- Sep 4, 2008
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The first side panel that came with my Antec was all scratched up and I got a new replacement for free. So last week after seeing Tjharlow (youtube channel) do a window mod on his 1200, I decided to do it on my spare side panel that was deemed "trash" by me since the window had all kinds of swirls and I;m very anal about that sort of stuff.
I basically traced just outside of the existing edges and went at it with a Skilsaw and a fine blade. I'm gonna go get the piece of glass cut tomorrow at 14X19 inches for about 10$.
The reason I went with glass was because I can clean it very easily with anything and glass will not scratch like Lexan or Acrylic, which is a pain in the ass to keep perfect, and I can use windex on glass and any kind of cloth..
I was originally gonna go with a 1" radius cut on the corners but decided to go with a straight rectangle and straight cuts; it's easier and goes with the case scheme since the 1200 has no rounded shapes on the case (except the fan holes of course) but the patterns on the case are all straight corners.
SO here are pics of the final product with 3M trim used on the edges of car doors. I had to run a razor on the back side to get rid of the extra lip the trim left.
The water pump/block will be here next week and I already have everything else to do water cooling.
http://i70.photobucket.com/alb...EC%201200/P1180121.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/alb...EC%201200/P1180122.jpg
The imperfections in the case are literally invisible unless I had a massive amount of lights in my room, and the edges all turned out pretty good.
:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
JN
Final Product and comparison with other panel with extreme duty double side tape :thumbsup:
http://i70.photobucket.com/alb...EC%201200/P1180124.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/alb...EC%201200/P1180125.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/alb...EC%201200/P1180126.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/alb...EC%201200/P1180127.jpg
I decided to go with 1/4 inch glass since I got the piece for so cheap and 1/8 seemed too flimsy. Now that I've been to the glass shop I'm planning to do the same mod to my other panel but with a doudle view mirror I think it was called. It shows the objects behind it when the light is turned on but its about 1 million reflections. Should look SICKKKK
I basically traced just outside of the existing edges and went at it with a Skilsaw and a fine blade. I'm gonna go get the piece of glass cut tomorrow at 14X19 inches for about 10$.
The reason I went with glass was because I can clean it very easily with anything and glass will not scratch like Lexan or Acrylic, which is a pain in the ass to keep perfect, and I can use windex on glass and any kind of cloth..
I was originally gonna go with a 1" radius cut on the corners but decided to go with a straight rectangle and straight cuts; it's easier and goes with the case scheme since the 1200 has no rounded shapes on the case (except the fan holes of course) but the patterns on the case are all straight corners.
SO here are pics of the final product with 3M trim used on the edges of car doors. I had to run a razor on the back side to get rid of the extra lip the trim left.
The water pump/block will be here next week and I already have everything else to do water cooling.
http://i70.photobucket.com/alb...EC%201200/P1180121.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/alb...EC%201200/P1180122.jpg
The imperfections in the case are literally invisible unless I had a massive amount of lights in my room, and the edges all turned out pretty good.
:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
JN
Final Product and comparison with other panel with extreme duty double side tape :thumbsup:
http://i70.photobucket.com/alb...EC%201200/P1180124.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/alb...EC%201200/P1180125.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/alb...EC%201200/P1180126.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/alb...EC%201200/P1180127.jpg
I decided to go with 1/4 inch glass since I got the piece for so cheap and 1/8 seemed too flimsy. Now that I've been to the glass shop I'm planning to do the same mod to my other panel but with a doudle view mirror I think it was called. It shows the objects behind it when the light is turned on but its about 1 million reflections. Should look SICKKKK