2 Custom Corsair 800D Assembly: Chassis

Step by step of the process of assembling a powder coated Corsair 800D Computer Case

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Science & Technology

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• Computer
• Case
• Mods
• Modding
• Modification
• Powder
• Coat
• Corsair
• 800D
• Assembly
• Guide
• Tutorial
• Chassis

[Buska103]

What rivets did you use? MDPC-X or generic painted?

I'm planning on getting my own case powdercoated (locally), got any tips? Instead of re-tapping the screw holes, the local powercoaters use plugs. I've also gotten some advice from the internet to enlarge the rivet holes a TINY bit more before getting them powercoated.

[SmasherbasherOCN]

@CyberDruidtheModGod Adam has left the building! I did the best I could with the resources I had available.

[CehashyNorador]

"this is not the time to cut corners, or speed up, or let`s hurry up cause i wanna` see how cool it looks" so true ...

great work u`re doin` there

best regards

[toonygamer2004]

@htgmn

Laughed at that too.

[CyberDruidtheModGod]

@CyberDruidtheModGod Looking forward I will be making the missing trim panel today and I hope to hear back from Case Labs about getting it coated. If all goes as planned I will have that panel shipped out by Monday and will continue putting parts together as I wait for it to return. There are lots of little details and many sub assemblies to deal with. I will be posting videos of that work as it progresses.

Thanks for your interest in the work and I hope I can provide some insight and tips.

[CyberDruidtheModGod]

@CyberDruidtheModGod Unfortunately this does nothing for my client. The ETA was missed, the finish is not of the quality I would like, a key part was lost putting the burden on me and my client to get this part made and coated which further delays assembly and delivery. So here I am still working on a case mod in 2012...which is the last thing I want to be doing. I want to move on and do something completely different, but I owe it to my client to produce the highest level build I can.

[CyberDruidtheModGod]

@CyberDruidtheModGod I hope this clarifies the situation and explains why I am no longer interested in doing case mods professionally. The whole debacle still riles me. I assume that everyone I do business with has the same high standards, morals and ethics that I have, but that assumption is obviously naive. I should have waited until FTW PC did the work before I provided anything. I should have never discussed details of a res design with Eric Ollis. I take responsibility for my mistakes.

[CyberDruidtheModGod]

@CyberDruidtheModGod At that point I realized I could not expect OCN staff to act and that politics (Eric is a former moderator) apparently trump business ethics on OCN. I made my farewell post and no longer participate in the forum or even browse it. I joined OCN in 2005. I was the first Vendor Rep on OCN. I have the highest trader rating on OCN, I have the highest rep on OCN. I have supported OCN and brought new members and provided much content for OCN. But obviously things change.

[CyberDruidtheModGod]

@CyberDruidtheModGod The final straw for me was when I saw Eric Ollis CEO of FTW PC pimping out an 18 bay res design that he asked me to draw up. He had agreed to pay me for that design. After I saw he had already posted on OCN about the design as if it were his own brain child with no mention of me using pictures I provided, ideas I provided, details I provided I felt compelled to try and stop what I perceived as theft of my IP. However OCN staff and moderators deleted all my posts.

[CyberDruidtheModGod]

@CyberDruidtheModGod Or to stop my efforts to keep FTW PC from producing two styles of reservoir I agreed to let them make. My agreement was: do a perfect speedy powder coat job on this last epic mod of mine at a reasonable price, in return I would pay them what they asked and provide them drawings and rights to make 10 units each of two reservoir designs. They did not uphold their end of the agreement, then forced me to uphold mine. FTW PC is not a business I would recommend to anyone.