Is $400 too much for a new case without PSU?

[outside looking in]

Looks like I have no other choice. This is the cost for a friend to fabricate it... quotes from a local guy working out of his personal shop were for $500+, and from a professional machine shop a few hundred more.

heh. It should be a sweet case though... small, real small, and tightly packed.

If I ever get hold of a digital camera in time, I'll post some pics when it's done.

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Only 30,000 to 40,000 genes in an Einstein, a Michael Jordan, or a Bach? Boy, can that God guy write tight code or what? - David Rudloff

[Baloneyflaps]

Is $400 too much for a new case without PSU?

No, that's reasonable.


...as long as it has a decent motherboard and a CPU in it!

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what?

[sbcanada]

You're crazy.

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300 watts
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128MB PC100 @ 140mhz CAS2
GF2 MX400 64MB TV Out
Linksys 10/100 NIC
IBM 60GXP 40GB 7200rpm
12x DVD-rom
Win98

[TaNG]

400?!?!?! Is that in USD?

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256 PC-150 Kingmax
Quantum Fireball Plus AS
IBM 60GXP
AOpen 48x CD-Rom
SB AWE64
Realtek RTL8139 NIC

[Todd a]

Its only sweet if you make it your self. Otherwise its just wasting money. Think of it like have a 12 rack off a deer mounted in your den, but you have to tell them that you hired someone to go out and shoot it for you (and mount it).

I'd say if your not building it yourself, then it IS a waste. If you spent $400 on the parts and it keeps you entertained for the 100 hours it takes to make your masterpeice, then it ismoney WELL spent.

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256MB Crucial DDR266 cas2
GeForce2 GTS (210/410)
Sound Blaster Audigy
Antec SX-630 Case (mod'd)
TTGI TT-350-SS 370w PS

[MuFu]

You're my hero!

Better be nice though! No use spending 500 bucks and building some ****ty replica ***-packet novelty case.

MuFu.

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PlexWriter 10/10/40A
Pioneer 16x DVD
LG Flatron 795FT+
WinXP

[outside looking in]

Originally posted by Todd a:
Its only sweet if you make it your self. Otherwise its just wasting money. Think of it like have a 12 rack off a deer mounted in your den, but you have to tell them that you hired someone to go out and shoot it for you (and mount it).

I'd say if your not building it yourself, then it IS a waste. If you spent $400 on the parts and it keeps you entertained for the 100 hours it takes to make your masterpeice, then it ismoney WELL spent.

I'd love to make it, but I don't have the requisite end mill, lathe, welder, etc. in my apartment. If I was still in school, I could use the Mech. Engr. shop... but I'm a working man now... apartment life, and no tools (other than all the hand and power tools I can fit in my spare bathroom ).

So, long story short... I can't build it myself. No tools. Next best thing is have a friend do it... saves me a bit of money, and he could use some money.



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Only 30,000 to 40,000 genes in an Einstein, a Michael Jordan, or a Bach? Boy, can that God guy write tight code or what? - David Rudloff

[outside looking in]

Originally posted by Mutha Funker:
You're my hero!

Better be nice though! No use spending 500 bucks and building some ****ty replica ***-packet novelty case.

MuFu.

Well, it's not going to be some super modded out purple glowing octagonal case with live fish and titanium fans...

But, it is going to be finished off quite elegantly, and "stealth case" might be an apt description. In short, it will be exactly what I want, and there is nothing on the market right now that is.

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Only 30,000 to 40,000 genes in an Einstein, a Michael Jordan, or a Bach? Boy, can that God guy write tight code or what? - David Rudloff

[This message has been edited by outside looking in (edited 03-12-2002).]

[Cleveland]

Hey MuFu..... "***-packet" are you refering to cigarettes, cause dont you brits call them "***s"?

Cause that means something TOTALLY different on this side of the pond.

Either way I like it..... (laughing)

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Doo wa diddy, diddy dum diddy doo.....

[MitchSchaft]

I've never heard the term "***-packet" in my entire life, but it sounds hilarious whatever it means.

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[Swedishlf]

Well, it's only absurd if you're a student with no steady income... Like me. Definately post pics, and if you get the time, some specs before it's done!

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Stupidity should be painful.

[AMD Guy]

If it looks half as good as some of us imagine that it might be, your friend may have some steady business in a new line of work!

[Monsieur DeLarge]

*** packet (fäg päk'ît)

1. (UK) What 10 or 20 cigarettes are packaged in.
2. (Int'l) A small amount of flamboyantly dressed data, transmitted over a computer network, which can dance really well, has marvellous taste, and knows all the words to Broadway shows.



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[This message has been edited by Monsieur DeLarge (edited 03-13-2002).]