nategr8ns

the title means Hobo box. It is a case made out of a cardboard box. I don't know if it has been done before, but I'm doing it anyway.

This is what I'm working with:

All the expansion cards and the rear panel:


the expansion cards and the rear panel sticking out of box (freshly cut):
notice the expansion card support hot-glued on there...


Switches and status lights:

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Top of the case:


Front of the case:


Same with disk drive ejected:


Top of case with fan hole cut:

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The guts all inside:


The Fan over the PIII processor:

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All done:

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bentleya

yes this has been done a fair few times but can't wait to see it

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pictures are all posted

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vtx_

Yea it has been done plenty of times, but it's still funny every time. Did you secure all of the pci cards with something? If one of those comes loose say bye bye to the mobo.

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nategr8ns

yep, I hot glued supports, to the outside, but also wedged cardboard stilts underneath the expansion cards to support the weight. Its a p3 mobo that my neighbors gave me (with that crt monitor in the pictures), so I don't really care if it sparks and burns the case down with it...

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Truambitionz

Lol. This gave me a good laugh.
This is great.

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nategr8ns

thank you much

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