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05-02-2007, 03:23 PM
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| Master Techie  Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Maine
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  |  My worklog... I'm building a new PC and didn't have enough money for a new case right now, so I'm making do with an old case. I need to mod it a bit, though. First I marked some spots for 80mm fans. http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...r/HPIM0803.jpg http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...r/HPIM0804.jpg Weapon of choice? Rotary tool, of course. http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...r/HPIM0805.jpg I first tried using one of those "heavy duty" cutting discs. It dissolved almost instantly. http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...r/HPIM0806.jpg I switched to a fiber glass reinforced cutting disc and it lasted the entire project. The first hole is cut out. http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...r/HPIM0807.jpg Then the second. Took about 10 - 15 minutes tops.  Ouch.... look at those jagged edges! http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...r/HPIM0809.jpg http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...r/HPIM0810.jpg Little bit of grinding... http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...r/HPIM0811.jpg http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...r/HPIM0812.jpg Some sanding... http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...r/HPIM0813.jpg http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...r/HPIM0814.jpg http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...r/HPIM0815.jpg I didn't have any sand paper, so a Dremel attachment had to make do. After that I wired my fans. http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...r/HPIM0817.jpg http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...r/HPIM0818.jpg The rear (single 80mm) has a 3-pin connector, and the two side 80mm's have a 4-pin molex. The reason the wire is so long is because I need room when I take the case apart. It's one of those old 3-panel-in-1 designs. Later in the day I got the rear cut out. http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...r/HPIM0820.jpg Very interesting looking due to the design of the case, but it works.   http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...r/HPIM0822.jpg And here is my two side 80's  That's all I got for now. I'm just waiting for my parts to get here, should be here (hopefully) tomorrow, Friday by the latest. Last edited by nitestick; 05-03-2007 at 03:53 AM. |
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05-02-2007, 05:02 PM
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| Retired.  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Los Angeles, California
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| Re: My worklog... mind changing those to img tags?
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05-03-2007, 03:56 AM
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| Super Moderator  Join Date: May 2005 Location: Locked in a dungeon, Perth
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| Re: My worklog... i changed a couple of the links to images for you. keep the log going  . if you're not going to paint be sure to clean up that side panel with some methylated spirits. otherwise be sure to do a good sanding job and clean up all the stuff that comes off.
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05-03-2007, 05:45 PM
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| Master Techie Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Maine
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| Re: My worklog... I ordered it Yesterday. UPS Next Day Air FTW! Couple more pics:    By the way, here's a few benchies: 3DMark06: 3DMarks: 5419 SM2.0: 1972 CPU Score: 1910 Sandra Lite 2007: Processor Arithmetic: Dhrystone ALU: 18231MIPS (Compared to a C2D E6600 at 21685MIPS) Whetstone iSSE3: 15401MFLOPS (Compared to a C2D E6600 at 15090MFLOPS) Memory Bandwidth: Int Buff'd: 7564MB/s Float Buff'd: 7540MB/s Super PI: 1M: 35s Dunno why my Super PI is so low, meh. Full specs: AM2 AMD Athlon 64 4800+ 2.5GHz Brisbane 2x512mb L2 Cache MSI K9A Platinum Sapphire Radeon X1950XT 256mb 2x1GB G.Skill DDR2 800 5-5-5-15 36GB Raptor HDD Antec Smartpower 500W crappy old case I'm gonna do some major wire management soon, and that will complete the worklog. Last edited by CrazeD; 05-03-2007 at 05:59 PM. |
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05-03-2007, 05:58 PM
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| G33K P0W3R!!!!  Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: HickTown, California (hesperia)
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| Re: My worklog... freakin nice dude, i wish i had your parts...can you get a pic of the back panel? just want to see how that looks, as i think it was an old AT case...the ones with out a removeable io sheild and stuff, and the gigantic keyboard port. |
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