Project : Panda (Antec 300 mod)

I have a couple of photos here, from himuro stands rework and also photos of the whole system. The stands rework - you remember when i shuffled them? i couldn't figure out which one is which... So instead of having 1 precise hole for each screw in each stand, I wanted it to be more flexibile. At first, i tried to drill 4 holes with 8mm and 10mm drillbit, but mine are blunt as hell. So i went to plan B -> grabbed my best tool - sheet metal scissors and did this :

http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/1227/img4505o.jpg

I will use washers, on each side, so the screw's head won't come through. And btw, they are drying right now after 2 coats of white and a clearcoat.

And here are some pics of the whole rig :

http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/9637/img4510z.jpg

http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/6960/img4522t.jpg

http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/3347/img4518b.jpg

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/4614/img4515copy.jpg http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/1194/img4511k.jpg

http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/1672/img4525m.jpg

The quality is quite bad, winter is at the door and it's dark here by 4:30pm :shakes:. Better pics tomorrow and if the stands dry today, i'll mount them and post pics. And i forgot, what do you think about shineey heatsink cover :D ? the black paint is not that shiny in person, also the mobo is not brown.

:up: :clap: ;)

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Originally Posted by jedihobbit

:up: :clap: ;)

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Thanks :woot: you are probably the only one following. I rly appreciate that.

Here are some pics showing mounting and painted i/o tips.

coming along the corner...
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/3981/img4528b.jpg

and the result :
http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/162/img4531b.jpg

as you can probably see, the stands are not well positioned yet, because i haven't got the molex to sata cable extension (im using the old one, which is obviously too short).

Here are the painted usb and 3,5" holes, i used matt white revell color for model kits.
Picture taken with flash, so you can better see the white and black contrast.

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/4184/img4533u.jpg

Just a little detail, but i like it. The weird tape and pieces of paper are there to separate the glow of the hdd and power led. :D Also i'm trying to use that grey foam everywhere i can, (where its not visible), to cover dust entrances and noise exits.

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Originally Posted by k0rben

Also i'm trying to use that grey foam everywhere i can, (where its not visible), to cover dust entrances and noise exits.

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Be careful not to cover too much as that promotes air flow too! :shrug:

Yeah i'm only trying to cover unnecessary holes and things like that, leaving the front fans (+ the filter) to do the airflow job.

Probably a little late, but I like it! :up::clap::yepp: