Here we goooooooooooooooooooooo. After tokin bout the A10 BTX style for so long I finally got a chance to play with it n do it. Here's a brand spanking new A10. Totally untouched n straight to my operating theater.



Here it is still in the box. Just arrived straight from ATE.









The beauty is out of the boxxxxxxx.











Stripped out everything so I can start analysing how to do the BTX style mod.











Tadaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. BTX style almost done. Lotsa precision cuts involved. All that's left to do in this pic is to mount the mobo rail.











I then moved on to the smaller stuff. Front rom slot mesh mod just like the 1's I did for my old King Kong. 120mm intake fan plate on the inside of the rom slots. Here's all the stuff I just masked n marked ready for cutting tomorrow.






Will update again as I go along. Just in case u guys are wondering y I call it Gila Monster. It's because it will be a Gila Monster with monster specs. Howzabout an E6850, 8800GTS SLi, Ballistix rams, OP750 PSU? Sounds good eh? Hang on for a wild ride on the Gila Monster.

dem... those pics and the descriptions make me drool d

Wowww....new project....

i wish i can have the A10 mobo plate..

Nonid to drool mate. ATE welcomes u anytime.





Y do u want the mobo tray?

I want those mobo tray cuz im planning to build a new case..


Btw,the mobo tray doesnt have to lian li or etc,as long as it is alu..

OCZ, since you're building your own case, why not build your own tray as well...

wah cannot wait for the side window and hardware to fit in.............

well mobo tray is difficult to made, i was thinking of getting 1 too either from lian li, CM or SS

Aiyar..I thought its going to look like this....



ps: Ian... show some pics on the details on how you mount the mobo tray ler.

So, uncle wat stuffs will u use in this project?

Gila monster vs King Kong II XD

Oredi stated the specs in 1st post. It's a gila monster but it ain't King of the Jungle. King Kong still wins.

why u never name it godgila instead ??? no offense ar God........... but somehow i like the term very much since Godzilla age..........

btw i notice there is a straight column on the side of 5,25" rack there, what is it for ?? looks cool though

That thing is for the LL toolless rack n also they hide the front panel wires behind it.

Hmm, P35 or 680i mobo?

Wah..nice casing u got la uncle...high class casing...not like my itik casing..huhu...

What do u mean by gila monster? what is the concept?

i think the name Gila Monster came from Star Wars. the monsters from that swamp in Dagobah where Luke met Yoda am i right ian?

The specs stated in 1st post.


Gila Monster is a kind of lizard. Look at Sniper on the roof's posting and u'll see the Gila Monster there. It's actually pronounced as Heela Monster.

actually i dont get what is the BTX casing design...sorry ya...
i'll go google now..
but i hope u all can share share bout what is actually btx..
i only know atx>m-atx>mini-itx-pico-itx...but btx..no clue..

I wish I have the money to get this case too...should be nice if I also can mod it to BTX style...

anyway...Uncle ian...another great mod from you...but why this time not much photo on how you mod it to BTX style?...no taking photo while doing the mod? come on uncle...drool us with the photo...

oh right hehe...been watching too much star wars i guess
BTX style is basically just the motherboard tray flipped upside down with the graphics card HSF facing up. so you can look at it from the top panel. well at least that's why i like it so much

This post has been edited by Ryo: Oct 10 2007, 03:14 AM

I've been extremely bz with a few casings all lined up in the clinic waiting for the mad doctor. I've also got a few items to review. Bz bz bz. So I tend to forget to snap pics while modding coz I'm concentrating more on finishing up the work rather than taking pics. Besides, the BTX mod involves a whole lot of dremelling. I dont like using my camera while doing dremel work as the dust is extremely fine n will make it's way into the sensor n then it's bye bye for the camera.