Modding a 10yr old case like it's from 2020!!!!!!!
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- Making an old PC case look modern! I took a Cooler Master 912 and modded it removing the CD-Rom cages and added a PSU basement and a side glass panel and it turned out beautifully! (less the cracks) Consider Supporting Me On Patreon? / timmyjoe
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Holy shit timmy! The memories I have with this exact case and you modded it and literally made it the way I always wished it was!!! Great video man seriously loved watching this!
Same here
Me too
Timmy Joe that is an epic mod to a classic case. I feel like you fully accomplished your goals -- keep up the great work. You truly got some skills there bud.
Make it a beast. Timmy Joe is the Pimp My Ride of computers.
I LOVE this. If you don’t wanna drill holes, you could glue small magnets to the acrylic sheet. No potential cracks 😁 I’m working on something similar at the moment and didn’t even THINK about making a PSU shroud/basement. Good stufffffff
Good idea for sure. I believe I am gonna follow this up eventually with maybe a color change and more. Mini magnets is a great idea. I look forward to seeing what you're up to!
Epic mod.IMO its both nostalgic and modern in the best ways! Id be interested in more case mod vids actually lol
When drilling next time use some thick wood under the panel then u want get any problems,nice pc well recycled pc.
agreed, I def figured that out the second time
@@TimmyJoePCTech Or don't drill it at all and glue/epoxy four neodymium magnets in the corners so that it "clicks" into place. As a plus the black paint border hides them.
@@TimmyJoePCTech and tape it before you drill also
Buzzzz , he should use step bit, not a drill bit
Don't use metal drill bits for acrylic.
The Lazy Susan is a big brain move to use for these videos!!!
200IQ.
Hope your day is going well TJ
Love it. I never got rid of my HAF 922. I ended up fitting it with a 3600, rtx2080 and a bluray drive for my living room. It is great for an air cooled build. Still using the original 200mm front and side fans.
Nostalgic case + modern aesthetics = Man I can watch these mods all day ❤️ love it
I got one of these a while ago from a friend for free. We considered doing a full custom loop and going crazy but it never happened. Love this kind of content man, reusing and revamping. Nice.
If the video was only about the modded case, it would have been fine. But seeing you being honest about how it went and showing up that it's not easy for everyone and the issues you might find made it a thousand times better. Thank you for sharing this, awesome!
Timmy, 2005 called. They want their case modding back. ;)
I spent so much time back in the day doing this. Cutting in side panels. Adding plexi. Reconfiguring the interior. Painting. Adding lighting with CCFL tubes. I even got into using body filler to custom sculpt ducts into the front panel of the case to look like turbines at one point. Good times.
Acrylic.. check out polycarb next time. Way tougher, and generally will not crack or shatter. Drilling acrylic, use some sacraficial wood behind the plexi, high speed, low pressure, and drill slowly through the plexi, and into the wood. Shouldn't be an issue if you do it that way.
love that case and thank you for supporting masks
Have been building since 2005...and love the direction new cases went in. I used to have to mod the crap out of a case..to get what is standard today. ....but it was fun though.
This diy proyects are really cool, keep doing them.
I have a HAF X cooler master case that looks similar with modern internal components(mobo, RAM, etc...) that i built 2 years ago, This is video giving me memories, great job
Im still rocking my haf 912. It has liquid cooling, an acryllic side panel and 6 rgb fans (3 front, 1 top, 1 rear, 1 side)
That case I still have I built into it again back in 2021, it just feels so sturdy and well built I don’t want a new flat looking case
Love TJ's stuff....as he said himself about the videos he has to do, these where it's his own content is much fun. Love the haphazard approach too....esp cutting plexi right on the desk. Double like for the C-19 message!
TJ, the fan on the side was the best thing that happened to pc cases in its history. OK, is not not very pretty but they ventilate the GPU very well and on PC utility always comes over vanity.
You get a like just for the ACRYLIC SHT alone, but also for you being you and making awesome and hilrious content. I look forward to all of your videos.
I've been thinking about doing this to my cooler master 431 elite for a while now. Cut those drive bays out and replace the side panel with either glass or acrylic. Your project was a success! It looks like a modern case now
Laying tape over acrylic before drilling holes can prevent cracks most of the time, nice end result 👍
I recently brought up this case from my old pc and using it again (Haf 922) since it has great cooling lots of space. I got it in 2012 and it had a lot of neat stuff for its age. 2x 20 case fans which i use at ultra low spins powered by 5v and brings decentamounts of air. And.. for its time you could even load a Gpu vertical. Awesome case
Good job Timmy that looks really good I'm impressed I wasn't expecting it to look that nice.
You should sand the bottom where the crack is around as high as the basement so the crack is smooth. And then spray it black. Ta-da all fixed up.
Putting on Steve Burke wig:
You just lost a gpu-cooling blowhole for a piece of Plexi with no air holes.
I'm doing a very similar thing with the cooler master storm sniper black edition case that I got for free. I'm using magnets to hold the side panel when I get the stuff to make my own side panel to the case. This video is the inspiration for what I'm doing with my case.
Those old cases are sooooo cool!
I've had that case since 2013, still going strong
You should have acrylic sheet on the front of the case as well. That would have been icing on the cake
I'm actuslly REALLY impressed. Good work dude.
It does look awesome! Great job
A triumph, small steps. As usual, a fun time was had. Kudos.
It actually looks really good. I want to see this on an OLD! Case
the coolermaster Enforcer case windowed side panel fits perfectly on that case
Has flashbacks to the late 90's early 2000's and using various saws, drills, and utility knives to frankestien, I mean craft a side window in to the case door and still get it to work. Don't forget the cathode lights.
Nice build. My old parts look great in there! Way to go timmy!
My first build was in the case I have a 8350 FX and a 1060 both water cooled and the case had fans all over I had some amazing overclocks and great temps in that case sold it with no issues great job on your mod 👍
I loved my old HAF 922, it was one of the best cases I ever had up until my current Air 540 which is my favorite case of all time. Great video Timmy Joe, thanks for all the entertainment and content!
Little black vinyl on the side panel the same hight as the basement and it's sorted :)
Timmy Joe. Breaking things so we don't have to. Nice job.
I loved my old HAF 922, it was one of the best cases I ever had up until my current Air 540 which is my favorite case of all time. Great video Timmy Joe, thanks for all the entertainment and content!
You should totally make this a series! You should do more cases and maybe some oem cases. Maybe expand to other parts as well, like graphics cards and other parts. Just making otherwise crappy parts look “the part”😉
My old mom still uses that case today.. still top notch airflow. Great mod you did Timmy!
I used this case for more than 8 years, I still have it next to my desk.
Only problem is that it sucks a lot of dust but your system runs very cool.
I have a Chaser MK 1 (thermaltake case from 2011) that I modded for my main system a $2400 Hardline PC with a I9 9900k. Used the core P1 upgrade kit to replace the side panel with some tempered glass.($40 dollars USD for the kit). Had to drill out the drive cage and use fan adapters to mount a 360 radiator to the front. Its the only full-tower case I have ever bought and has seen 4 different computers in it.
Hi Timmy all the way from Australia 🇦🇺 ☺️🖐 absolutely smashing mod! I love the way this case looks after the plexi side panel. As another viewer commented below, this was the way this case should have looked! Loving the video’s, keep’m coming 🥰 cheers.
acrylic cement, the stuff that has a fine tip dispenser might weld that crack away almost invisible. I did a DIY side panel like that a while back. gotta love place that custom cut. Great stuff man.
Did a similar thing with a cooler master storm trooper. I used magnetic tape to stick the plexiglass to the case. Works great.
Haha, I remember those GI Joe PSAs. "Touch the stick, DON'T TOUCH THE STICK!"
Love the new studio/office. I have been with you for a long ass time.....a few nice sound absorption panels and your set!
What I look for in a case:
No RGB
Great air flow
Drive bays, 3.5 & 2.5
Room for an optical drive
Room for 240-280mm AiO
A little cable management room
So, old school is perfect!
Modern (RGB bling-over-substance, glass glass and more glass) is opposite of my needs.
I work with acrylic everyday at my shop. We use a table plotter to cut but if you have to use a drill it's best to run the drill in reverse. Sounds weird but it'll melt through and never cracks. Then you can clean it up with a file
I just cleaned up a HAF X tower and rebuilt it with all the existing hardware, it looks brand new now! It's old but cool!
Hi Tim. I have one of these cases with the original grey insides. It has the 2.5 inch drive holder still. Yours is the 912 plus, since it has the USB 3.0 front port. That was $75 extra when the case was new. Mine was built on a Phenom X6 1055T with a BFG 9800GTX+. Nice modding, it makes me happy to see my case still pop up in the time of today
I still have my HAF 932 from well over 10 years ago (with the original fans too) and I'll never get rid of it. Its currently running my Thread Ripper and the previous build in it was a liquid cooled dual Xeon workstation setup. That being said your mods are very cool sir.
Looks great. You were even able to install a 240 rad. Nicely done!
Crack aside, we’re happy you made this video. Pretty dope.
Yeah I sometimes spend 20-30usd on spray paint for old cases when I can totally just get a new one online. But it's actually quite satisfying to mod something and it turns out nice.
Gonna try this with a 25 year old server case. I've got 3 of these old cases so I may have several attempts to see if I can get it right! :-D Thanks for giving me the confidence to try!!
holy shit thats the same case i got i litterally found one of them in the trash a year ago and decided to build my new pc in it still one of my favorite cases i ever owned .
A tempered glass sheet that size can be had for around $24 in the US if you are buying a few at a time. I use the original side panel and cut a hole in it to then mount the glass to the inside or outside depending on the mod. No need for thumbscrews or holes in the material.
I think you did a wonderful job on it! And you worked out all of the teething problems for everyone else so maybe someone else will try and do this. Good job dude!! 🤘
That turned out far better than I was expecting in the beginning. Awesome job!
i think that was one of the best looking cases at the time if not atleast up there always wanted one
Pro-tip: use a step bit when drilling acrylic. Much less prone to cracking.
Call it the Cyber-Truck of computer cases! Put a sticker on there that shows Thor's Hammer smashing it! :-D
Looks really good TJ! A lot better than stock that's for sure.
Ahh, I remember having this case exactly 10 years ago lol
If I had a lot of computer parts around me, I would be crazy like you 😀
Hey brotha! Pro tips for drilling the plexi, or anything else thing and potentially breakable:
1. Use the correct bit. They make bits that are more pointed like a spear that work on glass/plexi that are less likely to grab on to the material and cause the stress cracking.
2. In conjunction with #1, put a piece of scrap wood under the piece you're working on so that the drill can smoothly work it's way through the entirety of the piece. This will remove that little jolt that sometimes happens when trying to punch through a piece.
3: As you already found out and mentioned, use the right drill speed for the right material.
Really dig the mod my dude. Keep making content, and hope this info was helpful! :D
Loved that intro lol
Honestly looks really good
Hahahaha! That’s the last case I was using for my last desktop before I did a new build last summer. I used a card reader in that floppy bay in mine. I still have it. Now I feel like I need to do something with it.
As usual another great and entertaining video from timmy Joe.
I still miss old case have some optical drive bays, even you don't use DVD anymore, you can install other accessories like USB hub, fan controller, hot swap hard drive bay on it.
I have an Antec 600V2 that I absolutely love the look of. Doing something like this with that case would be amazing and it's really cool to see that it can be done!
In the process of doing this myself to a case, awesome videos. this subject doesn’t get as many videos as it should! Great work👌🏻
@Timmy Joe, use the original Side panel as a frame for the plexi... Cut out the center leaving about a 2 inch border all the way around then cut the plexi where its broken and glue the plexi to the metal frame side panel... Thats pretty much how they used to do old plexi side panels.
I did the same thing to my NZXT s340. I used magnetic strip of tape to mount the acrylic glass.
Nicejob, i pretty much did a similar job with my lanboy air. Lots of old cases could be easily modernized and id love to see more of em.
Damn. You really did a nice job there bud. Kudos.
You can slightly break the cutting edges of a drill bit with a file to make drilling through plexi easier.
So happy to see another video from you! Great content, as always, and excellent work on the mod! Glad to see the new studio is coming together too!
Turned out great i think, also the plexiglass mess up i can relate to being too impatient 😅😂
Gives me a good reason to hold onto my old Lian Li case. Maybe do an old school/new school mash up with their new 360 AIO
Looks damn sweet after all that frustration you went through. I once bought acrylic for my crappy wire shelf fridge. Home depot's cutter was broken so I thought I'll just cut it at home. Turns out even thin acrilic is very hard to score and snap, it was a big pain, cuts weren't clean, I also mis measured too large at first. But I made it work and the fridge works much better all these years later. I would triple check the measurements and only buy from a place that can cut for me in the future. I also did something similar with acrilic and oak many years ago to an old case, it didn't look nearly as good, but was unique lol.
Amazing mod man its looks beautiful
Those old Cooler Master HAF cases were, and still are, awesome. These modern cases with solid front panels and barely any drive bays all suck. I certainly wish we could go back to the days of vents and fans everywhere. I love the side window and power supply basement you added, but I would have left a couple optical bays if this were my case. You also should have modded in a few more type-A USB 3 ports, and maybe even a type-C.
Sitting here with this exact case under my desk but dusty and with old hardware.
Please do more content like this, man. Seriously great and entertaining. You have me sold on this, and I would really love to see you transform several more cases. No joke, you can totally sell these cases for $100+
I did something similar to a HAF 922 case in memory of my stepson although I did much more mods to it than in this vid. Your case turned out great!
Just use double sided magnet strips on the inside of the acrilic panel! Looks good Timmy!
With a little more modding I think you can make a kickass Batman-esque case, maybe hardware with silver as well to add to it.
Have this same case, got it at Goodwill, thanks!
You can try to repair the crack with windshield crack repair kits.
but this is so much cooler lol
If he has several of these cases or even different ones he plans on making them so "modern" he would be better off just buying another and larger sheet of plexi. Just redoing the side panel would be the best way to go vs buying a crack repair kit for the one off job.
I have the HAF X. You have inspired me. Thanks!
Nice job Timmy ! *You could have also remove those dvd slots and put a custom made glass panel in* , just like you did with the psu cover.
My first pc I built was in one of these cases