KazerTheKeen

Have you thought about using a vertical GPU mount? Then you don't need to worry about height, but that can make the length a bit of an issue. Particularly if your using an 240mm AIO. I want to say a vertical mount adds 30-60 mm to your cards length but check your dimensions. If I remember correctly the cr1080s video card length assumes your using a fan so I think you can add 40 mm for the total length you have to work with, but thats stil going to be tight with a radiator.

You could make or buy something with SSD dimensions and stick it in there. It would basically be an SSD cover without the SSD. You could do it yourself similar to a GPU back-plate. This place here has some if you want to buy one or you can always make it yourself. Mounting might be finicky though as you aren't attaching it to an SSD but rather in place of it though. https://www.v1tech.com/product-category/hddssd-covers/

So I decided to finally do something about the hardrive bays in my Cougar Spike. Its not in production anymore and I've had it for 5 years now but I don't want to get a new case just yet. The two bigggest issues with it are its cablemanagement (or lack therof) and it's harddrive cage. Not much I can do about the cable management but I decidied to do something about the hardrive cage. I don't have issues with ram clearence but I wanted to be able to swap out a drive without needing to remove the mobo or cpu heatsink. I also didn't want to go to the store luckily I had tools and a couple zipties. The cage was rivited in but drilled out easily. Then i took a hacksaw to upper portion of it to just get the two 3.5" bays on the bottom. It took a while but its thin steel and I was actually able to cut it with metal snips though it wasn't as clean of a cut, and I ended up just cleaning it up with the hack saw. I added a couple holes to the cage as a mounting point, touched it up with some black paint and ziptied it to the fan grill. My case fan had gone out a couple months earlier so I only have a cpu and graphics card fan. It stays cool enough for the most part. I also managed to "mount" the ssd in with some screws to some holes in the cage so now its not floating around the bottom of the case. Finished pictures with the drives in but not the rest of the computer. Unfortionately they're the only ones I took. Its a little ghetto but it makes the case look and feel better much better than prior. Not that the insides ever see the light of the sun. In the future I might make a powersupply cover/mobo skirt to hide my cabels and drives behind and reopen the fanslot. I would probably also remake the front to go along with it. But for now I'm happy with the result. Anywho let know what You fine people of the interwebs think of this.

DIYing a case? Your unlikely to make a case for cheaper than buying one and if you want a super low profile build you'll need a GPU riser, the ones that are worth having are not cheap. It is doable if you have expierence with things like that but you should at least build a normal~ish system before embarking on that particular adventure. Modifying a case is much more reasonable and it wouldn't be too bad to change the appearence if you so desire. Giving it a nice paintjob could make it feel more consolely if you so desire, but there are other more drastic mods. Just google case mods with the case you want should give you ideas.

@B1ue19 Welcome! I dont mean to be rude but, If you are going to get something new get something new. Im on the cheaper end of the FX line myself and, while it still works, it definitly shows its age (came out in 2013). I would not recommend the FX processor, particularly new, unless you already have it and/or you are working on some sort of projects that can make good use of it's cores. What power supply you should get. As your system is proposed. I would say you want at least a 500w power supply and would be better off with something a bit higher. FX is very power hungry, if you switched to a ryzen you would be fine with a decent 450w power supply. What you should get instead. If you are looking to primarly game and browse the internet you would be better off getting a lower end ryzen 5 or higher end ryzen 3, or comperable intel chip though I am less familier with them. Part of this is becouse FX multicores aren't quite the same as a normal multithreaded multicores or whatever it is that it gets called depending on the system. (multithreaded multicores are more efficent particularly in terms of power becouse CS system user interactions between what level of your system does what). I would honestly drop your video card 100$ or so and get a better processor. The FX is going to bottleneck your GPU anyway so you wouldn't be able to take full advantage of it. That being said it would require more expensive ram but you could save a bit on the PSU, the CPU and motherboard would be the same price as your examples. If you got basic matx b350 board and a ryzen 1300x, its even cheaper if you got an A350 board, not that I recommend scraping the bottom of the barrel. Based on you not wanting to overclock I would recommend the ryzen 1300x or 1500x.

You could do it but it would involve reconnecting an existing rgb controller and rewiring a button. So its likely more trouble than its worth you technically could though.

Alright probably isn't that then. Dusting the PSU can't hurt, but other than that I have no further advice. I'll leave the rest of the diagnostics to more experienced people. Best of luck.

You might also have dirty power coming from the wall but its unlikely as that would be more inconsistant with shutdowns, but maybe combing that with a higher load would do it. Ive had dusting out my powersupply help. As well as turning off other high power appliances running off the same breaker.

Yes 450 is more than enough for that build. You will be fine.

You could try poking around in chrome://flags to disable more things, though be careful. Otherwise firefox is a pretty solid option at the monument.

You also might want to check fiver Ive seen comparable things offered there as well.

If you do want to paint glass I would just paint the inside that way you can maintain that nice glass finish from the outside and still hide the mess. Heat is a non issue. The biggest concern will be getting the paint to stick to the glass. But almost any acrylic, latex or spray paint should work though it might scratch off easily. Edit: A vinyl wrap would also work well and is less prone to searching off. Again apply to the inside.

The furthest into planning for mods and my other creative projects (cosplay, lifehacking and to a lesser degree cooking), is occasionally making paper templates. But for most things I prefer to just do it and see what comes up. As such I frequently take things apart realize the mod I intended won't work and then put it back together if I didn't ruin things too badly. (Granted I also tend not to do over the top mods to my computer.) Every one has their own creative style if you feel the need to plan, plan otherwise just go for it.

If you really want a diy mouse pad you can always make your own. Mine is just some fabric for the top, a rubbery shelf liner and some backing to give it nice form and then given a nice finish with modpodge.

You could do acrylic covers for the hard drives and affix the covers with double sided tape or something. Or an entire mini basement for the hard drives with acrylic or aluminum. Acrylic is pretty cheap and can be found at most hardware stores. Just paint it whatever color you want. It can be bent with a heat gun and cut with a saw or an acrylic cutter. And aluminum can be bent by hand with a vice and cut with tin snips or a saw with a metal cutting blade.