Holy shit timmy! The memories I have with this exact case and you modded it and literally made it the way I always wished it was!!! Great video man seriously loved watching this!

@alfonsocvu

4 жыл бұрын

Same here

@dec125rr2

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

I LOVE this. If you don’t wanna drill holes, you could glue small magnets to the acrylic sheet. No potential cracks 😁 I’m working on something similar at the moment and didn’t even THINK about making a PSU shroud/basement. Good stufffffff

@TimmyJoePCTech

4 жыл бұрын

Good idea for sure. I believe I am gonna follow this up eventually with maybe a color change and more. Mini magnets is a great idea. I look forward to seeing what you're up to!

Timmy Joe that is an epic mod to a classic case. I feel like you fully accomplished your goals -- keep up the great work. You truly got some skills there bud.

Make it a beast. Timmy Joe is the Pimp My Ride of computers.

Epic mod.IMO its both nostalgic and modern in the best ways! Id be interested in more case mod vids actually lol

I got one of these a while ago from a friend for free. We considered doing a full custom loop and going crazy but it never happened. Love this kind of content man, reusing and revamping. Nice.

Haha, I remember those GI Joe PSAs. "Touch the stick, DON'T TOUCH THE STICK!"

Love it. I never got rid of my HAF 922. I ended up fitting it with a 3600, rtx2080 and a bluray drive for my living room. It is great for an air cooled build. Still using the original 200mm front and side fans.

Timmy, 2005 called. They want their case modding back. ;) I spent so much time back in the day doing this. Cutting in side panels. Adding plexi. Reconfiguring the interior. Painting. Adding lighting with CCFL tubes. I even got into using body filler to custom sculpt ducts into the front panel of the case to look like turbines at one point. Good times. Acrylic.. check out polycarb next time. Way tougher, and generally will not crack or shatter. Drilling acrylic, use some sacraficial wood behind the plexi, high speed, low pressure, and drill slowly through the plexi, and into the wood. Shouldn't be an issue if you do it that way.

Im still rocking my haf 912. It has liquid cooling, an acryllic side panel and 6 rgb fans (3 front, 1 top, 1 rear, 1 side)

That case I still have I built into it again back in 2021, it just feels so sturdy and well built I don’t want a new flat looking case

The Lazy Susan is a big brain move to use for these videos!!! 200IQ. Hope your day is going well TJ

Nostalgic case + modern aesthetics = Man I can watch these mods all day ❤️ love it

If the video was only about the modded case, it would have been fine. But seeing you being honest about how it went and showing up that it's not easy for everyone and the issues you might find made it a thousand times better. Thank you for sharing this, awesome!

Have been building since 2005...and love the direction new cases went in. I used to have to mod the crap out of a case..to get what is standard today. ....but it was fun though.

When drilling next time use some thick wood under the panel then u want get any problems,nice pc well recycled pc.

@TimmyJoePCTech

4 жыл бұрын

agreed, I def figured that out the second time

@NitrousFox83

4 жыл бұрын

@@TimmyJoePCTech Or don't drill it at all and glue/epoxy four neodymium magnets in the corners so that it "clicks" into place. As a plus the black paint border hides them.

@andrewsheldon5379

4 жыл бұрын

@@TimmyJoePCTech and tape it before you drill also

@streamtabulous

4 жыл бұрын

Buzzzz , he should use step bit, not a drill bit

@tweakz_tech

4 жыл бұрын

Don't use metal drill bits for acrylic.

So happy to see another video from you! Great content, as always, and excellent work on the mod! Glad to see the new studio is coming together too!

Good job Timmy that looks really good I'm impressed I wasn't expecting it to look that nice.

Love TJ's stuff....as he said himself about the videos he has to do, these where it's his own content is much fun. Love the haphazard approach too....esp cutting plexi right on the desk. Double like for the C-19 message!

TJ, the fan on the side was the best thing that happened to pc cases in its history. OK, is not not very pretty but they ventilate the GPU very well and on PC utility always comes over vanity.

You get a like just for the ACRYLIC SHT alone, but also for you being you and making awesome and hilrious content. I look forward to all of your videos.

I've been thinking about doing this to my cooler master 431 elite for a while now. Cut those drive bays out and replace the side panel with either glass or acrylic. Your project was a success! It looks like a modern case now

Laying tape over acrylic before drilling holes can prevent cracks most of the time, nice end result 👍

You should sand the bottom where the crack is around as high as the basement so the crack is smooth. And then spray it black. Ta-da all fixed up.

Really loving these videos dude, you are doing an awesome job!

It does look awesome! Great job

I used this case for more than 8 years, I still have it next to my desk. Only problem is that it sucks a lot of dust but your system runs very cool.

Those old cases are sooooo cool!

Nice build. My old parts look great in there! Way to go timmy!

I'm actuslly REALLY impressed. Good work dude.

Awesome man, great job!

This diy proyects are really cool, keep doing them.

I have a HAF X cooler master case that looks similar with modern internal components(mobo, RAM, etc...) that i built 2 years ago, This is video giving me memories, great job

Hi Tim. I have one of these cases with the original grey insides. It has the 2.5 inch drive holder still. Yours is the 912 plus, since it has the USB 3.0 front port. That was $75 extra when the case was new. Mine was built on a Phenom X6 1055T with a BFG 9800GTX+. Nice modding, it makes me happy to see my case still pop up in the time of today

I recently brought up this case from my old pc and using it again (Haf 922) since it has great cooling lots of space. I got it in 2012 and it had a lot of neat stuff for its age. 2x 20 case fans which i use at ultra low spins powered by 5v and brings decentamounts of air. And.. for its time you could even load a Gpu vertical. Awesome case

Love the new studio/office. I have been with you for a long ass time.....a few nice sound absorption panels and your set!

Sitting here with this exact case under my desk but dusty and with old hardware.

Crack aside, we’re happy you made this video. Pretty dope.

I've had that case since 2013, still going strong

I'm doing a very similar thing with the cooler master storm sniper black edition case that I got for free. I'm using magnets to hold the side panel when I get the stuff to make my own side panel to the case. This video is the inspiration for what I'm doing with my case.

Amazing mod man its looks beautiful

You should have acrylic sheet on the front of the case as well. That would have been icing on the cake

I have a Chaser MK 1 (thermaltake case from 2011) that I modded for my main system a $2400 Hardline PC with a I9 9900k. Used the core P1 upgrade kit to replace the side panel with some tempered glass.($40 dollars USD for the kit). Had to drill out the drive cage and use fan adapters to mount a 360 radiator to the front. Its the only full-tower case I have ever bought and has seen 4 different computers in it.

That turned out far better than I was expecting in the beginning. Awesome job!

Looks great. You were even able to install a 240 rad. Nicely done!

wow i just found this channel and im already surprised with how entertaining your content is to watch. subbed!

Has flashbacks to the late 90's early 2000's and using various saws, drills, and utility knives to frankestien, I mean craft a side window in to the case door and still get it to work. Don't forget the cathode lights.

As usual another great and entertaining video from timmy Joe.

Looks really good TJ! A lot better than stock that's for sure.

My old mom still uses that case today.. still top notch airflow. Great mod you did Timmy!

I loved my old HAF 922, it was one of the best cases I ever had up until my current Air 540 which is my favorite case of all time. Great video Timmy Joe, thanks for all the entertainment and content!

Really nice liked it 👌

In the process of doing this myself to a case, awesome videos. this subject doesn’t get as many videos as it should! Great work👌🏻

the coolermaster Enforcer case windowed side panel fits perfectly on that case

Beautiful!

This is so sick!

Putting on Steve Burke wig: You just lost a gpu-cooling blowhole for a piece of Plexi with no air holes.

Hi Timmy all the way from Australia 🇦🇺 ☺️🖐 absolutely smashing mod! I love the way this case looks after the plexi side panel. As another viewer commented below, this was the way this case should have looked! Loving the video’s, keep’m coming 🥰 cheers.

A triumph, small steps. As usual, a fun time was had. Kudos.

Timmy Joe. Breaking things so we don't have to. Nice job.

Little black vinyl on the side panel the same hight as the basement and it's sorted :)

I just cleaned up a HAF X tower and rebuilt it with all the existing hardware, it looks brand new now! It's old but cool!

What I look for in a case: No RGB Great air flow Drive bays, 3.5 & 2.5 Room for an optical drive Room for 240-280mm AiO A little cable management room So, old school is perfect! Modern (RGB bling-over-substance, glass glass and more glass) is opposite of my needs.

It actually looks really good. I want to see this on an OLD! Case

acrylic cement, the stuff that has a fine tip dispenser might weld that crack away almost invisible. I did a DIY side panel like that a while back. gotta love place that custom cut. Great stuff man.

Whoops, i came early. I found you and subbed, Love that unique studio!

I work with acrylic everyday at my shop. We use a table plotter to cut but if you have to use a drill it's best to run the drill in reverse. Sounds weird but it'll melt through and never cracks. Then you can clean it up with a file

I still have my HAF 932 from well over 10 years ago (with the original fans too) and I'll never get rid of it. Its currently running my Thread Ripper and the previous build in it was a liquid cooled dual Xeon workstation setup. That being said your mods are very cool sir.

Honestly looks really good

Yeah I sometimes spend 20-30usd on spray paint for old cases when I can totally just get a new one online. But it's actually quite satisfying to mod something and it turns out nice.

My first build was in the case I have a 8350 FX and a 1060 both water cooled and the case had fans all over I had some amazing overclocks and great temps in that case sold it with no issues great job on your mod 👍

I think you did a wonderful job on it! And you worked out all of the teething problems for everyone else so maybe someone else will try and do this. Good job dude!! 🤘

Call it the Cyber-Truck of computer cases! Put a sticker on there that shows Thor's Hammer smashing it! :-D

Wow that came out real nice timmy joe.

Loved that intro lol

Gonna try this with a 25 year old server case. I've got 3 of these old cases so I may have several attempts to see if I can get it right! :-D Thanks for giving me the confidence to try!!

Damn. You really did a nice job there bud. Kudos.

Hey brotha! Pro tips for drilling the plexi, or anything else thing and potentially breakable: 1. Use the correct bit. They make bits that are more pointed like a spear that work on glass/plexi that are less likely to grab on to the material and cause the stress cracking. 2. In conjunction with #1, put a piece of scrap wood under the piece you're working on so that the drill can smoothly work it's way through the entirety of the piece. This will remove that little jolt that sometimes happens when trying to punch through a piece. 3: As you already found out and mentioned, use the right drill speed for the right material. Really dig the mod my dude. Keep making content, and hope this info was helpful! :D

this is exactly my pc case i got in 2013 and still using it...

Love content like this

GREAT JOB!!!

You should totally make this a series! You should do more cases and maybe some oem cases. Maybe expand to other parts as well, like graphics cards and other parts. Just making otherwise crappy parts look “the part”😉

That is awesome.

Did a similar thing with a cooler master storm trooper. I used magnetic tape to stick the plexiglass to the case. Works great.

Super nice Build, Thx. Kind Regards from Germany

I have an Antec 600V2 that I absolutely love the look of. Doing something like this with that case would be amazing and it's really cool to see that it can be done!

Hahahaha! That’s the last case I was using for my last desktop before I did a new build last summer. I used a card reader in that floppy bay in mine. I still have it. Now I feel like I need to do something with it.

I have the HAF X. You have inspired me. Thanks!

holy shit thats the same case i got i litterally found one of them in the trash a year ago and decided to build my new pc in it still one of my favorite cases i ever owned .

Pro-tip: use a step bit when drilling acrylic. Much less prone to cracking.

That's sick, I loved my HAF 932 back in the day.

WHERE IS YOUR OLD SCHOOL INTRO?! “This is Timmy Joe, making videos from the internet! Come on WOOO!” I MISS IT!

I think it looks great. I am pleasantly surprised to see how well it came out. Heck yeah! Im ganna get to chopping some metal drive bays out here soon now too!

Turned out great i think, also the plexiglass mess up i can relate to being too impatient 😅😂

Ahh, I remember having this case exactly 10 years ago lol

You made that case look really nice man. I always end up selling these for like 20-30 bucks because I don’t use them for builds. This is cool

Have this same case, got it at Goodwill, thanks!

A tempered glass sheet that size can be had for around $24 in the US if you are buying a few at a time. I use the original side panel and cut a hole in it to then mount the glass to the inside or outside depending on the mod. No need for thumbscrews or holes in the material.

really cool

If I had a lot of computer parts around me, I would be crazy like you 😀