First there was the ghetto fileserver...then came the ghetto scsi box

[quakefiend420]

first i built this to store files:

http://i86.photobucket.com/alb...efiend420/IM000552.jpg
http://i86.photobucket.com/alb...efiend420/IM000551.jpg

then i built this to play around with scsi for the first time(yes it does have two powersupplies to run all the drives :
http://i86.photobucket.com/alb...end420/ghetto_scsi.jpg

now my latest abomination...the ghetto home theatre pc...it was time for an upgrade...it was a p3 900 with 512mb of pc100

now it's an xp2000+ with 512mb of ddr and a geforce 6200

it went from this:
http://i86.photobucket.com/alb.../ibmpc300pl-intern.gif
http://i86.photobucket.com/alb...efiend420/20244871.jpg

to this:
http://i86.photobucket.com/alb...efiend420/IM000883.jpg
http://i86.photobucket.com/alb...efiend420/IM000882.jpg
http://i86.photobucket.com/alb...efiend420/IM000879.jpg

yes, it's dusty as hell, i will clean it before butting it back in the av rack

you should have seen the inside

 

[Homerboy]

so you have an "AV Rack" but cant afford a decent piece of hardware?

 

[PepePeru]

i like your style.

 

[quakefiend420]

Originally posted by: Homerboy
so you have an "AV Rack" but cant afford a decent piece of hardware?

yeah, i could afford to put together a brand new htpc, but this was more fun, and it'll do it's job

 

[sdifox]

I liked the cardboard better. Especially if you spray a little water on it to make it wrinkle.

 

[quakefiend420]

Originally posted by: sdifox
I liked the cardboard better. Especially if you spray a little water on it to make it wrinkle.

that was only because i didn't have a case laying around at the time

 

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: quakefiend420

Originally posted by: sdifox
I liked the cardboard better. Especially if you spray a little water on it to make it wrinkle.

that was only because i didn't have a case laying around at the time

Should just put some clingwrap on top and you got a truly ghetto windowed system.

 

[rsd]

Do you live under a bridge by the interstate or something?

 

[quakefiend420]

Originally posted by: rsd
Do you live under a bridge by the interstate or something?

i have a quaint litle bridge out in the country...pretty close to the lake too

 

[quakefiend420]

Originally posted by: sdifox

Originally posted by: quakefiend420

Originally posted by: sdifox
I liked the cardboard better. Especially if you spray a little water on it to make it wrinkle.

that was only because i didn't have a case laying around at the time

Should just put some clingwrap on top and you got a truly ghetto windowed system.

heh, i don't use it anymore, i have large sata drives in my main rig now...in fact, the fan and one of the hard drives went into this new one

 

[purbeast0]

you seem like a slob.

 

[quakefiend420]

Originally posted by: purbeast0
you seem like a slob.

the beer bottles used to get recycled for homebrew, and of course there's going to be a mess right when i got done building that htpc

 

[Krazy4Real]

The cardboard box rig was definitely your best.

 

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: quakefiend420

Originally posted by: sdifox

Originally posted by: quakefiend420

Originally posted by: sdifox
I liked the cardboard better. Especially if you spray a little water on it to make it wrinkle.

that was only because i didn't have a case laying around at the time

Should just put some clingwrap on top and you got a truly ghetto windowed system.

heh, i don't use it anymore, i have large sata drives in my main rig now...in fact, the fan and one of the hard drives went into this new one

Like I said, if you are gonna go ghetto, don't do it half assed

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: sdifox

Originally posted by: quakefiend420

Originally posted by: sdifox

Originally posted by: quakefiend420

Originally posted by: sdifox
I liked the cardboard better. Especially if you spray a little water on it to make it wrinkle.

that was only because i didn't have a case laying around at the time

Should just put some clingwrap on top and you got a truly ghetto windowed system.

heh, i don't use it anymore, i have large sata drives in my main rig now...in fact, the fan and one of the hard drives went into this new one

Like I said, if you are gonna go ghetto, don't do it half assed

But... that's like the DEFINITION of ghetto (in this context)

 

[quakefiend420]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: sdifox

Originally posted by: quakefiend420

Originally posted by: sdifox

Originally posted by: quakefiend420

Originally posted by: sdifox
I liked the cardboard better. Especially if you spray a little water on it to make it wrinkle.

that was only because i didn't have a case laying around at the time

Should just put some clingwrap on top and you got a truly ghetto windowed system.

heh, i don't use it anymore, i have large sata drives in my main rig now...in fact, the fan and one of the hard drives went into this new one

Like I said, if you are gonna go ghetto, don't do it half assed

But... that's like the DEFINITION of ghetto (in this context)

i like to think this was at least a three quarter assed attempt

 

[Goosemaster]

that's really fvking ghetto...remind me NEVA to let you touch my sh!t

 

[brxndxn]

Originally posted by: G Wizard
i like your style.

agreed..

It makes me want to build the most bad-ass quad core system.. overclock it like hell.. and hook the parts together with duct tape. Then, next time someone shoes me their $ripoff Alienware system that looks uber pretty, I'll show them my better piece of crap.

 

[Goosemaster]

seriously though..delete the thread....

 

[nonameo]

Do you use that dusty orange fan for everything?

 

[ChefJoe]

Is the motherboard resting on the mylar bag in the case ? Seems like that'd be somewhat "conductive". I guess you just have fun making stuff from junk whereas most would just buy a cheap case.

 

[quakefiend420]

Originally posted by: nonameo
Do you use that dusty orange fan for everything?

once, i fell out of a plane, but i happened to have my trusty dusty orange fan and a 9v battery with me, thinking quickly, i hooked the fan up to the battery and used it's awesome airflow to float safely to the ground unharmed

i then used it to chop a path through the brush to get to a main highway, by which time the battery was depleted, however it's highly visible orange exterior ensured that instead of running me down on that dark rainy night, a passing semi picked me up and took me to safety

 

[quakefiend420]

Originally posted by: ChefJoe
Is the motherboard resting on the mylar bag in the case ? Seems like that'd be somewhat "conductive". I guess you just have fun making stuff from junk whereas most would just buy a cheap case.

yeah it is, and yeah i do

 

[nick1985]

My dorms CS server

I rigged that bad boy up when our dorm floor needed a server. Needless to say, we were short 1 computer case. The guys got a kick out of it, and it even made it onto college humor.

 

[her209]

I don't think people in teh ghetto can afford teh computahz.