The UPS man today delivered some new parts for my ‘old school’ pc that I am turning into a home server. USB 2.0 interal card for about 8 bucks, a gigabit lan card for about 10, and a new quieter processor for fan for about 18. Everything works like a charm.
Here’s a size comparison of the new fan vs. the old one. Intriguing.. huh? It’s quieter. I am lacking on content and the dogs wouldn’t cooperate with tonight’s photo shoot because there was a new episode of House on. The dogs are both huge fans of House and the Office. The Mrs. and I both agreed that tonight’s episode would have been much better aired before Christmas.
Your project reminds me of something I wanted to do with my old computer that’s functioning as a server. I thought it would be neat to take out anything that wasn’t totally necessary, and mount the remaining components on the wall in some fashion that resembled a framed picture. Not sure if I’d bury the cables in the wall or not, but it would be cool to have a fully functioning computer displayed like that, and I figured I wouldn’t have to have a fan (or a CD drive). Someday I will make it happen.
Dave, mount the parts in a shadow box with a glass front, that way you can hide the cords behind the box.
Man this is going to be awesome.