Project: BOX
Ok I nearly forgot about this project. It was a random scratchbuild I did one boring evening a year or so ago. It started out when I was gutting an old computer case. The system is an old LPX style Pentium I board.
So rather than pile the parts somewhere I figured I'd find a box to put them all in.
As I started putting stuff in I realized this was the system fit almost perfectly with just a little tolerance in the box.
I started thinking. Why not set everything up inside of the box so I can actually use the system. I measured and cut access to the I/O panel of the mainboard.
I found some bolts to mount the motherboard in the case with.
I also made standoffs for a little clearance for the board.
I keep working on it for a while and mounted the motherboard riser card, PSU, and the various drives.
I found and installed all the components. Also added a half height network card and a optical drive. (The optical drive is supported internally by the network card)
The case is rather small so I felt it was imperative to have good cooling in addition to the 2 80mm case fans I decided to upgrade the CPU cooler to a heatsink/fan combo I had in my parts pile.
As you can see from the top the fit is rather tight, I feel I have managed to find the perfect layout for the case.
The final result is a nice compact computer using standard components:
System specs:
-Motherboard: 1995 IBM NPX Form Factor
-Processor: Pentium I 166mhz
-RAM: 64mb
-Hard Disk: 1.5gb
-Floppy Drive: 1.44mb
-Optical Drive: 8x CD-ROM
-Network Card: 10/100 PCI
-OS: MS DOS
-Cooling: 2x 80mm Fan, Processor Heatsink/Fan
I have some more pictures of the system up and running somewhere. Any comments and questions are welcome and I'll do my best to answer.