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.

Nonid to drool mate. ATE welcomes u anytime.





Y do u want the mobo tray?

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

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

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.

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.

Drill a few holes? Lidat nonid the mad doctor lor.

Ur edit very fast. The stock A10 is ATX. I modded n turned the mobo tray around to BTX style. The side n top panel windows, havent decided on that yet. We'll see how it goes.

Ya lor. Coz nowadays gfx cards are much hotter than CPU. With the BTX style mod, the CPU get's to stay cooler at the bottom while the gfx cards heat will just stay above it n get exhausted out the top. Also get to show off the nice gfx cards on top while having a cooler system.

Updates.............................. the parts r all ready for assembly.








The BTX style mod is now complete with everything installed.








More updates coming soon.

Here's the sweeeeeeeeeet hardware going into Gila Monster.










Hardware almost completely in.











Done. Hardware all installed.











View behind the front door. U can c the modded intake slot covers at the top. The intake fan is behind it. Used an Evercool Aluminum fan for plenty of airflow to the 8800GTS SLI.










Closed off all the intake holes on the front door with air filters.











The outside of the case is just plain stock looks................... for now.










Gila Monster is done. Who knows, later may add side window n top window too. For now, it's the ultimate sleeper look. Stock looks with monster internals.

This post has been edited by ianho: Oct 25 2007, 02:17 PM