Hey, if i was you go buy licens on this mod and send it to BitFenix.
maybe they will buy it from you
and let it go in production
Haha, good idea but I don't think it's worth the hassle, if it's even possible to do so
But I guess that means you like my mod?
In that case thank you!
Hey, nice mod..a mATX is quite a good idea..
two questions:
- with the PSU behind the board you are a bit limited what CPU coolers you can use, max height about 100mm ?
- with the board mounted 90 degrees to the left, will the boards´ heatpipe systems work stable? ..some boards dont like beeing installed upside down..
cheers
Thanks! If you missed it, this is E-ATX/ATX, not mATX
Hehe,
I'll try to answer your questions!
1. You are correct about being limited with the CPU-cooler height. The case is 25cm wide and the PSU is around 9cm. Take off 2cm because of the motherboard tray + motherboard and another centimeter because of some restrains in the case and we are left with (25-9-2-1) = 13cm
About 12-13cm clearance for a CPU-cooler. But I will be water cooling so height is not an issue
For someone who is going to air cool I guess you have to consider about the height of the cooler
2. That I can't answer I'm afraid, until I've tried it out. However, I've had this board mounted like that and there were no problems for what I saw. Then again, cooling the chips on the motherboard isn't really hard, they don't get too hot. But good question, I'll try it out once the mod is done!
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Even more mesh! and AquaTuning is sponsoring - 10/07 -2013
UPDATE 10/07 - 2013
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Hope you're all doing great!
I just got home from a 2 week vacation and I'm ready to share this update with you! I thought I'd get it out sooner than this but I didn't have the time required and who doesn't want to enoy their vacation while it lasts?
This update will be about something that's not new but still wonderful - even more mesh! I can't get enough of it and it will cover my build quite much. I'll let the pictures and text below talk for themselves so be sure to enjoy it!
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Let's continue with the case-mod itself that will be about nothing less than even more mesh!
(which makes me happy as I love it)
Here's the botton of the case itself where all the contacts will be reached. I have earlier sawn out some holes for the I/O- and PCI-contact and the PSU a like. I did this before I got the idea that I'd like to use the mesh I've gotten my hands on.
Now at a later stage I've made the decision that I want this bottom part to be covered with nothing less than mesh, as well
I try to get the mesh piece inside but I notice that there's two raised parts in the tray (marked with red arrows) that will create some problem as the level won't be straight and smooth.
This is how I want it to look once it's done. With mesh on the inside of the case and then the motherboard tray and I/O on top of it
I could make two things at the same time - Put in even more mesh and remove those tiny "boulders", so I started masking it up and called upon my tools
I sawn a huge part of the bottom tray away - where I earlier had made holes for all the contacts. I will later on make the same holes in this mesh so I can reach all the contacts
The hole thing about this was that I wanted to have visible mesh on the inside.
The rear/back part that I earlier cut some mesh for was to be fixed as well. Since I will have a covering mesh even in the back I had to get rid of what's there original, as the fan-mounting, holes and such stuff.
I mark what is to be sawn and I then saw the parts away, quite some parts got off
What is remain to do on these is to make all the cuts smoother and maybe paint the parts so you don't see any scracthes or proof that it has been sawn/modified - even tho the mesh will cove that up quite good
Since both the top, bottom and rear/back and the front have gotten a mesh-makeover I thought it was time to puzzle up the case to see what it looks like
We've seen the parts a lone but not togheter as a case so it's time!
I myself think that it looks extremely wonderful and I'm very pleased with the result
The inside:
Seen from behind:
And last but definately not least, seen from the front! Both with and without the motherboard I/O-tray. Looks very nice with the mesh and the contrast it makes to the black of the rest of the case
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It feels like the modification of the case itself is starting to somehow come to an end and look good!
What remains to be done is to saw the holes in the bottom-tray to allow the contacts to be reachable and then attach all the mesh-parts with rivets and stuff a like. After the modification of the case itself is done there will of course be other moments I will work with, such as sleeving the PSU, mounting and constructing the water cooling loop etcetc.
There's however
one thing on the case that I have an awesome idea about that I think will be really good. However I don't want to reveal it quite yet, haha
I first want to try it out and see if it fits and such stuff. As a teaser I can reveal that it will be about somehow modifying/replacing the
top handles with something that will look better and suit my style in this build even more
Please do comment, ask or give suggestions! I get happy when people write
Thank you for reading and following,
Best Regards
Nikkop