All the airflow is behind the mesh through the HDD's. Airflow would not really be affected by covering up the front of the HDD cages :)

Too much time spent modding not enough time spent benching:owned:

Well here is what I had planned. When I get paid again Im going to try and cover the PSU area. When I do that I'll be taking all components out again and stripping down the case. Then its bench time again :)

Once I have the case stripped I want to cut out all the fan holes, meaning remove the mesh grill they have, just leave the open hole and probably figure out a way to route some wires :)

Heh heh just kidding. I have put off building my new case and am jealous ;)

Setting up a new multiOS bench setup now. Hopefully will get time to work on the case over the weekend :)

good luck bro.

For some reason I like the look of a fanless heatsink a lot. So I loaded defaults, dropped the voltage and here it is. THe rig looks a lot cleaner. I already have the plate to cover the PSU area, just need to cut it and bolt it on :toast:

http://img.techpowerup.org/091126/PB264307edited.jpg
http://img.techpowerup.org/091126/PB264314edited.jpg

Looking good cpu, but i would but a Thin fan on the heatsink

like one of those Sharkoon fans

Naw, no need to bro. check out the temps. Not only does it look cleaner, but I want to have my crunchers at stock bro. I don't want these rigs to take a shit anytime soon. Not only is one of them a QX which is discontinued and if you find one they are still very expensive, but this particular i7 of mine is a very good clocker so I would love to conserve it a bit :)

Thanks to the great fan clips provided by Prolimatech, strapping on a fan or two and cranking this puppy up is just a matter of a minute. Then on to the benching :)

Well folks, it's been a while. Had many issues with the rig. Ended up being my PSU. So I jumped on the BFG 1000W Modular. I must say I don't know if I'll do the plate to cover the PSU. I gotta see. Now my biggest concern is hiding the wires that show behind the HDD. Next up is sleeving :)

Here is the new PSU and end result of no extra wires that are not used :D

The PSU
http://img.techpowerup.org/091205/PC044344resized.jpg
http://img.techpowerup.org/091205/PC044345resized.jpg
http://img.techpowerup.org/091205/PC044346resized.jpg
http://img.techpowerup.org/091205/PC044347resized.jpg
http://img.techpowerup.org/091205/PC044348resized.jpg

Scythe 110 CFM'ers, hooked up to fan controller :) New PSU also in place

http://img.techpowerup.org/091205/PC044349resized.jpg

Finished rig, gotta love modular, no more left over cables and wires :D
http://img.techpowerup.org/091205/PC044351resized.jpg

Before and after

Before
http://img.techpowerup.org/091205/PB284329edited.jpg

After
http://img.techpowerup.org/091205/PC044351resized.jpg