since im starting to modify my case, and i couldn't find a thread to give question and get answer (Q&A), so i opened this thread, if it's not following the rules, then someone can move or close my thread, no hard feeling..

i'd like to ask,

1. i want to put extra fan on my case, any guide for me to learn how to do the wiring?? i think im familiar to the blowhole but im not so good in the wiring...

2. where can i buy led, ccfl?? what's the price? and im facing the wiring problem also..

3. i decided to put an arcylic on my case, can i get from hardware shop?? what's the price?

4. if i want to locate my cpu horizontally, is it ok if i remain the psu at the original position (vertically)??




hope someone here can solve my question, if i have any mistake pls remind me...

anyway thx for your attention..

This post has been edited by zs3889: Dec 9 2008, 12:53 PM

hi zs3889,

3. i decided to put an arcylic on my case, can i get from hardware shop?? what's the price?

u can try find it at any advertisement shop/advertising shop around your place,
maybe they got it, at my place they got sell,
u can try find it first,gud luck

what's the price btw?

i forgot it,before this i have ask,but forgot the price,
its depend on the thickness,
got 3mm,5mm,2.5mm
but not over rm20 for square feet i think

Try pm nichlasteoh.He's selling Acrylic Piece.

seems like not much people are willing to lead me leh....

since that this thread cant get much attention from sifu2 here, then i'll start to do my modification slowly...

actually now im using this PowerLogic low-end casing, after surving the all day long here yesterday, i decided to mod my case..

case that im using, kinda normal case..



at the beginning, im still wondering should i do this stuff on my new case...due to im still a newbie, afraid that later i'll spoil the case and i will have no case to use suddenly something comes through my mind, ohhya i got a old, faulty, unused CPU in my storeroom, i was excited !!

rush to storeroom and carry out the cpu, next thing i did is 'decompose' the cpu

what it looks like..it's damn old cpu, almost 5-6 years ago...





is anyone intrested with this can make a deal



and everything clear off




or moderators can move my thread to Worklog? whatever, i dont mind, as long as someone lead me....

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Added on December 9, 2008, 10:44 am
this is my simply-drawn draft with sketchup...

need some suggestion and comments...

pls!!



thinking to make it horizontally...

This post has been edited by zs3889: Dec 9 2008, 12:55 PM

try search around this forum
for sure u sure got alot of ideas
different people leads to different mods haha
cheers

have been "working" the whole afternoon....energy lost but it was the 1st day only long long to go...

so here's my update for my 1st day involve in modding....


refer to my earlier replies, i mentioned that im gonna make a horizontal CPU, so i need to mood my side panel to become bottom panel for my new casing..the white colour stuff is my mobo tray, i spray it in white colour, still wondering black or white, so just spray for 1 layer (sucks spraying skill)...


i grinded the side panel and drilled 4holes,


in order to put this thing (not familiar with the specific name)....






and end-up for the 1st day, what i get.....

my hands used to be alergic, after today's job, hands interact with dusts and sand paper, my skin peeled...........


so that's my 1st day modding, hope get some suggestions and comments to help me away from mistake !!

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Added on December 9, 2008, 5:31 pmthis subforum seems like not so popular, not much forumers and surving and reply......

have been searching many threads alrdy, and i've drawn myself a draft...

now i need some sifu to solve my question marks in my mind, btw, please give suggestions and comments on my draft, to help me avoid from doing mistake....

This post has been edited by zs3889: Dec 9 2008, 05:31 PM

Chill bro. U'll get some advice coming to u along the way as u r doing ur work.

If u need help on ur LED stuffs, let me know, might b able to help u on the wiring and stuffs. Overall, u've a good start, at least u've sketch out wat ur aim is. Next is to identify the area that u need to resolve the issues.

Good luck bro.

okok let's chill..

appreciate you are willing to help me, your request means a lot to me, i will ask you when im doing the wiring part, now is just beginning, btw do you sell led??

be patient bro..if u too rush u will dissapointed with ur work..haha
anyway gud luck bro..

vetical case mod to horizontal case . . . interesting, u have my support but no advice cuz i suck in modding, hahaha.

i know this is risking, lol..

but i will try my best to complete it perfectly..

im suck in modding too, just want to involve myself with some modding, enjoy..!!

b4 modding, get a pair of glove since ur hand got allergic..

if u need anyhelp, i could help ya out anyway, im a average modder here.
carbon fibre sticker u can buy at nearest car accessories shop around. while LED u can buy at electric store with along the transistor + wire.
PM nisclasteoh or go buy at advertisement(graphic) shop for the Acrylic.

price based on the quality / width of the acrylic u like to purchase. there's no absolute price in this stuff.

if u want to change to horizontal, it wouldnt be a problem, as long the fan keep them cool..

wiring is simple de.. no need to stress ur head.

but the wires stretch my head..lol.

thx for the answer, mind to comment about my fans location??

at my draft i just simply put it...

u should let us know the mobo, psu, hdd, gc position then i can comment about the ventilation.

n wiring u mean cable management aite?

This post has been edited by m2n-e: Dec 9 2008, 10:00 PM

hmm seems like i met someone pro...

the mobo and gc will be located at the normal place loh, just like vertical one..

hdd and psu let me think about it..will tell you later...

i know cable management, it does not make trouble to me i think..

im worry that after i buy fans, led, i dont know how to connect, and perhaps i want to add some leds on my fans, problem comes...

if want to add leds, then no worries, few of us here know how to DO IT.

for blowholes, hot air will go up, so, better make blowholes on the rear stead the upper one. make it all 120mm fan xD

fyi, im not pro, still average, and lots of homework to be done for diy matter.

This post has been edited by m2n-e: Dec 9 2008, 11:16 PM

as you said, hot air goes up, i put my fans at top panel and suck the hot air outside..??

if me, i go for input on front and output on rear, i wont make the upper blowholes. left it untouch.

even if there an upper blowholes, i would make it output instead of input, so it will suck out instead suck in.

hmm..it makes sense to me..

if like this, then i dont need to bother about how to make 2 blowhole on my left and right panel (assume it's horizontelly)...2 pieces of the panel are hard man!!

haha thx for suggestion, will consider about that...

i tot of give suggestion but im not good with explaining and drawing, maybe i'll sketch and upload and let u see the idea.

is that stable enough if i screw my top panel (arcylic) at the area the i bracket in the 2nd picture??

and the 2nd picture also, the front panel, i think i will use the original frame and clear off the middle section, then just screw my arcylic on it, if not i canot get another idea how to locate my front panel (arcylic)....



and this is my psu, quite big, if i rotate it to horizontal, im afraid that the heat will concentrate around my processor there, and will have bad effect on my processor....

This post has been edited by zs3889: Dec 10 2008, 03:04 PM

well i see u just put back the hdd place.
yeah, acrylic can withstand in the 2nd pic, i suggest u cut the front blowhole, make it fit 120mm fan instead 80mm fan.

and i guess, u need to make extra blowhole since the rear blowhole, wont have juice enough to suck out hot air.

hdd or psu?

erm why did you say so? my rear blowhole is unable to suck out hot air...

errkk sorry not hdd, i mean.. aaa.. drive bay.
since ur rear blowhole unable to suck out hot air, change it to suck in cold air, n later on the upper panel (where u change to acrylic) make 1 or 2 blowholes for suck hot air. get it?

place my psu at drive bay?

why did you say so ---> my rear blowhole is unable to suck out hot air

now im confuse, left alone ur psu, and read back my statement, and u r the one said ur rear blowhole unable to suck hot air. ???

we made each other confuse

i refer what you said here ---> u need to make extra blowhole since the rear blowhole, wont have juice enough to suck out hot air.

nvm about that, my mistake

put a clear acrylic panel , and install some ccfl inside and paint ur casing into red or black or gold sure

yea im gonna put 2 pieces acrylic as my top and front panel..but i think for the front panel i need to think about it, quite hard to a acrylic at there...

btw, what if i make a black exterior with a white interior (mobo tray, drive bay)...

where u live ??

study at inti, staying around there, currently having holiday, at hometown, bw...

oh , i think now u at penang . u try go to advertisment shop to find it , they will sell u

ops........

i type something wrong and you misunderstand me...

quite hard to a acrylic at there..

what i mean with this is, quite hard to locate a acrylic as my front panel....

btw, any shop you can recommend around bj there??

and what was the price when you bought your acrylic at penang..?

near gergetown there got la, very cheap lo

erm...what's the price...exact price....

there's no exact price bro, some shop sell cheap, some sell exp.. average is around rm30 per 1mX1m for 2mm width, rm35 1mX1m for 3mm width.

ya , see the shop lol

haha i know there is no exact price, i just want to know the price range lol...

is them selling smaller size?

last time i bougth 45x 50 cm + bend +and stick together = RM 20 nia

can show some picture how much the area they bend for you?

hmm..nothing was done by today, gonna work hard tomorrow...

BRO ,THIS THE METAL cLIPS I SAID B4.....

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Added on December 11, 2008, 1:21 amu can screw it or use double tape to attach the metal clips with the acrylic panel
and to hide the clips u can paint a border to cover it...
hehehe
my 2 cent idea.....

This post has been edited by irienaoki: Dec 11 2008, 01:21 AM


Attached thumbnail(s)

hmm, nice drawing skill...lol!!

discuss at messenger tmr

no problem
just YM me
if off9 pm me....
sometime forget to on Mesenger.....

This post has been edited by irienaoki: Dec 11 2008, 02:02 AM

becoz mine 1 last time is like steel window panel , after that i change it acrylic panel and the shape same with the steel 1 .

my latest draft, due to m2n-e's suggestion i change the fans location..

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Added on December 11, 2008, 11:27 am
and im still thinking to screw my top panel (acrylic), or follow irienaoki's method..

This post has been edited by zs3889: Dec 11 2008, 11:27 AM

nice

yea but i scare i could not complete the construstion..

and time will be extended, bloody sick today, took mc, take a rest 1st..

i come to help u nid to borrow things??

i ain't homo...

where do you stay? if i can go your place then...

near georgetown

with proper tools, safety measure, sure can finish bro, but dont rush it, u will spoil it if thing goes wrong.

ya lol , proper tools and equitment is needed

hmm..not much job done this few days, bloody sick and there is other stuff need to be completed 1st..

this is my front panel, will cut the middle part and left only a frame..and the beside one is my cd-rom holder and hdd will be located at btm, is this arrangement ok??


after that i found out that i will not be able to screw my cd-rom on it..


then i have to move the drive bay...haiz i have alrdy drilled the hole which suit the before location, so redo...


btw, i took off this thing from my faulty motherboad..cpu cooler...can the 'metal look thing' be used other than place it under cpu cooler??


This post has been edited by zs3889: Dec 12 2008, 03:06 PM

any update?

hurm
yeap i've been waiting for time being

btw, this project can post at worklog

haha i was not around these few days...

went to kl for shopping

i think new update is coming soon..hopefully....

aiks due to my job need me for OT these few days before my holiday, and next week will be having a trip...

my project will be extended....

so sorry but i'll update this thread as any job is done by me....

This post has been edited by zs3889: Dec 19 2008, 10:07 PM

so...your casing done moding ad????

still in progress.... please refer to my announcement.....


This post has been edited by zs3889: Dec 27 2008, 03:05 PM

Ok now, after i've stopped my job, and have a week before college open day, i will finish my modding inside this week if everything is going fine...

one question here, about my fans..



as you can see, my draft, 2x80mm exhaust fans at the back, and 1x120mm intake fan at the front, im just curious, the rear fans is near to my psu's fan and cpu's fan, and both of them are sucking air also, plus my rear fans, 4 fans are sucking air!! and is that good...??

and im gonna move my dvd-rom to the left hand side, the fan will be located at the middle, any suggestion and comments..

btw, now im looking for acrylic, before i can start my work, i need everything in my hand to make the measurement...!!




This post has been edited by zs3889: Dec 28 2008, 01:51 AM

my 80mm capalang fan..


spray it into white, but 'wayar' accidentally broke, anyone can help me with this? how to connect it back? will it work?


i didn't want to buy a can of paint to only spray my fan, so i used what my dad got, he got red blue white




finally i have time to do some "major contrustion" i drilled and screwed my drive bay, hdd holder on my mobo tray..


i broke lots of drill bit when i was drilling those holes



those are what i've done today, actually half day...

still looking for acrylic, haiz my area does not have any advertisement shop, i went to almost hardware shop to ask, answer is no...

This post has been edited by zs3889: Dec 28 2008, 01:53 AM