- Joined
- Oct 31, 2002
[Introduction]
I built some pc's for my sisters a few months back. They were meant to be reliable box's that could run for a long time without service. I experimented with them, using a new motherboard from msi, the rs480im and a foxconn micro atx case that was on sale.
We replaced the psu's, since the stock foxconn psu's were less than quiet.
The cases however, I liked. They came with a neat little rail system and lots of fan mounts and were just generally quite pleasant to deal with compared to a lot of full atx cases i deal with at work.
So in the last few months, i basicly made up my mind that i wanted one of them. I wanted a pc that was compact and quiet, since it would be in the bedroom after we moved. I wanted it to be everything my previous pc was but smaller and trouble free.
Some have seen my lanboy. it is somewhat... not trouble free. Modifying it to watercooling took a lot of its support out to make room for a decent rad.
With a full atx midtower, i was limited to having only two hard drives and a DVD rom.
What i am going to do is modify a cheap, available foxconn micro atx case into a powerful media pc. This pc has to be quiet and capable of storing upwards of a TB of stuff in a small space.
I hope my efforts to create this pc are of interest to some. =)
[The case: Foxconn TW-1]
Case is made of light steel. Comes with 2 usb ports on the front and audio in/out. 2x 5 1/4" drive bays, 2x 3 1/2" drive bays. Only a single railed hard drive bay.
Neat peculiarities for this case are its spring loaded drive retention mechanism *the black thing on the drive cage* also, it comes with a rear 92 mm fan and a front 80 mm fan. These were included and foxconn branded. The rear fanmount can accept 80 and 92 mm fans where the front is limited to a 80 mm fan. there is however room for a 120mm fan with modification since the case only has provision for one hard drive.
The usb and audio cables are detachable, so any you dont use can be saved for a later date when you might use them. the case side has lots of ventilation for the pci cards and a duct for cpu coolers.
I decided to name this pc after my main use of the pc, Anime watching. Anyone who has seen Mai Hime might understand the reference ^^
I built some pc's for my sisters a few months back. They were meant to be reliable box's that could run for a long time without service. I experimented with them, using a new motherboard from msi, the rs480im and a foxconn micro atx case that was on sale.
We replaced the psu's, since the stock foxconn psu's were less than quiet.
The cases however, I liked. They came with a neat little rail system and lots of fan mounts and were just generally quite pleasant to deal with compared to a lot of full atx cases i deal with at work.
So in the last few months, i basicly made up my mind that i wanted one of them. I wanted a pc that was compact and quiet, since it would be in the bedroom after we moved. I wanted it to be everything my previous pc was but smaller and trouble free.
Some have seen my lanboy. it is somewhat... not trouble free. Modifying it to watercooling took a lot of its support out to make room for a decent rad.
With a full atx midtower, i was limited to having only two hard drives and a DVD rom.
What i am going to do is modify a cheap, available foxconn micro atx case into a powerful media pc. This pc has to be quiet and capable of storing upwards of a TB of stuff in a small space.
I hope my efforts to create this pc are of interest to some. =)
[The case: Foxconn TW-1]
Case is made of light steel. Comes with 2 usb ports on the front and audio in/out. 2x 5 1/4" drive bays, 2x 3 1/2" drive bays. Only a single railed hard drive bay.
Neat peculiarities for this case are its spring loaded drive retention mechanism *the black thing on the drive cage* also, it comes with a rear 92 mm fan and a front 80 mm fan. These were included and foxconn branded. The rear fanmount can accept 80 and 92 mm fans where the front is limited to a 80 mm fan. there is however room for a 120mm fan with modification since the case only has provision for one hard drive.
The usb and audio cables are detachable, so any you dont use can be saved for a later date when you might use them. the case side has lots of ventilation for the pci cards and a duct for cpu coolers.
I decided to name this pc after my main use of the pc, Anime watching. Anyone who has seen Mai Hime might understand the reference ^^