Trying to finagle another one, Pproject-003

[Fire$torm]

Ah, k. I couldn't tell size just by looking at it.

What are you planning for the outtake fan? 200mm? 240mm on top?

This is pretty cool seeing it being designed.

Nope. Since this system will use the APU graphics I don't have to worry about a ton of heat. I might try to make room for a single 120mm in the back. The CPU cooler is Corsair's H50 but maybe in lieu of the other 120mm fan I may opt for the H100. I also plan on replacing the PSU fan with one that pushes a little more air but I want to maintain positive internal air pressure.

[Fire$torm]

I finally found the data I needed to create proper rear expansion card slots for the case. I found it in one of the best kept secrets of the PC industry called "PCI Express™ Card Electromechanical Specification Revision 1.1". For anyone interested in this jewel of knowledge click this link. Happy reading.

Anyhow here is the case updated with a four slot configuration needed for a μATX motherboard.

(Click to enlarge)

[Fire$torm]

For anyone interested......

This project is currently on hold until at least the end of the year. That not withstanding, I am close to selecting its name. Leaning towards something from the Egyptian mythos.

Anyhow, the reason for the delay is that I was able to convince my Uncle to UPGRADE his desktop. I was getting seriously fed up with WinXP Home Edition on that P4 of his. If anyone remembers the Kiethinator system built from team donated parts, I will be using that case as a temporary home for this new build.

New Parts include
MB: GIGABYTE GA-880GMA-USB3 AM3+ (Link) [Ordered about an hour ago]
CPU: AMD Phenom II 840 (Link) [Purchased from Micro Center]
RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600 CL9 4GB [From a 6GB kit (link) I bought awhile back that turned out not to be compatible with my X58 MB]
OS: Win7 Home Premium x64 (Goodbye XP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Recycled parts
Case: eMachines 1440 Mini Tower (Which was just a re-badged Dell)
Video: nVidia Geforce FX 5200 PCIe
HDD: An old Seagate 40GB SATA 1.5Gps unit

With this upgrade I now have leverage needed to convince my Uncle to allow me to crunch with it. He has ZERO interest in doing it himself. WUProp, FreeHal and possibly Surveill are shoe-ins. Now the trick will be getting him to set it up for GPU crunching. If he allows it I will substitute the nVidia card with one of the two Sapphire HD 4850s I have for backup. I think I can swing it as the new MB has an HD 4250 IGP. That will be more than sufficient for his 17" NEC flat screen. Unfortunately it will next to impossible to get him to allow CPU work on this system.

So anyhow, possibly more stones for the team coffers. Keep your fingers crossed.

F$

[DrPop]

Hahaha! Good form, F$! Always using your weight to advantage. hehe...actually, I'm sure he will appreciate the faster rig!

[Fire$torm]

Last night I started planning out the project for my Uncle's system as it requires modding the emachines Mini tower. This includes fabing the front drive bay (for horizontal use), front and rear cooling using 1 120mm & 2 80mm fans and finally the front facade. I've already have my first wound. Caught the cuticle of my left thumb with the drill........ OUCH! It never fails, every project likes to leave its mark on me.

F$

[Cruncher Pete]

Ouch, that ,must have hurt. Now I know what the F$ truly stands for. I bet you said it very loud too..

Keep on crunching and have a nice day...
CP.

[Fire$torm]

Needed to take a break from the garage so I thought I'd show you a pic

This system now goes by the name Python, as in hand gun. My Uncle is a gun fan as having a life long career law enforcement in military, civilian & government branches.

A work in progress....
Python Parts.jpg

[DrPop]

Man, when you decide to massage a case, you really go to town!

[Duke of Buckingham]

I am almost there F$


About Computers I only do s****, so I am in the right place

Thanks for detail instructions, I gave up long ago maybe yesterday.

[Fire$torm]

Man, when you decide to massage a case, you really go to town!

What can I say. It's for family.

@Duke:


Time for another pic........

P-Almost Finished.jpg

Almost finished but that will have to wait. I'm kinda burned out, lots of stuff going around here at the moment. If you look closely you see that the end of the facade on the right still needs work, have to work on the exposed wood edges and the case needs to be painted. I also made a couple of boo boos. The CD-Rom that I had planned to use won't work because the new MB is SATA only.............. duh! Had to commandeer the only optical SATA drive in the house, the one that was in my desktop...... And I misjudged the available space for the HDD. The 2.5" drive in the pic is the OS drive from my server. So now I'm down one cruncher until I dig out an old PATA 3.5" drive I have somewhere around here.

Oh the joy.

BTW: Did you notice the something extra I installed? Hint: Its not CUDA compatible.