Project "Road Cone" Complete! (56k)

[hikaricloud]

Actually, it's been done for a while, I just didn't have the photos until now, lol.

This is my "new" folding machine! PROJECT ROAD CONE!

Here are the specs:
AMD Athlon XP 2400+ @ 2.0ghz (for now)
ECS K7S5A Socket A
2x 128mb PC-133 (I may throw in my old DDR400 sticks later, since it supports both types.)
Some old ATI Radeon 7 series. Can't remember what exactly. I think it's 7100 or something.
Seagate Medalist 4gb 5400RPM IDE HDD
Random LG 52x CD Drive
Nameless floppy (going to be flashing BIOS soon to overclock)
Some 250w PSU

As you can see, it's a decent sized machine.

As some of you may have guessed, it's an old Gateway 2000 tower.

Here's a look at some of the guts:

Close up of the mobo model:

And a nice size comparison:

It also makes a good end table. I think I may use it for that when we move.

So yeah, obviously folding is going to be slow on this, but not much slower than my 3200+ now, and every little bit helps. And I loved this orange case and wanted to do something with it.

So...VIOLA!

 

[Tim]

That case is sick... it's actually making me feel ill

 

[hikaricloud]

If you saw it in person, you would be in awe of it's brilliance, rofl.

 

[Luke]

every bit helps, but the amount of power it will use kinda out weighs it's usefulness. Unless you don't care about that,. then fold on...by the way, that case is hideous.

 

[hikaricloud]

Yeah, Rican said the same thing. Until I move, it will be sitting in a shop that has the electric figured into the rent already, so it won't really matter then.

When I move, it's not going to boost my electric that much, it's a small machine barely powering anything. I doubt the increase is really going to make much of a difference.

 

[Oreo]

Could just get an el cheepo pci-e mobo (if it's not already ?) and bung a 2nd hand 8600 or 8800 in there, make it worthwhile...

I plan on making a folding rig. I can't be doing with folding on my PC. It annoys me for some reason.

I was just going to get a very crap pc and replace the mobo with a sli one and put two nvidia cards in there in a few years when i have a job

 

[saltynay]

erm lovely :s. What actually makes it a road cone?

 

[kmote]

That is the most fantastic thing I have ever seen, I love the case!
Fold on!

Although I do agree with Oreo.

 

[Oreo]

erm lovely :s. What actually makes it a road cone?

It's orange, in the way, pointless, and annoying

Joking with ya Hikari

 

[philbar71]

whoa! that's a huge case. you could literaly use that thing as a road cone lol. did you paint that your self? pretty wicked looking. now it needs blue flames.