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I've stumbled upon the world of case modding and I am now obsessed....
I'm in the process of ordering all the essential parts for a pimpin' case.

This is what I am ordering...
Lian Li PC-61 w/ Bio-Hazard Window
2 Green Cathodes
12' of EL Wire
530 watt PSU
3 80mm fans
1 Lighted 80mm fan
Translucent Green Rounded IDE and Floppy Cables
Biohazard Fan Cover
Biohazard Case Badge
Babybus Fan Controller

Is there anything that I am missing or that might want to consider ordering along with this?
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Post by nexus_7 »

Welcome to PCA and the wonderful world of case moding.

It really looks like you have everything covered. About all I can think of is getting some stuff to hide your cables or some coverings for them. KDComputers sells that stuff if you are intreasted.

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Thanks for the help.
I'll be sure to check that out.
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add 1 Dremmel (or a clone). it is a verry good tool to have for doing this sort of thing out side of a machine shop!
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I've got lots of tools at my disposal at work...
Drill Press, many Dremmels, and I believe there is a small CNC.
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CNC :D
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CNC=usless for case modding (unless your doing 100 cases!)
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agree there but its still fun... really unless your doing some funky ass design a simple round or square hole isn't that hard to program in and rip out.
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as long as the machine has a shop mode.
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Let's say I wanna get a Antec case and paint it with a UV sensitive paint and put in some uv cathodes, along with other uv sensitive items....

Anyone seen a case done like this that I could look at...

I dont want it to look all "hippified"
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You need a Rheostat bus.....

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SthrnCotton: Ever since I tried out one of those PCMods Rheostat busses (http://www.pcmods.com/details.asp?ProdID=4), I have to put one in every computer I build. They control the fans with rheostats (variable resistors that have one end tied to the wiper arm), so that you can fine tune the fan speed for 4 fans. I also had one controlling the voltage level of a neon light, but found that I ended up hurting the neon light (it eventually failed) with the lower voltage on the inverter circuit. So - use them to control the fan speeds, and look at the pretty jumbo LED lights! I have three computers using the jumbo blue LEDs, and one using the jumbo red LEDs. For my upcoming mod project, I'm not sure what color I want to use yet, but I definately will be ordering another rheostat bus from them soon!:up
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I'm likin' that. Blue led's have to look pimpin in that..
I've narrowed it down to the uv cathodes and some blue el wire...
So the blue led's will be perfect...
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