Project: Destiny [Update 02/06/2008]

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Personal choice hey Vice :wink:

Well all I can say right now is its not going to look like that when its done :D
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Case has just arrived, couple of things im not happy about it though. Will point it out tonight when i get to a camera to take pics
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sweet, i wanna see wat the build quality is like 8)
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Sorry no updates guys, I have been on a 2 week holiday. I plan to start working on this thing this week... :wink:
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Looking forward to it Sean :)
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Update guys :-)

So here we have our victim for the project, the Silverstone TJ04
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Inside looking a bit stock standard with horrible blue/purple tool-less bay holders
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Bit of sideways action here, everyone turn your head 90 degrees left, nice front bazel and good quality too :-)
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Silverstone it is indeed :P
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Getting naked, the left side panel comes off as one piece and the right side and top another, not a problem for me at all.
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Ok so now for the likes of the case

Already punched out 120mm fan holes, for the rear and front fans
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Awesome brushed aluminum bay covers
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"Diamond" cut on the side panel window and slightly oversized to the cut in the metal. Very nice indeed.
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Stock fans look real good, don’t know if I’m going to use these or not yet.
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Only two problems with the case but still a bit disappointing, no case feat which really isn’t a problem because I plan on making new ones anyways and this huge scratch on the side, which again nothing a bit of paint work won’t fix :wink:
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Last but not the least the grill I had lazercut placed on top of the templete Im going to be using to cut the top of the case (bit of AC Ryan Advertising here :lol: )
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So that’s all I have to show for today guys, will start hacking at this thing during the week. :D

PS: Still need a name for this project LOL any suggestions?
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Project: Skratch! no? too obvious? :lol:
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Looking good Sean :)
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Frozenfireside wrote:Project: Skratch! no? too obvious? :lol:
Ye considering it wont have a scratch on it when Im done! :lol:
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DAE_JA_VOO wrote:Looking good Sean :)
Thanks Ettienne but I havnt done anything yet :P
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Silverstone > Lian Li
only decided that after the pix

Looks really hot!
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Well this is not a full Alu case, but as far as metal cases go this is top notch stuff and is no where near as heavy as I thought it would have been, that being said psYChowIt top vs top there isnt much between Lian Li and Silverstone.
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Skidd wrote:
DAE_JA_VOO wrote:Looking good Sean :)
Thanks Ettienne but I havnt done anything yet :P
I meant the case ;)
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NIce one Skidd! cant wait for the mod to start...

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Thanks Xp3reMental :wink:

Its actually going to have red lighting hey, so red isn't normally associated with cold :-)
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Ok so this weekend being mothersday and having to intertain the Girl friend on saturday I didnt get much time to do much but laying out some plans.

So here we have the front panel, I removed the buttons and led indercators.
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This is what I plan to do.
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So I turned it around and tapped it up.
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I then centered a fan and using my best gusstamite I came to this marking.
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So this front panel is no joke, I dont want to scratch the front of it and its 5mm thick aluminium. A little too think for a dremel so Im still deciding on how Im going to go about cutting it.
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So since I was not planning on doing any cutting I decided to see how the radiator is going to fit into place.
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I put my test PSU in place, Its a short unit just to give me an idea of how much space there is for me to play with.
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So I turned the case upside down and slotted in the radiator where I want to mount it.
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Not much room there hey?

There is a little lip on the top of the chassis that I could get rid of, would give me around about another 1cm for the radiator.
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This is what I am hoping the end result will be like.
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So my next step is to get the front panel cut and to find a new PSU for the case that wont take up too much space so I can get the radiator mounted.
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That's going to look really sweet man ;) Could you get the faceplate laser cut?
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UrBaN wrote:That's going to look really sweet man ;) Could you get the faceplate laser cut?


I suppose I could, will look into it.
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I can't think of any other ways to neatly do that job...hammer and chisel? :lol:

Maybe waterjet? I don't know much about it though. I'm not sure where you're based but I know of two companies that could probably help you with the laser...
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So this front panel is no joke, I dont want to scratch the front of it and its 5mm thick aluminium. A little too think for a dremel so Im still deciding on how Im going to go about cutting it.
Call in DoOb's with his jigsaw skills, lol

Eish compared to my case this case is not exactly long., I could fit a triple uptop if i wanted to. or the front bezel.
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Update time :wink:

So I got some time today after writing my exam and passing it (98% :blob7: ) to do some modding on the case.

So first thing I did was bend a peace of metal on top of the case to make a little more room for the radiator.
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Which was flat like the one on the bottom of the bays was.
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Then I tapped up the top of the case and got my template in place after doing some careful measurements.
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So the cutting begins (actually half way there :wink: )
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Giving the dremel a bit of a rest
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And finally after some more cutting its out
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Sies dirty, nothing my trusty leaf blower wont sort out though.
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Hes the cut and a lot of sanding down to do to get it into shape.
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After about 45min I was done with it and this was the end result
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Some casualty to the paint job which isn't a train smash I am going to repaint anyways
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So thats it for this update, I have found someone to CNC the front panel for me which will get done next week.
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Nice start Sean, , now for this case naming ,,,, hmm. :D :D
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Post by I34z1k »

Sean, CNC, do you think they would be able to work some copper? How much do they charge?
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Dont know man, you going to gave to phone them, they not bad at all. They the guys who did the grill for me. I will send you thier detials.
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Post by Lithe_Joint »

Real neat work Skidd... it is good to see that you are going all out man!

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