A1200 Tower Project

[stevieu]

Hey all,

well I've posted this a few times elsewhere, but have still not got round to doing anything about it :-) (damn procrastination).

I was wondering if anyone could give me/point me towards some advice/hints on housing my other A1200 mobo in a PC tower.

I will be looking to house a Mediator LT4 with a PPC card in this set-up (both are lying about doing nothing right now), so obviously this will cause problems with the backplate being correctly aligned with PCI cards installed (again) and also, what's the best way to mount the motherboard in the tower? (stand-offs) etc.

I would be hoping to house it in something sleek and modern and not too pricey. I choose not to buy a ready-modified A1200 tower like the DBox, as I like the DIY side of things, also (when pointed in the right direction haha). I already have a PPC equipped A1200 housed in a Power Tower, so would like this to be more personal to me.

Decision making isn't one of my strongest points, so this is why I seek advice & boot up the a** ;-)

Any help would be much appreciated or experiences from others who have achieved this :-)

Cheers.

Steve

[stevieu]

Thanks for the reply.

I was considering getting an EZ Z4 Tower quite some time ago, but decided against it. I want this A1200T to do away with the beige and match the décor of this room (something black & silver would be ideal) :-)

I know I'm going to run into problems with the backplate, so I'm not sure what the best option there is (I'm not so great at metal cutting, but would give it a go if the tower was a cheap deal) ;-) It all depends on the tower I manage to find and how I could use/make a backplate for it?

I have the AT-ATX power supply issue sorted out, so it's mostly finding something to house the lot in *ponders*

Thanks for the suggestion :-)

Steve

[stevieu]

Thanks for the very kind offer.

It would very much depend on the price, as I was not planning on going too overboard with this tower, but just wanted something a little more modern to fit in with my room :-)

If all else fails, I shall have to look into getting a custom backplate made somehow.

Darn, it only seems five minutes since I housed my original A1200 in the Power Tower. Feeling all nostalgic, yet again!

Steve

[stevieu]

@orb85750

Well, I'm not entirely sure.

I've had this PPC card (603e 160mhz/040 25mhz) and Mediator lying about for a long time, since I bought another PPC card (with a 060) on ebay (which works with my BVision) and wanted to stick them in a modern tower, just to be different from the other A1200T I have :-) Then to decide what to do...

This tower will house;

A1200 (rev 1A or another 1d.4)
PPC 603e 160mhz/040 25mhz with SCSI & 256mb ram

Mediator LT4;
ATI Radeon 9250/Voodoo 3 3000
Realtek Ethernet
Creative Soundblaster Live!

CD-ROM drive etc.


Depending on what I choose to do, I may source some SCSI drives or source another Fast ATA controller from Elbox.

As there are soooo many cheap and aesthetically pleasing cases out there, I was going to go a more DIY route with this case..all part of the fun :-) It's just knowing the best way to go about it and what case to choose, but I'll keep my options open :-)

Steve