Update w/ Current prices, Awesome Evercase @ newegg - $59 for black (w/ psu)shipped $39 for black (w/o psu) shipped....

[Tung]

err.. ugly as hell.

go with the antec or chieftec cases.

 

[PokeSmot]

I got this case -> It's Money!

So far, I put an acryllic window in with a cold cathode light and 80mm side fan on the acryllic, and ghetto rig'd a 120mm Panaflo intake in the front. I have one question though -> I didn't get a PS yet, and I wanted to put a 120mm Panaflo at the top as a blow hole. I put in a CDRom in the top bay, and it doesn't look like it'll fit with a power supply in. Has anyone tried this?

-Pete

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

Originally posted by: PokeSmot
I got this case -> It's Money!

So far, I put an acryllic window in with a cold cathode light and 80mm side fan on the acryllic, and ghetto rig'd a 120mm Panaflo intake in the front. I have one question though -> I didn't get a PS yet, and I wanted to put a 120mm Panaflo at the top as a blow hole. I put in a CDRom in the top bay, and it doesn't look like it'll fit with a power supply in. Has anyone tried this?

-Pete

nope...got any picks of your work? I'd love to see it...I'm gonna take a few pics of my case (modded with window and cold cathode)

 

[PokeSmot]

 

[dpham00]

http://www.personal.psu.edu/pwm116

My digital camera isn't that great so i had to do some contrast/brightness editing in Photoshop

w0w! very nice! how much did that cost you, and was it easy to do?

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

Originally posted by: PokeSmot
lost the link
My digital camera isn't that great so i had to do some contrast/brightness editing in Photoshop

cool, cool...you should replace that window fan with a clear one, or a clear one with leds (like this one)

I think I should be getting my Canon A40 tomorrow so I'll get some pics of my two up soon...

 

[PokeSmot]

I got most of the stuff pcmods.com at lemme think

Acryllic + Molding = $16.99

The fans were the most expensive part, as i got 2x 120mm Panaflo's (14.99) and 2x80mm Panaflo's (10.49
The cold cathode was $34.99

The hardes part of the mod was probably cutting the fan hole/light switch for the acryllic, as with a drill it kinda cracks the acryllic, and with a jigsaw it gets so hot that after you cut around, it seals back up. Being the genius i am (j/k), i took my Black and decker fake dremel (courtesy of anandtech) and put it on the highest setting (6) and attached a sanding bit on it (sandpaper style). If you push it against the acryllic at an angle, it'll start to melt off giving you a really clean hole and you work from there.

That clear fan looks sweet, might have to buy it!

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

yup, I got my green cold cathode and window kit at pcmods.com as well...good products they have over there...btw, what color cold cathode did you get??

 

[spanky]

for some reason i like this case. looks like a good quality build. now to dig up $40

 

[PokeSmot]

Blue... I also got on the SVC post for the rounded IDE Cables -> got 1 silver 18" floppy, 2 Yellow 24" Ide, 1 ?"(i think 30) blue scsi... should the yellow and silver should look cool under the light

 

[jbserra]

How do you know which AMD processor you can go up to with a power supply? I noticed that some had posted that this case was good up to a 1600+ XP. How did you find that information. I went to the AMD approved power supply page, but that only lists manufacturers, not models and megaherz.

I'm getting an 1800+XP and was looking at this power supply:

Enermax EG301P-VB (300w)

but I can't find anywhere that has the specs broken down into processor speed.

Can anyone help me?

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

I had a 1700+ used with this power supply for a while...I think there's been a few people in here that have put 1800s and 1900s in this box using this psu. your 1800 should be fine that is unless you plan to overclock it, then this psu would not be the BEST choice

 

[djkym]

Does nyone know if you can use a 120mm fan for the front w/o having to make extra vents or screw holes?

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

bump, sale over, prices updated....(the black cases have both gone up $1 each...)

 

[Arkane]

Originally posted by: djkym
Does nyone know if you can use a 120mm fan for the front w/o having to make extra vents or screw holes?

a 120x25mm will fit but you'll need to drill out new mounting holes and might as well cut out a 120mm hole

Originally posted by: mainomega
I just bought this baby today, Im building a new comp. anyone recommend a place to buy some good Mobo and ram (what kind of mobo too, i was thinking nForce's)

i got two of these cases and one's built around an MSI k7n420 pro nForce mobo. if you want a totally integrated setup then go w/ an nforce. i get my mobos at fry's or pcclub

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

alright, just took my very first pictures with my new Canon A40 camera of my cases...should've cleaned them first but oh well, you get the idea... anyways they are here...

http://www.jiggawatts.com/computer.htm

 

[newkid]

does this case come with side window ??????

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

Originally posted by: newkid
does this case come with side window ??????

sorry, No I should've specified in that post...did this myself...hence the "update with my mod pics" topic title change. Bought the cold cathode light kit from pcmods.com and I forget where I got the window kit from...hmm... did it myself with a dremel and time..

 

[anewbie2002]

I would like to put in a AMD XP 1800+ or later. Can someone recommend a good psu with this case?

Thanks.

 

[TurtleMan]

pretty impressive mod .. where did u get all ur parts ?

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

Window kit from - http://www.cyberguys.com/
Applique from - http://www.pcmods.com/
Cold Cathode from - http://www.pcmods.com/
Clear fans from - FS forum (now can be gotten from http://www.svcompucycle.com/
Paint for drive bezels - garage

 

[Devistater]

Nice mod, nice case I keep wanting to get this, someone give me an excuse to get the Evercase

 

[Pothead]

Just got the beige one with no PSU.

Did anyone notice how the hard drives in the hard drive cages are real close?

 

[BigEdMuustaffa]

....and that unless you have a long IDE cable like 36 inches or so you can't mount a hd in the bottom cage and a cdrom on the same IDE cable unless it is in one of the lower 5 1/4" bays?

Also, Why do they provide a filter with the side fan intake, but non on the bezel or the front of the case for the front air intake?

Should I try to find some filter material for the front? Has anyone used a filter for the front intake?

 

[Pothead]

I decided to put one 80 gig on the 2nd spot of the 1st hard drive cage and the 2nd 80 gig on the top of the 2nd cage.

BigEdMuustaffa, how about just adding a ata100/133 card? It should do the trick.
I don't see a real need for the filter, unless you're really anal about dust getting into the fan. I took off the side fan though, no use for it.