Building a PC with an NES case: Part 5

The power and reset buttons and the power LED are re-wired to work with the motherboard.

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NES case
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ZOTAC Mini ITX Motherboard with 1.6GHz Dual-Core Intel Atom & 90 Watt PSU (IONITX-A-U)
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ASUS My Cinema Dual Hybrid TV Tuner (EHD3-100)
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Scythe 140mm Case Fan (SY1425SL12M)
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Kingston 64GB solid state disk (SNV125-S2BN)
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G.SKILL 4GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ)
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Sony Optiarc slot load Blu-ray drive (BC-5600S-01)
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Mini PCI-E to PCI-E X1 adapter and riser (ribbon cable).
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Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• NES
• Nintendo
• case mod
• HTPC
• computer

[Tenkolazy]

the wires need 2 be cut back s.peel the wiresback a bit exposer to the wires make contact

[drumboog]

@Tenkolazy The connector should have cut through the shielding to connect to the wires. I guess it's possible that one of them didn't make a good enough connection... that would be the first time I've had that problem with that type of connector.

[MixerVM]

Whyy is the mobo upside down

[drumboog]

@MixerVM So the fan would provide better air circulation and be directly over the CPU.

[7shado]

now u should put an LCD computer monitor inside an old 1980s tv :)

[ThaBassAddict]

this is epic.... but forever alone!

[cornflake1998]

nice case

[mrPineapplePower]

Like your screen muahahahaha.

[drumboog]

Alot of it was trial/error. I've never really been good at making myself plan; I prefer to just start doing it and see where it takes me. I measured the case to make sure the MB would fit, but it was hard to plan out much more without knowing what to expect. If I did another one, I could plan better.

Some of the parts were hard to find (slot-load Bluray/PCI risers). They ended up taking a couple of returns and costing more than I hoped, but I was just happy to find something that worked.

[BMXtothemax2]

Oh alright, that's good then, also I would just like to ask what kind of planning went into this?

i.e dimensions of parts used, second options, source of parts etc.

Thanks for a great build :D