Cutting up a case never felt so good... Cheap and EFFECTIVE mod! 

I like how jay says 2 exhaust fans while all the added fans are intake oriented. God damn that mod looks good. Seriously, NZXT should make this, it looks so much better than the regular case 'nothingbox'.

Metalworking tips - You can use Deburring Tool to smooth the cut and clean it (some sanding paper also does the trick but needs more work and creates dust that needs cleaning) Optional: -You can use Center Punches for marking screw holes for accuracy -Photocopy the exhaust to use it as template and glue it where you want to cut (rice-paper if you want it to be semi-transparent) and please, please always use protection gear for your eyes (at least) cause grinder discs do break and you dont want that piece end in your eye (got an one eye pirate-look-like colleague that is not a very happy guy anymore)

This is exactly what JTC is great at...Modding and making great content. More of this please 😎

The end result actually looks freaking awesome, so much so that it doesn't even look custom, which is, IMO, the best kind of mod.

“I wanted a reason to cut a case and this seemed like a good idea”… Like 👍🏻 Love modding vids and build offs!

This is exactly what I love to see. I love seeing the modding stuff. Would love to see more of this stuff and tutorials on different kinds of modding.

"they are only a two day delivery, like if I was to order one right now they'd be here in two days." Thanks for clearing that up for me lol

This is cool but also hurt to watch :I

13:12 Tech Tip: Turn those fans around for exhaust!

i got 2 of them and they are now installed on my H510 ... Amazing fit. Great airflow. They sold out the next day. Of course they would... JTC approved!!!!! Thank you

I really like the look of this mod. I have this case for my PC and it does fine for my use, but when its time to upgrade I am 100% gonna buy these and do a nice paint job on my case. Thanks for this one Jay.

Thanks for listening to one of my suggestions!! I LOVE technique breakdowns!!!! Will watch these in full, 110% of the time.

Great to see more case modding content

This mod looks really good, it adds a nice touch to the case in addition to the airflow. Would like to see more cheap/easy mods or ways to customize your PC

"Steve actually has a 67 minute video on that" - I like how Jay just assumes we know he's jabbing at Gamers Nexus.

I really wish I had found this video before did not know about these vents. I am sitting down looking at these at amazon and making some plans for some modding. Thank you

I appreciate the service that Steve provides, but I love the entertainment that Jay and the boys provide.

Simple tips for cutting those openings - drill holes in each corner of the rectangular cutout for a cleaning cut, also buy/use a deburring tool to debur the edges, they're cheap & handy!

AC Infinity sells some really nice covers - The only issue is that depending on what country you live in Amazon charges almost nothing or wants an arm and a leg.

So cool that i have this NZXT H510 case for my 1st build. It has so many great reviews on Amazon, that I didn't initially know about the airflow issue. I wanted to exchange it for the better airflow upgraded ones, but I've already disposed of the box....which I normally never do!! I also have a DeWalt cutting wheel. I thought about this type of mod, but hadn't researched grills to use in the cutouts. Plus the idea of cutting into a brand new case for my 1st build seemed like a bad one. Thanks for making this video just for ME!!

I like this content! I always enjoy watching the custom mod stuff you do because I dont have the time or attention span to actually do it myself.

They actually look pretty nice. (Though I am a little worried about rattle.) So not only does the case work better, but it looks better too. Me, I have the opposite problem. I still occasionally have a client request a CD burn. (Because networks are just so hard... And an extra five bucks for a USB stick so expensive. :-\ ) And I have yet to find an external drive that isn't a cheap piece of crap that only lasts a few burns before something goes wrong with it. So I still reuse an OLD case because it has these amazing things called 5.25" bays. I need a case-mod kit to freaking add a 5.25" bay to these modern cases. LOL Might cost me one fan of air flow, but needs must.

Would love to see the difference this makes compared to an unmodded case with some basic temp testing between the 2 cases! Awesome work Jay

"Steve actually has a 67 minute video on that" I see Steve is back to making short videos then.

When you see the front of the fans 13:14 then the fans are intake and NOT exhaust right? JayZTC just had a little glitch in his matrix right?

Love a good airflow mod. My first PC had a glass front panel with inch gap for airflow on the side. Temps were crap. Took a heat gun, removed the glass and glued a mesh to the front. Easy fix.

sweet ideas, keep the mod stuff coming. You guys will be fine Jay, Phil and Nick.

Just did this mod yesterday using the white grills. I was able to get a 240mm Kraken x53 rad on the top of the case by removing the LED strip that goes across the top and placing the grill off center where the rad cleared the memory modules and heatsinks for the VRMs on the MOBO. As long as you dont mind the rad being held in place by 4 screws on one of the fan mounts it works

Cool. My plan "A" for more airflow into my NZXT case was to drive over it a few times...this is a good plan "B".

Nice! I just bought two of these for a future project. The link provided showed unavailable but I found some at another seller. Low inventory so act quick! Thank you Jay!

13:08 but Jay, are you sure about that? looks like they are intake too

10:30 ish. I've previously cut the hole slightly smaller than the fans and passed screws through the case. it's harder to mount, but when the screws tighten, the fan covers the inside mess, and the mount covers the top. I've done this with rads also

What an awesome mod for this case, it fits so well with the theme and jay was able to do it in a blink, hopefully ge gets to do a black and white themed build there someday Great video as always

Hey Jay, I made a bit to my h500. Cut the way to 360 rad in front, made a lights for bottom and also what was not as easy a made a lighing for front I\o ports. for finish made some noise reduction by foam material through out the case. It apeared to be a pretty premium and very compact case )

who doesn't want a pretty good excuse to cut and case mod!??! Nice job Jay!! :D - I love NZXT cases, but they are so poor in airflow that I gave up on them

Old school case modding, Love it. Think I still have a handheld metal cutter/nibbler somewhere in drawer from those early modding days, Before I got a Dremel and angle grinder.

i love it quick simple to the point and helps honestly with performance potentially.

THANKYOU. Seriously I got all kinds of criticsm because I was creating "negative pressure" because I had "to many" input vs. output fans. I told them, NO, morons you can alter fan speed to achieve the airflow you want. Thanks for backing me up :). Oh, a simple pin router is SO much better for cutting light metal. Just make sure to pop for the cobalt bit. ;)

Cool! I just bought a new case to mount a top rad, wish I saw this first! Thanks J and Crew!

when the companies cant make good cases, make it good

Guides and resources (printable schematics etc) for these kind of mods is top tier content.

"And the top fans exhausting air." Shows 2 fans installed as intake...

Ah yes, my case! I love the way it looks but ya, it's got some air flow problems. As long as I open it up and keep it very clean it does a good job (even with the window off an open I don't get any difference in temps). it's very picky about dust building up on the side holes/filter thingy- does good when clean, not so good when dirty- I suspect they never let dust build up when designing it so it was never a problem they ran into. This is EXACTLY the mod I've wanted to do for a long time but it's just not worth taking my whole rig apart for- keeping it clean keeps it performing well. My temps are pretty good, considering I'm delidded /LMed/Lapped IHS with quite a hefty OC. I'm probably going to use the same case for my next build and this is exactly what I'll do before putting the guts into it if I go that route! I do have a push pull setup on my radiator in this case too- you can do that. There's only about a Centimeter of space between the push fans and the front of the case, but I tested with them and without them- I got better temps with them despite the small amount of clearance so I went with it- I really did not expect there to be enough clearance but it works better than without so I keep them in there.

Jay: "I was looking for some fan girls..." Me: Wait, what?" **looks up** Oh, fan GRILLS.

Yay. I love how Jay definitely took notes from the feedback in his previous vid.

Jay, fan grills are just about the easiest things to 3d print, it's extruded 2d and has no overhangs

Ac Infinity makes coolers for home AVR’s. I have one on my DENON. Those grills are meant for cooling an enclosed cabinet for audio/video gear.

Am I blind or are the top fans set to intake air? They look like they're in the same orientation as the front fans.

I remember doing a similar top fan mod to an early 2000's Lian Li case using the Dremel and the circle cutting attachment. Made the cuts on my apt balcony on a Saturday afternoon and it was loud AF. I found if I slowed down the cut it was quieter (aluminum case) and I didn't have any burrs.

Have a small doubt. Someone please answer. I have a 660 watt ups. If I use an 850 watt psu(the pc will be consuming around 600-640 watt at maximum), will it affect my pc components or the ups?

I did basically the same thing with my Inwin 301. Instead of a dremel I used a 4 1/2 inch hole saw with an auger to cut two nice holes for 120mm fans in front. Airflow is great now!

I got a 6700xt and a 5800x in this case because it was the only case available. Temps work out ok but I have a super strange fan direction layout that gets dust inside like you wouldn't believe. Purchased one of those plus dust filters to all arrive tomorrow because I plan on upgrading to a 3080 this summer thanks to the low prices at the semi-nearby micro center.

This reminds me of my old days of Casemodding. Soldering blue LEDs to clear Enermax-Fans, creating Fanducts from Coke-bottles and sheetmetal as frontpanels. Lovely. I appreciate all the new stuff but I miss the old times where you really HAD to do stuff to make your case look awesome.

Did a similar job with my NZXT H400i. I cut out a 120x240mm hole in the front, which aligned with the front mounted fans (and removal filter) , and covered the hole with some wire mesh off Amazon. Just to make sure my 3080 got enough cool air.

This is great, because just 2 weeks ago I got fed up running my case without the front and top panels (did so for alsmost 2 yrs now) I'm gonna order some stuff and then break out the angle grinder! Good jerb, I always like your modding and troubleshooting content the best.

That was definitively a great idea for a video, a diy approach to fixing your old hardware design flaws

Case mods are always welcome, this is awesome to watch. Makes me wanna put some holes in my chassis lol

This worket out really great with that black interiour of the case, you improved the case significatly overall

I use AC infinity fans and ducts systems for cooling and ventilation on my Mining Dredge. Great Product.

Case mod stuff was something I mentioned in a video when you were asking for suggestions. Appreciate it! Glad I wasn't the only one who asked.

So wish I would've watched this sooner! Soonest delivery date is end of January, still gonna get it. Thank you! This is exactly what the 510 needs.

I had planned on chopping my case up this weekend and install magnetic filters in the cut out but you just introduced me to this. I saw they have one that will support 3x120mm fans. Only 20 bucks for much more airflow!

"Look at me. I am Jay. I have no idea what people want to watch". Proceeds to give us exactly what we love to see. Effective and third-party add-ons! Question: How would I do this for a glass front? Is there another solution?

Jay this is exactly what I love to see from this channel... Awesome stuff!!!!!!!!!!!

I've got this exact case and was concerned for intake airflow up front, but I haven't had any issues. I ran with a 240 mm EVGA AIO. Looks like the NZXT Flow, which wasn't available when I built my PC, answers this concern. To be fair, I only paid $60 for the H510 case at Best Buy - so I'm not complaining either way, lol.

09:44... the sound we all wish we could make to express great joy and utter satisfaction in our own creation

Just picked up a couple of these for an Optiplex flip. These look fantastic.

ive used these in the past for wall cabinets for airflow in racking intake at the bottom and exhaust out the top on in-wall av racks or small cabinets in desks or under counters in retail locations. they work great if paired with 120v ac 120mm fans

Very cool! Would love more detail about how to balance fan flow please!

i've been planning a h510 elite build too and recently found people make complete custom front panel replacements. pretty dope and i'll definitely be getting one

I have one of these in white on the top of my case for more ventilation. They really do work very well for easy case mods for cases with poor airflow and ventilation! Performance PCs has some similar items also if you want varied options like different designs, and sizes (280mm and so on).

I have a set of those with fans and the monitor. They came with a template for cutting out whatever to mount them. My templates were actual plastic and made it a lot easier. They are of great quality 👌

that looks so awesome! you should put an old system build in it. like a i7-2600k with a 240AIO in the front and overclock it! that'd be epic!

They make GREAT stuff!!! I've put a fan and controller on my Entertainment Center for cooling the consoles and on my 3D Printer rack. They're AWESOME!

I modded the h210i with 2 AC Infinity 240's. Project Paracosmos! Im so happy to see more modding.

These are by far the best type of JTC videos you produce.

Gotta say tour videos have been helping me through a pretty rough patch lately , also last 2 days I've been binging rtfm up to ep 9 definitely makes the days go faster . So thank you

I just did a build with this case. Strix 3060ti, Ryzen 5 5600x with a strix 240 AIO set up with fans to push. I havent run hardcore stress tests, but for my gaming everything stays about 60c. More intake would be nice, but I chose the case because of the super spartan exterior. Good looking mod though, thanks for the video👍

I like your super fancy mod series', and I like videos like this with products/tips that are accessible to a modding beginner to help them get their feet wet.

Really cool mod. So simple, but makes a huge difference. Adds functionality and is beginner friendly. Nice one, Jay!

Would love a series of fixing/modding cases.

Jay with a saw. As a Retired Chief when one of our Sailors was about to do something crazy we would grab a cup of coffee and say....."Watch this....." With some added descriptors I will not repeat here. In all seriousness it is looking amazing so far! I only use one fan speed....EXTREME (Explosions IFIXIT Blowups here) ! EXTREME! BOOM BOOM BOOM!

I did this to my H510 when I had it! It helped airflow a ton

hehe remember doing this +20 years ago. cases back then didnt have any sort of real airflow or room for radiators.. fun times... great and fun video JTC team :)

Finally a cheap solution for that case! Looks great; awesome content!

When I got my H500 it was for a 3600x + GTX 1080 build and it was fine temps were okay, fast forward and I upgraded to a 5800x + 2080 Super. and the airflow was not good enough. I made a similar mode although mine was rougher to the front of the case, and not only did it increase the airflow a ton, it made it so I could shove a 360mm rad into the front air chamber. Works like a dream now.

I actually use a kit from ac infinity for my ventilation in my home theater furniture. Can keep everything closed and when ever the reciever or consoles start heating up, a temp prob activates an intake and exhaust fan

Just completed this Mod. I have a 20 degree drop!!!! Thanks man

Damn that looks so good. Industrial and modern. Keep it up Jay.

I have an old all aluminum chieftec-antec clone case from way back from 2002 I have been saving for a project ... this is from back when airflow meant adding more 80 mm fans. This would be perfect for it.

That "Why? Why not!" Mentality is why I subscribe and watch your videos. It's always fun to see!

Love these modding videos. Not as extreme as the star wars builds. Simple enough mods for the average person

two exhaust in the top, i see they take air in also reminded me of the mod i did to the haf 932 case, got an extra 240mm rad in the bottom of it, where the harddrive cage used to be

Yay! Modding! Thanks for asking and listening to your community, Jay!

It actually looks good on that black and white themed case. If doing a radiator, I would close off the stock vent holes on the side, otherwise some of the air from the fans would just vent out the side rather than through the radiator.

I freaking love it! OG mods at it's best. KEEP IT COMING JAY....

We use the AC Infinity gear for residential equipment cooling, love their stuff

Thanks Jay, I am always looking for ways to mod the systems I build to make them more unique and this is a pretty nice and convenient idea. One question I did have was how easy would be to paint over the plate or would the existing paint have to be stripped because of the type of paint used? Thanks again.

Brilliant. Modding , repurposing , improving. Imagination is all you need. Top job and thank you