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Backpack PC

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Gawd
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I posted this over at twisted or bittech, i forget. But its here now too.


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Full atx board, 2 hd, dvdrw. Yea its alright. Full 1/4" acrylic, all bolted together. Need an lcd , but no money. Got all the materials for free. Oh yea, pics dont show it but there are now 4 80mm fans on the motherboard area.
 
awesome job, although i personally wouldve tried to make it a little smaller ;)
 
Perfect for LAN parties.

"Dude, you brought a laptop to the party ? "

"naw, it's my desktop"
 
lol i wish i had the time and money to do something like that instead i just went out and bought a dell inspirion 1150 lol
 
The only thing im disapointed with at the moment, is the backpack... I built the case so it can be moved to other backpacks, but with this one i did a shabby job of cutting.

It does have those 4 fans, though guy who noted it might be toasty. just no updated pic
however, i currently run it outside the bag due to not having a lcd to use, or a need to travel with it.

otherwise, fully upgradeable desktop thats got on the go capabilities.
 
Athlon thunderbird 1.3ghz OC'd to 1.55ghz fsb155mhz
512 pc2100 ram
maxtor 160gb HD, maxtor 40gb HD
Sony liteon dvd-rw/cd-rw combo drive.
Radeon 7500 64mb
Soundblaster Live!
300w psu
4 80mm fans
my mobo is crappy, like onboard nothing. no nforce2...
runs at about 48c load
 
I'd have cut a 92 or 120mm fan hole at the top of that thing to release some more air. Nice job though.
 
Hrrmmm...now all you need to do is carry around a generator and we're all set! Unless you can plugin to your own body...that'd be cool...
 
its more like a super mobile desktop than something to be powered by generator... If only they made generators driven by kinetic energy that are highly mobile and possibly used by walking or running...

The position of the fans, that are NOT in the old pictures, is 2 80mm on top of the main motherboard box, and 2 80mm fans on the side oposite the IO panel on the motherboard box. Stays cool, need a sweet heatsink but no monies.
 
How did you hold the AGP and PCI cards in there? I have my own custom case (not portable unless you can tote 60+lbs easily) but I have to take the cards out whenever I move it because I have nothing holding them in. I'll eventually take a strip of steel, drill holes, and hold the cards in with it, but I can't see how you did it in your case.
 
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I really recommend getting a newer proc. They will run 100x cooler than the 1.33 you got in there and will OC a little if youre into that kind of thing. Look into a 1700+
 
Just dont pack any clothes in there fresh from the dryer!

Nice mod; original and usable, I like it.
 
NOOOOOOOO.... THAT WAS MY IDEAAAA :eek: ......

mann, i m always too slow on my mods... i think of something and then someone else does it and i freak out when i see how nice it turned out... now imma kick myself for not doing this mod

i was planning that so i can "wear" it to lanparties


aggghh.... but anyways, great job.. i didnt know it would come out that nice

i planned it with wood though and i was going to mod a fan into the front and power cable is in a side pouch and can be reached by unzipping the pocket... i also had a front section which was flat and long and when i first bought this bag for school, i put my rolled up gym clothes in there... i planned to keep powerstrips, cables, etc in there

blahh, one step early... i really like it though, altho i could have done it first :mad:
 
Well for the cards... as you can see theyre accessible from the outside of the case ;-)

So they are at the edge of the acryclic, with a hole cut out around it. I cut a 1/4" x 6" x 1/2" strip of acrylic and fastened it there with a joining compound.

Before fastening it, i measured and drilled 6 holes for pci/agp cards respectably, and placed 1/2" screws in each.

I then slid the cards into place, using the screw to 'lock' it in, and the other cards to support each other. You know how the little metal connecting part at the end is kind of interlocking, more of stacking really, well anyway, fastend in with screws on a acryclic piece mounted vertically.

As for processor, 15 yrs old, no job. I am the suck at getting money. I think i made maybe 40$ in the last 6 months. But ill see what i can mooch from friends in terms of handme down processors.
 
this was what i had in mind...

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this is a sideview of what i had planned... the brown is a wooden box.. the red part is the mobo/cpu/card components... the yellow is the harddrive... the blues are blue LED fans and the light blue is a fan duct... the green is the cd drive... the black dash in the red circle is the zipper that opens for the cddrive... the purple is the front bag that i plan to put powerstrips, powercables, ethernet cables, wires, and all sorts of stuff... the gray little rods that are between places like the blue led fan and the wooden box, or between the cddrive and the wooden box, is actually those long screws, i think M3 or M4 (correct me if i m wrong)...


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this is a front view of the stuff in the wooden box... the stuff on the top is mobo/cpu/cards... the harddrive on the bottom, psu on the side... the red line is the atx power cable and the blue is the IDE ribbon cable for the harddrive.... this diagram should be pretty simple to understand


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this is whats going to be on the outside of the wooden box... the two blue squares are blue LED fans with fan ducts right beneath them... the black boxes on the side are regular black plastic fans with no lights and the left black fan is the fan for the powersupply... the green box is the cd drive


the bag will be big enough for me to probably make an extra wooden box slot for putting the keyboard into


i ll probably make this but i m still deciding on it... need more planning


btw, to the owner of that mod... how long did it take you to plan and how much time did you spend?
 
another thing... i also plan to use a smaller motherboard to fit the powersupply under it along with the harddrive so the backpack wont be as thick and fat... it'll be like about 10 to 12" thick and the bag will be like slim and look like a regular sized one....

this way, it'll be easier to carry and look better
 
Cost me, like 20$ for screws. Got all the brackets and acrylic for free, stolen from my fathers workplace. I mean really, what does a hospitals engineering department need this stuff for...

All th acrylic was machine cut in the workshop, but overall maybe 30 hours planning, building, re-assembling, tweaking, drilling, cutting, and fastening.

Fan holes cut with hole saw... the planning was the hardest part. Had to guestimate the size of the backpack in comparison to the case... fit pretty well when it was all done.

Had no clue how i was going to get the psu to stay put, until pressure between the main case and dvd-rom got it there. I made pictures in paint like that too when just planning it ;P
 
yea, how heavy is it?

wouldnt you have rather shot for a smaller motherboard?... i used this biostar board i got off of newegg a while ago for like $50 and i used it in a mod of mine putting it in a vcr casing... now its a computer :p

i m still deciding whether i should do that mod... computer building has gotten cheaper (i build the vcr comp mod for like $217 and now i just need to find a slim drive)... if i dont do a backpack one, its probly cus i have too many systems :eek:
 
Heavy, maybe 25 lb/s, maybe less

As for why i didnt use a smaller motherboard.. its because i wanted a full atx board. I also use alot of pci cards, and desired for upgradeability.

If i had designed it for a smaller motherboard, i would have to use that size each time, limiting me. With the way i have it now, i could either use Full atx, or put more screw holes and have a smaller motherboard if i so chose. Its not like the weight or size of the mobo would affect me that much.

It would still have to be as tall, and wide as it was due to the other components. This way, i just get more options.
 
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