LanOC Case Mod Contest 2010 Project "Vulcan"*

Project Vulcan

This is my main Gaming rig that travels to about 10-12 lan parties a year. It a micro atx case theme Black and Orange,

Some of my concerns was the dual 120 radiator. it doesnt fit any where in the case. not yet any ways (dremal time). Air flow was another concern. But i finally came up with a pretty simple solution, mount the raditor on the botton and have air blowing in from the top and through teh bottom. The Mb has been staying at a pretty constant 30c on the test bench for about a month. I will aslo be adding soem arylic ilumminated panels and case feet.

I am pushed on time on this one and have about 10 days to complete before I take it to a Lan party on the 11th . So get ready for metal & plastic to fly !!!!

Part list

1 NZXT Vulcan Case


1 EVGA Micro atx Sli MB
2 EVGA GTX 280s
1 Intel Core i7-965 Extreme Edition
1 Cooler Master 1000w Slient PS
4 XIGMATEK Case Fans orange and white leds
1 DD- Stealth GTS 240 Black Ice Radiator
1 DD-Single 5 1/4" Bay Reservoir
1 DD-CPX-Pro 12V Pump
1 LG DVD rewritable.
1 Mod/Smart Supreme System Sleeving Kit - Black
1 Mod/Smart 20 Station LED Board - Base w/ 10x LEDs - Orange Base / Amber Switch / Amber LEDs
1 Logisys 4" Dual Cold Cathode Kit - UV
1 Feser One Orange coolant
1 Orange Tubing
12 3/8” by 5/8” compression fittings
1 TDX CPU block with Orange top

This looks amazing, man. Can't wait to see it.

Update #1
Disassemble the Vulcan Case

Needed to make room for the Rad




Well My wife told me to move all this stuff to the garage


But i didnt have any benches

So i went to the lumber yard picked up some wood Saturday
and built 2 new ones


the parts started to arrive.
One awesome Custom TDX CPU block from Danger Den

Some really cool Xigmatek Fans


A little test Fit
wow that aint going to work (lol)

Time to get the dreamal out

Update 2#

Making the first Cut for the Rad

Came out nice and Clean


Cutting out the botton for rad air flow

a little dusting but came out great

Test Fit


Looking good so far


More cuts on the front bezel to make room for the rad


made a small cut on the MB support for wire managmnet and room for the rad

break !!!! lol

lunch break is over
Side panal I didnt like the mesh

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So lets remove it , it left some nice scratches on the side

Few new cuts for the new panel


Pretty clean so far

u channel even makes it better


Very Happy !!!



Lets go cuts some plexi!!!



Lets add a little something


A steady hand

I am not confendent with my sand blasting yet, so the hand ecting will have to work

Update 3#
Case feet & Sleeving
Sunbeam case feet


What the hell are you doing !!!


I have a little differnt vision than the originals


More on this later but here a little peek


Sleeving





Why such a ugly blue !!!!




Prepping the Bench for 09/08

Another update from the past week.

Back on the case feet


adding the leds

Lights on


lights off


add the led to the side panel



lights off



another test fit

Some additional final pics





at the lan !!!!