Custom Part Mod Fabrication in Vancouver Area

tarfeef101 · January 18, 2021

I just got myself an Inwin 101 after being tired waiting for other cases (mainly the Silverstone Alta F1) to come out, and wanting to get my new main rig parts out of my testbench. I was hoping to fit a dual 360 loop into it, but ran into 2 snags:
1) The side fan mount only fits a 240mm rad, not a 360. A 360 should fit in the case, except for the fact that the IO mounts to the top as part of a larger assembly, and that seems to have a space in it just below the roof of the case for a slim optical drive which doesn't actually exist in the paneling of the case. However, it limits the height of the radiator you could fit just enough so a 360 won't fit.

2) the side fan mount is a plastic frame which mounts to the mobo tray and front panel with some clips, and you screw your fans/rad into that. however, the side facing the side panel (the "rear", if you will) has some plastic air guides or something that prevent putting fans on that side, despite there being room if those weren't there. if you try to put the rad and fans on the front, it'd interfere with the bottom rad, so not having space for the fans on the rear side is a real problem

These could be fixed if you could design a mount for the top I/O that didn't have that cage in it (that, at least, i *might* be able to dremel away myself), and if you designed a new fan mounting bracket for the side which at the very least allowed fans on the rear side, and for bonus points had mounting for 3 fans (not a huge deal on the latter since 2/3 fans worth of screws is enough to hold a rad steady).

Sadly, I have a tiny studio apartment, and lack the space/ventilation, tools, and expertise to make such an item. I was wondering if anyone knew of a shop that could assist with the design and fabrication of custom mod parts like that in the vancouver area, because it'd super suck if I had to compromise on the 2nd rad. Also I plan to do a custom backplate and cables, so if they also did that, that's cool, though I have plenty of options for those things.

Cheers, and (hopefully) thanks for the info!