HAF 912 Case Mod

ShadowSkill · Oct 4, 2012

Hey everyone.. So lets get down to this quick and easy.. I purchased the HAF 912 a while back off newegg.. Well I get bored as heck living out in the sticks so what did I go and do?

CASE MOD!

That's right.. Not really much modding but I did add a shelf to kinda separate the PSU from the rest of the case. And I completely painted the chassis.. Black... So everything would just look better in my eyes..

Lastly.. I DO NOT have a DSLR camera.. I wish I did.. I have an HTC HD7 and I did the best I could.. I wasn't really worrying with pictures as much as I was about the case.. But you'll get the idea in the end.

Solid chassis IMO...

Looks good in the sunlight...

Simply put.. Piece of sheet metal.. Cut it.. Placed it.. Went about my business

Slot covers sanded and ready to paint..

SSD housing ready!

First things to get painted to see how it looks?

Ahh it looks good I knew it would!!

Onto the first coat

And the 2nd.. End result is what we are after right?

Looks good.. Now remember I'm going on a phone here.. An ok flash with poor lighting.. But you get the idea

All put back together.. Turned out like I imagined.. Loving it so far

Not bad for spray paint. I can't wait to get me some new hardware for this thing now.. I'm running on old stuffs hehe

Hope everyone likes it!
Sorry for the pictures I know how some of you are on here hehe

but at least you can see what I do when I get bored now.

ShadowSkill · Oct 4, 2012

Little finger prints and smudges here and there.. Those all wipe clean!

ShadowSkill · Oct 4, 2012

Quick before shot

And After shot

bob808 · Oct 4, 2012

It looks much better black and your false floor turned out great too!
+rep to you ShadowSkill

ShadowSkill · Oct 4, 2012

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Originally Posted by bob808

It looks much better black and your false floor turned out great too!
+rep to you ShadowSkill

Wow thank you good sir

rszendy · Oct 15, 2012

This is awesome! If you wouldn't mine, what dimensions did you cut the sheet metal to? as in how much space did you leave between the side panel?

wolfeking · Oct 15, 2012

You did a very nice job there. Makes me want to go jump into mine again and repaint it, and remod it some. Painting it black seems fine, but one thing I noticed is that even with a good scuff with 80 grit, the paint starts peeling really quickly. Mine is already peeling, and it was only painted back in April.

And might be reflections, or bad colour calibration on my lappy, but is that a chrome facade in the mesh on the front? I like that idea.

ShadowSkill · Oct 20, 2012

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Originally Posted by rszendy

This is awesome! If you wouldn't mine, what dimensions did you cut the sheet metal to? as in how much space did you leave between the side panel?

I think I cut it around 7 and 3/4 inches wide and 1 foot long.. I bent down the edge so it would kind of "slip" into place.. It's basically just jammed in there.. But I got it look nice enough doing it this way.

ShadowSkill · Oct 20, 2012

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Originally Posted by wolfeking

You did a very nice job there. Makes me want to go jump into mine again and repaint it, and remod it some. Painting it black seems fine, but one thing I noticed is that even with a good scuff with 80 grit, the paint starts peeling really quickly. Mine is already peeling, and it was only painted back in April.
And might be reflections, or bad colour calibration on my lappy, but is that a chrome facade in the mesh on the front? I like that idea.

Yea CoolerMaster has a type of mesh that pops in and out of the front face plate and the bottom where the PSU goes.. It's a great way to clean up dust in a hurry.. Stops a VERY good amount of dust from getting into the computer too.. But it gets dusty anyway now that I just keep the side off..

cdoublejj · Oct 23, 2012

How many cans of paint did it take?

TheMissingPiece · Oct 24, 2012

Hey, quick suggestion:
Try to find a way to get those NZXT cable grommets used in the Phantom. They're perfectly sized.

ShadowSkill · Oct 30, 2012

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Originally Posted by cdoublejj

How many cans of paint did it take?

Just two

sunset1 · Oct 30, 2012

I used zalman coolers for all my builds till i went to clc coolers. Love those things.
depending on current temps and the direction of the fan in the top of the case you might find pointing the cpu cooler twoards the top might lead to cooler temps. Also the northbridge chipset is right there and it might draw air from the heatsink out of the case..
I think it looks great! i like the metal plate idea. Case looks nice too.
sunset1

ShadowSkill · Oct 31, 2012

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Originally Posted by sunset1

I used zalman coolers for all my builds till i went to clc coolers. Love those things.
depending on current temps and the direction of the fan in the top of the case you might find pointing the cpu cooler twoards the top might lead to cooler temps. Also the northbridge chipset is right there and it might draw air from the heatsink out of the case..
I think it looks great! i like the metal plate idea. Case looks nice too.
sunset1

Thanks a lot.. I still have a few modifications to do to the case.. Will keep this thread updated to any more modding I do.

cdoublejj · Oct 31, 2012

Zalman dropped the ball years ago there last decent cooler was the 9700.

ShadowSkill · Dec 12, 2012

Took a while but I finally got the front piece cut so it completely cuts off the heat from the PSU.

If anyone is wonder what the dots are.. I thought it'd look cool if I put some decorative paper over it.. Looks swell to me..

Haven't updated this in a while so I'm sorry about this.. Still a few more mods to go through. Hoping to have a piece cut to enclose the HDD housing to make everything kinda flow together a little better.

Hope everyone likes :]

jeffnelaine · Apr 12, 2014

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