SFF? Guess that CPU is a little bit of a heat critter eh?

ho ho ho.. finally mod this casing d..
U go dude, would like to see how AllnGap turn this to a bling bling factor

thanks bro....how come you know so much good stuff ar

the 6x 60mm are ok, just that the rear dual 40mm at the rear are noisy......but anyway, i love challenges

not too much bling bling........this is not my PC

walo Pentium D in a shoe box, really love to see the temp results for this

can't wait for it, especially the stealth DVD cover by using the stock CDROM bay Alu plate

so what's ur idea for the cable management? only can think of is the 5" bay slot for hiding all those wires

Haha Sugo or Sugus you eating?

Later you guys can have a surprise for Sugo 03

This post has been edited by blackshirt: Apr 19 2007, 07:56 AM

Hee~
Faster finish it up so that I can steal some ideas

Is pentium D really that hot?

This post has been edited by pmmonkey: Apr 19 2007, 02:23 PM

not really that hot..but its quite hot

depending on which model.. Pentium D 8xx series is a volcano.. while 9xx is a little bit cooler.. (a little bit only. ^.^)

unfortunately this casing is worth more than a shoebox


surprise surprise


if you dont have proper airflow for the Pentium D

Blink blink detected !!

this casing also comes in white brushed aluminium finish. i am just wondering the black colour finish would easily show scratches or not, since it is black in colour. this is a good sturdy casing. any idea how much is it selling in the shops? should be around RM 400 ?

Available at Lowyat Plaza, Retail at RM4xx

continue from the previous post...





okay, this should be the most interesting part.......

but to protect my idea, i'm not gonna reveal how i do it......some people have been copying my design and even make money out of it and even claim is his idea


i took out the casing's CDROM bracket and break off the legs.....just need the front bracket for this mod.........

the DVD's front cover is removed completely to be fitted with this......

and minor adjustment here and there and you'll get this

you just need to press onto the bottom right corner of the Alu and the thing will eject....but you'll need to push it inside to make it retract

so just enjoy the pics






alright, proceed to GC card mod.....

i use a 92mm Panaflo M series for this.....






i just told him(the owner) that i'm going to add a fan onto it without even looked at the GC before !!

after some analysis and brainstorming, found the easiest way to mount it.....

i just secure the fan by using a screw hole from the GC itself





after some ninja chopping action

i left the fan with just a single corner of the frame to secure the fan





This post has been edited by AllnGap: May 12 2007, 09:08 AM