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NZXT 440 Side window Mod opinion pls

Woofly94

Instead of forking out couple hundred quit for a new case, I was wondering if it would be cheaper to actually modify my NZXT 440 to what I would be buying a new case for, which is to see the watercooling reservoir, with my current case NZXT 440, You can't see the reservoir unless you look where the drive bays are, and ofcourse there is a side panel that blocks that.

 

So I was wondering if I could get some opinions on what I should do, I have only spent 10 minutes or so thinking so forgive me if my ideas are stupid.

I havent thought about if doing any of this would cause structural problems because like I said I've only just thought about it. 

 

Also forgive me for such crap pictures, I am using a GoPro to take the pictures and the only way to not get a blurry pic is to use a light source for the shutter speed but w/e.

 

1st, Extending the whole panel to edge with no bezel

2nd, cutting the panel and fitting another window showing reservoir with everything else, I'm not that keen on this one because it will PSU show cables.

3rd, cutting the panel and fit a small window to show the reservoir, this shows exactly what I want to see without seeing everything else, there will be a little bezel between the 2 windows for a nice little design

 

Also bear in mind there is drive bay mount wall thingy that will need to be cut out aswell depending on the window type I do.

 

Any suggestions welcome, as said before I've only thought this over for like 10 mins.

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Gaming Rig:  Case: Modified  NZXT H440 Black/Red | Storage: 512GB Samsung 960 Pro SSD & 3TB WD Black HDD | CPU: Intel Core i7 7700K | Motherboard: Z270 Sabertooth TUF Mark 1 | PSU: 1000W EVGA P2 | Graphics Card: GTX Titan X Pascal | RAM: 32GB G.SKILL Trident Z RGB 3600Mhz | Cooling: X3 RES, CoolStream XE 360 Rad, Gold EK Supremacy EVO, D5 PWM EK Pump, Ice Dragon Nano Fluid 2Litre | Fans: 6x Corsair SP120 PWM Fans 1x Corsair AF 140 | Cables: CableMod Black/Red Braided cable kit | Case Mods: Tempered Glass front panel & Tempered Glass Side Panel (Finished) 

 

Setup: Monitors: Ben XR3501 2x Acer GN246HLBbid 24 | Keyboard: K70 & K95 Vengeace RGB Cherry MX Red | Mouse: Razer Deathadder & Corsair Scimitar RGB | TV: 43" LG 4K Smart TV, 50" Samsung 4K 

 

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8 minutes ago, shadowbyte said:

Thanks but that mod doesn't actually help me as I can't do that mod, because I have a 64mm thick in the front, so pretty much the only mod I can do is to cut a little window to show the reservoir, do you also know the best tool to get clean cuts? I'm completely new to this 

Gaming Rig:  Case: Modified  NZXT H440 Black/Red | Storage: 512GB Samsung 960 Pro SSD & 3TB WD Black HDD | CPU: Intel Core i7 7700K | Motherboard: Z270 Sabertooth TUF Mark 1 | PSU: 1000W EVGA P2 | Graphics Card: GTX Titan X Pascal | RAM: 32GB G.SKILL Trident Z RGB 3600Mhz | Cooling: X3 RES, CoolStream XE 360 Rad, Gold EK Supremacy EVO, D5 PWM EK Pump, Ice Dragon Nano Fluid 2Litre | Fans: 6x Corsair SP120 PWM Fans 1x Corsair AF 140 | Cables: CableMod Black/Red Braided cable kit | Case Mods: Tempered Glass front panel & Tempered Glass Side Panel (Finished) 

 

Setup: Monitors: Ben XR3501 2x Acer GN246HLBbid 24 | Keyboard: K70 & K95 Vengeace RGB Cherry MX Red | Mouse: Razer Deathadder & Corsair Scimitar RGB | TV: 43" LG 4K Smart TV, 50" Samsung 4K 

 

Laptop: ASUS ZenBook UX310UA-FB097T

 

Racing Cockpit Setup  GT Omega Pro with TV stand | 52 inch Bush Smart TV | Fanatec CS v2.5 | Fanatec CSL Elite LC | Fanatec P1 & Formula Rim | Corsair Strafe Blue MX RGB

 

Racing Cockpit PC: Case: Unknown cheap case from Amazon (modified to fit GTX 1080 & Cooler) | Storage: 1TB Samsung 960 Pro | CPU: i7 7700k | Motherboard: MSI Z170 | PSU: 750W EVGA Gold | Graphics Card: GTX 1080 | RAM: HyperX Fury 32GB 2400mhz | Cooling: Hydro 100i | Fans: 4x Corsair SP120 PWN fans | Cables: Standard PSU Cables | Case Mods: Making room for GTX 1080 & Cooler.

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