Building a Modular PSU

Put a lid on it

Now that the PSU has been modded and sleeved, we need a new cover for it. We cut the last one up, remember? Thankfully, you can buy an acrylic replacement from several companies for just a couple quid - or, better yet, make one yourself in a colour of your choosing!


The final PSU assembly has been slapped together with a couple low-noise Akasa LED fans. Sure, it may not look like a Michaelangelo or G-Gnome level piece, but it's a lot better than the original! Also, some more cleanup work could easily be done on this project - such as painting the remaining metal, or vinyl dying the plug connectors we added. With a modular system, you can do whatever suits the mod!


The nice thing is, when the case needs to change colours again, the sleeving job will be much easier - disconnect the cables we used, slap in some LED fans of the right colour and re-sleeve the visible cables. It's a lot easier and gives much better results than having to sleeve while things are on the PSU!

Conclusion

Well, that wraps up this little how-to. Has it been done before? Of course. Can you buy one in the store? Sure. But the question is, why would you do that when you can design your own connectors?

Modding nowadays requires more and more personal effort to stand out amongst the host of pre-modded assemblies. With a little extra thought, you can take this guide and make basically any type of cable that you'd like in your case - all you need is 24 pins for the ATX and anything six or lower will work for all the other plugs - from PCI-e on down.

I hope you enjoyed this little project, and can find a use for it in your own next mod. But until I see that in the forums, good luck and happy modding!