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[millertime359]

Dude, that is intense. I really can't wait to see this move forward. How are you planning on routing the tubing through that cover and what about HD mounting and optical drive mounting?

Are you planing on backlighting the res'?

edit: just seen the drilling holes part, still curious on how you plan to keep everything neat and tidy.

[Xion X2]

Dude, that is intense. I really can't wait to see this move forward. How are you planning on routing the tubing through that cover and what about HD mounting and optical drive mounting?

Are you planing on backlighting the res'?

edit: just seen the drilling holes part, still curious on how you plan to keep everything neat and tidy.

Four holes will be drilled slightly larger than the tubing diameter. The tubing will route from the res then outside the bay cover then through the return hole.

A shot from inside the bay cover:



And then from the outside.







This shot here shows the benefit of mapping out everything in Max before you go to cutting. I can see that I'll need to cut the windows on the bay smaller than they currently are so that the inside frame windows aren't revealed so obviously.





The good thing about the bay cover is that it conceals things that I want hidden, such as the drive cage (if I decide to keep it instead of custom cutting one) and excess wiring. I am actually thinking about mounting the PSU into the bottom of it since it could be an effective way to hide the core bundle of wires. I have the most room on the back of the drive cage, so that's where many of them would be hidden, anyway.