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- Dec 13, 2005
I havent started yet, I know I shouldnt post in here until I do, but I figured to act on the side of caution and take advice/ideas from members before I start working and ordering parts.
First, a little background. Some people I know seem to think that big and flashy equals a better computer (no comments from those who've seen mine). So what Im going to do is put some parts into a SNES and use it as a low end gaming computer/low end media center computer/SETI cruncher/internet computer/emergency backup (your average jack of all trades but master of none computer, thats how it goes right?). But most of all its going to show a few of my friends that a full tower and using half of your PSUs power for lights isnt going to increase your frame rate. Not well, unless someone in my thread in the general vid card section can turn up a decent low profile gfx card, but its gonna have a C2D
Now, on to the parts list. Its going to change since this is just a rough copy I whipped up in the past hour or so. Comments/ideas for better parts please.
Hard drive: here. I chose a laptop hard drive simply because of its small size, space will be an issue in this project. Ill use one of these to connect it.
Mobo/CPU:I was going to use this mITX mobo with the T5500. Its the cheapest one I could find with a swappable cpu socket, but you have to admit, its not that bad. And I chose the T5500 because I don't like the idea of a $110 increase for a boost in speed that I probably won't notice.
RAM: I went with 1GB (2x512mb) OCZ Gold. I would go with 2gb, but since I might only game on this occasionally I see this as one of those areas where I could save a couple $$$.
PSU: For space and temperature reasons, Im going to leave the PSU out of the SNES and run the wires in through the back. Also since its a mobile CPU and probably won't be a high end card, I decided to go with this Antec Earthwatts. After reading the reviews and seeing that some people are saying the wires are a bit long, this may turn out to be a plus. Since Im leaving the PSU out of the case, this would make running the wires a bit easier.
I WILL be adding/changing things and any help is...helpful. I left a few threads lieing around about different things, so you could either reply in those or in here. Just one question up front. Which name do you think is better? Project 1UP or Project HYP3R SNES?
EDIT: Ill buy a USB dvd burner, just didnt add it cause its going to be shared with my desktop. I might also pick up a cheap wireless mouse and keyboard for it.
First, a little background. Some people I know seem to think that big and flashy equals a better computer (no comments from those who've seen mine). So what Im going to do is put some parts into a SNES and use it as a low end gaming computer/low end media center computer/SETI cruncher/internet computer/emergency backup (your average jack of all trades but master of none computer, thats how it goes right?). But most of all its going to show a few of my friends that a full tower and using half of your PSUs power for lights isnt going to increase your frame rate. Not well, unless someone in my thread in the general vid card section can turn up a decent low profile gfx card, but its gonna have a C2D
Now, on to the parts list. Its going to change since this is just a rough copy I whipped up in the past hour or so. Comments/ideas for better parts please.
Hard drive: here. I chose a laptop hard drive simply because of its small size, space will be an issue in this project. Ill use one of these to connect it.
Mobo/CPU:I was going to use this mITX mobo with the T5500. Its the cheapest one I could find with a swappable cpu socket, but you have to admit, its not that bad. And I chose the T5500 because I don't like the idea of a $110 increase for a boost in speed that I probably won't notice.
RAM: I went with 1GB (2x512mb) OCZ Gold. I would go with 2gb, but since I might only game on this occasionally I see this as one of those areas where I could save a couple $$$.
PSU: For space and temperature reasons, Im going to leave the PSU out of the SNES and run the wires in through the back. Also since its a mobile CPU and probably won't be a high end card, I decided to go with this Antec Earthwatts. After reading the reviews and seeing that some people are saying the wires are a bit long, this may turn out to be a plus. Since Im leaving the PSU out of the case, this would make running the wires a bit easier.
I WILL be adding/changing things and any help is...helpful. I left a few threads lieing around about different things, so you could either reply in those or in here. Just one question up front. Which name do you think is better? Project 1UP or Project HYP3R SNES?
EDIT: Ill buy a USB dvd burner, just didnt add it cause its going to be shared with my desktop. I might also pick up a cheap wireless mouse and keyboard for it.
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