{"id":69,"date":"2006-08-31T10:20:08","date_gmt":"2006-08-31T16:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepizzy.net\/blog\/?p=69"},"modified":"2011-02-24T10:02:23","modified_gmt":"2011-02-24T16:02:23","slug":"neos-new-computer-case-mods-pt-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepizzy.net\/blog\/2006\/08\/neos-new-computer-case-mods-pt-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Neo\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s New Computer \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Case Mods (Pt. 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1206\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thepizzy.net\/blog\/2006\/08\/neos-new-computer-case-mods-pt-1\/neo-12-res\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepizzy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/neo-12-res.png?fit=500%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"[[Neo]] Logo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepizzy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/neo-12-res.png?fit=500%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1206\" title=\"[[Neo]] Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepizzy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/neo-12-res-150x150.png?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepizzy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/neo-12-res.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepizzy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/neo-12-res.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepizzy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/neo-12-res.png?resize=36%2C36&amp;ssl=1 36w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepizzy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/neo-12-res.png?resize=115%2C115&amp;ssl=1 115w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepizzy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/neo-12-res.png?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>It&#8217;s time to get back into the swing of things&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I put my computer together for the first time in 4 weeks last night, and to my amazement it worked just fine. In all, from the purchase of the case, till today, I&#8217;ve done the following to my computer&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>put in 2 more hdds (1-120GB IDE, 1-400GB SATA) to boost up my storage to 1.04TB<\/li>\n<li>added a DVDRW\/CDRW to replace the CDRW and DVDROM drives<\/li>\n<li>installed 2 CCRT Green lights on the bottom floor and mobo-side of the case<\/li>\n<li>installed 4 green LED case feet<\/li>\n<li>&#8230;which I installed a green rocker switch in the firewire port placeholder on the front of the case to control<\/li>\n<li>installed 2 CCRT UV lights on the bottom floor and back side of the case<\/li>\n<li>installed an 80mm green LED fan on the back and cut a hole in the top of the case to put a 120mm green fan in the top<\/li>\n<li>&#8230;which was so I could make a switch between the green side fan that came with the case and the UV lights to show the UV effect better<\/li>\n<li>sleeved the cables in either Green UV Reactive sleeving or black plastic tubing with Green UV Reactive zip-ties<\/li>\n<li>made a molex array to mount on the mobo-side of the case to plug various peripherials and fans into with 5 4-pin molex and 3 12V fan connections&#8230;(separate production article coming soon about that, with pics)<\/li>\n<li>added some plastic Green UV Reactive PCI\/RAM covers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are still some more things that I&#8217;m considering doing to the case, as well as some hardware upgrades that will be coming eventually&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Upgrade to an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, motherboard, and compatible RAM<\/li>\n<li>Upgrade to 2x 1GB sticks of ram, or 1x 2GB stick&#8230;so that I can eventually go to 4GB when I get Windows Vista<\/li>\n<li>Upgrade to a 700W+ power supply to handle the hardware upgrades<\/li>\n<li>Mod the case window to remove the X in the window and the fan grill<\/li>\n<li>Mod the case window to have EL Wire around the edges to send a Green Light through it<\/li>\n<li>Mod the front of the case to remove the XION words in the Silver Plate, and replace them with NEO<\/li>\n<li>Mod the front corners of the case to have clear tubing with LEDs in the ends to send green light down the front of the case<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure there are other things that I might think of doing&#8230;it&#8217;s a lot to do to one box, but it&#8217;s all mainly an experiment for the next time I have to go through and do all this stuff again on a new box in a couple years.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll post some pics in the Pt. 2 entry of what things look like so far, as well as post an entry about the creation of the Molex Snake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time to get back into the swing of things&#8230; I put my computer together for the first time in 4 weeks last night, and to my amazement it worked just fine. 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