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Hey guys, just a small update.
 
I've been playing around with the ideas for a PSU shroud/Cable shroud/Front radiator mount and I kinda like this one of all the itterations I've been playing around with.
 

 

 
I'm thinking making it out of either acrylic or sheet steel - both would be painted to fit the case once its all finished.
 
What are you guy's thoughts?

Hi guys,
Before I start I’d like to say I’ve been following LTT on youtube (along with TechQuicky and Channel SuperFun for a couple years now and I love how informative and how great the content is.
 
My doner case for this project is a CiT Vantage (Blue Edition)
 
Original Case:
 
Stripped Down:
 
This is the case I used for my old PC, whose guts will be going back into the case after this is all done to be turned into a media PC.
 
The Hardware in nothing to rant and rave about; i5 2400, generic m-ATX motherboard, 1TB HDD, 450W PSU, 8GB 1333MHz RAM
 
This project is mainly for fun and “because I can” but also to give me a little, more specialised, experience using the tools before I started my university degree in September.
 
Initially all I wanted to do was to make a window in the side panel and make fan holes in the top for a dual radiator.
 
Rough shape of the window:
Rough position of the new fans:
 
The red rings indicate the rivets which need drilling:
 
(Sorry about the picture quiality so far, at this point my new camera hadn't arrived, so I was using my phone camera)
 
Starting masking off for the new window:
 
Tracing around the old shroud for the shape of the new window:
 
The First Cut:
 
Half Way There:
 
One To Go:
 
BREAK THROUGH!!!
 
After Filing the edges and scuffing the side panel to start painting:
 
Paint Plan:
 
White First:
 
Drilling out the rivets:

 
Back panel off:
 
Two to go before the mobo tray is free:
 
Aaaannnnddddd they’re out:
 
Test Fitting:
 
Time to start riveting:
 
Test fitting with the plain side panel:
 
 
 
After the paint had dried on the side panel there was a bit of overspray where I hadn’t applied the tape securely enough (oops!)
 
Now its time to do the window:
 
Top Fan Holes:
 
 
Adapting the fans:
 
Rivited on the grill and installed the Fans:
 
As said above, I’ve got plans to sleeve all the ugly coloured wires. I’ve also got a plan to make a PSU shroud to, again, make things look cleaner and pull things together. However, this is how the case is going to stay for now, I’ve got an absolutely hectic time ahead of me. But I’ll be back, this isn’t the end of this project of mine.
 
Please guys, any constructive critisism, tip and suggestions are more than welcome. Thanks for tuning in