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 Post subject: US Army case mod
 Post Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 10:02 pm 
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So, as for many I'm sure money is tight this year so for x-mas I'm building my son a "hand me down PC"... But, to give it some flair i decided to custom mod his PC case.. he's 9 years old and loves anything to do with our military so I thought a US Army mod was in order. Here is where I am at this time. I will update as I go.. Comments and input is welcomed.

Forgot to take a picture of the case before I started. Here it is.
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Sanding and dis-assembling
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Hated the window of the case so I modded it. later on after paint I will add a piece of plexiglass to it.
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primer completed...
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first coat on paint..

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here you get a good shoot of my cutting skills or lack of skill lol. this was a 80mm fan hole now it will fit a 120mm fan

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More to come in the next couple of days... Til then ttfn


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 Post subject: Re: US Army case mod
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looks great .. I have the same case but I left it stock

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 Post subject: Re: US Army case mod
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I forgot to add the hardware I'd be using. Most of it was from former rigs of mine some stuff I bought off friends on EVGA's Forums.. The GPU was a prize from EVGA for the "Lucky #777" giveaway. Still not a bad system at all in my opinion..

ASUS P5N-D LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0
G.Skill PI 2x2GB DDR2 PC-6400
EVGA GTX260 Core 216 SSC
Raptor X 150GB 10,000RPM HHD
OCZ Extreme Gamers 700watt PSU
LG 19" widescreen LCD 1440x900
Saitek keyboard
Logitech MX518 mouse

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 Post subject: Re: US Army case mod
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Nice set-up there DOA, bet it's crazy fast! :shock:

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 Post subject: Re: US Army case mod
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Been working through the week and now I'm starting to put things back together.

The V on the door will be black/bronze like the grill just haven't got that far yet....
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Also the rivets will be painted the same black/bronze haven't done that yet either lol

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And the door window hasn't gotten the plastic protecting off it yet...

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 Post subject: Re: US Army case mod
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Looks great, D.O.A.! c6

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 Post subject: Re: US Army case mod
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Looks like you are doing a great job!

I found something you might be interested in adding to this PC.
Stardock.com has many really cool themes in the MyColors selection!
This one is a camo desktop theme and looks really cool:
http://www.stardock.com/products/mycolo ... &c=designs

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 Post subject: Re: US Army case mod
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WOW really cool thanks Studdog!!

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 Post subject: Re: US Army case mod
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Looking great so far! 8-)


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 Post subject: Re: US Army case mod
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Hia Gomer! Long time on see buddy! Been a busy week again.. Starting to install hardware now... I will take picture when I done.. It maybe after Christmas tho. Kind of hare working on this right under my boys nose lol..

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 Post subject: Re: US Army case mod
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Well I've started to put everything together here is where I am at.. Still have to add patches to it and I'm going to add a black U.S. Army start to the other side panel. Starting to look more Mash themed..

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 Post subject: Re: US Army case mod
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Looks great DOA, your son is very lucky, hope you had a great Christmas.

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