1st time modder here. I love the feeling of community on this forum, so I thought I would take a leap of faith and post a thread for this mod I have recently started.
I have been inspired by a number of the projects I have seen on this site, so at the very least...thanks to you all for your hardwork
this is the case that I started with. Lian Li PC-7A plus
I love the brushed aluminum panels
first step obviously was to take the whole thing apart (mostly without a plan of action)
I bought some red paint and started to see if I have any spray painting skills. I won't bother you with the images of me cursing and sanding out bad spots.
above you can see that I have marked out to drill a couple holes for the hose fittings. btw. this will also be my first watercooled case as well.
as far as drilling holes go, the first try was pretty ugly, the second not much better, but I prevailed (notice the washers that will cover the ugly scratches due to poor drilling skills.
end result
holes are drilled...so I thought i'd test fit my plan for the tubing
I have been spending a lot of time waiting for red paint to dry so I started on some ideas for wire management. First up was the fans.
I got the little plastic boxes, cut out the top to screw on a 4 post audio thingy (technical term), screwed it in an voila! once I get to putting the components in, I can figure out wiring and where to put this little box
ive got 3 fans and the water pump that will plug in there.
for molex power I'll need 4 sources so away I go with another little black box
some careful utility knife work (had a couple close calls on this one) and...
I'll have the power in from the end and the power out from the top 4 slots
i have dropped off a few of the parts to get polished (chrome plating was too expensive). hopefully that will turn out nice...we'll see
I've got most of what I want to do in mind already, what I don't know is what to do with the blank panel on the motherboard side. Once I have more of this completed and you can see where i'm going with it maybe I can get some suggestions.