Poseidon-II - Case Mod Blog - Stage 2

Here's an update on my project to turn my media Centre PC into a "Mini-Gamer" machine. A fair amount of work's been done to it since the last update so I've made a video to fill all those interested in.


Stage 2: An Update. Case Window in Progress, New Fan, Light Kit+Switches & Video Card.

System Specs at this Time:
AMD Athlon X2 BE-2350 (2.1GHz Dual Core)
Zalman CNPS8000 Low-Profile CPU Fan
Asus M2A-VM HDMI Motherboard
Connect3D Radeon X1300XT 256mb
1GB Kingbox DDR2-667
80gb Seagate 7200.9 SATA2 HDD
320gb Seagate 7200.10 IDE HDD
18x LG SATA DVD Drive
270w Enermax MicroATX PSU
Aron Canada Simple 101 White MicroATX Case.
Blue Acrylic Window Kit+Molding
Blue CCFL Light Kit


Coming Soon:
2x60mm Fans for Case Rear
Brushed Chrome Vinyl Wrap for outside case.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Aron
• Canada
• Simple
• 101
• AMD
• ATI
• Case
• Mod
• Blog

[stunnaonflyrims]

Why put money into a sub par CPU? Save up and get something that you can really throw some high resolution movies and games at. Still...Nice window mod tho...and I have the EXACT LED's you have but in red!

[maddmaxstar]

There's nothing wrong with a BE-2350 for HD Video playback. The Video card isn't HDCP or HDMI ready (however the onboard video is) but I only use this PC on a Standard TV and only play games with it at 800x600. It's gaming abilities are meant as a backup PC only really, and at those settings UT3 runs beautifully.

My main PC is a Phenom 9600 OC'd to 2.6GHz with a HD3870 Crossfire setup, thats what I use for serious gaming. :P

[arospades]

I've done something similar but with a Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 3.1 GHz, it gets really hot.

[splice247]

where did you get the case? thanks

[Darius320]

BE stands for Black Edition right?

[PinoX7]

hey madmax can you send me a link where i can get a acrylic mod kit, I seriously cant find anything good. Other than that pretty sweet, Im building a computer right now, my interior lighting is gonna be from some real bright led fans, 2 80mm and 1 120mm

[stunnaonflyrims]

Sorry...I just dont see the point of a media pc that cant play 1080p natively...but not hating or anything...