How do I spruce up my G5 Mod: All suggestions are welcome

I just completed assembling my G5 mod which I documented here and there some more alterations I would like to apply to it before I feel it is complete. Here are the following:

• How do I create an external button for the blu ray burner on the outside of my chassis?
• I was thinking of strapping down the blu ray burner with cable ties afterward, but is there a more elegant way to do this instead?
• The way my PSU is positioned in my chassis, I'm not sure what other options there are to mount it against my chassis. I was thinking of drilling two more holes at the bottom of the chassis to slip through cable ties to hold down PSU. Below is a pic of how the PSU is positioned. Again is there a more elegant way to do this instead?
• I want to attach additional fans (one in the back and one in the front of the chassis). What is the best route to go about mounting (1) fan in the front of the chassis. I plan on using a Noctua NF-F12 PWM Cooling Fan.
• Is there some sort of "clip-on" mesh screen I can buy that can be attached to the front of a 120mm fan.
• I need to create an internal extension cable that stretches from the PSU to back of the chassis. If I could get some assistance from any "electrician" minded modders with this kind of experience, that would be greatly appreciated.

Anybody's suggestion/help is welcome. My project has had a good turn out so far and I want to make it better. Thanks.

Frank - Okay I see the fan on your CPU cooler appears to be blowing towards the PSU (towards the front of the system). And I see your monster PSU with way too much cabling.

I would get a 500 or 600 watt PSU with a small footprint and chuck the monster one for some other project.
Mount the smaller PS towards the front of the chassis. This will give you room to change the fan on the CPU cooler (I would have the fan push air through the cooler towards the rear). And then add a rear exhaust fan as provided for in the Laser Hive rear panel.

Key to this install is getting the cabling under control. If you go with a small modular PSU you would use the cables that you need. As you know from my projects, I shorten cables as needed so as to not clutter up the equipment bay.

And I don't understand the Blu Ray mounting question. Why can the unit be placed int the top shelf optical drive bay if is is an internal unit?

With your ATX motherboard, you could look at moving the PSU (one that will fit) to top shelf and use the space between the front mesh and motherboard for SSDs and HDDs. There are many examples of this.

Good modding,
neil

@Branhower: Thanks for that link on how to create the eject button, that's what I needed. I'll have to go sought after those tools/supplies later today when get around to it.
I figured out how I would mount the blu ray burner. I unscrewed the levers that are attached to the top shelf which revealed where I can screw on the burner. Refer to the pic below:



About the fan mounts: velcro seems little tacky, I'll have to come up with another idea.

@neilhart: I took your advice and got a smaller PSU which fits perfectly in the back of the top shelf. I had a brand new Silverstone SST-ST1200-G lying around which is an inch smaller length-wise than my former PSU. I also cutout a hole for the fan. Refer to the pic below:



I didn't want the PSU to be against the hard edges from the cutout. Are grommets what I would need to cover the edges with?
I plan on using the space between the front mesh and motherboard for the SSDs and HDDs, but now I have to think of a way to mount the drive bay .
Also, I'm aware of cable management, and it should be under control now since the SSDs/HDDs and PSU switched places.
Disregard the mesh question now that I have the PSU lodged in the back.

I created a circuit switch for an external eject button for my blu ray drive.