saab pc

[xr4man]

i finally decided on a theme for my mechanic's new computer. as you all know it was a toss up between conspiracy theory stuff and cars. well, he's a saab tech and it will be easier and have a less chance of him breaking stuff if i just do a saab themed pc. so that's the winner.

so today i got a box of stuff from newegg.

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c369/xr4man/pc%20mods/DSC01212.jpg

i have never tried foxconn mobos, but it was the only one that was blue and yellow. this will match the case, which will be painted blue with the swedish flag on one side.

here is the case all torn apart. it is an old hp case, but i thought it looked kinda cool.

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c369/xr4man/pc%20mods/DSC01213.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c369/xr4man/pc%20mods/DSC01214.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c369/xr4man/pc%20mods/DSC01215.jpg

then i had to put things together and make sure they work.

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c369/xr4man/pc%20mods/DSC01216.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c369/xr4man/pc%20mods/DSC01217.jpg

i installed windows and all the drivers so now i guess i actually have to start modding the case.


anyway, until then, here are the system specs:

amd athlon 2 dual core regor blah blah blah 3ghz
foxconn mobo with on board radeon hd 4250 video (that'll be more than he needs for watching youtube videos)
320g western digital caviar blue
samsung dvd burner
cooler master 460w psu
4g adata ram (it has blue heat spreaders to match the color scheme)

[xr4man]

for the weekend, i got a lot of paint work done. there's a touch of over spray on the swedish flag and the saab lettering isn't perfectly straight, but it will have to do.

i also mounted the mobo, power supply and dvd burner.

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c369/xr4man/pc%20mods/DSC01218.jpg

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[xr4man]

i have everything up and running now. unfortunately the case fan in the back isn't controlled by the mobo, so it's quite loud. i have another pwm case fan on the way that will replace it so it runs nice a quiet.

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c369/xr4man/pc%20mods/bdb533ff.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c369/xr4man/pc%20mods/3b313bc6.jpg

[xr4man]

just delivered it and my buddy loves it.

here's the final pics.

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c369/xr4man/pc%20mods/DSC01239.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c369/xr4man/pc%20mods/DSC01240.jpg

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