Mod - Short for modification.

So in March I had already told my parents what I wanted for my birthday...a 8800GTS to pair with mine in SLI, but I was concerned about my case. I mean size-wise it was fine, but cooling wise, it was totally inadequate. Why? Well think of it like this. I have now overclocked my Quad to 3ghz (say 40C in heat), plus one overclocked gpu (50C), plus mobo, HD, psu, and memory (50C). I had only two 120mm, one an innie the other an outie. Now that just wasn't going to cut it with another G80 gpu. I NEEDED MORE!! More fans, more airflow, and more room!! Now that only means one thing: a giant mod of my Gladiator case!!

Now looking at my case before being chopped up:



...it looks good enough, but there is always room for improvement. My original idea was for an extra FOUR 120mm fans: two top, two bottom. Well funds restricted me so I had to compromise. Only two 120mm fans on top and two 80mm fans on bottom. I then wanted a vent over the top two fans and a some nice legs for the bottom two for ventilation.

Now I had the idea (with cutbacks). Implementation was a whole other bucket o' ICchips. I needed some way to cut through the steel on the top of the case for the two fans. Well, I had my Dremel and I picked up a circle cutter of CPO Dremels website plus a carbide drill bit. I also needed some JC Weld for the vent and some rivets.

Well a week later (and one carbide bit, and two cans of spraypaint, and one wood bit, and...) I was finally able to complete my project.




Now for the cherry. I had my mom work on the side panel. Her job was to paint a depiction of the name of the computer (Blue Flood) on it and I must say, it came out great!

*APPLAUSE**APPLAUSE**APPLAUSE**APPLAUSE**APPLAUSE**APPLAUSE**APPLAUSE*

Thank you, thank you!! You're to kind :P

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