It satarted life as a Compaq p-3 866 I got an Abit vl-6 mobo and pushed it up to 512 megs of pc 133 mem The original 40 hdd that came with the Compaq was F-disked I got him a 40 gig maxtor also. I went to str8-buy.com and got him a luna 606 case. Delivered to our door for $34. Hey it has a removable mobo tray. This was going to be a father son mod I was thrilled!!! you see I thought I would cut out the windows and paint. He was to be my good apprentice and basically just learn. WRONG, 5 minutes into the project he informed me that this was his computer and the mod would be his own!!! I could help him with itbut, he would do the work. I was proud!! That's my boy. If you look closely you will see his top window that was supposed to be round, is not. That his side window the lines are not real true but, very close!!. I painted the bezel he painted the case inside and out!! He also rapped all his wires with that ribbed automotive wire loom he told me the red wire loom looked like bloody guts!! He loved it. He also came up with the idea of a Battle Scarred Gundham action figure to stand guard inside his case. By the time he got ready to build it. The P-3 had become a my old P-4 with an Abit IT-7 max 2 Ver.2 mobo 2.66B
prossy, 1 gig of some generic ram pc3200. 2x120 gig maxtor hdd's in raid0 array Powered by a Kingwin 450 watt psu. Much more accurate rails than my antec 550 by the way. He put this whole thing together virtually by himself. He is extremely proud of himself for this too. The point of all this is that anyone can do it. I admit I was there as his safety net but, he never needed me. He cut all the holes including the top 80mm blow hole with a jigsaw.
He has used it alot and felt more comfortable using it. Well here is a few pics of where he started and where it finished.
1st the pieces
putting it all together. This was so much fun for me the spectator. I will tell you he does have a bit of a temper now and then.
looking pretty damn good!!
in position
He stared into the case alot when it was first finished ( Photo op )
This was a mod done by an 8yr. old. My son is a geek!! And I am thrilled about it!!
He OC'd it himself he settled on a 150 mhz fsb so his 2.66 runs right @3000mhz
he too has an e-VGA 5900fx card. His mother uses a HP with a 1.6 ghz P-4 in it
I got her an Albatron 4280P Vid card for it. Matthew and I stay way away from it. It kinda freaks us out and we are not sure if we can really trust her. that is a 1.6A however and a great oc'ing chip. Hmmm? We all 3 compute in a spare bedroom together all networked up. I hide all the pics of the hot chicks I download on my wife's computer so when she looks on mine it is all clear!! I just love a good network!!
Hey am I long winded or what??
weldZilla
prossy, 1 gig of some generic ram pc3200. 2x120 gig maxtor hdd's in raid0 array Powered by a Kingwin 450 watt psu. Much more accurate rails than my antec 550 by the way. He put this whole thing together virtually by himself. He is extremely proud of himself for this too. The point of all this is that anyone can do it. I admit I was there as his safety net but, he never needed me. He cut all the holes including the top 80mm blow hole with a jigsaw.
He has used it alot and felt more comfortable using it. Well here is a few pics of where he started and where it finished.
1st the pieces
putting it all together. This was so much fun for me the spectator. I will tell you he does have a bit of a temper now and then.
looking pretty damn good!!
in position
He stared into the case alot when it was first finished ( Photo op )
This was a mod done by an 8yr. old. My son is a geek!! And I am thrilled about it!!
He OC'd it himself he settled on a 150 mhz fsb so his 2.66 runs right @3000mhz
he too has an e-VGA 5900fx card. His mother uses a HP with a 1.6 ghz P-4 in it
I got her an Albatron 4280P Vid card for it. Matthew and I stay way away from it. It kinda freaks us out and we are not sure if we can really trust her. that is a 1.6A however and a great oc'ing chip. Hmmm? We all 3 compute in a spare bedroom together all networked up. I hide all the pics of the hot chicks I download on my wife's computer so when she looks on mine it is all clear!! I just love a good network!!
Hey am I long winded or what??
weldZilla