650D Mod

[Sarakon]

Hi, I'm new, but I modded my case last weekend and would like to share it here.
So I decided I would mod my Corsair Obsidian 650D a bit. No real aesthetic changes, just some practical ones. The fan in the front has to suck air through 2 grills, which is by far the loudest thing in this case and it does not push the amount of air that I want it to, so I changed that.

First off I stripped off everything that I could and removed all the hardware and proceeded with cutting a gaping hole in the front of the case:

And then some filing.

Next up i wanted to add 2 120mm fans to the front, but to mount them I had to create a panel out of 1mm aluminium. First it was cut to size and then I cut the two holes for the fans in them. I only had a hacksaw and not the greatest skill with it but I think the holes came out just fine and after some filing and sanding looked acceptable.

On the case:

The fans that I am going to mount:

I forgot to buy black spray paint, but my dad had some black paint at hand so I painted the panel, rather than spraying it. It did not come out quite as good as i had hoped but it looked quite good once mounted.

And my PC setup while I was cutting stuff up:

 

[Sarakon]

Another change I wanted to make was the white power and hard drive activity LED's. As the rest of my build s leaning towards red i changed the LED's as well.

The rest of my case was also super dusty and was in dire need of a good clean:

The end Result:

I am quite happy with the result. I am thinking of still buying a proper fan controller to which I can wire all the fans but we'll see about that.
Thanks for watching.

 

[Pansyfaust]

I think a slow build up clap is in order Well done

 

[Squigly]

Lookin very good bud, and glad to see you got rid of em dust bunnies while you were in there!

 

[Sarakon]

Thanks guys!! It is nice to see that there is a modding community in this country. I know a couple of guys over at Bit-Tech but it's cool that there is a local site promoting it!
I am thinking of making a cover that will go over the PSU and the cables at the bottom to completely seal that section off, as well as a black and red cover for the silver GPU as it stands out like a sore thumb.

 

[milkshakes]

go nuts man! this is a great mod.well done.

 

[ckleu]

Good gob buddy, I love it when people start cutting onto things.

 

[milkshakes]

Good gob

is that like saying: "it makes me drool"?

 

[Sprint]

good job man!
Please tell me how you managed such clean holes with a hacksaw? And how did you start the cut off?

 

[WarHeaD]

Haha!!!

Madness... I actually checked this mod out on Bit-Tech yesterday, and alas you're from here!!!

Nice job bud, I'm contemplating something similar with my 600T also to add another 240 rad to my loop as well as a waterblock for the 680, but all in due time.

 

[Sarakon]

go nuts man! this is a great mod.well done.

Good gob buddy, I love it when people start cutting onto things.

Thanks! From now on mods are gobbed at

good job man!
Please tell me how you managed such clean holes with a hacksaw? And how did you start the cut off?

It was a really thin blade on the saw. Drilled a hole at the edge of the markings, threaded the saw through and started cutting and applied a lot of oil. Made things 10 times easier.

Haha!!!

Madness... I actually checked this mod out on Bit-Tech yesterday, and alas you're from here!!!

Nice job bud, I'm contemplating something similar with my 600T also to add another 240 rad to my loop as well as a waterblock for the 680, but all in due time.

Bit-tech is a great site. Just sucks that everything is overseas. You should also check out Razer's mod Proxima on bit-tech. It must have vanished in the pages because he is busy with school work
Go for it. That double mesh on the front of corsair cases is annoying, just makes the fans louder. As far as I can see they seem to have removed it from their newer cases.

On another note: I have just ordered a fan controller, because the cables of those fans are a bit short to reach the motherboard header and where making a lot of noise and I like the idea of controlling the fans the way I want them.