Damn screws

Altron

Altron

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I also have an 80mm intake fan
It is a pain in the ass though, Got 2 holes with 50mm holesaw, the rest took down 3 heavy duty dremel disks and it was still only 2/3 done. I gave up, there were small holes in it anyway
Talk about 1mm zinc plated steel
Thus the name "Blue Steel"
 
catocom

catocom

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Altron,
I think I got some stuff I can "special price" for you that's in
your buget.;)
I got a pretty nice socket7 board I'm checking out now.
It's got a P166 w/mmx on it right now, but Kruz is sending
me a 233 I'm gonna try to package with it.
I got some other stuff too I'm gonna price good and low
for you too. (e.g. soundblaster 16 w/2x CDrom for like $3)
Then you can go shopping.:D

I'll post some specs. and prices tomarrow.:headbang:
 
Altron

Altron

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Ok, time for boring talk about it:
The exhaust pipe was a Maxwell House Irish Roast coffee can (I told you I was cheap). I cut off the bottom with a hacksaw and sanded the blue/green paint off it. The blue stripes were painted, with the help of some masking tape, a small container of blue paint (that is now empty), and a brush. There is a silver (painted by me) Datech 80mm fan intake, and all the drives are painted.
 
Altron

Altron

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I listened to your idea for a Duron 1300, got a better idea

T-Bird 1.33GHz
nForce 2 (with integrated graphics)
256MB DDR
20GB HDD
It comes out to under $500 (my mom wants to get a $600 Dell so I am trying to find a better system for the same prce)
 
catocom

catocom

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If your going to go to something like that I'd suggest a Celeron 1.7
Thers a sysem here for $290 it comes with sdram, but the board
will also accept ddr. They will let you updrade to that for probably
$20-$30 more.;)

Intel P-4 CPU, AMP-925 SD/DDR
133MHz Bus, Fully Upgradable
256MB PC133 SDRAM, w/2 USB
40.6GB ATA100 Drive & 3 1/2" FDD
128Bit 3D Video w/32MB Shd RAM
Mid Tower ATX Case w/300W PS
PS2 Keyboard & PS2 Mouse
56K V.90 Fax Modem
Fast CD-ROM Drive
32-Bit 3D Waveable Sound
140W Speaker System
10/100 Fast Network Port

http://888express.uploadmysite.com/cgi-bin/ginstar/SingleCatagoryPage.asp?Catagory=SY-

main site:
http://www.ginstar.com/
goto online ordering to check it all out.
 
Altron

Altron

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Ugh :(
My current plan (Yes, a new case too. Blue Steel is great, but it is too much of a hassle to convert to ATX. I'm tired of dremeling 1mm zinc-plated steel)

AMD Athlon XP 1800+ (T-Bred A)
EPOX 8RDA+ (nForce 2 SPP)
Gainward Ultra 450 XP (Geforce 3 Ti 200 64MB)
256MB Samsung PC2700 (CL 2.5)
Western Digital WD400JB (40GB, 7200RPM, 8MB cache)
Sony CDU5211 (52x CD-ROM)
Cheiftec MA-01BD (Full tower, 6 drive bays)
Antec Smartpower 400 watt
3 Sunon 80mm
Thermalright SK-7
$648.99
:trippin: :trippin: :trippin:
 
Altron

Altron

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Oh, and of course i'll paint some red flames on the side. That reminds me, i'll go see if it comes in silver
I can see it now...
"Project Blue Steel 2"
 
Altron

Altron

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Ouch, the Silver is not on sale. I guess I will add it anyway as black won't be on sale by the time I can get this...

Ok, still under $670 :trippin:
 
Altron

Altron

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What do you mean?
My uncle said it has 640k, and he is l33t h@x0r! (I have no idea what it means, but it sounds cool)
I didn't think it had 640k (most likely 4-8MB), but you cna't disagree with my uncle. I hope he doesn't get mad I painted his case...
 
catocom

catocom

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That's probably 640KBs of onboard cache mem. , that's besides
any simm type ram it has.;)

LOL my old tandy only had 64KBs total.:D
 
Altron

Altron

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4MB then...
I did some more painting a few minutes ago...
That is going to be one trippin' pimp rig.... :trippin: *pimp*
 
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