Completed midi tower to htpc mod (1 Viewer)

[wertzui]

since my mother got her new notebook, i could have her old midi tower.
i changed the front and painted the case in silver.
the new front is made of wood.
the cdrom is stealth modded.
left and right from the power switch are two leds indicating power and hdd activity.

this is the case i started with:
the front:


and the rest of the case


this is the new front with the right holes in it


the case a little bit "adjusted" to fit the new front


the case, now with silver sides


the front now in silver too


the back of the front with wires for the power switch and leds


the stealth modded cdrom


the modded pc


costs:
woodplate 1€
lacquer 7€
leds & switch 9€

total:
~17€

 

[rstHTPC]

Thats pretty cool, nice work. Too bad you didn't have a piece of sheetmetal laying around for the front. Nonetheless, it's still pretty cool you made a desktop case into rack-style HTPC case. How exactly is the case mounted? I think I see some tabs...

 

[SmokeWatcher]

Nice mod.

 

[wertzui]

what do you exactly mean with "How exactly is the case mounted?"?
the cd-rom is attached with cable tie
the front is mounted with double-sided-tape (like the cd-rom stealth-mod)

 

[rstHTPC]

In the last two pics the case appears to be rack-mounted, just wondering how you went about that.

 

[CHli]

the 0$ computer case ! Well done.

 

[wertzui]

the case just stands on a board between 2 wardrobes.
its the pax system from ikea

 

[Spragleknas]

Great work, wertzui!

I have considered making a wood-HTPC myself - inside this IKEA-thingy

I would like to se some close-ups of the drive-mountings (how did you fasten the DVD-RW?)

I might base it on this:

.. or a cheap ATX

 

[wertzui]

have a look at the pictures, there you can see, that the cd-rom is mounted with cable tie (the neon yellow)

 

[Spragleknas]

Ah... thanks

Off topic: Just measured the "IKEA-thingy" - and lucky me; an NSK-2400 will fit... PERFECTLY
NSK: 14cm (H) x 44.5cm (W) x 41.4cm (D)
IKEA: 20cm (H) x 45cm (W) x 44 cm (D)



(thanks for the follow-up, anyway)