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Old 29th January, 2005, 10:28 PM
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heres my case. iits my first build and i did make a few minor mods, like removing the cheese grater grills infront of the hard drive and on the sidepanel. butother then that not too much.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...1/100_0079.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...1/100_0082.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...1/100_0081.jpg

im jealous of all you guys with new expensive cases. i got a cheap raidmax case that shreds my hands each time i reach near the drive bays(or anything else for that matter). i do plan on buying a new chieftec or chemning server case with window so i have added room when i open my case. what would you guys recommend for a new case?
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Old 30th January, 2005, 03:35 AM
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heres my case. iits my first build and i did make a few minor mods, like removing the cheese grater grills infront of the hard drive and on the sidepanel. butother then that not too much.

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Looks good but whats with the cd on the top?
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Old 30th January, 2005, 12:05 PM
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. i didnt see that there. i guess was in a rush to take pictures and didn't take the cd off the top of the case.. my guess is i just left it sitting there. oops.
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Old 30th January, 2005, 12:09 PM
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at least its face up since dust is fixable, scratches arent!
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Old 30th January, 2005, 12:15 PM
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yea i couldnt live without ghost recon gold edition. its the only game i have. i need to get around and get doom 3 or half life 2. then i can realy test this machine
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Old 31st January, 2005, 04:36 PM
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um on commercial disks, the data is written on the label, cd-r/rw's are written on inthe middle, so actually he is doing something worse to it. or at least risking more..

then again the paint is tougher, but bla bla bla
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Old 31st January, 2005, 05:25 PM
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grow up joe. thanks for the hard drive
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If your getting a hard drive out of it, why do you want him to grow up? ":O}
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updated pictures, no more cd and new round cables and blue cathodes. best 12 bucks spent ever.
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Old 13th February, 2005, 11:18 AM
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Here's current build. Awaiting gpu surround yet. Last pic shows heatsinks i had to add as well as fan to pwm section to her 'er stable. Adding heatsinks to the mosfets by the AGP slot brought better AGP stability as well!
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Old 15th February, 2005, 04:36 PM
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here is my case, its complete, but theres some small things im going to add on still. its a themed case based on the game Call of Duty.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...3/IMG_0891.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...3/IMG_0900.jpg
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Old 15th February, 2005, 05:11 PM
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so, did you go out and really shoot it?......lol
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so, did you go out and really shoot it?......lol

I was just thinking the same thing.....lol

I'm also working on a theme case so to speak. I have finally built up the nerve to cut up my Aopen H700B full tower Gimmie a couple of weeks and I should have some pics up. I will try to get a couple of in progress shots...

Nice mod by the way
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Old 15th February, 2005, 05:41 PM
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no, i didnt shoot it. i thought about that, but it would bend the whole panel and mess it up so it wouldnt fit on the case any more, so i couldnt. i took a drill and drilled the hole, then bent it inwards with pliers. then sanded away the paint around them.
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Looks good what happens when you get sick of call of duty sorry no offence meant
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call of duty will never get old!! I've been playing since june 2004 and i still play it like 2-3hrs a day!
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you never go sick of it. ive had it for about 14 months and i play it every day for hours. theres something about it that keeps you hooked.
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Here is some pics and stats for my rig.
There is also a pic of my thermal fan control and power tap ciruit

MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum
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THERMALRIGHT XP-90 w 92mm GREEN UV Fan 48.11 CFM
Sapphire Radeon 9550 256mb 128bit oc to 430mhz core and 250mhz(500) ram
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LG DVD Multi Drive Model : GSA-4040B
MAXTOR DIAMONDMAX PLUS 9 120GB 7200RPM 2MB 8.5MS ATA133
Seagate 120 gb SATA drive
10" GREEN-UV FLOPPY Cable UV GREEN/GREEN
2 X 18" GREEN-UV DUAL IDE Cable UV GREEN/GREEN
Bigfoot DARK GREEN 3/8 INCH Split Loom
3 X UV Reactive 80mm Fan w/ Quad UV LEDs - BLUE/GREEN
UV *Triple Head* Lazer BEAM Lamp
3 X TRUE-UV Cold Cathode Light KIT
4 x Bigfoot quad led 80mm fans in green

PCMARK04 : 4703
3DMark03 : 3679
3DMark01 SE : 12689


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Old 17th February, 2005, 10:36 PM
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Sorry man didn't realize that that would be considered a comercial site as it was just in the case gallery. My apologies.
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