jedihobbit
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 Posted: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:03:45 Post Subject: |
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Okay now that I’ve kinda sorta made up my mind on the cooling issues decided to do some stuff before the boss lady get back from her mom’s Monday.
First off it is “DREMEL TIME!” The first thing to get chopped is the stock stamped fan grills for the rear 60mm fans…………… now you see ‘em………… now you don’t!
 
After that it was time to butcher the drive cage. Needed to make a clearance cut so the HSF wouldn’t touch. As usual I decided to remove more than necessary, but at least this way the cooling holes would allow for less metal to cut. Right off the bat I realized this was a lot different than the last three cases I cut on. They are aluminum and this is steel! Any way got the wild hair to add 6 more “cooling holes” to the HDD side and promptly had issues. Because of my usual rush I didn’t really support the sheet metal so had the drill bit grab, stick, and actually “bend” the sheet metal. So here you have it…….. before, the cut out, and the holes.
  
With a little bit of time decided to start putting stuff in place. One of the first things different from the initial layout was to put the modular cable block under the drive cage. Take a close look and you’ll see it will get real tight if left near the PSU and HDD.
 
The only things not in place right now will be the 2 x 60mm fans and the 120mm on the side. I also haven’t hooked up any of the molex stuff either. So for now will button ‘er up and wait ‘til I have the opportunity to do the 120mm hole.
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