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Hello again LTT Community!
 
First off, I suggest going to my original case mod post I did a few years back, where I showed off my DIY side panel window mod.
I have made a few parts upgrades since this post, most notably I have a GTX 980 in there as well as some storage upgrades.
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I am now back with another mod, except this time I am tackling the front panel!
I had this idea to make a turbine looking mod where you can see through the front panel to a blue LED fan behind it.
 
TLDR;
 

 

 
 
And here's a build log!
 
I really like the Bitfenix logo, I cut it out so I can reuse it later.

 

 
Now to cut the fan hole, I screwed this up a little bit by cutting the hole a bit too high so now the cutout from the previous cut visible. Not a huge deal, you can't really notice it in the finished product.
 



 
With everything put back together, this is what it looks like...
 

 
Now lights off...
 

 
I didn't like the white grill, so I cut that out and ordered a black 120mm honeycomb fan grill to put in its place.
 

 
I mounted the new grill and pasted the Bitfenix logo back on.
 

 
I then took some U-channel trim and put it around the outside cut, it hides the mistake in the cut pretty well!
 

 
I'm quite pleased with how it came out, and think it goes very nicely with me windowed side panel.
Let me know what you guys think!
Thanks for reading!
 
Before and after:
 

So about a week ago, I was already having these issues for about a week already (I hope that makes sense lol) and I actually did a fresh install of windows 10. I reinstalled some games and I was still having issues.
Microsoft was not letting me activate my version of windows for some reason so I thought that something funky happend with the download. Turns out I download windows 10 pro instead of home which is why it wouldnt let me activate because I only have a key for home and not pro.
So I wiped my drives again and installed win 10 home this time and could finally activate it. Hoping my problem would be fixed, I downloaded a few game (again) and I still had crashes.
Even after 2 installs of windows and countless driver reinstalls it didn't fix the problem, which leads me to believe its a hardware problem.
Good point about updating windows though, I think it updates automatically but I will check when I get home from work.
As far as memtest goes, I have already gone through 2 passthrough of it and it passed both times but I didn't realize I should leave it on for that long so I mighy have another go at it.
After much convincing, a good friend of mine, who also has the exact same card as me (EVGA Gtx980 SC) is doing me a huge favor and we are swaping cards for the weekend. I think this will settle once and for all if its the card so i'm hoping for the best here.
If he starts crashing I know its the card and if I keep crashing with his working card, then there are other factors at play here.
I really appreciate all the help you've givin me so far and I will post back here with the results of the swap.
Thanks again!

Sorry, when I first found the article I didn't have time to get a full post going. Since then I have updated the post with more convenient information. Hope that helps!

I'm loving what you did with the optical and drive cages, You can put in the double rad AND still keep a 5.25" bay.