Wonder Woman Mod- The End

+1 to the awesomeness of this mod for having an i-Box in the drive bays
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I got the last of the paint work done. I think. Confused

I finished painting the drive bay cover and I think it came out pretty nice. I was worried about it being a little too busy, but it actually helps pull everything together I believe.

First it was time for a little "arts and crafts". I printed some stars on a decal sheet and cut them out.

Before I stick them on I "dusted" the part with a little gold paint. This is so I would get some of the gold flaking on the paint and give it a little extra pop once the lighting hits it inside the case.

You can kinda see a little gold flake - you don't want it to hide the colors.

Then I stuck on the stars in a random pattern -

Shot it with the black about 4 times -

Let it dry and peel off the decals....BAM! Colorful stars!

Here's a close up of the stars with some gold flake. -

With the panel installed you can see it ties everything together pretty good. You'll notice the stars are done different than the stars on the outside. I wanted these to have the colors instead of a shadow effect. I bet most people won't even realize it.

And with the side panel on you can see it's not too busy at all. It all just flows together like a big bunch of happy colorful Wonder Woman-ness.

Razz

Once I install the lighting that I'm getting .....look out...it's gonna make the gold flake pop out (I hope) Wink

I still need to replace the fan in the window. It's on order and will need a little modding too. I almost wish there wasn't a fan there now. I could make a new window? This one is nice though since it's beveled edge and is tinted.

I have made a decision on sleeving for the cables. I have an account with Techflex and I was talking to a girl on the order desk about what I was doing and she informed me they have something that isn't shown on the market yet!!! So I ordered a bunch of it and let's just say it will tie everything together Wonder Woman style <<< huge hint right there

So now I just wait for the remainder of parts to pile in. I can't wait to start sleeving cables especially... << sarcasm

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I really love this build, But that fan on the side panel really kind of kills the flow of the case in my opinion.

I think you should make another windows without a fan. I mean is your wife going to be doing some crazy OCing that she needs the airflow? Or are you just going to do it because you can? Wink

Other than that I am so jealous of this case.

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I got my other fan ready and installed it in the side and it looks much better. But I still might have to make a new window. We'll see how much time I have when I get down to the end.

This is an Antec tri cool with 3 led's so it will have the red/white/blue combo when I'm done. And it's clear so it doesn't hide everything as much, especially while it's running.

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Can't wait to see this!!!

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If it were my mod I'd do a new window.

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New window or one of those fans that you can program to say something like wonder woman. But I think a new window would look best if you don't need the air movement from a fan there. Excellent looking mod though. Wish I had your talent

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Baeowolf8 wrote:

New window or one of those fans that you can program to say something like wonder woman. But I think a new window would look best if you don't need the air movement from a fan there. Excellent looking mod though. Wish I had your talent

There's 2 120mm fans on the top of that case. I think airflow wont be a problem imo.

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The more I look at it I think it does need a new window. The fan just distracts me too much personally. It sux too because I had it custom sleeved to match the rest of my cables.

I want to keep it a little tinted so I pulled out my sample chain of acrylic and matched it up. I thought this was a gray tint but it actually matches a bronze tinted acrylic. I might get a couple different sheets and test them out.

I looked at the fans that you can program words and stuff but then that would just be even more distracting.

I have a 120mm up front, a 120mm out the back, and two 140mm's up top so I think it will have plenty of air moving.

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BOBDBONE wrote:

The more I look at it I think it does need a new window. The fan just distracts me too much personally. It sux too because I had it custom sleeved to match the rest of my cables.

I want to keep it a little tinted so I pulled out my sample chain of acrylic and matched it up. I thought this was a gray tint but it actually matches a bronze tinted acrylic. I might get a couple different sheets and test them out.

I looked at the fans that you can program words and stuff but then that would just be even more distracting.

I have a 120mm up front, a 120mm out the back, and two 140mm's up top so I think it will have plenty of air moving.

+1 Good choice. Obviously I thought you should go this route with the 3 posts I talked about it. Hopefully you don't take offense to it just giving you my 2c. Really though what a great mod. Hope to see you win this year at 18, and I can't wait to check this baby out.

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EQWoody wrote:

BOBDBONE wrote:

The more I look at it I think it does need a new window. The fan just distracts me too much personally. It sux too because I had it custom sleeved to match the rest of my cables.

I want to keep it a little tinted so I pulled out my sample chain of acrylic and matched it up. I thought this was a gray tint but it actually matches a bronze tinted acrylic. I might get a couple different sheets and test them out.

I looked at the fans that you can program words and stuff but then that would just be even more distracting.

I have a 120mm up front, a 120mm out the back, and two 140mm's up top so I think it will have plenty of air moving.

+1 Good choice. Obviously I thought you should go this route with the 3 posts I talked about it. Hopefully you don't take offense to it just giving you my 2c. Really though what a great mod. Hope to see you win this year at 18, and I can't wait to check this baby out.

Thank you. I would love to win but I do it because I really enjoy it. When I look at it and see what I have made it gives a lot of gratification. And seeing that so many people enjoy watching it be built and take time to comment is awesome. That's better than winning any contest.

As for the constant badgering about the fan in the window....I appreciate it. You forced me to admit what I already knew, and I was tempted to be lazy and not do it. Thank you for pushing me. It's what I needed. Cool

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BOBDBONE wrote:

EQWoody wrote:

BOBDBONE wrote:

The more I look at it I think it does need a new window. The fan just distracts me too much personally. It sux too because I had it custom sleeved to match the rest of my cables.

I want to keep it a little tinted so I pulled out my sample chain of acrylic and matched it up. I thought this was a gray tint but it actually matches a bronze tinted acrylic. I might get a couple different sheets and test them out.

I looked at the fans that you can program words and stuff but then that would just be even more distracting.

I have a 120mm up front, a 120mm out the back, and two 140mm's up top so I think it will have plenty of air moving.

+1 Good choice. Obviously I thought you should go this route with the 3 posts I talked about it. Hopefully you don't take offense to it just giving you my 2c. Really though what a great mod. Hope to see you win this year at 18, and I can't wait to check this baby out.

Thank you. I would love to win but I do it because I really enjoy it. When I look at it and see what I have made it gives a lot of gratification. And seeing that so many people enjoy watching it be built and take time to comment is awesome. That's better than winning any contest.

As for the constant badgering about the fan in the window....I appreciate it. You forced me to admit what I already knew, and I was tempted to be lazy and not do it. Thank you for pushing me. It's what I needed. Cool

Well good, at least I did something productive today Wink

Really though great build will have my vote.

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Sort of a small update -

I received a package today that had a couple goodies in it from Performance PC's.

I ordered up a set of new feet. These are gold of course. They seem to be the only ones that had gold. I prefer MNPCTECH feet but like I said I needed gold. And I ordered a pin removal tool for my psu wires. I am scared to use it since they are so fragile.

I picked up a piece of acrylic out of the scrap pile at my my local plastic shop. Only $ 6.00 woot!!
And it matches the original side window tint. It was 2404 bronze.

I decided I would try to put a recess all the way around the acrylic so when I drop it in the hole it will be sticking out barely rather that sitting back or being perfectly flush. The original window was beveled and stuck out a little. It looked good but it had that fan in the way.
In doing this it makes a heck of a lot of extra work but I think it will be one of those little details that adds to the build. As if this build doesn't already have enough to look at Wink

So of course the first thing was to cut it to the irregular shape and leave extra around the edges for mounting and doing the recess. I cut it to size and was going to use my router table to mill off half the thickness of the material around the edges but right when I fired up the router it squealed loud, then started chattering, and then started smoking!! Plan "B" - much harder and a lot more dangerous. Use the table saw and chop saw.

I cut a line with the chop saw around the edges that would be my stopping point once I threw it on the table saw.

Then I moved it to the table saw and cut off the excess just up to my previous cut. This made me very nervous.

What I ended up with was a step all the way around

So I filed it and sanded it smooth

And polished it up with some rubbing compound

I dremeled the notches for the hold down tabs and it fits!!

I'm leaving the paper on for now so I keep the scratches to a minimum. Once I start playing with lighting I will have to peel it off.

In the meantime I will also shoot a coat of black on the DVD drives and finish detailing the PSU.

Smile

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Oooo, Do want too see moar. Sooo gonna be done before the lan ehh? haha Great work tho. Every mod i have seen so far and it's really got me too wanting too do something mod wise. So coming soon im hoping too start one myself Very Happy

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Bob - my compliments on the rabbet - it looks like it's going to work well, but could you explain a little more what you did with the chop saw? What it appears that you were doing is cutting a rabbet on the edge of the acrylic, why didn't you use two cuts on the tablesaw? One for the stop cut and one to complete? Even if the window is an odd shape it looks like you had straight lines to run along the fence.

I understand why you wouldn't use a dado blade and wanted to use a router - likelyhood of too much chipping and damage, but I just can't visualize the chop saw part.

I also understand why you'd be nervous cutting the completion cut - exposed blade, need to keep the acrylic right up against the fence, fingers *really* close to the blade (shudder). You've got guts doing that, and I'm pleased you didn't earn a new nick of "Stumpy"! Very Happy

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I can't wait to see this mod it's awesome. I think that new window will look so much better:)

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Govtman wrote:

Bob - my compliments on the rabbet - it looks like it's going to work well, but could you explain a little more what you did with the chop saw? What it appears that you were doing is cutting a rabbet on the edge of the acrylic, why didn't you use two cuts on the tablesaw? One for the stop cut and one to complete? Even if the window is an odd shape it looks like you had straight lines to run along the fence.

I understand why you wouldn't use a dado blade and wanted to use a router - likelyhood of too much chipping and damage, but I just can't visualize the chop saw part.

I also understand why you'd be nervous cutting the completion cut - exposed blade, need to keep the acrylic right up against the fence, fingers *really* close to the blade (shudder). You've got guts doing that, and I'm pleased you didn't earn a new nick of "Stumpy"! Very Happy

All good questions -

My chop saw is actually a very nice sliding compound chop saw. So it cut almost the whole way across the window and I can see the blade and what it's doing. It has a laser guide also so I know the piece was staying still and would be accurate. The table saw would have possibly worked for the first cut but it's a little worn out from building a few houses with it and I would not be able to see the blade and I only had one shot at this. The fence is no longer accurate enough for this sort of thing especially.

I too am very happy to still have all my fingers intact. Modding is much harder with missing digits. Razz

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Ok so I could not wait to see what the window looked like so I HAD to peel the paper off.

Much cleaner!

Just before I headed off to work my doorbell rang and it was Santa, err uh, U.P.S.

I got a few goodies today -

It's the lighting from Danger Den. The i5-2500k proc, the Thermaltake cooler, and some SATA 3.0 cables from the Egg.

The first thing I wanted to do was switch out the red led's in the cooler for some gold ones. I tore into the cooler only to discover the led's are integrated into the control board of the fan. There is no way to replace them. At least they are red and not a oddball color like green.

One thing that immediately jumped out at me was the wiring coming out the top of the cooler fan.

I don't like looking at wires so guess what.....time for some modding.
I tore out the fan so I could focus on the cooling part and figure out where to hide the wires.

Then I realized there is a hole directly in top of the wires and it runs straight back down through all the fins.

Just gotta make the hole a little bigger- This scares me a little because one wrong move and I'm buying another cooler.

Also the wires need sleeved to hide them better.

So the hole is drilled, wires are sleeved, and ready for assembly. Fits perfect!

I kind of think this is how they should make them anyway. Who wants the wires sticking out the front?

And a pic of it installed -

I tried the side panel and the window "barely" clears the front of this thing.

I also painted the dvd drives but I'll spare you that boring detail. I started on the PSU again. I didn't really like the gold paint. I'll be going back to the black but might add a few stars.

I am so glad I started this thing sort of early. I have had to mod or paint damn near everything.

Hopefully my spool of Super Leet Wonder Womanish sleeving will be here before the weekend so I can start on that. It will bring everything together and if you ever saw Wonder Woman you'll understand what significance it has.

Cool

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I see a case mod contest entrant right here

Mmmm maybe - if Boddaker shows up with the Tron Bike, I'm smashing this thing with a hammer.

jk

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