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K-State Computer Case
Mod
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case is a Thermaltake Xaser I in Infinity Silver. It hasn't been
modded a lot other than the Wildcat. The
cat was cut on a CNC Millport Mill using an 1/8" end mill. A
piece of smoke colored glass is siliconed in place to seal the cat
opening. The
internals consist of : Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe, AMD Sempron 3200 w/Thermalright SLK947U HS,
1.5 Gb DDR, Sony Black DW-D22A-B2 DVDRW, Sony Black 16x
DVD, 1- 80Gb Wes. Dig. HD and 1- 120Gb Wes. Dig. HD, Enlight
memory card reader, ATI AIW Radeon 9000 pro, SoundBlaster Live 5.1
sound card, Antec 400 Watt PSU, Purple
neon's, etc. It is powered by Windows XP Home. Cooling is provided
by 4 80mm fans. The back 2 fans and the CPU fan are 80mm
Antec Smartcool with the thermal sensor soldered to achieve full
rpm. The front intake fan is an 80mm Thermaltake thermal fan. The
top blowhole is covered with a purple powder coated YenYang
grill. Click the pictures to see larger images. |
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Below is my old system which
I still have and passed on to my son. A lot of the components in this machine got
transferred to the new one above but it is still a pretty fast
machine. |
| First Photo after the window
was cut and installed. The motherboard here is a junker I
installed just to power it up and see what the light looked
like. |
Top 120mm Toyo blow hole with
custom laser cut grille from 2Cooltek. This fan alone dropped case temp around
10 degrees Fahrenheit. |
| Here is the finished product
with the side panel back on and ready to run. You can see the Wizard
a little better here. |
Side shot of the finished
product. I felt it turned out well for my first attempt at case
modding. |
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The above
picture shows the front blank bay covers redone. I used
the CNC mill to cut the logos around
.006" deep. |
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4/01/2002: Decided I was
bored with my keyboard and mouse so I ripped them apart and painted
them. The first paint job on the keyboard looked bad, so I sanded it
off and decided to primer it first. After several coats of primer I
sanded it somewhat smooth then painted again. It is far from
perfect, but looked good enough I decided not to sand and start over
again. Later I may attempt some lights inside to light the keys.
Next boredom project!? |
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This page created 3/13/2002
and updated 4/8/2010. |
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