This post was published 3 years 9 months 26 days ago and as such probably does not reflect my current opinions, knowledge or ability.Everything on my desktop is black.
I haven’t worked with acrylic since high school, and it didn’t go all that well.
And yet, I’ve designed a case mod for my next PC involving a white paint job and large acrylic panels. Typical.
The plan is to mod a silver Lian Li PC-7 Plus around an ice theme, though unfortunately I can’t afford the sub-zero cooling to match. The case itself will be white both internally and externally, with a large window covering one side. On both and side panels and the front of the case, I will screw flames cut from blue tinted acrylic. The computer is going to be liquid cooled so I’m also going to have to squeeze a 2*120 rad into the top of the case, rendering the top drive bay useless.
Here are some sketches of what I’m aiming for:
What do you think? Any changes you can suggest before I begin?
before you buy Acrylic… DONT…
Acrylic is really brittle and cracks too easy, use polycarbonate, you can put loads of force on it and drill and screw it to your hearts content and it doesnt crack! and its alot stronger too! I used it for myne and its so easy to do!
On ebay theres a company that sells 2mm polycarbonate for peanuts, origonally for the building trade.
Check out the link below if you want to know how much better is is…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hsls5ZPCUnE
Thanks for the suggestion.
I found cheap clear polycarbonate on ebay, but I don’t know if getting hold of blue stuff is possible. I don’t really need the window to be very strong – I’m not going to shoot it like in the video!
As for why I went with acrylic, it’s mostly because I can get hold of it cheaply and easily and because I’ve worked with it before so I know what to expect.
I do agree that it is easy to crack, but I’ve already got hold of it now and I can’t really afford to replace it with polycarbonate.
I too am modding a PC-7 for a watercooling setup. It is taking a long time to do, due to the lack of finances and wanting to get it done right. I like your plan of using fiberglass for your front. I am going to put a reservoir in the front and the way you covered up the holes is a great idea. May have to borrow that idea. How’s the rest of the project coming along?
Thanks.
Things on Project Frostbyte are moving slowly right now, but still moving. I’ll hopefully get it done in the next month.
Feel free to borrow any ideas from this project: I’m sure I’m not the first to attempt most of them. Working with fibreglass isn’t fun though: you might want to look into alternatives for filling in the holes.
Let me know when you complete your project: I’d love to see some photos.