Phantom 410 MOD - Project Log

[jompenleet]

Welcome! This is a Project Log by jompenleet.



This project is closing soon and iam starting a NEW PROJECT in a Phantom 820 case.

The upcoming project will contain more reviews, pictures & tutorials.


First i would like to thank all my sponsors






http://nzxt.com










http://kingston.com/en/ssd/hyperx/










http://mnpctech.com

I will be using the following from MNPCtech

24" x 12" Acrylic Sheet (Smoked)

http://www.mnpctech.com/acrylic_colored_sheets_casemod_windows1.html





24" x 12" APPLY 3M Di-Noc CARBON FIBER FILM

http://www.mnpctech.com/CarbonFiber_Gunmetal_Titanium.html





MNPCTech long sleeved shirt in XL.

http://www.mnpctech.com/Shirts1.html





120mm grill Cable fan guard. This will only be used to locate where to drill holes for extra fans.

http://www.mnpctech.com/Wire_Fan_Grill_Guard_Chrome.html





U-channel molding about 8ft. Only to try if it improves the look of the side panel.

http://www.mnpctech.com/moddersmesh.html





24" x 12" Modders Mesh sheet round hole 60% airflow Might use alot of this

http://www.mnpctech.com/moddersmesh.html





4x Silver Anodized Case Thumbscrew's 6/32 thread

http://www.mnpctech.com/thumbscrew.html






2 x Cable Management Grommet 1-1/2" Inner diameter 2-3/8" Outter diameter

http://www.mnpctech.com/PC_Cable_Rubber_Routing_Grommets.html








http://sleeva.se
Sleeva.se supplied me with all the sleeving, cable ties & shrink tubes you'll see in this project














http://timwill.se

Timwill's graphical designer helped me design all the logo's and stickers you'll see in this project










This picture is one of the most recent
Though i recommend you to check the last page in the thread for more pic's






Here is the original state of the NZXT Phantom 410 case. (Just moved the components of my old OEM computer into the case)..








Got a new Motherboard + processor + cpu cooler (Scythe Grand Kama Cross)



After getting some new fans Xigmatek 1253 & a new fan to the cpu cooler Xigmatek XAF Series 140mm

it looks like this.






Interior before cable sleeving and cable management.




:mad:Here i actually cut a whole in the side of the case to give it a bigger window.. And i forgot to take pictures sorry.
Here's a link to the tutorial i followed to be able to do this!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpZoE-zj0-k
:thumb:Thank's alot to MNPCtech for the really informative tutorials on case mods!! :thumb:






Interior after hardmod sidepanel + psu cover & fully sleeved cables.

Tell me what u think! 🙂
P.S Im still waiting for my stormtrooper sticker & white LED tubes for the case

[jompenleet]

Ok so i got some new white sleeving from a company named Sleeva.se
i don't know if they ship internationally. I do know they ship all over Sweden anyway..

So here is what i ordered






Shrinktube Small White

Shrinktube Small*White

Shrinktube SATA White

Sleeve SATA*White

Sleeve Small*White

Cable-tie Brackets (10-pack)

Lamptron Modding Tool Kit









Some tools that will be used for sleeving




A heat-gun is a must if you've got white shrinktubes. Because they will get abit darkened if using a lighter.
Black shrinktubes don't matter though




Lock ring pincer (inverted) to open up the shrink tubes abit.
This was really useful




Starting off with re-sleeving a 24pin Bitfenix Extender.*






I did put an extra smaller shrinktube under the sleeving in each end for my white shrinktube to attach better onto the cord.




This is some really high-quality sleeve, can't see through it at all..




Finally finished with the extender.
Took me a few hours to be honest 😛




This sleeve is abit thicker than the black stock sleeving on the extender so it'll look like this in the ends.
I don't care though




Sleeving is now complete, here is some results


Graphics card 2x 8pin connections




24pin mounted





8pin mobo




Scroll down for more pics

[jompenleet]

So i decided to make a new PSU cover out of regular 3mm acrylic sheet (because any coloured one is impossible to get your hands on in sweden)
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Ofcourse i started with measuring the dimensions of it inside the case, Length, Height and Depth
Didn't take any pics of that though
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Here im cutting the pieces for the cover
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Ended up with these, hopefully they'll fit now.
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Had to remove the stock HDD cage though, because it was too high for my cover. Ill just use the dremel to cut it down abit. But thats a project for later.
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Here is me drilling out the poprivets for the HDD cage. You'll also see my nice socks here
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This is just a temporary solution to hold the PSU cover up and giving it some support.
I just bend a PCI cover top the same height as the PSU and used a pop rivet to hold it in place
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So i found some 90 degrees set square's at work that is usually used to glue photo frames.
I think it'll work perfect for this.
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So the paint has been drying for 2 days. Not because it needed to but i didnt have the time countinue with the work.
Now its as solid as a rock 🙂
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Preparing the acrylic for paint.
Using paper tape on all the edges to avoid getting any paint on there.
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Fully taped
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Ready for paint!
Lets do some magic
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[img]http://www.sweclockers.com/image/gallery/2013/08/02/Img_9197.jpg?t=original&k=12eb601d/img]
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After painting with my regular High Glossy White (oil based) paint it will look like this.
two layers of paint is enough, if the acrylic has been cleaned up before painting.
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Here are the old & the new PSU cover
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So i got the idea of trying out some engraving.
Since i had some extra acrylic laying around i thought i'd give it a shot.
Don't blame me lol because i've never done anything like this before.

Decided to put it here after i was done, now drilled some holes to be able to pop it there after i engraved the piece.




These are the tools i used. A rotary tool, some Diamond Grinding things, a decal & acrylic.

EDIT - *i found a flash light was also very useful for this




Getting the logo in place




Lets get started!




So much fun!!




Still going!




Result after 30min's of work




Results enlightened, if you look this close youll see 2 obvious mistakes. But this picture is very well zoomed. You wont see it if u look through the side panel of the case.
Atleast not me 🙂






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End result, NO FLASH





END RESULT WITH FLASH*




END RESULT WITH FLASH & SIDEPANEL







Will be doing some more small works on this, then im off to start with my Phantom 820 project wich will also be posted here on this forum.

Look around for Jompenleet!

Hope you liked it