as for mounting the 120mm fans, I only have 1 of the 4-in-3 mounts with fan, but I jury rigged the other 2 120mm fans in the front. just used some sheets of packing foam, rolled it up and wedged the fans in the front. The hard drives themselves are mounted on 3.5->5.25 converters, and one 120mm fan...
These here are very close in design...and not too much lost in space...but with adding a PSU you are just about where your at now for price..these are good ones as well..if you live anywhere around where TigerDirect has a factory outlet(like some of the lucky Chicago boys do) you can save on shippi...
take it for what you will, but when i built my first computer i also had my mind set on a full tower... mainly for the space like you, however I later found that decision to be unwise. Towers are very unwieldy, hard to move around and really not that much easier to work inside. I find well designed...
Great ideas Lickety! I'm still reading the reviews and specs,but I like what I see so far.Cases are a very personal choice.I have spent countless hours reading and searching.I have been a long time reader here,and a recent poster.This is one of my favorite pc forums for good advice.
I need to find a full tower case.I found some nice mid-towers,but they all seem to lack space I want for my 2000 dollars worth of parts.Why a full tower?Because I like room to work on a case,and want more space for the air to move easily in and out of the case. Here is my list of parts.Pretty much s...
Thanks for all the building ideas.I hate to admit it,but the Dell deal is hard to beat for the money.Earier this evening,my mom tells me that the company she works for buys alot of Dell's. Then she says she could get even a better deal on a Dell going through her company.I wish she would have told m...
If it is for general use, those Dell Celeron-D's look pretty good. :) Is the old 15" CRT still working fine? May be you can hold on to it a bit longer to cut cost as well? You can also try building a Celeron-D setup. Those are really cheap. I spec'ed one for my mom a year ago and at that time it wa...
Is that old system a P200 or a 2000 P4? Intel Pentium mmx 200MHz 64 mb of ram. *edit* Case should be reusable. She has a full size tower case.I believe the case brand is called,"legend."Hmm,thats appropriate.It matches the parts inside.I never built a pc before,so this will be my first build.I woul...
Hello-I'm building a budget system for my mom.This pc will be used for general use.I would like to build this for $500 dollars.She was going to buy a Dell,but I will not let that happen.Her old pc is a 200 MHz p4.Lol,now thats old.I would like to find a dependable board with sound and video intergra...
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