Trust me I understand the time/money issue.  I got a case 2 years ago and took me over a year to fill it up.  Now I'm just finally gettin' to mod it out like I wanted to a long time ago.  It's got an air filter and a car style ignition switch for a power button.  These things take time.  I've been in computers and electronics longer but I love to mod anything.  Like I said in one post I've even helped my fire dept. mod our fire trucks to a point.  That's some serious fun to now.