Finished product: 

 
Hello, I would like to share with you my first attempt at case moding. 
 
I am starting a new project to transform a Thermaltake Armor Jr case. The mods I will be doing include converting the case to accept bottom mounted power supply, inverting the motherboard tray, and incorporating a top exhaust with either a 140mm or 120mm fans.
Here are old picture of the case in its original configuration and some with the inside painted black.



 
I disassembled the case and tested to see if the inverted motherboard idea would work.

I removed most of the pop rivets and will be replacing them with screws so that if I ever wanted to take the case apart again it will be easier.



 
Here is the test fit.

I will be removing the plexy with the Thermaltake logo and mesh vent and installing a new plaxi window without any ventilation.




 
Here is some of the work on the front panel.



 
Front Panel almost finished.


 
That is it for now. I will be updating again with the finished top and bottom panels.
 
Let me know what you think of my progress.
 
Thanks for looking.

Update: pics of the top and bottom panel.
Disregard the black frame I have not painted the frame yet. 
For the top fan mounts I will paint the frame white and the mesh blue to match the front panel.

 

 
I may paint the case feet blue to match. 

thanks, I am about to start stripping all the black paint off of the frame and will paint it white. 

This is going to look great!
Can't wait to see more progress.

looking good... can't wait to see the finsihed project...

Thanks for the feedback. I finished stripping the black paint from the frame. The stripping process was a lot easier then I thought it would be. I will post some additional picks of the progress soon.
 

Nice. Im thinking of putting the PSU on the bottom of my case for my little killer v2 but I dont like inverted MB layout so that didn't go well..

Gambrinus1

looks like that would be possible but would require a lot of moding. THe good thing for the armor case is the semi modular back panel. this case was designed to accept ATX and BTX motherboards.

 
Well my server chassi is all i have. The power supply is being held on by a ziptie. I just wish I could mdify it without cutting alot of mettal but that will not work :(
 

Gambrinus1

Looking at the pics of your case I can see a lot of options for moding this case. I like the idea of an inverted motherboard becasue it will privide a better vew of the graphics card. Let me know if you need any ideas or want to do a little brainstorming.

 
I Prefeer the MB be normal IDK why LOLZ. But What do you think I would have to do to put PSU on bottom
 

Update: picked up some case fans for the case. I did a lot of searching and these are what I have come up with. Enermax TB Silence with blue LED. 


 
These fans look awesome. 
Here is one attached to the front panel. 


 
Well, I thought I got a lucky break today when I was at the plastic shop. I found a piece of what I thought was clear acrylic that would fit the side panel in the scrap bin. I pealed back one corner to be sure it was what I wanted and purchased it. less than $4 so not a big deal. this evening I broke out the dremel, use the original window as a template and proceded to cut and drill the new piece. When I was all done I peeled the protective covering off and .......
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It was frosted acrylic. What a bummer. Here is a picture of the side panel. 
 

Here are some pics of the finished case mod. 
 

 

 

 

Thank you, I am very pleased with the way this turned out. The Nautilus Grill and Billet case feet where to beautiful to paint. 

System build pics are up in MODS RIGS. 

Chrome-M-Dragon

You know, I actually like the frosted acrylic. The front and side show the window looks photoshopped :P


Thanks, with the frosted window I do not have to worry to much about cable management. Here are some pics of the system installed.

I plan on building a PSU cover to will make hiding the cables easier. There is absolutely no room behind the motherboard tray but I still managed to make it presentable.