Readers Drives - Fibre is good for you

Posted at: Tuesday 17th February 2009

Sam Hall wanted a case that could hold two full water-cooling loops, but rather than buy a chassis, he built his own from fibreglass.

Although this was my first case-modding project, I'm hugely pleased with the quality of the final outcome, which is no doubt thanks to my dad's expertise and constant helpfulness. My next project is likely to involve a small form factor media centre, as my original Xbox seems to be suffering from years of use.

System specifications:

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 2.66GHz (OC @ 3.4GHz)
CPU cooling: D-Tek Fuzion & PA120.3 triple radiator
Motherboard: Asus Maximus Extreme
Memory: 2 x 1GB OCZ 1,600MHz DDR3 @1,700MHz
Graphics: BFG GTX260 (overclocked to 775/1325/1,661MHz)
GPU Cooling: EK Full Cover Plexi Block & PA120.3 triple radiator
Hard disk: Samsung 500GB, 2 x Western Digital 500GB (RAID 0), 2 x Samsung 1TB (RAID0)
Audio: On-board HD
Speakers: Sony hi-fi
CD/DVD: Pioneer 18x DVD-RW
PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower 700W
Case: Customised fibreglass