mATX madness - 9euro foxconn chassis

[duniek]

REVISION 1
x2 4200
2gb ddr2
ga-ma78gm-ds3h
gpu HD5450 - temporary for tests only
chieftec 600W CFT600-14CS
chassis is from phillips freevents RIG, but only front and part of top is diffrent than other OEM foxconn chassiss

REVISION 2
asrock m3a780gmh/128
sempron 140
2x2geil ddr3


As you can see, I mount hdd's backward - 15 minutes of cut metal and drill sides and done.
Now I can switch hdd even faster than previous (front is mounted to metal construction by 6 plastic clamps - very easy to remove)

REVISION 3
Athlon II 250 + IFX14 passive (for fun)
HD5850 fits perfect - 5mm too hdds

REVISION 4

I changed mobo to DFI 790GX-M2RS
cooler scythe zipang (140mm)
2x hd5850 (for fun only, with running pc turn over a little oven lol)
HDDs:
2x1TB
2x1,5TB
250gb (sys)

and cable managment

As you can see I need to extend front panel (pwr on/reset itp and usb) cables

 

[ng93]

Nice little beast , does the athlon not bottleneck it?

 

[duniek]

I play only dirt2 and on 5760x1080 res on ultra details i have smooth framrate

 

[Lunatic Dreyfus]

After the first few pictures I was busy tutting at the typical amount of wasted space we see in cases nowadays.

You made up for that by the end. Nice n' neat and stuffed to bursting! I especially like the HDD power cables. I've always wanted to do something like that.

 

[marc1024]

very nice!

 

[duniek]

i changed mobo to asus (temporary) - M4A88T-M

overall normal mobo but ont angled sata, not even in one line so is pain in the ass to make it invisble or nice in one line (vide asrock)

HDDs
250gb wd blue na system (I consider 30gb patriot for system and instead this plug one more 1,5TB for storage on ata@sata but for now 5,5TB is enough so i leave this idea)
3x1,5TB samsung + wd
2x1,0TB seagate