Objective:
Create a media pc for my living room, without an obnoxious tower cluttering up my entertainment center.
Solution:
The NES PC.
NES as many of you may recall stands for Nintendo Entertainment System. Over the holiday I made a quick trip to my mother's attic to retrieve this classic icon of my childhood, a few games, some controllers ... and even a Power Glove.
Edit: LOL, just want to say, I'm not the first to do this obviously, and I'm not shooting for the best. I just want a media box with a little geek cred. So, I'm not going to go too in depth on this one, just some pics here and there. If you want to see the real deal, I highly recomend checking out d_stilgar's mod of embarassingly enough the same name, which can be found here: link
Now, to the Nintendo which will be serving as the case.
So, today I'm taking this little guy apart and cleaning up the case. I'm going to save any cutting until the parts get here. But I want to be sure this sucker is clean and gutted before it does get here. Also, I'm going to see about getting the connections ready for the power and reset buttons. (yes they're going to be functional)
Parts List:
* JetWay J627F800-OC VIA C3 processor VIA CLE266 Mini ITX Motherboard/CPU - link
* iGoLogic Model iPMKIT-60 Mini-ITX DC-DC Power Board with 60Watt AC Adapter - link
* SAMSUNG MP0201H 20GB 5400 RPM ATA-6 Notebook Hard Drive - OEM - link
* Rosewill RCW-603 Laptop 2.5" to Desktop 3.5" IDE Hard Drive Adapter Converter - link
* Kingston ValueRAM 128MB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 266 (PC 2100) System Memory - link
Price: $190.95 currently on NewEgg without Shipping
Power/Reset Buttons and DVD Drive from d_stilgar (BIG thanks to Stil for all the help)