Project: Fraggasaurus Rex

[San7a]

Hey guys!

I didn't want to post anything in here till I had something significant to show you guys. Well, I still don't have a lot to show you... But I figured I'd start a thread regardless!!

The victims is time around are my Lian-Li PC-3077b and Prommie. I don't have any solid "before" pictures because when the case arrived I immediately jumped its bones and savagely disassembled it. I also cut the holes needed to mount the two chassis together. Thanks to Scoob I was able to work a way around mounting the PSU above the CPU socket. After a couple PMs back and forth I figured I could mount it sucessfully in a couple 5.25" bays.

The first step was moving the PSU wires. I did this by cutting a hole in the PSU's side and forcing the damn things across. If I were smart I'd unsolder what was a problem and figure out a proper way of handling them. Unfortunently I'm an electronic baboon.

I then cut out a couple pieces of aluminum, sanded them, painted 'em, and fit them across the bay. They will act as a glorious throne to which my PSU will sit.. Ehh..

Last but not least, I ordered a bunch of goodies from MNPCTECH. Included were some groovy case handles, some modder's mesh, and what I had been waiting for... A 120mm fan duct (Yay!).

I'm switching out the intake/exhaust on the PSU so that the 92mm fan acts as an exhaust and the 80mm fan acts as an intake. With that said, the duct will sit ontop the 92mm fan and vent all the horrible, hot air up and outside the case. Today I managed to fit the duct and cut the necessary holes to thread the power cord out the back of the case.

And that's about it! I'll be painting the case tomorrow with red Duplicolor Metalcast and I'll also be painting the exterior with black Rust-Oleum gloss protected enamel cans (I know I do that scheme a lot). Everything else is top secret.

I know I left you guys hanging with the last case I destroyed, but I've seriously been thinking about following this one up with updates.

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[schultz]

Well...looks like you've got a good start there. what's the timetable looking like for this project? Plan on getting it done in the next couple of weeks...or is this going to be your new baby?

Either way, it's looking good and I look forward to seeing the continued progress.

[San7a]

Originally posted by schultz
Well...looks like you've got a good start there. what's the timetable looking like for this project? Plan on getting it done in the next couple of weeks...or is this going to be your new baby?

Either way, it's looking good and I look forward to seeing the continued progress.

Thanks!

I want to get it done before Doom 3 hits the shelves on Monday... ROFL!

[TAZTG]

Keep the thread updated.. Looking good so far and you can't go wrong wth Scoob's advice..

[San7a]

Originally posted by TAZTG
Keep the thread updated.. Looking good so far and you can't go wrong wth Scoob's advice..

Unfortunately Scooby's advice will never change the fact that paint and I are like vinegar & water... The can was bad and sputtered everywhere.

I think the paint gods have a permenant grudge or something.

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[GLScooby]

WOW San7a! You got it! (I just got your PM) It looks great!

You and paint......lol. Keep at it, man. You'll win. I'm feelin' yer pain. I've been getting my bum kicked by a paint can also.

I've been computer-less for a couple of days. (I'm on my aunt's comp now) I decided to do some upgrading and well, it got out of hand. I took apart my primary rig to finally install the w/cing setup and repaint the Folding@Home box (the gold and green) at the same time. I hit snags on both projects and am in full blown panic mode!

I will admit to all of my Completely Custom bretheren: I did a totally noobish thing. I was lazy and used a magnetic tip screwdriver to re-install my mobo and it don't work no more. So the 8RDA3+ is toast and the AN7 is going in now. Dummy.

Anyways, the psu looks awesome! Great job. I can't wait for the rest!

That one paint pic looks like you blasted a DOOM bad guy inside the case! J/K!

[GLScooby]

Go down and get some spray stripper. It's the only thing that is gonna get that crud out of the nooks and crannies.

Home Depot - Paint Stripper

[San7a]

For once I'm ahead of you!

The Febreze bottle is in there just for kicks. That's the bottle for my denatured alcohol (Although I can't wait for the day when someone mistakes it for actual Febreze and sprays it on some finished wooden furnature or something)! Don't feel bad about the mobo. I'll admit... I did the same thing with my NF7-S on Christmas. So much for more Vcore! I'm sure you'll be back up and running in no time.

Anyhoo, thanks for the comments. Helps me get past this paint crapola.

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Edit- Oh! And yeah, that totally looks like some fool got his brains rocked out of his skull. Most righteous.

[XP1800]

Santa I'm glad to see you're back on the modding scene again! You took some lickin's and kept on tickin, thumbs up

I hope this project turn out nice, so far it's looking good. You should be used to the paint mishaps too, so clean that sucker up and get back at it!

I'll be looking forward to reading some more updates.

[San7a]

Thanks XP!

Hey, did you ever cut the APC logo?

[XP1800]

Nope , nope , and nope!

I'm gonna take a better pic right now, showing the full case

edit: Here they are, they are a tad better

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Pic 2

[San7a]

Hot damn that's a secksy case!

The designs are really clean just like the rest of the case. I really dig your fan controller.

[DoZeR]

Looks good so far, good luck with finishing up painting

[San7a]

Originally posted by DoZeR
Looks good so far, good luck with finishing up painting

2 and a half hours into getting this funk off of my case and I'm still not done. Blah.

Any of you guys have some tips for using stripper? I basically spray the whole thing down and take a scraper and try and take all the big gunk off... Then I move it to my shower (I don't have a hose) with some rubber gloves and a rough scrubbing pad + soap. I then take it back outside and spray stripper on the smaller stuff. The process sucks. I was wondering if anyone has an easier way?

[XP1800]

It sounds like you have a system down already, so no sense in changing it. It'll probably just waste time. Keep doing what you're doing, and it'll be gone before you know it