How it begins :

Not until recently, high end cases with roller wheels are installed. There are roller wheels made for PC requiring drilling or tedious installation. To compound the “sunken” feeling, almost all low/mid end cases do not have decent unobstructed front air intake. Yet, they all have some sort of slot opening underneath the front panel which is so close to the carpet, it’s virtually useless in getting outside air to the case.



Lifting the case a couple of inches (~5 cm) from the floor will be the way to go; Getting more functional vent holes in the front panel the easy way with no fuss will even be better, rather than spending over a hundred dollars for new case and half a day switching things over. I have a better way to spend my day off.

Okay, how about 5 minutes to lift the case up; or about 15 to 30 minutes to make some functional opening on the front panel. Sounds to you? The first part is not much an issue for Lazyman, while the second part requires some sort of motivation if you are not into the daring kind of "things".



First, I painted the "red" Xpider Gamer II to "BLACK" something I wanted to do for almost a year. Red just doesn't quite suit my character.



Then, you need about 12" (30 cm) long 1/2" (1.2 cm) wide 3M double sided tape or whatever size you can find, nothing a pair of scissors won't make it fit.



Cut/trim and apply the tape to the base of the wheels.



I chose to use the existing pads to guide the position of the wheels.



And, my case no longer drags on the carpet. Should I need to get to the back panel, I simply "wheel" it out.



I have put my rigs on wheels for quite sometimes; they stay on pretty darn good using 3M double sided tape. Removal requires a simple "strong" twist, I mean strong.

Okay, that is about it. However, rigs sit on the floor do attract more dust than sitting high above on the table. Let's find out ->