[COMPLETE] The MESHMOD v1.0 - Deepcool Matrexx 70 ADD-RGB 3F

[OfficialTechSpace]

Hi everyone! Just thought I'd share something I've been working on here, although I'm kinda new to case mods, so go easy on me. 

 

A little over a year ago, I purchased this Deepcool Matrexx 70 chassis that you see here before you. At the time, it was a good deal, came with 4 pre-installed fans, and 2 mounting places for up to 360mm rads (not too shabby for a budget case).

Over time though as my interests expanded in computer hardware, I took to noticing some losses I may have been taking by going with this case. Something like a P400A Digital may have been better suited to my needs.

 

 

Thermals were roughly:
44°C idle - 84°C under load

 

Although not terrible, it left a lot to be had in terms of airflow and noise-level performance, plus I didn't want to go out-of-pocket for an entirely new case.

After taking a closer looks at the assembly of the chassis, I noticed some easy routes for potential mods. Mainly, the tempered glass front panel.
Held on by a thin double-sided adhesive, these two plastic mounts (on either side) holding it in place were easier than expected to remove.

 

 

 

I took to Amazon to find an Aluminum Mesh replacement for the panel, and stumbled upon this: AggAuto Car Grill Mesh ($26.99 @ Amazon)
A few days later, it arrived in a roll, and appeared exactly as advertised. Then, I got to cutting.

 

 

 

After cutting the mesh to roughly the same size as the glass panel, there was only one step left... attaching the plastic mounts.
Using some Heavy-Duty double-sided Gorilla Tape, it worked perfectly.

 

 

Dimensions came pretty close to the original panel, although a little large at first. Required a little trimming to fit properly.

All-in-all though, it turned out pretty good for a first time mod! 

 

 

[OfficialTechSpace]

Thermals, and Noise-Level Performance is now as follows:

33°C idle - 73°C under load

 

Full system is normalized to 35dBA

Case fans:100% (locked)

AIO fans: 80% (locked)

 

**Please excuse the poor video quality:

 

[OfficialTechSpace]

**I might've posted this in the wrong category, admins/mods feel free to move it to the build-logs section.

[WkdPaul]

It honestly came out pretty nice !!

 

I have a P400S (predates the front mesh panel), and while Phanteks was selling the front mesh panel by itself, it wasn't available up here in Canada, so I had plans to do exactly that to my P400S front panel.

 

But then, a local retailer finally started having stock ! So $35 CAD later I was the proud owner of a P400S with a mesh front panel !

 

 

Was the mesh material hard to work with ? I'm guessing it got pretty sharp after cutting it ?

[OfficialTechSpace]

3 minutes ago, wkdpaul said:

It honestly came out pretty nice !!

Thank you, I'm glad I'm it paid off! 

4 minutes ago, wkdpaul said:

I have a P400S (predates the front mesh panel), and while Phanteks was selling the front mesh panel by itself, it wasn't available up here in Canada, so I had plans to do exactly that to my P400S front panel.

 

But then, a local retailer finally started having stock ! So $35 CAD later I was the proud owner of a P400S with a mesh front panel !

I've heard good things about those cases, I never realized they officially sold a separate panel for that. 

6 minutes ago, wkdpaul said:

Wash the mesh material hard to work with ? I'm guessing it got pretty sharp after cutting it ?

It was decent to work with, although difficult to bend straight enough to satisfy my OCD. It came in a roll, so it kept folding over on me 

And yes, I originally started cutting without gloves, but after accidentally cutting myself a few times on the mesh, I went and got them (very sharp).

[SPARTAN VI]

Great job! I never would have known it was modded if you hadn't pointed it out.

 

I did something similar to my Phanteks Evolv Enthoo ITX a while back after observing similar load temperatures, but I used a 6" car speaker grill to feed a 200mm fan behind it (yes, I intentionally mixed metric and imperial there). Considered going the full mesh route (even bought a mesh sheet), but there's a bit too much going on behind the panel that would be exposed in my case. 

 

 

[WkdPaul]

Just now, OfficialTechSpace said:

It was decent to work with, although difficult to bend straight enough to satisfy my OCD. It came in a roll, so it kept folding over on me 

That was my other question, how were you able to remove the "roll" from the mesh

[OfficialTechSpace]

1 minute ago, SPARTAN VI said:

I did something similar to my Phanteks Evolv Enthoo a while back after observing similar load temperatures, but I used a 6" car speaker grill to feed a 200mm fan behind it (yes, I intentionally mixed metric and imperial there). 

 

 

That's amazing!! 

I never would've thought to use speaker grill, but that actually turned out great, I like it!

[OfficialTechSpace]

2 minutes ago, wkdpaul said:

That was my other question, how were you able to remove the "roll" from the mesh

a LOT of patience, and much frustration. 

That was my secret. 

[DeepCool zer0]

5 hours ago, OfficialTechSpace said:

Thermals, and Noise-Level Performance is now as follows:

36°C idle - 75°C under load

 

Full system is normalized to 35dBA

Case fans:100% (locked)

AIO fans: 80% (locked)

 

**Please excuse the poor video quality:

 

 

Nice front mesh mod! It looks really clean in this video. Good work!

[OfficialTechSpace]

51 minutes ago, DeepCool zer0 said:

Nice front mesh mod! It looks really clean in this video. Good work!

Thank youuu! 

I worked hard tryna get it right, I appreciate the official Deepcool stamp of approval!