Adding mesh Case window

[Sean]

When i put my Corsair H50 Water cooler in, it took the one exhaust fan port my case has, so im putting a wire mesh window in my computer and ill be putting one or two 120mm fans on the window exhausting air out... im going with 120mm fans because when i get my Antec 1200 ill be able to use the fans in the 1200.


so, these pictures are just the test fittings, and to run bench marks to see how this will effect temperatures, im going to cut out along the line, and then mount the fans on the mesh and paint the whole thing gloss black to match the rest of the case

Also i just want to Add that i love my Black berry 9700 :D all of these pictures are taken with my phone. pretty good quality if you ask me.


http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k55/SeanW15/windowLine.jpg
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k55/SeanW15/closeupscreen.jpg
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k55/SeanW15/wnidowscreen.jpg
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k55/SeanW15/casetest.jpg

[The Wise Monkey]

That looks great - keep us posted!

Are you going to paint the mesh at all?

EDIT: nvm, saw that you are going to paint it black. :)

[Sean]

Alright i got it done! all and all took about 3 hours, cutting, sanding, filing, measuring, painting, test fitting and drilling... i really like and it looks amazing!

the first thing i did was drill holes for the rivits and started to cut out the hole along the line.


http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k55/SeanW15/cutting.jpg


http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k55/SeanW15/completecut.jpg


then i measured out and cut the mesh to fit in the window and painted the mesh black

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k55/SeanW15/paintingmesh.jpg

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k55/SeanW15/paintedmesh.jpg

then i sanded the side pannel and preped it for paint

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k55/SeanW15/sanded.jpg

then i painted it

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k55/SeanW15/painting.jpg

here it is completely painted

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k55/SeanW15/completepainted.jpg

and finally rivited the mesh to the side panel

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k55/SeanW15/completeside.jpg

and here it is completed and installed

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k55/SeanW15/installed2.jpg

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k55/SeanW15/installed1.jpg

[The Wise Monkey]

Wow, nice job!

[Sean]

also i just bought 4 of these:

Newegg.com - Rosewill RFA-120-BL 120mm 4 Blue LEDs LED Case Fan (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835200049)

[Sean]

ok so i got 4 120mm fans, put 2 on the radiator cause they have better CFM then the ones that i had on the radiator before, put one of the fans that was on the radiator and put it in the front behind the bezel, and put one on the side of the case. i was planning on putting 2 on the side of the case but the fans are to thick, it would hit the tubs for the water cooler so that isnt an option. so pretty soon im going to strip my computer down and put another exhaust port at the top of my case, there is room in front of the power supply and its clear of wires... itll be perfect. ill probably do that sometime next week.. should look bling'n.


http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k55/SeanW15/side.jpg
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k55/SeanW15/side2.jpg
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k55/SeanW15/front.jpg