had to rush finalizing the case, especially the painting

1, my wife will be starting to work from home and the paint fumes would be bad
2, it hasn't been raining lately here, must take advantage of the sun!
3, i have to finish the build before my bday next week!

i know i'd be breaking the standards of xs with a crappy case prep, but a rookie is entitled to mistakes, yes? anyways, i think there won't be anyone more disappointed than myself... *sigh*

anyways, here it goes...

disassembled case, with markings for where the mobo was, masked and drew where i plan to cut holes for added ventilation/access on the back of the mobo


cut... more like nibbled by the nibbling tool. whoa! lion was hiding behind all along!


after some mock-ups, i realized that the wires from psu can't be hidden under the mobo, clearance provided by the raisers weren't enough. so i nibbled another hole for wire management


the strip with drill holes beside it, are for the res


removed the mesh on top for the 360 rad


nibbled the bottom to have hole for the 240 rad