breifcase rig

[st8smn]

:banana:the vision :banana:http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo210/st8smn/DSC00248.jpghttp://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo210/st8smn/DSC00249.jpghttp://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo210/st8smn/DSC00251.jpghttp://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo210/st8smn/DSC00254.jpg
should have enough room http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo210/st8smn/DSC00255.jpg

well i started cutting holes today using the bonnet of my HQ statesman as my workbench (with carpet padding)http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo210/st8smn/DSC00260.jpg

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http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo210/st8smn/DSC00266.jpg
scored the m\b frame from one of my old rigs...it pays to hoard!!
just had to 'tweak' it a bit with the 40 oz ball pein hammer
http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo210/st8smn/DSC00259.jpg

http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo210/st8smn/DSC00267.jpg
some holes for the psu and some hacked out power supply plugs and a good zap later

http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo210/st8smn/DSC00268.jpg

http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo210/st8smn/DSC00269.jpg
power and hdd led's were off another project
http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo210/st8smn/DSC00272.jpg
more psu cooling mmmmmm 120mm
http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo210/st8smn/DSC00275.jpg
is niice
http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo210/st8smn/DSC00274.jpg
couldn't resist a bit of biohazard
http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo210/st8smn/DSC00276.jpg

http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo210/st8smn/DSC00277.jpg
looks good4 now i have a feeling that they both are going to need better brackets or screws
http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo210/st8smn/DSC00279.jpg
i borrowed some 40mm fans from the missus laptop cooler 'hehe'
http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo210/st8smn/DSC00286.jpg
mmmmmmmmmm HD audio front panel goodness
http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo210/st8smn/DSC00290.jpg
LG DVD multi drive fits like a charm *the ORIGINAL plan was to use up some old crap *
http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo210/st8smn/DSC00291.jpg

[st8smn]

more pics ..n maby some words a bit later

[knowledgegranted]

I wish you luck, the idea is pretty good.

The first pick literally made me lol, it was kinda funny.

+rep for making me laugh, and not many things make me laugh.

[p0Pe]

haha yeah i cracked up from the first pic 2! "the vision" lol.. have a +rep for that!

[st8smn]

:up::up:

[st8smn]

aaaahh i found some time to post some more goodies
http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo210/st8smn/DSC00294.jpg
http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo210/st8smn/DSC00295.jpg
extra cooling as this is going to be the top of the case
http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo210/st8smn/DSC00296.jpg
hhhhmmmmmm whats that for??... the trusty 'ol' 17 lcd of course
http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo210/st8smn/DSC00297.jpg
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i had to remove the hdd @ the top of pic as it hit the zalman cpu cooler which i modified ,the 3mm blue led's were de-solderd and replaced with ones that change color from red to green to blue and then all the inbetweens.
http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo210/st8smn/DSC00319.jpg
my mobo shat its self about 2 weeks before the build ...i gave it a go to no avail and thought it might be the psu .....so basicly @ the moment i have a smaller psu(modified)and a cheap board to handle the amd athlon 5600 and the kingston hyper-x i already have . so i got an asus m2n68-am which is proving to be awsome value for money @ $68 (umart) its piss poor i know but it does what i need til i save some more coin
...lights on...
http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo210/st8smn/DSC00321.jpg
http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo210/st8smn/DSC00323.jpg
:banana:yay its all up n running im writing this on it now :banana:
final pics soon

[st8smn]

I Dub Thee The Lanman 5600

[DonT-FeaR]

/\ deal.. lol

looks wicked!

[Xpirate]

Is that really a Snap-on case, or did you just put Snap-on stickers on it?

[st8smn]

nah only stickers ....dont know if i would of attacked it if it was snap-on..
gunna try and mount a 19 or maby a 20 inch my 22 overhangs by about 35mm plans to upgrade everything(m/b, ram, cpu) unsure as to what yet ...
cheers for the support!

[Snowman]

Awesome.. puts my briefcase to shame since its the exact same briefcase. Losing will to do it now lol.

[Waynio]

Awesome mod, and yeah the 1st pic made me lol too +rep :).

[FuzzyPlushroom]

Bloody good, mate. Came out cleaner than I thought it would, and everything fits well. +rep for that, and for temporarily repurposing your Statesman's bonnet - what year is it, and which engine does it have, by the way? (Don't mean to turn this into Car Talk, but I'm an American a bit jealous of some of your old - and current - Holdens.)

[st8smn]

cheers mate ...she's a 72 HQ deville with a factory fitted 350 chev ,iv had her for about 8 years now

she dosnt look this good anymore (no licence=no drive=little attention)
http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo210/st8smn/IMG_01.jpg

[DonT-FeaR]

nice car mate

[st8smn]

cheers mate ,she's been my workbench 4 a while now ,i guess i should inject some money into it soon

[st8smn]

wooo i found a e-sata male to female cable ,and thinkin of installing my zalman multi fan controller ,so iv got a digital readout of temps and power consumption.