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Re: Cheap A$$ tower kit alternative for 1200??
« on: November 07, 2002, 10:49:36 PM »
Easier way ....

Get one of these...

I just ordered it a minute ago.  Ready for my new Ami based system.
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Re: Cheap A$$ tower kit alternative for 1200??
« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2002, 10:56:34 PM »
HERE

But be warned... Its NOT cheap.

Just ordered it from Scan (or should that be SCAM) computers.

Cost...     £99
V.A.T.      £10
carriage £10    Bloody shame Ebuyer dont do it as carriage is free if you spend over £100.
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Re: Cheap A$$ tower kit alternative for 1200??
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2002, 06:10:23 AM »
Sorry  MacMiga.  I speed read your article (I was on a bit of a buzz having just ordered the case).

Actually my A1200 is in a PC tower along WITH my pc.

Its called a EZTower from eyetech and it involved quite a bit of "Cut & shutting".  But even this wasn't a cheap alternative.

The main problem with mounting a A1200 Mobo is, as has been pointed out,  the width.  I dont think you can get a smart looking desktop that wide enough to take the mobo.... Maybe those old IBM cases might (But here not pretty) and you gotta be careful what tower you use as they put the psu halfway up them these days.


Anyway heres the link to the case I just ordered.

http://www.thermaltake.com/   The case is a   "Xaser"  

For our Antipodean friends.. If you hunt the the posts.. or ask him directly...

VortexAU posted some links to these very cases from your shores.
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Re: Cheap A$$ tower kit alternative for 1200??
« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2002, 09:27:32 PM »
Hey doobrey, your right..

Different strokes and all that.

So heres a piccie of the tower without the perspex window.  And heres the black one again without the window

Btw... MacMiga,  I was winding you up !!   :-D

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Re: Cheap A$$ tower kit alternative for 1200??
« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2002, 03:38:14 PM »
Sounds like  your'd like this kind of case for your desktop  

Me too. !!
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Re: Cheap A$$ tower kit alternative for 1200??
« Reply #5 on: November 09, 2002, 05:07:02 PM »
Not a bad idea...  Amazing that No-one has done that already.  

Might be a bit late now though with Pegasos & A1 imminent.
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Re: Cheap A$$ tower kit alternative for 1200??
« Reply #6 on: November 11, 2002, 09:53:20 PM »
Well,  My Thermaltake Xaser 5000 case was delivered today.........

In a word

Beautiful !!

It actually has FIVE silent fans installed  :-o   Nifty cables to put firewire & USB sockets on the front, top panel.

Half a shops worth of nuts & bolts

and .......................................................

A free mousemat & Euro calculator (Wow)

Cant wait to start building my new Ami ....

But it is sorely tempting to stick a screaming Athlon in there.  (If only berniethlon were to be released)
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