Project: Whatchamacallit!

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Hi there.

Some time a go I managed to pick up a circa. 1999 AOpen server case off a friend as I had a spare case that she preferred the look of (I thought it was tacky though, and it wasn't expensive). We'd agreed that if I swapped everything over, I could have it for nothing. :D

Anyway, the built quality is fantastic! Thick metal panels and a rigid chassis, so a perfect base for some modifying.

Currently it has:

Space for three (two back, one front) 80mm fans.
Space for seven HDD's in the 3.5" bays
Five 5.25" bays.
Removeable motherboard tray + backplate
All panels are removable as well as hard drive cages.

Plans are to have one/two 120mm blowhole fans to the top, an intake 120/140mm on the front, create a cable management system, paint the outside metallic Blue (specific shade is still be decided). The inside will be sprayed a seperate colour too if I decide to put a window on the side panel.

I'm in two minds about what sort of system to have in it. I could go modest and put a cheap S/H build with a 939 AMD64 spec, or I could go enitrely unconventional and put a dual socket E-ATX Pentium III-S system in to keep with the era of the case!

Anyway, so far the only pics are from when I stripped and cleaned it:

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Lots of room for cables! :)
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I'll update soon once I start cutting things. :p
 
It's an ATX power switch as far as I can tell.

The placement will be changed and the switch will be changed for something more stylish anyway.
 
Hey guys,

Never expected such a response for this! :)

I'm still in the planning stages for this, it's very much in the front of my mind but I've been busy recently as I'm training as a supervisor at work. Hopefully I'll have some updates asap!
 
Got a bit of an update on the system as a whole...

One of my dads work-mate's mentioned having some parts from his old PC since buying a laptop after they were talking about me needing components for a WHS.

He agreed to bring it in for me to have a look and then offer him something. Turned out to be Gigabyte motherboard on a VIA KT600 chipset, an AMD Athlon XP1700+ and an ATI 9550. So I had all of it! All in great condition too, couldn't see a spec of dust anywhere.

The next day I won a XP-M 2600+ Barton! :D Then I bought some Corsair Platinum DDR400 memory.

So now I have all the bits for not a lot of money.

I'm gonna start sanding down and primering the tower within the next couple days, so watch this space. Also ordered a couple 80mm fans for the back to cool the HDD's.
 
Holy thread revival etc...

Finally sorted out the components to put in to this case, Getting on a bit but still very usable today. Comprised of either things I had laying around, and parts I bought from MM (Thank you to those sellers! :))

Been drawing up plans since before xmas and I'll scan those in once they're finalised. Colour will be metallic blue exterior and satin black interior with a side window.

Anyway, specs:

Abit NF7-S v2.0
Athlon XP-M 2600+ Barton
Alpha Cooling PAL 8045 heatsink with an Arctic F8 80mm fan (around 30c and very quiet!)
Super Talent PC4000 2GB Dual Channel
ATI X1950 Pro 512MB
Western Digital RaptorX 150GB
Enermax Liberty Modular 450w PSU
2x Arctic F8 Pro 80mm fans for HDD exhaust.

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I didn't have the PSU installed at the time of photo's as I was using it to test another system. It's placed between the CPU and the top hard drive cage.

140mm fans are too big as it's a rather narrow case. It'll have at least two 12cm's on the front and one on the top for exhaust.
 
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