Don's Log

(FIH) The Don · Feb 16, 2010, 02:32 AM

Hey guys,

have been wanting to do a mod for quite some time now, just havent had the time or the resources to do it.

but yester day my good old reciever died and then i thought i might as well turn it into a mediacenter/cruncher

so this is how it looks for now,

and this is how i imagine how the inside will be maneged

so now i have to get all the old stuff out of it, do some measuring to see what and how much i can fit inside it,

i hope to get a micro atx or a atx board in there, only problem is the PSU, it will be too high, so i will have to make a hole int the bottom to make it fit

the front buttons and display will be taken out, and a new display/ fancontroller will be installed there, i'm thinking about the NZXT sentry 2 with touch?

and i hope to be able to keep the old start button ,

stay tuned

Soylent Joe · Feb 16, 2010, 02:36 AM

Very nice dude. I've been wanting to do something like this with an old amp of mine. Subbed for ideas

segalaw19800 · Feb 16, 2010, 02:37 AM

gut the psu and put on plasic board

Loosenut · Feb 16, 2010, 02:38 AM

Interesting project Don, good luck with it. Can't wait to see more of it

(FIH) The Don · Feb 16, 2010, 02:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Soylent Joe

Very nice dude. I've been wanting to do something like this with an old amp of mine. Subbed for ideas

thx man!

i think i will put a motherboard tray in it to make it a bit more easy

Quote:

Originally Posted by segalaw19800

gut the psu and put on plasic board

good idea

how about them shuttle psu's, they are quite powerfull and small?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Loosenut

Interesting project Don, good luck with it. Can't wait to see more of it

thx man, i think i need it hahaXD

segalaw19800 · Feb 16, 2010, 02:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by (FIH) The Don

thx man!

i think i will put a motherboard tray in it to make it a bit more easy

good idea

how about them shuttle psu's, they are quite powerfull and small?

That will

work

(FIH) The Don · Feb 16, 2010, 02:41 AM

lol

but good idea with the psu, better see if i can find a old one and gut it then, just to compare

(FIH) The Don · Feb 16, 2010, 09:08 AM

all stripped

Chicken Patty · Feb 21, 2010, 07:05 AM

subscribed, this looks very interesting

Solaris17 · Feb 21, 2010, 07:09 AM

/subd

JrRacinFan · Feb 21, 2010, 07:41 AM

*Subscribed

Can't wait to see the final product. You know what would make this more interesting Don?

Watercooling!

Chicken Patty · Feb 21, 2010, 07:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JrRacinFan

*Subscribed

Can't wait to see the final product. You know what would make this more interesting Don?

Watercooling!

(FIH) The Don · Feb 21, 2010, 08:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JrRacinFan

*Subscribed

Can't wait to see the final product. You know what would make this more interesting Don?

Watercooling!

so you're my sponsor then

this will take some time, but i'm thinking about putting in an older amd 770/785 with a athlon II x3/4 with a 57xx card?

and thx for subbing guys

Thrackan · Mar 4, 2010, 01:27 PM

Love how you drew the entire Gigabyte mobo

brandonwh64 · Mar 4, 2010, 01:28 PM

Nice project! subbed

(FIH) The Don · Mar 4, 2010, 01:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thrackan

Love how you drew the entire Gigabyte mobo

was when i had to make CPU cooler hole in my Antec 900 and i didnt have the board, then i just did a free hand drawing from gigabytes homepage, but it should be fairly accurate

Quote:

Originally Posted by brandonwh64

Nice project! subbed

thx man

AhokZYashA · Mar 4, 2010, 01:54 PM

this is going to be awesome!!!
subscribed man!!!

Soylent Joe · May 13, 2010, 10:27 PM

What ever happened to this Don?

Ripper3 · May 13, 2010, 10:56 PM

Looks pretty interesting so far, love seeing transplants into obscure cases.
Have you thought about a SFF PSU, or even a pico PSU?
You can get pretty dang powerful SFF PSUs, and they're usually of standardised sizes, so they're not going to be specifically for one case, with obscure connectors.
Shuttle also makes a 220W silent PSU (large external power brick with an internal PSU that splits up the input voltages, and has all the cables connected to it) which would be ideal.
The idea of the pico PSU meanwhile is only for really low power PC, although 120W units can be found, so it doesn't have to be confined to a Celeron and 1GB of RAM.

Binge · May 13, 2010, 11:21 PM

I was expecting to see some major wood in this thread. Looks like it's back to lumber-jacking, but I'm OK! I'll sleep all night and work all day. I wear women's...

Soylent Joe · Aug 3, 2010, 04:27 AM

Come back, Don! Come back!

(FIH) The Don · Aug 3, 2010, 04:32 AM

someone should delete my current worklogs lol

they're all dead exept of the crunching madness

i dont have the skills for these things nor the tools

sorry to dissapoint guys

Soylent Joe · Aug 3, 2010, 04:49 AM

Oh well, at least you tried

Feb 16, 2010, 02:32 AM	#1
(FIH) The Don Eligible for custom title Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Viking Land Posts: 5,407 (3.84/day) Thanks: 3,101 Thanked 2,970 Times in 1,835 Posts System Specs	Don's Log Hey guys, have been wanting to do a mod for quite some time now, just havent had the time or the resources to do it. but yester day my good old reciever died and then i thought i might as well turn it into a mediacenter/cruncher so this is how it looks for now, and this is how i imagine how the inside will be maneged so now i have to get all the old stuff out of it, do some measuring to see what and how much i can fit inside it, i hope to get a micro atx or a atx board in there, only problem is the PSU, it will be too high, so i will have to make a hole int the bottom to make it fit the front buttons and display will be taken out, and a new display/ fancontroller will be installed there, i'm thinking about the NZXT sentry 2 with touch? and i hope to be able to keep the old start button , stay tuned __________________ "there are 2 types of idiots. those who hate the new stuff to justify not being able to upgrade. and those who have no fucking clue about anything" -KieX “So with this new technology my video card will now fart?” -TheMailMan78

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Feb 16, 2010, 02:36 AM	#2
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Feb 16, 2010, 02:37 AM	#3
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Feb 16, 2010, 02:38 AM	#4
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Feb 16, 2010, 02:41 AM	#7
(FIH) The Don Eligible for custom title Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Viking Land Posts: 5,407 (3.84/day) Thanks: 3,101 Thanked 2,970 Times in 1,835 Posts System Specs	lol but good idea with the psu, better see if i can find a old one and gut it then, just to compare __________________ "there are 2 types of idiots. those who hate the new stuff to justify not being able to upgrade. and those who have no fucking clue about anything" -KieX “So with this new technology my video card will now fart?” -TheMailMan78

Feb 16, 2010, 09:08 AM	#8
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Feb 21, 2010, 07:05 AM	#9
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Feb 21, 2010, 07:09 AM	#10
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May 13, 2010, 10:27 PM	#18
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May 13, 2010, 10:56 PM	#19
Ripper3 Join Date: May 2007 Location: London, England Posts: 1,194 (0.53/day) Thanks: 66 Thanked 119 Times in 115 Posts System Specs	Looks pretty interesting so far, love seeing transplants into obscure cases. Have you thought about a SFF PSU, or even a pico PSU? You can get pretty dang powerful SFF PSUs, and they're usually of standardised sizes, so they're not going to be specifically for one case, with obscure connectors. Shuttle also makes a 220W silent PSU (large external power brick with an internal PSU that splits up the input voltages, and has all the cables connected to it) which would be ideal. The idea of the pico PSU meanwhile is only for really low power PC, although 120W units can be found, so it doesn't have to be confined to a Celeron and 1GB of RAM.

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May 13, 2010, 11:21 PM	#20
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Aug 3, 2010, 04:27 AM	#21
Soylent Joe Join Date: May 2009 Location: Brunswick, GA Posts: 3,039 (2.05/day) Thanks: 2,779 Thanked 685 Times in 461 Posts System Specs	Come back, Don! Come back! __________________ Heatware SteamID

Aug 3, 2010, 04:32 AM	#22
(FIH) The Don Eligible for custom title Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Viking Land Posts: 5,407 (3.84/day) Thanks: 3,101 Thanked 2,970 Times in 1,835 Posts System Specs	someone should delete my current worklogs lol they're all dead exept of the crunching madness i dont have the skills for these things nor the tools sorry to dissapoint guys __________________ "there are 2 types of idiots. those who hate the new stuff to justify not being able to upgrade. and those who have no fucking clue about anything" -KieX “So with this new technology my video card will now fart?” -TheMailMan78

Aug 3, 2010, 04:49 AM	#23
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