Project: Tarquinius

[Indybird]

Yay! My first mod...kinda. Its my friend's other computer, but we'll be working on it together. . Tarquinius is some name that my friend thought of.

Heres it's specs:
AMD Athlon 1.2GHz (Socket A)
Kingston 1GB DDR 400 RAM
nvidia Geforce 4400 128MB AGP
10GB Fujitsu IDE Hard Drive
MSI KT4 Ultra
Antec Case:

Heres our plans:
-Make a side panel window
-Paint Exterior Gloss Black
-Paint Accents Silver/Chrome
-Paint Interior Matte Black
-(All Red LED fans) Install 1x 80mm at the back, 2x 80mm at the front and 1x 1x 120mm on the window
-Stealth the DVD Reader and CD Burner
-Cut out, bondo and mesh the lower front panel for front fan intakes
-(Possibly) A Plexiglass mobo cover

Well, theres the plans heres what we've done so far:

Cutting out the Side Panel Window

Our test cut and window layout: Believe it or not, this both of our first times cutting into a case with a jig-saw.

The rough cut of the window

Here it is almost ready for the plexi.

Comments appreciated.

-Indybird

[dexaroni]

Wow, that window turned out really well! What kind of blade did you use?

[jdbnsn]

Oh yes! There is nothing more gratifying than seeing a beize case get the axe! There is alot of potential in this puppy.

[FuzzyPlushroom]

Man that's satisfying to see!

There ain't no "64" about a 1.2 Thunderbird... it's "just" an Athlon. Glad to see an older A get the kind of case it deserves.

[psychowit]

black and red ftw! gogogo!

[Indybird]

First of all, thanks for all of the comments.

There ain't no "64" about a 1.2 Thunderbird... it's "just" an Athlon. Glad to see an older A get the kind of case it deserves.

I didn't know that, all I knew is that it said athlon and was 1.2GHz. Around the time of those processors I was a big intel-geek and didn't pay attention to AMD's offerings.

Wow, that window turned out really well! What kind of blade did you use?

I don't know the specifics of the blade; all I know is that it was a fine metal-cutting blade. I forgot to mention though, this case has a 100% steel construction. We killed a few dremel cutting heads before realizing that they weren't for cutting steel . By the way, this thing is retardly heavy.

[ComputerGuru64x2]

Looks like a very nice project, I might suggest adding some red accents to parts of your exterior to have a nice contrast with the Red LED fans you are installing. Also you did a very nice job cutting out the outside for the plexi glass. Hope everything works well.
Chris

[Xperiment]

Off to a great start, looking forward to seeing how this one turns out - Keep it up!

[Indybird]

OK we got up, went to Home Depot and got some stuff, and finished up the window

Finishing the Side Window

Heres all of the holes drilled.

We cut the plexi, and cut out the area for the handle.

Here it is bolted on, lookin pretty good. Sadly we accidentally only got 6 bolts, when we needed 7.

Shot of the nuts holding the window.

Once the side is painted and we take the protective film it'll look really nice.

Comments Please.

-Indybird

[Computer-Geek]

Great job on the window!