Agree on how beautiful it is. I was looking for a monitor back then and went in a Dell retail shop came out in debt.
Wow! You have them all! And the 710's front panel is to die for.
Before all these keyboard business happened it reached this point; close to 7 years ago I think. Kept the case as much as it is just had the frame powder coated (removing those glued frames on the side panel was PITA), made the other panel removal by just using some neodymium magnets and bled with those techflex sleeve.
Ha, yeah, retail prices were nuts. I picked most of mine up at electronics recyclers, on on auction websites, in the last year or two. I agree completely.
Those things don't need flashy changes, the lines themselves make them all wonderful. Yeah ... I haven't tried to remove those brackets on any yet. I figured maybe a few days soak in goo gone, maybe even naptha. Neodymium magnets, huh? I would be curious to see how that works. It is a good idea. Did you reinforce the inner framework at all then? I'm pretty sure that one side panel gives the case most of its rigidity.
I know a guy, who also loves these cases, who was literally just talking about possibly using those sleeves to route cables. I'm sure he would love to see that. That radiator almost looks like it was made for the chassis. Great build you've got there.
I don't know that it would take a whole lot of work to mod a 710/720 front bezel onto yours, though if I remember right, the way they attach is somewhat different. If you ever want to swap the bezels, I could at least get pictures of both for comparison.
I plan to cut a window, put the door either on gas pistons, put oldschool metal latches on top, or cut down the original latch mechanism (which would most easily let me swap to another side panel with no window), wire the original leds into a modern RGB controller, add more (of course) cut holes in the top and bottom for 200mm fans, put louvered vents over the holes, attach the 200mm fans to the smaller holes (since I can't find louvered vents in that size) with duct reducers or something, polish the whole case to a mirror finish, then either get it hot dip anodized and dyed black or hit it with some aluma black and clear coat. I believe I have one red trim set and 2 black, so I could swap between them.
You know what you need to match the case? An undyed Corsair K65 or K70.
Back on topic, even after running the update troubleshooter, Windows 10 refuses to update on this HP 8300. Since I am lazy, and tired, and amused by the thought of it, I'm going to chalk that one up to the Z-150 being sentient and refusing to lose functionality, for tonight.