Inquiring about Adding a Window to my ATX case

[Talith]

I was recently thinking about case modding, and I would love to add a window to my case. I was wondering what experiences you guys have had with that endeavor, and what tips or things I should watch out for. Is it even worth adding a window? Or would I just save time and money by buying a new case?

[cheyenne1212]

I've never done any modding on my own, but if you want to get into it, then I would suggest that you try to do it yourself.

If you just want a new case with a window then just by one.

I would say that its cheaper to add a case window than to buy a case with a window already installed.

[Talith]

Yeah, I was thinking that too, but was just wondering what experiences you guys have had with adding one.

[nihil]

No problem with the case wall that is away from the MoBo. Just mark out the shape, drill a start point and cut it out with a jigsaw that has a metal cutting blade on it, or a modeller's tool with a diamond sawblade.

If you don't feel confident take it to your local car body repair shop.......I am sure that they will help you for a few $.

Then you just need a sheet of perspex and some epoxy resin glue.

Good luck

[hypronix]

Well you could also take that part aside and drill it. I have a case and neon in the box but that's how I bought it though... it was $20 [canadian] more than the other case, so when I built my computer I asked them to change it for me.

I had this guide on painting the inner computer... plus drilling the hole... it's in Romanian though [and in a magazine] so you wouldn't find much use of it. But maybe there's something out on the WWW to help you out aswell.

[Talith]

Ok, thanks Nihil and hypronix, I'll definetly check some stuff out on the web, but I was mostly wondering about experiences, but thanks for the help! :-D

[SDK]

This link should be helpfull!

http://www.coolcasegallery.net/

[Talith]

Great site, also found some really nice links off of it, thanks for that SDK.