I don't have pics, but I've got 2 ghetto rigs *in production* right now at work.

1) Supermicro chassis + supermicro motherboard, except the CPU socket is closer to the i/o plate than the front so the original standoffs don't match.  There's a false motherboard tray in the case for socket 771, but since the CPU socket wasn't in the right place we had to remove it.  However, since the chassis wasn't for a LGA1366 board, it didn't come predrilled for mounting holes or a heatsink.  So we bought the official intel one online.  Except that doesn't come with a backplate.  So we fashioned one out of the CoolerMaster LGA1366 adapter kit that basically has nuts instead of a backplate.  A few cuts/scrapes later from trying to exert pressure on the spring loaded screws we got the screws about halfway threaded through the nuts.  Can't go any farther!  Since this seemed like a *bad idea* to have it just sit on the chassis, I proceeded to electrical tape the socket and the washers so it wouldn't ground out.

2) This one should be going into service tomorrow, but it's basically a spare part monster.  Antec 3U case, but we seemed to have lost the standoffs except for ATX.  The spare motherboard we had was EATX, so the proper standoffs had to be put for the CPU, as that's the most important contact.  Everything else got random standoffs from the screw bin.  The screws fit into the standoffs, but the standoffs aren't tapped the same as the motherboard tray, so they're barely hanging in there.

Of course then you need power for this thing.  Being a 3U, it can't fit a ATX PSU standing on its side.  Instead, it goes in the front compartment, about where you would figure the CD drive would go.  The default power supply was actually some weird one with the power cables (24 pin, etc) and the C13 plug on the same side! The cable you run to the wall is then supposed to thread out the back of the case.  That PSU had been used for something else along the way, so I threw in a 650W we had and ran a cable inside the case and then out the back through the hole that had been punched.

I managed to stretch the cables across the width of the board and plug in the 24 pin and 4 pin with probably a cm or so of slack.  The 8 pin reached a lot easier, but I had an extension on hand if it didn't end up reaching.  I couldn't put the power supply on the side of the case closer to the motherboard plugs because I couldn't wedge the 24pin power through the hole that the (power switch, front USB, led leads) were run through.

Does driving a motorcycle with a cars engine block strapped to my back count? It was a VW Bug aluminum engine block I was taking to get machined. I strapped it to the frame of my backpack and sure got some strange looks as I motored down the highway.

jose1776

ZachA

The CD player in one of the computers wasnt working right.... lol
 

lol your computers look like they're holding hands

LOL

jose1776

ZachA

The CD player in one of the computers wasnt working right.... lol
 

lol your computers look like they're holding hands

Looks alot more friendlier then that to me LOL

manny8127

jose1776

ZachA

The CD player in one of the computers wasnt working right.... lol

lol your computers look like they're holding hands

Looks alot more friendlier then that to me LOL

LOL yeah that's what I was thinking! Okay, now, my rig atm:
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This is from when I was benching this weekend... Posting here on the laptop, watching Star Trek on the little DVD player, benching on my rig.













It looks pretty funny sure, but it is amazing for GRID. I have a chair that sits right on the ground and I play GRID with it.. Mhm it's fun.


Front view:

Nate wins in my books.  This post makes me feel much better about my fuggly water cooling setup I have on my main machine :)

Ok, so I took a Java class a couple of semesters ago, and I was required to have a laptop. I didn't want to buy a new laptop just for the class, so I had to use an old Dell Inspiron I had laying around. The problem was, that thing was really heavy, and I had to carry it across campus. So what I did, was I took it apart and took out everything that wasn't absolutely necessary; like the CD drive, dead battery, wireless card, floppy drive (no that's not a typo), and replaced the Hard Drive with a USB stick. It cut off a few pounds, but it had these huge holes along the side! It was pretty ugly to begin with, but now it's a lightweight portable ghetto rig!

But probably THE most ghetto thing about it was the fact that it ran Xubuntu!

 

 
If you got into an accident with all that weight in the back, you would be dead so fast and implanted in the dashboard.

Well my system is on the mobo box right now. That's about as ghetto as I get. lol

ty_ger07

 

 
If you got into an accident with all that weight in the back, you would be dead so fast and implanted in the dashboard.

Who said the van would stop with all that weight in the back?

QUE?!    someone HAS to top mEEE??!!

xhippox

Made a mayonnaise sandwich

now THAT my friend is ghetto.

went to do some quarter mile races in an abandon area. (don't flame me for this). i had a stomach ache so i had to go take a crap badly. luckily my mom asked me to help buy her toilet paper that morning. i pulled over and took a crap at the train tracks beside the road while everyone was racing.

Nate's is just the Lowes Edition PC, comes complete with washer, dryer, rope and hose clamps for assorted faucets.

lol does any one remember my plastic bottle GPU duct mod from last year? dam!! at my mum's place atm, will take pics for those who haven't seen it.