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cvcaelen
May 3rd, 2006, 10:38 AM
Well, I had a wooden box lying around, collecting dust
and I figured that a CPU would fit.

http://images.fotopic.net/yh52ad.jpg

http://images.fotopic.net/yh51r9.jpg

http://images.fotopic.net/yh51rd.jpg

http://images.fotopic.net/yh51rc.jpg

http://images.fotopic.net/yh51ra.jpg

http://images.fotopic.net/yh51rb.jpg

What's in the box?

Well, everything is thrown-away stuff:

PIII 550
256 Mbyte RAM
CD-player
2x HD 4.2Gbyte
1x HD 3.2Gbyte
soundcart aztech2320
non-3d graphical cart
650Watt powersupply
10Mbit ethernet chart

Ubuntu 5.10 + Xubuntu & Fluxbox
2nd boot: Dapper Beta 2

what do'yall think?

christiaan

htinn
May 3rd, 2006, 10:43 AM
Isn't 650 W a little bit overkill?

Titus A Duxass
May 3rd, 2006, 10:47 AM
Neat.

cvcaelen
May 3rd, 2006, 10:52 AM
Isn't 650 W a little bit overkill?

it was there, so, why shouldn't I use it?

Buffalo Soldier
May 3rd, 2006, 11:07 AM
wooden box? hhmmm carefull about heat build up. either than that.. COOL :)

xmastree
May 3rd, 2006, 11:23 AM
Heat shouldn't be a problem with that setup, although I can't help thinking that inlet fan could do with a bigger hole. It would look better too. The video card isn't going to contribute much heat.

You'll like this (http://www.glenbo.com/imac_box/details.php) then.

(no, it's not mine)

cvcaelen
May 3rd, 2006, 11:33 AM
well,

it's not my first project

here's what I made for my son:

http://images.fotopic.net/yh5f2t.jpg

http://images.fotopic.net/yh5f26.jpg

http://images.fotopic.net/yh5f2u.jpg

only diffrence: this one was made from scratch :) :mrgreen:

case modding is becomming a hobby

and a fun one

Christiaan

xmastree
May 3rd, 2006, 11:59 AM
Come over and join us at the best case scenario (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/index.php). There's someone there who is looking for ideas for building a pirate case.

Jason_25
May 3rd, 2006, 12:05 PM
Cool. I had a Abit IC7-G/Pentium 2.4 2x512 ram o/ced to 2.9 or so running in a plastic crate for over a year not too long ago. A friend of mine had a PC in a freezer too.