omaryunus

I have been planning this for about a month now and since I got my workshop setup I decided to start

The components going into this build are as following:

MOBO: Gigabyte P35-D3SL (best OSx86 mobo)
CPU: E8400
GPU: 8800GTS 512MB
PSU: PC power and cooling 370W
RAM: G. Skill 2 x 2GB Pi ram

this is my first scratch build and its gonna be pretty simple nothing to fancy (YET )

so here are some sketchup pics of what the plan is a few of the dimensions have changed... when I did sketchup it was more of an estimate so here it goes:


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here is how it would look from the front the top compartments dimensions (WxDxH in mm) are 400x280x250


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a view at the lower compartment (PSU Cage) dimensions (WxDxH in mm) are 260x260x140


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both sides will look like this but im still undecided if i am going to add the 120mm fans since I got 2 fans in the front already


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a look inside with my Gigabyte and my TRUE black edition


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closer look at the apple logo and the power button... the apple logo is actually being taken off a spare black macbook lid and it will be lit up from behind with 4 white LEDs when the system powers up a little mac feel in it

now on to some actual work pics:


the front of the PSU cage


finished cutting the back aswell and still had to shorten the pieces that connected the front and the back



the PSU cage all put together what you guys think??

now a bit of the hardware:


got the PSU ready for new sleeving and everything (planning to do all white sleeving and all of it wire by wire even the Molex and the Sata power cable)


all stock sleeving off


the spare macbook lid


the apple sign


and its out! gonna try my hand at it and see if I am capable enough to do it hopefully since this is prolly the most apple part of the design


and the ram

well will post again soon with updates thanks for looking

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omaryunus

Table of update:

1st Update: First post
2nd Update: Lower compartment basically done
3rd Update: Upper compartment chassis almost done
3.5th Update: Finished the upper compartment
4th Update: the apple sign
5th Update: New lower compartment and some tidbits
6th Update: new box arrives
7th Update: more work on the lower compartment
8th Update: HDD placement part 1 & part 2
hardware update: new tools arrive from the states
8.5th update: mini update
9th update: checking the components and installing OS
10th update: finishing up the bottom compartment and asking for help from ocn for my fan problem
11th Update: lighting for the bottom compartment
12th Update: beautiful sleeving
13th Update: a BIG step back
14th Update: New lower compartment
15th Update: lower compartment riveted and back panel done
16th Update: side panels for bottom compartment

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whe3ls

looks preety cool good luck

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halifax1

Awesome.

PS: We have the same Samsung remote, lol. :P

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fedex1993

Looks cool, if i ever get i job which hopefully will happen soon, i am gonna build a OSx86 case build too, what is your budget on this build?

wastedtime

Sweet Looking forward to see how this turns out

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omaryunus

thanks alot guys

yea.. I love this remote its such an awesome size and its my first LCD aswell we use to have a DLP but that took up WAY too much space now i got a 42" Samsung hung up on a Phantom mount (i love these )

That be awesome let me know when you start... my budget atm the components have run me around $450 (decreased price because i got a bunch of components here on OCN for mad cheap) and the little extras (such as lights, and case stuff) so far are about $200 and then i plan on picking up a psychopack of sleeving from MurderMod if they come out with the white sleeving by the end of the month I really hope they do because their sleeving is SOO awesome

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fedex1993

Sweet, yeah i got to see if i can hunt down that motherboard, i herd it is the best no one of teh best hands down the best :P

omaryunus

There was an awesome deal here in the for sale section he had a bunch of em and for close to 25% less than the newegg listing so that saved a chunk of my cash...

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