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As some of u know, I've made some updates on my desktop PC.
A bit late but here are some pics of my PC renewal project


To start with is the side by side comparison of the old and new cases

The new motherboard and the ssd


My old and new ssd together


The short cable set for my fully modular power supply (it was a great help in minimizing the clutter inside the case)

Next shown are the new components


Since the new case came only with a single slot ssd holder, I decided to mod it a little for it to accommodate 2 ssds (for my planned raid0 setup)


"The Battlefield"


The old and new motherboards (from blue&white to red&black)



Re-seating the old parts into the new motherboard


I decided to use round flexible sata cables in this build for easier cable management


Initial tests and windows installation

The northbridge on the new board tends to get too hot so i decided to replace the factory applied thermal compound with something better (the same one I used with the proc and h50)

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With all things running smoothly, I finalized the wiring and was surprised on how things came out all clean and tidy. It was way better than my old setup where it had more room to spare.



Before and after the videocard installation (There's space left for another videocard whenever I decided to SLI or Xfire in the future )


For those wondering about the clearance between the h50 pump and radiator. It was really a tight fit


Top view


Top view with grill


Front view

Now its time to put some personalized mods

I placed some dampening materials on the front to help prevent any noise inside the case from escaping at the front panel. This will also act as a makeshift spring for my next mod explained below


Since the new case accommodates only slot loading disk drives and doesn't have any mechanism for manual ejection on the front, I made some quick fixes and made it possible to manually eject the discs using the whole front panel as the eject button


Just apply a bit of pressure


and out it goes!

...Yeah i know you can eject disks from inside windows but I'm the type of person who prefers physical eject buttons


The finished product