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Building your own case from scratch is a pretty daunting task the first time around (I'd be a little more confident doing it again now), particularly when you don't have access to a workshop and all the equipment that entails.
 
So below you'll find pictures of what I went through to build this case. I was set on the Micro ATX form factor as I didn't want it to get too big, though compactness wasn't the ultimate goal. Being as quiet as possible was the priority (while not getting too hot).
 
The hardware itself isn't as fancy as many of the builds that you'll see in the forum, so there is no water cooling and the specs are pretty modest (still need a better GPU).
The original case build was done in May/June 2011, so I've used this for a couple of years now.
 
The current specs are:
 
Intel Core i5 2500K @ 4.3GHz
8GB Mushkin Silverline DDR3 1333
ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z
AMD HD 6670 1GB GDDR5 (Accelero S1)
Corsair AX850
Samsung 1TB HDD
E-MU 0404 USB Sound Interface
Thermalright TY-140 Intake (bottom), Exhaust (top) and CPU (Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme Rev.C)
 
This was the original rough design mockup in Sketchup (with a fan controller that was later removed in favour of motherboard fan control):
 

 
Below are the stages of building the case (there are more detailed photos, but I'm just picking them out to give a flavour):
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
And this is what it currently looks like with hardware:
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Building your own case from scratch is a pretty daunting task the first time around (I'd be a little more confident doing it again now), particularly when you don't have access to a workshop and all the equipment that entails.
 
So below you'll find pictures of what I went through to build this case. I was set on the Micro ATX form factor as I didn't want it to get too big, though compactness wasn't the ultimate goal. Being as quiet as possible was the priority (while not getting too hot).
 
The hardware itself isn't as fancy as many of the builds that you'll see in the forum, so there is no water cooling and the specs are pretty modest (still need a better GPU).
The original case build was done in May/June 2011, so I've used this for a couple of years now.
 
The current specs are:
 
Intel Core i5 2500K @ 4.3GHz
8GB Mushkin Silverline DDR3 1333
ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z
AMD HD 6670 1GB GDDR5 (Accelero S1)
Corsair AX850
Samsung 1TB HDD
E-MU 0404 USB Sound Interface
Thermalright TY-140 Intake (bottom), Exhaust (top) and CPU (Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme Rev.C)
 
This was the original rough design mockup in Sketchup (with a fan controller that was later removed in favour of motherboard fan control):
 

 
Below are the stages of building the case (there are more detailed photos, but I'm just picking them out to give a flavour):
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
And this is what it currently looks like with hardware:
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yep, I even specifically put a fan position there when I built my case:
 

Building your own case from scratch is a pretty daunting task the first time around (I'd be a little more confident doing it again now), particularly when you don't have access to a workshop and all the equipment that entails.
 
So below you'll find pictures of what I went through to build this case. I was set on the Micro ATX form factor as I didn't want it to get too big, though compactness wasn't the ultimate goal. Being as quiet as possible was the priority (while not getting too hot).
 
The hardware itself isn't as fancy as many of the builds that you'll see in the forum, so there is no water cooling and the specs are pretty modest (still need a better GPU).
The original case build was done in May/June 2011, so I've used this for a couple of years now.
 
The current specs are:
 
Intel Core i5 2500K @ 4.3GHz
8GB Mushkin Silverline DDR3 1333
ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z
AMD HD 6670 1GB GDDR5 (Accelero S1)
Corsair AX850
Samsung 1TB HDD
E-MU 0404 USB Sound Interface
Thermalright TY-140 Intake (bottom), Exhaust (top) and CPU (Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme Rev.C)
 
This was the original rough design mockup in Sketchup (with a fan controller that was later removed in favour of motherboard fan control):
 

 
Below are the stages of building the case (there are more detailed photos, but I'm just picking them out to give a flavour):
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
And this is what it currently looks like with hardware:
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Building your own case from scratch is a pretty daunting task the first time around (I'd be a little more confident doing it again now), particularly when you don't have access to a workshop and all the equipment that entails.
 
So below you'll find pictures of what I went through to build this case. I was set on the Micro ATX form factor as I didn't want it to get too big, though compactness wasn't the ultimate goal. Being as quiet as possible was the priority (while not getting too hot).
 
The hardware itself isn't as fancy as many of the builds that you'll see in the forum, so there is no water cooling and the specs are pretty modest (still need a better GPU).
The original case build was done in May/June 2011, so I've used this for a couple of years now.
 
The current specs are:
 
Intel Core i5 2500K @ 4.3GHz
8GB Mushkin Silverline DDR3 1333
ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z
AMD HD 6670 1GB GDDR5 (Accelero S1)
Corsair AX850
Samsung 1TB HDD
E-MU 0404 USB Sound Interface
Thermalright TY-140 Intake (bottom), Exhaust (top) and CPU (Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme Rev.C)
 
This was the original rough design mockup in Sketchup (with a fan controller that was later removed in favour of motherboard fan control):
 

 
Below are the stages of building the case (there are more detailed photos, but I'm just picking them out to give a flavour):
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
And this is what it currently looks like with hardware:
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Building your own case from scratch is a pretty daunting task the first time around (I'd be a little more confident doing it again now), particularly when you don't have access to a workshop and all the equipment that entails.
 
So below you'll find pictures of what I went through to build this case. I was set on the Micro ATX form factor as I didn't want it to get too big, though compactness wasn't the ultimate goal. Being as quiet as possible was the priority (while not getting too hot).
 
The hardware itself isn't as fancy as many of the builds that you'll see in the forum, so there is no water cooling and the specs are pretty modest (still need a better GPU).
The original case build was done in May/June 2011, so I've used this for a couple of years now.
 
The current specs are:
 
Intel Core i5 2500K @ 4.3GHz
8GB Mushkin Silverline DDR3 1333
ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z
AMD HD 6670 1GB GDDR5 (Accelero S1)
Corsair AX850
Samsung 1TB HDD
E-MU 0404 USB Sound Interface
Thermalright TY-140 Intake (bottom), Exhaust (top) and CPU (Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme Rev.C)
 
This was the original rough design mockup in Sketchup (with a fan controller that was later removed in favour of motherboard fan control):
 

 
Below are the stages of building the case (there are more detailed photos, but I'm just picking them out to give a flavour):
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
And this is what it currently looks like with hardware:
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Building your own case from scratch is a pretty daunting task the first time around (I'd be a little more confident doing it again now), particularly when you don't have access to a workshop and all the equipment that entails.
 
So below you'll find pictures of what I went through to build this case. I was set on the Micro ATX form factor as I didn't want it to get too big, though compactness wasn't the ultimate goal. Being as quiet as possible was the priority (while not getting too hot).
 
The hardware itself isn't as fancy as many of the builds that you'll see in the forum, so there is no water cooling and the specs are pretty modest (still need a better GPU).
The original case build was done in May/June 2011, so I've used this for a couple of years now.
 
The current specs are:
 
Intel Core i5 2500K @ 4.3GHz
8GB Mushkin Silverline DDR3 1333
ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z
AMD HD 6670 1GB GDDR5 (Accelero S1)
Corsair AX850
Samsung 1TB HDD
E-MU 0404 USB Sound Interface
Thermalright TY-140 Intake (bottom), Exhaust (top) and CPU (Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme Rev.C)
 
This was the original rough design mockup in Sketchup (with a fan controller that was later removed in favour of motherboard fan control):
 

 
Below are the stages of building the case (there are more detailed photos, but I'm just picking them out to give a flavour):
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
And this is what it currently looks like with hardware:
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Building your own case from scratch is a pretty daunting task the first time around (I'd be a little more confident doing it again now), particularly when you don't have access to a workshop and all the equipment that entails.
 
So below you'll find pictures of what I went through to build this case. I was set on the Micro ATX form factor as I didn't want it to get too big, though compactness wasn't the ultimate goal. Being as quiet as possible was the priority (while not getting too hot).
 
The hardware itself isn't as fancy as many of the builds that you'll see in the forum, so there is no water cooling and the specs are pretty modest (still need a better GPU).
The original case build was done in May/June 2011, so I've used this for a couple of years now.
 
The current specs are:
 
Intel Core i5 2500K @ 4.3GHz
8GB Mushkin Silverline DDR3 1333
ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z
AMD HD 6670 1GB GDDR5 (Accelero S1)
Corsair AX850
Samsung 1TB HDD
E-MU 0404 USB Sound Interface
Thermalright TY-140 Intake (bottom), Exhaust (top) and CPU (Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme Rev.C)
 
This was the original rough design mockup in Sketchup (with a fan controller that was later removed in favour of motherboard fan control):
 

 
Below are the stages of building the case (there are more detailed photos, but I'm just picking them out to give a flavour):
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
And this is what it currently looks like with hardware:
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Building your own case from scratch is a pretty daunting task the first time around (I'd be a little more confident doing it again now), particularly when you don't have access to a workshop and all the equipment that entails.
 
So below you'll find pictures of what I went through to build this case. I was set on the Micro ATX form factor as I didn't want it to get too big, though compactness wasn't the ultimate goal. Being as quiet as possible was the priority (while not getting too hot).
 
The hardware itself isn't as fancy as many of the builds that you'll see in the forum, so there is no water cooling and the specs are pretty modest (still need a better GPU).
The original case build was done in May/June 2011, so I've used this for a couple of years now.
 
The current specs are:
 
Intel Core i5 2500K @ 4.3GHz
8GB Mushkin Silverline DDR3 1333
ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z
AMD HD 6670 1GB GDDR5 (Accelero S1)
Corsair AX850
Samsung 1TB HDD
E-MU 0404 USB Sound Interface
Thermalright TY-140 Intake (bottom), Exhaust (top) and CPU (Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme Rev.C)
 
This was the original rough design mockup in Sketchup (with a fan controller that was later removed in favour of motherboard fan control):
 

 
Below are the stages of building the case (there are more detailed photos, but I'm just picking them out to give a flavour):
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
And this is what it currently looks like with hardware:
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Building your own case from scratch is a pretty daunting task the first time around (I'd be a little more confident doing it again now), particularly when you don't have access to a workshop and all the equipment that entails.
 
So below you'll find pictures of what I went through to build this case. I was set on the Micro ATX form factor as I didn't want it to get too big, though compactness wasn't the ultimate goal. Being as quiet as possible was the priority (while not getting too hot).
 
The hardware itself isn't as fancy as many of the builds that you'll see in the forum, so there is no water cooling and the specs are pretty modest (still need a better GPU).
The original case build was done in May/June 2011, so I've used this for a couple of years now.
 
The current specs are:
 
Intel Core i5 2500K @ 4.3GHz
8GB Mushkin Silverline DDR3 1333
ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z
AMD HD 6670 1GB GDDR5 (Accelero S1)
Corsair AX850
Samsung 1TB HDD
E-MU 0404 USB Sound Interface
Thermalright TY-140 Intake (bottom), Exhaust (top) and CPU (Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme Rev.C)
 
This was the original rough design mockup in Sketchup (with a fan controller that was later removed in favour of motherboard fan control):
 

 
Below are the stages of building the case (there are more detailed photos, but I'm just picking them out to give a flavour):
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
And this is what it currently looks like with hardware:
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Building your own case from scratch is a pretty daunting task the first time around (I'd be a little more confident doing it again now), particularly when you don't have access to a workshop and all the equipment that entails.
 
So below you'll find pictures of what I went through to build this case. I was set on the Micro ATX form factor as I didn't want it to get too big, though compactness wasn't the ultimate goal. Being as quiet as possible was the priority (while not getting too hot).
 
The hardware itself isn't as fancy as many of the builds that you'll see in the forum, so there is no water cooling and the specs are pretty modest (still need a better GPU).
The original case build was done in May/June 2011, so I've used this for a couple of years now.
 
The current specs are:
 
Intel Core i5 2500K @ 4.3GHz
8GB Mushkin Silverline DDR3 1333
ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z
AMD HD 6670 1GB GDDR5 (Accelero S1)
Corsair AX850
Samsung 1TB HDD
E-MU 0404 USB Sound Interface
Thermalright TY-140 Intake (bottom), Exhaust (top) and CPU (Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme Rev.C)
 
This was the original rough design mockup in Sketchup (with a fan controller that was later removed in favour of motherboard fan control):
 

 
Below are the stages of building the case (there are more detailed photos, but I'm just picking them out to give a flavour):
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
And this is what it currently looks like with hardware:
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Building your own case from scratch is a pretty daunting task the first time around (I'd be a little more confident doing it again now), particularly when you don't have access to a workshop and all the equipment that entails.
 
So below you'll find pictures of what I went through to build this case. I was set on the Micro ATX form factor as I didn't want it to get too big, though compactness wasn't the ultimate goal. Being as quiet as possible was the priority (while not getting too hot).
 
The hardware itself isn't as fancy as many of the builds that you'll see in the forum, so there is no water cooling and the specs are pretty modest (still need a better GPU).
The original case build was done in May/June 2011, so I've used this for a couple of years now.
 
The current specs are:
 
Intel Core i5 2500K @ 4.3GHz
8GB Mushkin Silverline DDR3 1333
ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z
AMD HD 6670 1GB GDDR5 (Accelero S1)
Corsair AX850
Samsung 1TB HDD
E-MU 0404 USB Sound Interface
Thermalright TY-140 Intake (bottom), Exhaust (top) and CPU (Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme Rev.C)
 
This was the original rough design mockup in Sketchup (with a fan controller that was later removed in favour of motherboard fan control):
 

 
Below are the stages of building the case (there are more detailed photos, but I'm just picking them out to give a flavour):
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
And this is what it currently looks like with hardware:
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Building your own case from scratch is a pretty daunting task the first time around (I'd be a little more confident doing it again now), particularly when you don't have access to a workshop and all the equipment that entails.
 
So below you'll find pictures of what I went through to build this case. I was set on the Micro ATX form factor as I didn't want it to get too big, though compactness wasn't the ultimate goal. Being as quiet as possible was the priority (while not getting too hot).
 
The hardware itself isn't as fancy as many of the builds that you'll see in the forum, so there is no water cooling and the specs are pretty modest (still need a better GPU).
The original case build was done in May/June 2011, so I've used this for a couple of years now.
 
The current specs are:
 
Intel Core i5 2500K @ 4.3GHz
8GB Mushkin Silverline DDR3 1333
ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z
AMD HD 6670 1GB GDDR5 (Accelero S1)
Corsair AX850
Samsung 1TB HDD
E-MU 0404 USB Sound Interface
Thermalright TY-140 Intake (bottom), Exhaust (top) and CPU (Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme Rev.C)
 
This was the original rough design mockup in Sketchup (with a fan controller that was later removed in favour of motherboard fan control):
 

 
Below are the stages of building the case (there are more detailed photos, but I'm just picking them out to give a flavour):
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
And this is what it currently looks like with hardware:
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Building your own case from scratch is a pretty daunting task the first time around (I'd be a little more confident doing it again now), particularly when you don't have access to a workshop and all the equipment that entails.
 
So below you'll find pictures of what I went through to build this case. I was set on the Micro ATX form factor as I didn't want it to get too big, though compactness wasn't the ultimate goal. Being as quiet as possible was the priority (while not getting too hot).
 
The hardware itself isn't as fancy as many of the builds that you'll see in the forum, so there is no water cooling and the specs are pretty modest (still need a better GPU).
The original case build was done in May/June 2011, so I've used this for a couple of years now.
 
The current specs are:
 
Intel Core i5 2500K @ 4.3GHz
8GB Mushkin Silverline DDR3 1333
ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z
AMD HD 6670 1GB GDDR5 (Accelero S1)
Corsair AX850
Samsung 1TB HDD
E-MU 0404 USB Sound Interface
Thermalright TY-140 Intake (bottom), Exhaust (top) and CPU (Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme Rev.C)
 
This was the original rough design mockup in Sketchup (with a fan controller that was later removed in favour of motherboard fan control):
 

 
Below are the stages of building the case (there are more detailed photos, but I'm just picking them out to give a flavour):
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
And this is what it currently looks like with hardware:
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Building your own case from scratch is a pretty daunting task the first time around (I'd be a little more confident doing it again now), particularly when you don't have access to a workshop and all the equipment that entails.
 
So below you'll find pictures of what I went through to build this case. I was set on the Micro ATX form factor as I didn't want it to get too big, though compactness wasn't the ultimate goal. Being as quiet as possible was the priority (while not getting too hot).
 
The hardware itself isn't as fancy as many of the builds that you'll see in the forum, so there is no water cooling and the specs are pretty modest (still need a better GPU).
The original case build was done in May/June 2011, so I've used this for a couple of years now.
 
The current specs are:
 
Intel Core i5 2500K @ 4.3GHz
8GB Mushkin Silverline DDR3 1333
ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z
AMD HD 6670 1GB GDDR5 (Accelero S1)
Corsair AX850
Samsung 1TB HDD
E-MU 0404 USB Sound Interface
Thermalright TY-140 Intake (bottom), Exhaust (top) and CPU (Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme Rev.C)
 
This was the original rough design mockup in Sketchup (with a fan controller that was later removed in favour of motherboard fan control):
 

 
Below are the stages of building the case (there are more detailed photos, but I'm just picking them out to give a flavour):
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
And this is what it currently looks like with hardware:
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Building your own case from scratch is a pretty daunting task the first time around (I'd be a little more confident doing it again now), particularly when you don't have access to a workshop and all the equipment that entails.
 
So below you'll find pictures of what I went through to build this case. I was set on the Micro ATX form factor as I didn't want it to get too big, though compactness wasn't the ultimate goal. Being as quiet as possible was the priority (while not getting too hot).
 
The hardware itself isn't as fancy as many of the builds that you'll see in the forum, so there is no water cooling and the specs are pretty modest (still need a better GPU).
The original case build was done in May/June 2011, so I've used this for a couple of years now.
 
The current specs are:
 
Intel Core i5 2500K @ 4.3GHz
8GB Mushkin Silverline DDR3 1333
ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z
AMD HD 6670 1GB GDDR5 (Accelero S1)
Corsair AX850
Samsung 1TB HDD
E-MU 0404 USB Sound Interface
Thermalright TY-140 Intake (bottom), Exhaust (top) and CPU (Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme Rev.C)
 
This was the original rough design mockup in Sketchup (with a fan controller that was later removed in favour of motherboard fan control):
 

 
Below are the stages of building the case (there are more detailed photos, but I'm just picking them out to give a flavour):
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
And this is what it currently looks like with hardware: