Gah, Boring Case! What to do?

CobaltCobalt Connecticut
edited January 2004 in Hardware
Well, I picked up my case at this computer show about a year or so ago. I used it as a little play-server (it wouldn't work with my ghetto HP stuff.) It's a basic case, with a UV Window and a fan on the side panel.

A few months back I had some free time, I switched my main rig over to it, and it worked. I got a cold cathode from SVC.com also, but I managed to snap that in half (I leaned on it by accident. :grumble: I still have the converter.)

I don't really want to spend more than $75-80 on case mods (I am on a limited budget, no job, and I also spend some on paintball,) and I want it to look cool. (For LAN parties, etc.)

Here are some pics:

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[Side View of Case]

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[Front/Diagnol View]

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[The Guts]

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[One More Inside Shot]

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[Desk/Room Shot] Haha, don't mind the guitar/paintball gun. :o

What do you guys think? What should I mod? Or should I go buy some higher-preformance parts? [See my specs below.]

Comments

  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    Taking into consideration of many things... like the Case being somewhat cool looking and the age of your system. I would say that if I were you, I would....

    Upgrade and Sell. Sell of the CPU and MB, and buy a new combo. Then just reorganize the case and wires and stuff. Then if you have any money left over, head to BestBuy and get one of the Cold Cathode Lights. I think mine was like $9.

    900MHz is not enough for gaming, but that Radeon 8500 should do fine until you can afford something better.

    But if I were you, I wouldn't really go spending money until I had a job, at least a Temp one. I wish I could do that, sadly Computers are my Crack and I can't quit. :P
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    One more thing, does your ccase always sit in that cove? If so, then I wouldn't think you need to go get anything Fancy. I know you hit the LAN parties and all...
  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    Well, there are some cheap ways to route and hide the wires if you want to light the other stuff.

    I use black sticky-back mount points and black TIE-wraps to get wires out of window area and thus also not hanging where cooling air flow needs most to be. I would say get wires out of sight and get higher performance parts myself. You can use black small auto harness sheathing material also, to hide wires. then you can light the higher performnance parts which also give you a faster box. Go for things that benefit more than one way when trying to minimize funds spent. Routing wires is cheapest easy way to get better cooling, and routing in black sheaths hides the wiring bundles you cannot totally get out of the way. If you want to make the sheaths visible for the mobo connector harness, for example, red auto harness sheathing can be had, and blue sheathing, and yellow sheathing. Make dark what you want to hide, keep it from hiding the things you want to light. When I do my new mobo in the Barton box, will show you what I mean by routing....

    John.
  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited January 2004
    Cut out both fan grills on the back, and install a wire fan grills in their place. Those punched out grills cover over 50% of the hole.

    ...ohh, and a fan to go with that open spot would be usefull too. You'd need it if you went with a more powerful CPU.

    RWB is right; If I were you, I'd worry more about what was IN the case, than what the case looks like.
  • panzerkwpanzerkw New York City
    edited January 2004
    Put a couple of wings on it and some stickers with naked chics on 'em. Then color it a very bright yellow.
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