5th Mod - Project Hollywood.
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 6:04 pm
A very non-computer literate friend wanted a cheap cheap computer. I told him I'd try and build him something he could use to surf the internet and run a word processor etc. Total budget $200 Cdn.
To fit the budget, I had to beg, borrow, and ... buy parts. A mutual friend donated just the shell of a case/motherboard/cpu.
Having no plastic, I made a front using a piece of left over particle board.
The case originally used drive rails which were missing. I ended up cutting and riveting a drive cage out of a really old case I had laying around. With rails, the case didn't need access on one side. So I had to cut an access hole and used a piece of black plastic for a cover.
I painted the case black and laid out some flames. The flames were 'mist' painted on using some metalic light blue and metalic purple, which were left-overs.
With a missing side panel, and new one was made out of thin black plastic. (From a microwave door previously used in a different mod)
Since the friend's nickname is "Hollywood" I found some letters at a Tattoo website and used my dremel to engrave them on.
Not a bad deal, a custom computer with monitor, keyboard, modem, etc... all for $200.
Cost: Mod - Nil
Hardware - $200 (video card/HD/etc)
To fit the budget, I had to beg, borrow, and ... buy parts. A mutual friend donated just the shell of a case/motherboard/cpu.
Having no plastic, I made a front using a piece of left over particle board.
The case originally used drive rails which were missing. I ended up cutting and riveting a drive cage out of a really old case I had laying around. With rails, the case didn't need access on one side. So I had to cut an access hole and used a piece of black plastic for a cover.
I painted the case black and laid out some flames. The flames were 'mist' painted on using some metalic light blue and metalic purple, which were left-overs.
With a missing side panel, and new one was made out of thin black plastic. (From a microwave door previously used in a different mod)
Since the friend's nickname is "Hollywood" I found some letters at a Tattoo website and used my dremel to engrave them on.
Not a bad deal, a custom computer with monitor, keyboard, modem, etc... all for $200.
Cost: Mod - Nil
Hardware - $200 (video card/HD/etc)