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This case weighs less than my dog
This is my entry for the Summer Case Competition over at eBuyer forums: http://forums.ebuyer.com/showthread.php?t=63367
The basic rules are you have a choice of 3 dirt-cheap cases from eBuyer and you can only spend £50 on the entire mod. Sounds like my cup of tea
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Out of the 3 Casecom cases you could choose from, i chose the beige one, mainly because it was the cheapest by like 30p! http://www.ebuyer.com/product/108279
Plans
BEIGE MUST DIE.
That is all
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Actual Plans
- Remove a lot of the shoddy thin steel that comes on the case
- Remove the beige
- Do some crazy stuff with the coloured brushed aluminium i have lying around
- Relocate the PSU
- Try and get some sense of design and style into this ugly mo-fo!
Stuff that is going in it
I am putting my AMD rig in it:
- AMD Sempron 140, unlocked to an Athlon x2 240 and oc'd to 3.8GHz
- Biostar T-Power 870+
- Sapphire 3850 512mb (or perhaps one of my 5850s)
- Corsair X64 64GB SSD
- OCZ StealthXtreme 500W PSU
- Either my AC7 Freezer Pro, or i may get a low profile heatsink and re-lock the Sempron to reduce heat
Cost list
I will keep a list of everything i spend. I don't plan to spend all of the £50 max budget that has been set at all. I picked up the aluminium panels aages ago and can't remember how much they cost (i got them dirt cheap from a car boot) so i shall just stick a guesstimate on the cost of them.
500x500x2mm Black Anodised Aluminium (x2) - £6
500x500x1mm Blue Anodised Aluminium - £2.50
Plastikote Metal Primer - £6.51
Plastikote Satin Black (half can) - £3.25
Vandal Switch - £6.55 (got em cheap in a Kustompc sale, normally they are £11!)
Modders mesh, 250x250mm - £2.10
Rubber feet - £1.50
MDPC sleeving (estimated amount used from another project) - £10
TOTAL: £38.41
This is my entry for the Summer Case Competition over at eBuyer forums: http://forums.ebuyer.com/showthread.php?t=63367
The basic rules are you have a choice of 3 dirt-cheap cases from eBuyer and you can only spend £50 on the entire mod. Sounds like my cup of tea
Out of the 3 Casecom cases you could choose from, i chose the beige one, mainly because it was the cheapest by like 30p! http://www.ebuyer.com/product/108279
Plans
BEIGE MUST DIE.
That is all
Actual Plans
- Remove a lot of the shoddy thin steel that comes on the case
- Remove the beige
- Do some crazy stuff with the coloured brushed aluminium i have lying around
- Relocate the PSU
- Try and get some sense of design and style into this ugly mo-fo!
Stuff that is going in it
I am putting my AMD rig in it:
- AMD Sempron 140, unlocked to an Athlon x2 240 and oc'd to 3.8GHz
- Biostar T-Power 870+
- Sapphire 3850 512mb (or perhaps one of my 5850s)
- Corsair X64 64GB SSD
- OCZ StealthXtreme 500W PSU
- Either my AC7 Freezer Pro, or i may get a low profile heatsink and re-lock the Sempron to reduce heat
Cost list
I will keep a list of everything i spend. I don't plan to spend all of the £50 max budget that has been set at all. I picked up the aluminium panels aages ago and can't remember how much they cost (i got them dirt cheap from a car boot) so i shall just stick a guesstimate on the cost of them.
500x500x2mm Black Anodised Aluminium (x2) - £6
500x500x1mm Blue Anodised Aluminium - £2.50
Plastikote Metal Primer - £6.51
Plastikote Satin Black (half can) - £3.25
Vandal Switch - £6.55 (got em cheap in a Kustompc sale, normally they are £11!)
Modders mesh, 250x250mm - £2.10
Rubber feet - £1.50
MDPC sleeving (estimated amount used from another project) - £10
TOTAL: £38.41
