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EVGA Hadron AIR Build (slight modifications)

venturizhou
By venturizhou
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So I this is my first time modifying a computer hope you guys like it.

So I like the asthetics of the Hadron but the internal layout leads something to be desired. The small form factor is excellent, more representative of an ITX than something like a Bitfenix Prodigy.

 

So a typical Hadron Air layout is like this.

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And this is mine

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Changes Made

  • Removed drive cage
  • Sleeve PSU cables
  • Mounted PSU Verticaly
  • Cut out circular holes at bottom and mounted 2 extra fans

 

Components

  • Athlon X4 760 @ 4.7Ghz
  • AM3 Stock Cooler (From a FX-8150)
  • Gigabyte F2A88XN-WiFi
  • Asus Direct CUII 760
  • Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB DDR3 1866
  • Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB
  • Toshiba 1TB 5400 RPM 2.5" HDD
  • 4 x Corsair SP120 Fans

Top Mounted Fans

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Additional Fan Power + Drives

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Wouldn't putting the PSU in the front block out all the airflow from the fans?

"Common sense is not so common." -Voltaire

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Wouldn't putting the PSU in the front block out all the airflow from the fans?

 

thats why he made 2 new holes and put in 2 fans in the bottom :)

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Wouldn't putting the PSU in the front block out all the airflow from the fans?

The stock fan placement in the Hadron is on the top.

 

 

@OP this is really cool, can you provide some more pictures please? If you have a lot of them you should turn this into a full build log and tell us more about that you did and how you did it.

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Wouldn't putting the PSU in the front block out all the airflow from the fans?

 

As others have stated the front of the Hadron is just a solid glossy panel. Stock Hadron only fan mounted at the top. Moving the PSU allowed me to place intake fans at the bottom.

 

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These pictures as so much darker than imgur.

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Makes me want to buy one of them

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COOLING: H100i w/ 2x Nb eLoop 800rpm
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Love to see people being creative like this. I enjoy playing around with where a power supply or whichever component could be mounted to solve a certain problem or innovate in some way. Good job with the power supply.

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Love to see people being creative like this. I enjoy playing around with where a power supply or whichever component could be mounted to solve a certain problem or innovate in some way. Good job with the power supply.

That case with the custom PSU.....

Quote me to get a reply!

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Wow, excellent build! Now I want to follow your idea on the intake mod! But I have one question; how did you fit the PSU next to the two 120mm fans?

I just went ahead and tried it and it would not fit. It looks like I need to remove the power switch assembly in order to squeeze it in. Is this how you managed it? Do you have a custom on/off switch?

I would really appreciate your advice on this, I can't seem to figure it out.

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