Monday 13 May 2013

Slow progress on rebuilding the Antec 1200 PC Case

Slow progress on rebuilding the Antec 1200 PC Case that I've been working on unfortunately. Weather hasn't been great and with a low level of self-esteem etc. etc. getting into projects like this is a struggle - a real struggle. Anyway more photos of PC Case to follow ASAP.

Need to buy some replacement parts from Antec however despite having e-mailed and Tweeted them unfortunately no reply has been received. I've found Coolermaster post-sales support to be excellent it's a shame that Antec do not seem to be offering a similar level of support for their customers.

On the subject of Coolermaster PC Cases - Whilst I'm aware that having several projects on the go so to speak is not a great idea I'd absolutely love to put together something barely resembling the MaximumPC Dream Machine 2011 however using a Cosmos RC1000 as opposed to a Cosmos-II.

This case-mod was done by Smooth Creations USA - At a guess a similar company to MNPCTech and West Coast Mods. The workmanship from all of these companies is phenomenal in all fairness.

Thursday 2 May 2013

Pop-Riveting an Antec 1200 back together after being 'rattle-can' sprayed.

Okay now for some photos of my Antec 1200 PC Case being riveted back together. Over-all pleased with the result considering sprayed using rattle-cans. Frustrated with scuffs etc. made by Pop-Riveter kicking-back on some of the riveted holes (need to concentrate more I think) and with the fact that I'd used the wrong size screws whilst fixing the 'big-boy' Fan to the top of the chassis (resulting in paint-chips). Hoping that the scuffs and paint-chips can be successfully fixed using touch-up paint however not sure how much of a success this is likely to be. Perhaps a re-spray on these area's is needed. I'm afraid to say I really don't know.