Stealth or Pimp?

[xmastree]

Ok, so I've got hold of this old case. It's a Compaq deskpro 386/25 and I'm going to install a hotrod motherboard etc. in there. The question is, should I keep externally simple, looking like an original 386, or should I pimp it out with windows in the top, neon etc.?

The front keyboard socket is staying, that's one thing I'm sure of.

So guys, what's it to be? Cast your votes now.

Ideas for pimping it would be welcome too.

[UK-Blade]

Really the first question I gotta ask is this,

Do you like the way it looks?

Personally, when I looked at it I had to step back and say

"DANG, thats U-G-L-E-E-E-E."

But do you like it?
If you don't like it, then you gotta go pimp it.
If you like the way it looks, why not do a combination of both.

Pimp it, but do it stealthily, eg. leave the front of the 5 1/4 inch floppy, but why not hack out the rear and stick a slot loading DVD, to come through the opening....

Make some windows outta that Mirror acrylic AC Ryan sell, that is a mirror when the lights are off, but see through when there on.

That way you've have,

Lights Off - old 386
Lights On - Modern Pimpage

Think about it..

and remember, what ever you do, PICTURES!!!

[legoman786]

Was I the only one to vote for stealth? >.<

[ColModish]

why dont you giv it a pimping stealthy look

[DaveW]

I say you stealth it for when it's turned off. But when you turn it on, i think that magic should happen.

-Dave

[XcOM]

i think you should stealth it, then when some oe comes round, you can say, "Hay, look at my UBAR over clocked 386 with 4MB ram playing Half Life 2, or maybe some doom 3, Wait a min, let me load Windows XP first!"

[public_eyesore]

^^^exactly try taking that puppy to a lan

[R/C Pilot]

I would say If you like to go to lan's stealth. It would be awsome to see the look on peoples faces.

[legoman786]

I just had an idea!!! Get some of those 1-way windows and etch on the inside, then light it up to reveal your computer and whatever you etched on it!! But please do keep the outside as stock as possible, so that this mod could have the best effect of all...

[xmastree]

I just had an idea!!! Get some of those 1-way windows and etch on the inside,

I thought the 1 way windows are silvered on the inside, so etching would spoil that...

Hmm, there's not much I can do if I don't cut a window in the top. But that won't look original, even if it's one way. Still, it's gonna have to be that way I guess. Tinted so you can't see in there until it's turned on. Then...