The ecute case that has featured previously on mods-n-clocks is a pretty good uATX case. One of it’s downfalls though is that you cannot fit large CPU coolers due to the height restrictions above the CPU socket. When I say ‘cannot’ of course I really mean ‘unless you mod it’ and here is just how to do it.

Introduction

Disclaimer: A mod wouldn’t be a true mod without some kind of disclaimer. I really shouldn’t need to say but this mod will invalidate any remaining warranty on your case and I cannot be held responsible for any damage, injury or anything else that results from trying this mod.

Anyone who’s read more than a few pages of this website will be familiar with the case in question. It’s a generic OEM case that’s made in Taiwan and sold under many different names, basically everyone calls it their own. I personally bought mine from Eclipse Computers but you can now also buy it from ebuyer, novatech and yoyotech just to name a few.

The case to be modded.

The case is a uATX case and is almost a cube in shape, being just a little deeper than it is high or wide. One of the great advantages of this case is that it’s just big enough to be useful in building a fairly powerful PC while remaining quite small and neat. It takes standard 3.5″ hard drives, has two 5.25″ optical bays, takes fairly long graphics cards such as the Radeon 4850/4870 and uses standard ATX power supplies.

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