Wheeeeeeeeeeeeee. I got to play with a Lian Li again. This is gonna b a V600 again but this time in silver. The mods are mainly to improve the running temps hence the name Fahrenheit.



Here's the new case still hiding in the box.














N here it is out of the box. A nice shiny silver V600. Untouched by the mad doctor.................for now.

















Here's the back. That stock PSU plate is gonna be changed to an intake fan plate like I did for Minime last time. This 1 is gonna be even better coz it'll be in silver brushed aluminum. I wanted to do it in aluminum for Minime but the owner wanted the bling of acrylic.










More pics comin right up. Time to go grab sum food 1st. Hungry, hungry, hungry..........

Wah, uncle ianho have a new project. So is the mod going to be similar to the project MiniMe or is it going to be slightly different?cant wait to get updated. hehe

those brushed alu so sexy la....
this V600 can fit ATX mobo arr??
looking forward ur godlike modding skill for this casing...

uncle,
can the V600 install with the wheel found in V1000?

if yes, then it will looks like a little mover

Different from Minime.








Yes it takes ATX mobos.








Sure can. Need to mod though. U need to screw the wheels to the bottom of the case.

Wokeh here's the thingy I did today. The brushed aluminum plate to replace the standard PSU plate. Drawing out the size of the plate.
















Chop chop chop.

















Rough cut of the plate is done.
















The brushed aluminum plate is done. This is my favorite part of all in this Fahrenheit mod. Coz it's gonna look just like the factory made it like that as it blends perfectly into the back of the case which is brushed aluminum too. My mod is on the left, original Lian Li plate is on the right. I used 3mm thick aluminum plate for this so it's thick n strong.















I'm doing the PSU plug n wire soldering n stuff right now. Will update again once the plate, plug n wires are done.

respecto all engineer haha

working in the middle of the nite... huhhuhuhu...

uncle ian is back on track now. sifu of all sifu...

Good morning. I know it's a bit late n most of u r having lunch already but I spent the night finishing up the rear alu plate n resoldering again coz I forgot to shorten the wire n it was too long.

Here's the pic of the rear plate with the plug installed.















The rear plate with the super long wire all nicely soldered n heatshrinked. At this point I still didn't realise the wire was sooooooooooooooooooooo long.












After completing the rear plate n realising the wire was so long I took it off n did it all over again after shortening the wire. Pic still in the camera. Uploading now. Will be back with pics of the completed rear plate n side panel design after breakfast. Errrrrrrr.... I mean lunch.

This post has been edited by ianho: Dec 7 2007, 02:05 PM

excuse me mr ianho, may i know where did you get the brushed aluminium plate? and how much is the price? thnks

hehehe ... looks like left over Lian Li or Silverstone aluminum plate cut out for window....

he probably got tones of aluminum pieces laying behind his garage....

hehhe.. no wonder nobody replied my question...

NoooBBBB...huhuhu

Like always, very-very fine cutting(Respect). Heck! I dare to say better than laser cutting

Hehehe. Ur partly correct. If I need small pieces then yes it will be taken from the storeroom. If I need big pieces then I will chop up brand new side panels which I buy just to use the alu panels only.









No lar. No laser cutting. Just using a pair of old hands and good ol Mr Orange.





Hang on ya. The pics I promised earlier still havent upload coz I went out after lunch. Went to buy sum aluminum diamond mesh for this Fahrenheit mod and after that I went to PC Fair. Just came home.

You managed to find the aluminum mesh??
wow, can't wait to see the remaining of this mod.

wow ... u buy side panel just to chop it into pieces for modding ??

I really solute u men .... no doubt ...

Can't wait to see how this turns out to be ...

Here's a pic of top vent I plan to cut. It will use 2x120mm fans. Design is a big rectangular hole covered by aluminum diamond mesh.















Chop suey in prgress.















Rough cut is done.

After the top vent was done. I went back to doing the rear intake plate coz I had to shorten the wires n solder everything all over again.

Here it is again. After shortening the wire. All done.













Then I realised the screws for the psu power cord were really long n ugly like in these pics.















So, out came the orange monster RTX1 again for the choppity chop. N here's how it looks after shortening the screws for a neater look.











Well, that's it for the pix that I uploaded that day. I'll update again as soon as I get the time to sort out the pics n upload them again. Got tons of pics in the camera which needs sorting. The mod was completed today actually but I'll be away on vacation this whole week so I'll probably sort out the pics while sipping a pina colada under a coconut tree on a beach somewhere.

This post has been edited by ianho: Dec 10 2007, 06:33 AM

Woooooooo. Finally sorted out all the pics. Will upload them all to Photobucket now so here goes. All in 1 update right to the end.


After finishing up on the rear intake fan plate, I drew out the design for the side panel. I measured everything so that the left side of the window will cover the ROM slots n also the PSU coz I'm gonna relocate the PSU to the place where the HDD cage used to be.














Chop chop chop n we haf a rough cut of the side window done.














Time to remove the HDD cage so I can relocate the PSU there.















Then I moved on to drawing out the acrylic for the side window.














Cutting the acrylic for side window.













Window acrylic rough cut is done.














Uploading to Photobucket right now. Will be back with more updates in a while.

This post has been edited by ianho: Dec 11 2007, 01:05 AM

Completed side panel, detailing works all done. just waiting for it's lovely partner called Ms. Acrylic.















N here's Ms. Acrylic all made up n ready for the night out with Mr. Fahrenheit.













N finally they are a couple.













See that lil thingy there on the floor of the case? Wont b needing it coz it's used to support the PSU in stock mounting position back there. Let's chop it off!












It's gone. Nice clean case floor now. This will ensure there's no interference with tower coolers later.













I'll move on to the PSU relocation now. I hafta make sum custom mounts in order to mount the PSU under the ROM cage so here's the custom made brackets in progress. They're made out of nice thick aluminum. I've tested them by mounting the PSU in it n turning the case upside down n it holds everything nicely in place. I've also used sum foam on the floor below the PSU for vibration insulation n also to protect the case from scratches while sliding the PSU in.

Cutting out the alu pieces I need for the brackets.











Clamp n bend.











Voila! Rough pieces all done. Finally detailing n fitting will be done b4 installing in case.



This post has been edited by ianho: Dec 11 2007, 01:58 AM

Did the detailing work on the brackets n drilled the appropriate holes. Mounted in the case with the foam.














PSU mounted. Just the way I wanted it to look like. A nice stock looking mounting method that didn't require any drastic chopping. This PSU mount n the rear intake plate are my 2 favorite things that I've done of late. It's been a long time since I did sum full on custom work n I love those 2 pieces so much. The PSU mounts to the case just like a normal Lian Li case. Just bolt on the PSU plate onto the PSU and slide it into place n lock those 4 screws on the brackets n it's done.














Wokeh, the internals are done. Moving on to the top vent. I used aluminum diamond mesh to cover the top vent. It comes in a big huge shiny natural aluminum color. I forgot to take sum pics of it. Anyway, here's the 1st pic I took of it. I've given the mesh a 3D look to it by shaping the mesh to fit inside the hole. So if u look at it from the top of the case, the mesh is flat with the top panel. Here's how it looks like from the inside after I did the fitting and shaping. The color is still silver in this pic.













I removed it from the case so I can color it in matt black. U can see the 3D shape of the mesh better in this pic.
















Mounted the mesh back onto the case.













2x120mm fans mounted in the top vent.















Remember this? This is the stock PSU plate.













This is how it looks like now with my plate.





This post has been edited by ianho: Dec 11 2007, 02:32 AM

Installed the 80mm fan on the rear plate.













View of the bekside.













Side panel installed.













Wokeh, let's get on with the final pics with everything installed.

Tadaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Final pics of Fahrenheit in the dark. Red HOT temperatures!








This is my favorite shot. Absolutely love this picture. I love the way the front mesh glows in the dark.









Fahrenheit is done. Now I can go enjoy the real Fahrenheit at the beach resort without the need to sort pics n update this thread under a coconut tree. Hehehe. C u guys next week.

nice work bro ian...next can do my v600 black
can show the cable mangement

This post has been edited by vixxiee: Dec 11 2007, 03:29 AM

wat in the??? u mean the exhaust hot air is shoved back into the case?????

bro where u put the hdd?

use this

pardon OT...but how much is that cage cost?

how many intake fan?

how many exhaust fan?

let me guess:

Rear Fan --> Intake Fan
PSU Fan --> Intake Fan
Expansion HDD Kit --> Intake Fan
Side Panel Fan --> Intake Fan
1st-Ceiling Fan --> Exhaust
2nd-Ceiling Fan --> Exhaust

correcto or wrongo?

RM 155


Rear fan exhaust

BTW, that PSU only sample, for this case will use Strider 560W so 12cm will be on top (not like this psu at Power socket), then go out to mb area thru Power socket area

Wow... love it .. dude ....

but why does the AC Freezer is mounted against the rear case fan ..

besides that why does the hole case only got one intake and three exhaust ..

or it's just temporary setup ....

Because ac freezer fan act as intake fan but rear case is for exhaust.

ac freezer fan will cool down hsf then hot air will suck out by exhaust rear fan. (in theory )

there will be :

Intake fan
Front panel - 12cm fan
Side panel - 12cm fan

Exhaust fan
Top panel - 2 x 12cm fan
Rear panel - 1 x 8 cm (use for take out hot air from Processor area)

BTW, my rig will be in blue color not red light hehe.

Ianho, just tested only. Luv it (read: red light) but want to match with my other thing (read: Samsung 2232BW, Razer Tarantula and deathadder) all got blue led, not nice lah rig in red light.

Too much campur2 plak hehe

Right now wait for CCVL arrive. My sunbeam liquid neon is just too long (30cm long), so need too buy other (nano type, 10cm long)

Wow, very nice. Bro Godek, quickly post up the pics man. Really can't wait to see.

anything wrong about it bro?? coz thinking of doing 1 intake and 3 exhaust fans for my upcoming Pc-A05. but all the fans is 12cm...

too much difference in CFM of intake & exhaust

dust will accumulate faster in ur casing?

example, imagine your case got four (4) fan with the same cfm each of 20 cfm

three (3) exhaust fan | one (1) intake fan

so total intake & exhaust cfm:

• Intake = 20 cfm × 1 fan = 20 cfm
• Exhaust = 20 cfm × 3 fans = 60 cfm

then the exhaust fan got 40 cfm more than the intake fan

so where the hell is the air that the 2 fans gonna suck out from?

from the intake fans? don't think so, the intake air from the intake fan already been suck out by one of the exhaust fan

from the gaps in ur casing --> with no filter can be fitted on to that gap, dust will ride along with it

just my theory though

from what i understand, if got more cfm for exhaust fans, the pressure inside the casing will be lower compared to outside the case.
hence will make the cooler air from outside will be much more easier to be draw into the case. coz from the physic theory is, cooler air much more intends to move from higher pressure to lower pressure..

This post has been edited by rainingzero: Dec 12 2007, 06:40 PM

aka negative pressure. which is what most cases are on anyway...

supposedly the best is to get equal pressure...but achieving that is very difficult.

negative pressure is also supposed to be better for cooling.

what i want to know is....is the heat from the PSU being dumped INTO the casing? if its...adoi. ur hsf will be sucking hot air from the PSU. and PSUs are hot!

yeah, these phenomena called negative pressure...
from owner statements, he will use strider PSU. but Strider go only one 12cm fans, which will suck the air but dunno where it will dump the air to...maybe via front panel...

hmm 12cm psu intake is on-top in this case, yup it will come out into case and then go out thru rear fan exhaust but need to pass thru hsf fan first

Flow like this


Note:
Blue is fresh air from outside
Red is used air / might be hot


it will dump to case (processor) but my processor temp is reduce from idle at 55C to only 38-45C after use this airflow, so infact psu exhaust air is not that hot

Sorry for lousy drawing

yup, negative pressure is the best

but for me i don't want the cfm differences between the intake & exhaust fan differs a lot

for my casing:

• i will try to equal the cfm with the intake & exhaust fan
  
• if the case got two (2) or four (4) fan slot --> will make equal
  
• we will always get negative pressure --> remember one more fan, the psu fan
  
• so not much difference in cfm, intake & exhaust fan already equal (in quantity i presume)
  
• want that negative pressure --> got one more exhaust fan, psu fan that is
  
• plus the psu fan ain't that fast (or push high cfm), so not that big difference in cfm anyway
  
• thus less dust will accumulate in time compared to other ppl's casing with hella big difference in intake & exhaust cfm
  

yup, agree with u on this

hot air (from the psu) will be suck by the heatsink's fan to cool off the heatsink

btw, which is more hotter?

1. Hot air from the PSU (like this project), or
2. Hot air from the HDD Bay (like all chassis) --> the air that suck into the case which bypass the HDD bay

i believe hot air from PSU much more hotter compared to the one which is passing through the HDD. however, depends on how much the HDD stacked in front of the intake fan...

for me, equal intake and exhaust CFM is good. currently using 3 intake fans and 3 exhaust fans...temp inside my casing quite ok already...

but dunno la for my upcoming casing (either Pc-A05 or V1000/1200b). need to consult ianho for improving the airflow (if decided on taking Pc-A05)..

Hmm already told u that air from psu unit that use for cool off processor is not that hot cos there is alot reduce went use old setup then this setup.

I am happy with this setup, at first i think i will hot cos suck air from psu used air but i am wrong. Processor temp is reduce not increase so by fact. It work

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Added on December 12, 2007, 10:31 pmYup i think PSU is more hotter than hdd but its not that hot (read: a dangerously hot ). Will try to get my case temperature to prove it. Hehe

This post has been edited by Godek: Dec 12 2007, 10:31 PM

Ok just see my mobo temp using Everest. My mobo temp is only about 32C. Quite good i think consider my room is not in aircond setup

yeah, nice setup u have there. ur V600 got a lot of air vents and holes, which keep overall temps in idle temp...

Yup but it will be advantage cos can get good airflow. But the disadvantage is dust. hate them. Need to clean always.

PSUs nowadays aren't that hot, except the high end ones. Sometimes, hdd is hotter as the speed of spinning is really fast. Therefore, i would say hdd is hotter than mainstream PSU. Even if he is using a high end PSU which is hot, the side intake can adequately cool the mobo and the processor, not to mention there are so many ventilating holes for this casing.
Just my 2 cents. PLs correct me if i am wrong.

This post has been edited by hypermax: Dec 13 2007, 06:36 PM

Hard disks seem to be hot, but thats just because hey are often placed somewhere with poor airflow. Hard disks put out a pitiful 8-14W of heat at most, which is nothing compared to processors and graphic cards which usually put out 60-100+W or even motherboard chipsets which put out close to 20W or more for current chipsets. The reason hard disks receive so much limelight is that the recommended operating temp for HDD is around 20-45C, higher or lower will reduce the lifespan of the HDD noticeably. But the low heat emmision of hard disks means its actually easy to keep them cool, even a slow 80mm fan can keep 2 7200rpm HDD within safe temps.

PSUs on the other hand, are almost the exact opposite. PSUs produce heat proportional to the ammount of power being used at that particular time. For a 400W system running a 80% efficient PSU, it draws 500W from the wall socket, and the excess 100W is wasted as heat in the PSU. However, PSUs do not need cooling as severe as CPUs simply because, a well designed PSU is built with the consideration that operating temps will be high (typically 40-60C ambient inside the PSU case). Capacitors and transistors in a well designed PSU can easily handle temps of 70-80C while only breaking down after several years.

Once again a great job in terms of airflow done.
Im sure lots of V600 users will follow the step.

Great job,simple.

Godek, can u post the pic of your wiring inside the case?? what to see how u hide the cable..

Will do it after buy new Led light to this case.

ian, professional work and superb cutting on those plates there............lian li should have copied your design instead

OMG this is sweeeeeet! Another super nice mod by Ian. Only one question - isn't it possible to put the PSU plate behind the case instead of in front?

This casemod should be used for advertising QUAD CROSSFIRE!!

The mod is superb but serve no purpose , especially the PSU part.

Serves no purpose? The stock V600 positions the PSU over the mobo. It limits u to using only stock or very small HSF for the CPU. This mod is to take away the PSU so u can use gigantic tower HSF.



Here's a picture of the stock PSU position.



This post has been edited by ianho: Dec 20 2007, 03:10 PM

but the heat produe by PSU really turn off.

Only cheap PSUs produce a lot of heat due to inefficiency.

u obviously havent been reading this thread.... and just see some pictures and post.

coz if u read the case owner's posts.. he says hes getting much better temps now

I do read, i only read ianho post lar, his project wert. Other peoples comment i dont bother. FYI- If other thread i reall all.

The temps are waaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than with stock config so nonid to worry about that.

its ianho project, but the owner is other forumer what...
really love the plate used to cover original PSU placement. so sexy to perfection.brushed alu somemore..

Noobs


Bro Godek, no pics of your new setup?

smart ass...

noob also want to complain...watch n learn..don't be a smart-ass..

This post has been edited by cekutz: Dec 21 2007, 07:06 PM

Guys, calm down.

Just passing by

eh ian..how u make the mesh 3d?u press it?

i think this how my TJ06 casing look like after si foo ianho finish do the cut for me ..is it si foo ianho?or its look a bit difrent?hahaha cant wait to see how my TJ06 will looks after the moding

This post has been edited by Zangetsu: Dec 25 2007, 01:34 AM


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Dia gigit.

gigit also can got same result as diamond cutter...
those exhaust fans really nice. blend nicely with the overall looks. better than conventional round exhaust IMHO...

Where to buy the aluminium casing? i mean without the mod. Please PM me .

Wrong thread. Try asking here.

wasted man
modding a new cassis

What do you mean by wasted? Dun understand your concept.

no more update?

update? the mod is finished oredi le..

I think what he meant is the pic of the complete rig.

uncle, mind to share with us where can we get those grill n mesh?

Sorry for late reply (late like a year )

It's that the pic of your actual setup?

Yup my actual setup like that but with blue color hehe

Can post the actual pic? interested to see your actual rig.

ya...me wan to see also...

I found out that bro ion is really pro in modding cases.

Nobody does something for free when he is good in something. That's why he is offering case modding service since so long long ago..

How much is the minimum price he charge for a casing?