Project: System*3

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This is my first post, I'll try to make it good.

I just upgraded my little bro's old compaq...and I have all these extra parts lying around. Then I saw the box...and old black box that was built to hold a SNES. On the front of the box it says 'System*3', hence the name of the project.

My goal: Mod this box to hold the parts, in order to create a machine to do some multitasking via a KVM switch, and to watch DVD's.

The box as it looks now, its a little beat up, eh?

Open wide! Draw on bottom to hold DVD, Big square on top for mobo (mATX), and small rectangle to hold PSU and harddrive.

The parts, sorry its blurry. AMD 1.1ghz Tbird, 128mb SDRAM, TNT2m64 , NIC

The hdd, a 4gb Seagate monster. Still works no problem, its about 8 years old.

A switch from radioshack, already soldered to a cut-up CD audio cable. Works like a charm.

Trendware KVM switch. 2 ports, built in cables. ~$25 off newegg

Screws from FrozenCPU...the silver ones are wrong size...whoops.

What the whole setup will look like. The new machine will be hooked up to the Aiwa boombox you see there. Gives good sound, esp for dvds.


What does everyone think?? I'll be hopefully installing the brass screws into the box soon. Then some more hacking away at the box. Enjoy.

 

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This will be an interesting project. Good luck squeezing everything in there

Actually believe it or not, it isnt much of a squeeze.

The with of the long rectangle on the right fits the psu perfectly. It rests in there with no problem, ill just have to secure it down. The hdd fits 95% well in the same area. I might need to rig something to get it to not rock back and forth and to be level.