Project: Commodore P.E.T. 2011 - Problems! 5/3

[TheGreatSatan]

I got my processor and board

And I'm modifying my Big Shuriken heatsink

With this awesome 3000rpm beast of a fan

Like this

In a mock up, it appears that my RAM will still fit fine

With the lid closed there's still about three inches of clearance

[Munty]

Nice progress Satan, looks like you should have really good airflow with the fan on the back of the screen too

[TheMainMan]

Is this a hovercraft Commodore? j/k! That fan is a beast, should keep things cool though.

[TheGreatSatan]

On to my Video Card dilemma. I bought the MSI Radeon 6850 1GB because the PCB doesn't have an overly large heatshield

Here it is in my dead board

And the lid closesd just fine!

The best part is having the power connection on the top of the card

[StormRider]

The screen is still in question.

I did just get a new secondary hard drive though. Here's the specs thus far:

AMD Phenom 1090T
MSI 870A-G54
6 gigs Crucial 1333
MSI Radeon 6850 Cyclone 1GB
64GB SSD Primary
640GB WD Secondary
650 Watt XFX Modular PSU

At the start I realized a few of the parts I wanted all had 6's in them, so in keeping with the 6's:

6 cores
6 gigs
650 watts
64GB
640GB (6Gbps)
6850

870A-G54: This part was actually unintentional, but really funny. (8+7+5+4=24, 2+4=6)

if you only had 3 6's, that would be hilarious, given your name

[TheGreatSatan]

Well six 6's looks twice as evil

More things have been ordered:

SilverStone FP32B Aluminum 3.5-Inch Drive Bay with USB X 4 + E1394.

SilverStone AEROSLOT Maximum Vented PCI Slot Covers

Lamptron Vandal Resistant Illuminated Momentary Switch Red, Black Housing

Kodak Pulse 7-Inch touch-screen Digital Frame

[TheGreatSatan]

One thing I had to do was clean the 20 years of filth out of the inside and then riveting the motherboard tray to the frame

Now on to the power supply

The only place I have room for this is where the monitor used to be

But first, I'll have to measure out a place to cut the back of the vent. I want to retain as much of the old backplate as I can

I'll also be thinking of a clean way to add some much needed 21st century ports

To here:

[Munty]

If you haven't already cut out from that backplate how about just opening up some more vents rather than removing a large section of it? So instead of cutting out one large square from it maybe you could cut out the material between 2 of the existing slots and then leave a bar, then repeat etc... Would retain the original pattern but give you way more than double the ventilation that's currently available...

[TheGreatSatan]

I need for the back of the PSU to be able to vent. I may even add a small 60 to 80mm fan beside it.

[TheGreatSatan]

I cleaned up the back edges and painted it all black just as it originally came

I'm not going to have any pretty lights inside the case either so drowning out all the color is important too