Bill Owen reviews the new Antec Three Hundred Midtower Case. A great entry level performance case at only $59.99 at Microcenter and $69.95 at Newegg.com

Work continues on Mnpctech’s custom shop bench. Above Brad lays down the first coat of House of Kolor “Brandywine Kandy” paint. After 3 coats of Kandy, Brad peels off a tribal border for the clear coat. Next up is a killer airbrushed center mural.

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Tim Harlow’s video guides on YouTube are quickly gaining attention. In these two segments Tim guides you on lapping your cpu. Lapping allows the best possible contact between the CPU and heat sink for maximum cooling.

PolarRain shows off some awesome fabrication skills. His “Warped” PC awaits battle at Maximum PC’s Mod Shop

Give “Warped” some well deserved Props!

PolarRain writes: “My attempt at the ultimate case, over a year in the making. Design is a concave cube shape constructed with fiberglass, aluminum, foam and lexan. I wanted a unique clean shape without dials and switches all over the front of the thing. Looking in the front window, the motherboard and the watercooling system are the only components that you see. By design everything else is hidden in order to maintain a clean look. By far the hardest part of the project was cutting and routing the 5/16” Aluminum face plates, but I’m very happy with the way they turned out.”

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Slame from “Mod My Machine” and Aqua-Computer in Berlin, Germany shows you how to cut your case for a watercooling 360 (3x 120mm fans) radiator and grill.

Note: Slames uses metric fasteners

Check out ModMyMachine on YouTube.

Check out Slame’s store website in Berlin, Germany.

What do you think about Lian Li’s new “Amoursuit” PC-P80R aluminum case?

Submitted by James Kane

You can buy these cases direct from Alienware’s outlet store on Ebay. Before dropping your cash on one, read Alienware’s policy! We received two different cases with different issues. The cases are classified as “Renewed” and returned as customer product evaluations or open-box returns. Alienware policy states “Renewed products may contain scratches, cracks, chips, wear, blemishes and/or similar flaws. However, IF you receive a case that you feel to be very badly damaged then we will consider an exchange. BUT that damage must be substantial (not just limited to a few scratches or scuffs)”

The first case sent from our customer had several plastic mounting tabs broken for the top and side panels. We had no way of replicating new plastic tabs, so we notified our customer about this and they had another case dropped to Mnpctech. The second was in much better condition with only these minor issues.

1. Side panel latch cover sticks a bit, you have to press real firm to release it.
2. The leds are removed from the Alien head badges. (standard procedure by Alienware)
3. The back cover of the bay door had one broken plastic peg, but nothing detrimental.
4. The case feet are real scratched, but this is expected with plastic feet.

One annoyance that Alienware could avoid for their customers is using low tack painter’s tape instead of “Scotch” tape to secure the panels during shipment. The Scotch tape leaves a sticky residue that may upset customer that didn’t plan on painting the case.

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I’ve been invited to guest judge the case mod competition at Overclock.net. Today was my first day that I could check out all of the entries. Very impressive and cool stuff. I highly recommend you get over to OCN Forums and check it out!

Overclock.net Case Mod Competition

Photos from a couple of “PRO” entries

masbuskado entry, XICLE oozes with originality and details

Iandh’s entry here, “Zodiac” with fiber optic lighting caught my attention right away.

Heres the steps Mnpctech follows for installing an intake or exhaust fan in the floor of a computer chassis

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Grinding is finished.

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