I don't really feel like writing much ATM so I'll go with the "picture is worth a thousand words" scenario. Some asshole totaled my car this afternoon, and since I'm working 2 jobs to save up money and have to drive down to Texas in 2 months to pick up with school, I'm not a very happy camper. I've been working on this project for a few months now, on and off, and with this recent developement I don't know when the next update will come. I was planning on finishing by the end of summer, but even that was a stretch since I've got so much on the drawing board for this one. Oh well. I'll start with the functional mods. Function before fashion.

Before shot (gutted Lian-Li PC-70 minus the drive and PCI covers):

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One thing you'll find under the "Cons" part of many reviews of this case is "Lacks removeable motherboard tray." I decided to remedy this.... one other thing I wanted to do from the start was put all 120mm fans in there. It took a bottle of lube and a shoehorn but I got it in there.

Pic1: Replacement 120mm fan hole.

Pic2: Rear of frame cut out.

Pic3: Motherboard tray with attached 120mm fan mount.

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Pic1: Motherboard tray slid out.

Pic2: Completely assembled.

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Ooh, I want one of those cases. If you mess it up you can always send it this way.
Looking forward to seeing more of this when you get the chance.

P.S. Sorry to hear about your car but at leasst you are ok.

Mostly done to get my huge radiator in and out quickly and easily but also makes it very easy to swap drives.

Pic1: Front trimmed to size and cage removed.

Pic2: Top of cage modified to swing out.

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Pic1: Cage being flipped outward.

Pic2: Fully installed.

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This is my favorite. Had to relocate the HDD cage over the PSU because of the radiator, but I needed to find a way to remove it easily without tearing the whole case apart and removing the PSU and I also wanted to isolate the heat produced by the HDD's, as I was planning on getting some Raptors, and I hear they put out some heat. Explored a bunch of different options, but this is what I eventually came up with....

Pic1: 92mm fan hole cut into case frame/PSU shroud/whatever you call it....

Pic2: Modified HDD cage.

Pic3: Modder's mesh use # 1,000,001: hard drive brackets for crossflow air.

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Pic1: Modified drawer-slide mounted to top of case and HDD cage.

Pic2: Fully installed with a dead HDD and fans to get an idea of what it'll look like (side-view)

Pic3: Front view, fully installed.

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Last pic: Fully installed and slid out.

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I wanted the watercooling steup completely in-case this time but to also look good.

Pic1: Replacement front bezel with 120mm fan mounts (fron view).

Pic2: Same as #1 from a different angle.

Pic3: Pieces of the radiator shroud.

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Looking damn good there Anon.....looking even more forward to the finished product now.

Whoa, yeah. You're really serious when you say functionality before fashion. Nice work.

I hope the rest of the updates come this fast. Looks clean so far with some very innovative ideas.

Looking good Anon. Can't wait to see more.

Wanna do mine when your done?

Very well thought out plans

Well what do ya know,
the dood got some decent "fab skillz"

Damn.. That looks like it was alot of work, nice job (Y)

Well this thing is dead in the water for now. My car was totaled and didn't get nearly what I'd hoped I would for it. Kinda pisses me off because I really enjoy working on the thing. I'm still going to get the rad shroud welded and sized, do some of the electronics work I had planned, and maybe buy a bucket of bondo, but the powdercoat, plexi, other paint, pneumadics, etc... will be on hold several months I'm estimating. I guess in the meantime I can actually pick out some sort of theme and begin planning the aesthetics.

i have a pc 65 that i have been planning on doing the 120mm fan mods to and i've been wonderin if a 120 would fit on the mobo tray. now it looks like i have the answer. that is unless the pc 70 is wider than the 60.

No, they are equally wide, but make sure you take a look at Pic #1 under "Removeable motherboard tray cont....". It fits kinda tight on the inside. (Note the right side of the case that had to be shaved down to about 1/16"). If you want you can attach it from the back though without too much trouble at all.