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The "AMD Case"
By Alex "Qtip42" Wiley -
Posted on October 7, 2003
Introduction
Introduction
I made the AMD case in
the spring of 2003 after a friend, BMCreider, showed
me a picture of the AMD logo as a computer case. So of course
I had to make
one similar. It was a pretty quick job only taking about
two weeks to
complete. A jigsaw and dremel were all I needed to cut the
pieces and some
acrylic cement to put it together.
All it took was a little planning and some
drawings in CAD to get me
started. I planned to use a Mini-ITX board from the beginning
simply because it kept the case small and the total cost
down. The irony of having a C3 CPU inside an AMD case makes
most people cringe. I would have increased the size of the
motherboard to Micro-ATX but the size of the entire case
would also increase to keep the dimensions of the logo correct.
I wasn't about to build a 22-27" high AMD logo just
to fit a motherboard
that used an AMD processor.
The one thing I didn't do in this case was
make a nice interior structure. I kept it as simple as possible
though it could have been
much more upgradeable. The green acrylic was only 1/8" and
isn't nearly as strong as it should be. My main resource
for acrylic didn't stock anything thicker.
The front is simple with a cutout for the
CDROM and a large Bulgin power button. Though not pictured
above, the CD sized circle behind
it in the final picture is a platter from an old hard drive.
To keep the door on, I opted for magnets
glued to the acrylic. It was an easy way to take on and off
the door but there are much better alternatives.
The final product, with the chrome highlights,
made the case look wonderful. Though this doesn't stand up
to the other stuff I've made,
it definitely attracts attention from the AMD fans.
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