Pimp-my-Dell

[BinaryDemon]

While I await for some parts to bet delivered for my 1st mod project - The Horror-ible PC, I have decided to start another called 'Pimp-my-Dell'.

I had an old Dell Optiplex GX1 (P3-450, 64megs, ATI RAGE PRO 4meg, 16GB HD) sitting around and decided to make it be all it can be- both hardware-wise and externally.

I figured if there is 1 color that screams bling-bling it has to be GOLD.

Pre-Painting:

Coat1:

I was surprised that covering all the surfaces of those parts with just 1 coat took the entire can. Off to the store I go for more gold paint.

To round out the hardware upgrades I purchased an ATI Radeon 7000 PCI, and plan to purchase additional ram and a Slot1->Socket 370 Powerleap upgrade kit- that will support upto a Celeron 1.4 ghz. Ill probably need a new HD too if I want to install XP on it. It currently is running WinME.

So what else does it need- some fake jewels? or a disco ball?

[Mitternacht]

I LOVE GOOOOOOO000ooooold!

[/goldmember] Never seen Gold in a PC. Nice. +rep

[Ichbin]

Omg! thats hilarious! I love it man!

Dont forget to add the "Ice"

[B1Gtime]

Pretty hot so far

[chaksq]

"Throw some Ds on that s***"

Or a better option would be to buy some of those fake $ sign bling and paint it to match. and put them on the case somewhere.

I think my school used to have some of those old Dells. Where do you get that socket adaptor kit? I have a couple of old socket-7s needing some upgrades.

[BinaryDemon]

Throw some rims on that ****.

Or a better option would be to buy some of those fake $ sign bling and paint it to match. and put them on the case somewhere.

I think my school used to have some of those old Dells. Where do you get that socket adaptor kit? I have a couple of old socket-7s needing some upgrades.

I think I'll be getting the slot1->370pin adapter off ebay.

It's probably not a cost effective upgrade- it would be cheaper just to buy a new motherboard and cpu. Although I doubt a standard atx motherboard would fit this dell case correctly.

I like the idea of $ bling decorations. I'll think about that and see if I can make it work.

[Spacehonkey]

You've got to put some rims on that case. I would use some spinners.

[Spacehonkey]

Man, this mod has many possibilities. You got me thinking about a dozen different ways you can go with this one. The major question is what direction do you want to go with it? Do you want to go high class or low class bling-bling? By that I mean do you want to put a few expensive things together and make it look classy or for lack of a better word ghettofied it.

[Drum Thumper]

I vote for a chrome faceplate on the optical.

And twenny fo's as well.

Thumpa

[Spacehonkey]

Oh-Oh, I just got another idea for you. Instead of just mounting 24's on the bottom of the case like I origanal thought you should mod your intake and exhaust fans to look like 24 spinners. Sorry, before I get to ahead of myself I guess I should wait and see if you're even into the whole idea.

+REP for just getting me thinking about something new.