Rocketfish - Lian Li rebadge case

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Rocketfish - Lian Li rebadge case

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Got one of these Rocketfish case at pretty cheap price and it's huge..... do some mod ... Few pix to share .. :D

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Inside views ....

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Outside overall ...
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Removed the rubber stuff at bottom and replaced with wheels ... :D

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Last ....

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Removed front I/O ports panel and replaced with "modded" SilverStone fan controller ...

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Wow, that looks really good IMO. Nice job! =D>
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is that the Best Buy case that I have seen several people posting about? I've never seen an actual full case shot of it before yours. Looking good!
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DaIceMan wrote:is that the Best Buy case that I have seen several people posting about? I've never seen an actual full case shot of it before yours. Looking good!

Yup .. that's the one.. You'll be amazed by its size. It is taller, higher than TT Armor 8003 series..... plenty of room for water cool system..... specially for its price... no other full tower aluminum cases can beat its price (~$50 at local Best Buy). Recommended case.
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I nabbed a couple of those Rocketfish cases too - can't beat the deal! Did you remove the H-shaped aluminum from the front intake opening? I have found that that metal causes noisy interactions with many of the fans I have here - particularly the stock one, but most others as well. The same shape metal piece in the filter holder doesn't seem to cause the problem as it is far enough from the front of the fan.

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Got to tell ya man thats sharp 8) great job!
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nice set up i got most of the same liquid cooling parts u have just never had the money to build a computer that will use it maybe by the end on this year :)
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zepper wrote:I nabbed a couple of those Rocketfish cases too - can't beat the deal! Did you remove the H-shaped aluminum from the front intake opening? I have found that that metal causes noisy interactions with many of the fans I have here - particularly the stock one, but most others as well. The same shape metal piece in the filter holder doesn't seem to cause the problem as it is far enough from the front of the fan.

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No. I did not remove that h-shape, but instead, I replaced all stock fans with what I already had (SilverStone FM121)

I must say that the case is awesome and nobody can beats its price .... :D :D
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Looks like there is plenty of room for some serious cooling. And some serious cooling you have put in it, I'm quite jealous.

Just how big is the case? (I'm thinking grab a tape measure :P)

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DMB2000uk wrote:Looks like there is plenty of room for some serious cooling. And some serious cooling you have put in it, I'm quite jealous.

Just how big is the case? (I'm thinking grab a tape measure :P)

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What a coincidence ! ... I happened to see a pic on dslreport website last night .. Now you ask for it .. :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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Believe in fate? :mrgreen:

Thanks for the pic

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Crazy, crazy, crazy! I absolutely love it! :mrgreen:
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I might redo it ... to hide cables behind the back panel..... wish me luck .. :D [-o< [-o<
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Instead of re-do my case, I asked my nephew-in-law to search around.. He finally found the last case in the Best Buy store (close be his house) at cheap price ($49.99 +tax). Result as follow ....

Below are some pictures of my 2nd Rocket Fish case .... :supz: :supz:

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Note: Pictures were taken just after I finished put thing back into case. As you can see, the RAMs were not there ... :D ... All were done after 3 beers .... :drinkers: :drinkers: :drinkers:
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It's like a completely different rig!

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DMB2000uk wrote:It's like a completely different rig!

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Yep .. it is actually a complete different rig.
This one has Asus P5K-Dlx board with Q9450, OCZ 8500,eVGA 8800GTS-640,Corsair 750W and watercooling.... :D
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I have just completed the project: modded side window panel

1- Cut acrylic sheet
2- Cut side panel - and drilled holes
3- Peeled off
4- Screwed in
5- Completed.

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Tools: dremel
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Cutting out acrylic sheet:
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Putting tape all over side panel: (running out of blue tape, so need to use white one)
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Drawing lines ......
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Completed first cut:
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Completed cutting out .. and drilled holes:
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Parts:
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Peeling off:
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Putting together:
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Completed:
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End result:
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Now that you've put in a window, you need to find some way of tidying up those wires in there :axe:

Looks like a very clean cut ^_^

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Those cables are UV light .... just got them so trying to place it inside case to see if it is any good :mrgreen:
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