Key features
The build
The PSU was modded to help keep the box clean in appearance. Since the back of the PSU had more character – I opted to use the rear facing forward in this build and hard wire the power cord through the opposite side. The on/off momentary switch to turn the pc on was mounted inside the psu along with the rheostat (fan controller) that controls the 120mm CPU fan.
Next steps - I plan to sleeve the 20 pin and 4pin power cables and add a wireless N PCI card.
System specs
- CPU
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
- CPU Cooler
- Tuniq Tower 120
- Motherboard
- ASRock Conroe865PE R3
- RAM
- 4 GB PC3200 Corsair/G.Skill
- GPU
- HIS ATI HD 4670 1 GB
- Storage
- Toshiba 16x DVD-RW
- Storage
- 250 GB Western Digital SATA 7200 RPM
- PSU
- Antec 500 W
- Fans
- 3x 80 mm Blue LED fans
- OS
- Windows 7 Pro x64
Performed mods
Here's my first custom box. I wanted to build a decent HTPC that looked as well is it functioned for a usable conversation piece to be included in my entertainment center. I started designing from ideas I had gathered from the online bench testing rigs and created my own out of ½” Pine. I was able to build the entire box from items acquired at a local hardware store including a single 2’x4’ pine sheet, brass screws, and drawer pulls as handles. The box was finished with a rich mahogany stain and two coats of Polyurethane to set it off.
2 Comments on WoodBox HTPC
I voted 10 because of the old good hardware you got. Looks like you tried to max out of that board. That could be the fastest AGP graphic system on earth W/O modification. Why don't you match that Corsair DDR too?