NZXT H440 Modding Ideas?

[Naga Sadow]

I'm going to be getting the black and red version of the NZXT H440, and I'm looking for some Star Wars themed modding ideas.

To start, I'm going to either remove all of the bays, and put my SSD in one of the slots above the PSU cover, with the HDD at the bottom of the case where they have a support (below the bays)...or just keep two bays, which might be better for keeping the drives cool. Perhaps I could put a couple of action figures on metal plates mounted in the SSD spots above the power supply cover if I go that route. I was also thinking of changing out the LED's to alternating purple and red, but, these aren't really mods, and I feel like I could do a lot more. Maybe I could get someone to cut the Sith Empire logo into the front and throw an LED light behind it, among other things.

Any ideas?

 

[inzone]

How old are you ?

 

[Naga Sadow]

How old are you ?

When to Star Wars it comes, matter not does my age.

 

[inzone]

Ok Yoda . :lol:

 

[Naga Sadow]

In all seriousness, I just turned 20, but Star Wars is one of my favorite things, and I've always wanted a Sith themed case.

 

[inzone]

You can have a Star Wars themed case but it takes a lot of work to make it decent. Some people are good at machine shop and they will customize that way by adding parts that will take on a shape like the Millenium Falcon or a Star Destroyer or even the Death Star.
Others will customize with paint and make a real good mural or paint design.

 

[Naga Sadow]

You can have a Star Wars themed case but it takes a lot of work to make it decent. Some people are good at machine shop and they will customize that way by adding parts that will take on a shape like the Millenium Falcon or a Star Destroyer or even the Death Star.
Others will customize with paint and make a real good mural or paint design.

I was planning on hiring someone to make cutouts and whatnot, I just want more ideas than a Sith emblem in the front of the case. I mean, I could always stick with LED's and decals, but that just doesn't seem like it's noteworthy enough.

 

[inzone]

You can add the head of the Sith lord by adding piece to the top front edge of the case , cut a ball in half and stick it on top with some eye cutouts (leds) in the front and other parts attached to the front and then paint it the colors of the character.

Check out these cases.

http://www.bestcomputerscienceschools.net/the-10-coolest-star-wars-computer-case-mods/

http://www.toxel.com/tech/2009/04/09/20-unusual-and-creative-pc-case-mods/

 

[award]

Hi, i have the same case and i have quite heavily modded it to something quite like your plan (liquid cooling/Leds). What i have done is removed all the drive bays so i can fit a 360mm radiator in there and bought a combined 2TB SSHD to go on the bottom of the case where you specified. Then i have the reservoir on the other side of the drive cages with acrylic pipes runing back into the cage to go into the pump etc. It looks great with a full loop including gpu, cpu, ram, mobo north bridge.

 

[Naga Sadow]

Hi, i have the same case and i have quite heavily modded it to something quite like your plan (liquid cooling/Leds). What i have done is removed all the drive bays so i can fit a 360mm radiator in there and bought a combined 2TB SSHD to go on the bottom of the case where you specified. Then i have the reservoir on the other side of the drive cages with acrylic pipes runing back into the cage to go into the pump etc. It looks great with a full loop including gpu, cpu, ram, mobo north bridge.

I'm not doing liquid cooling because it isn't in my budget, but this case is ridiculous in terms of compatibility for liquid cooling. If they had a full tower version of the case, it would most likely dominate the market, especially the liquid cooling market.