Reply 35480 of 52811, by chrismeyer6
schmatzler wrote on 2020-08-17, 19:15:The tower has arrived now and it's a goldmine. The case is absolute bonkers - there are five 5,25" drive bays and six 2,5" drive […]
schmatzler wrote on 2020-08-11, 20:06:I always wanted to have an ATX Big Tower that looks cool and has plenty of room for ventilation and extensions.
The tower has arrived now and it's a goldmine.
The case is absolute bonkers - there are five 5,25" drive bays and six 2,5" drive bays in there (if you don't count the "fan bay" that blocks some of them if you use it).
The motherboard can slide out after removing two screws - very handy.It's so heavy! I almost fell down the stairs when I moved that thing up to my room. 😁
It's much bigger than my old one:
IMG_20200817_190211_284.jpgThere's a 5,25 inch "fan bay" that also includes the vents for the front panel. This was not screwed in, so it jumped around during shipping and the faceplate broke off.
I'm confident this can be easily fixed with some glue, though:
IMG_20200817_192952.jpgApart from that, the case is intact - and that makes me SO happy. 😍
The board inside is an Asus P2B-S Rev1.03 with on-board SCSI ports. I've never owned any SCSI hardware, this will be a great opportunity to explore that technology.The included Slot1 CPU is a Pentium 3 500MHz (SL35E). The cooler is interesting, I've never seen one like it (only those plastic ones that are hard to disassemble).
IMG_20200817_194159.jpgIt's got some nice cards, too!
- ATI Rage Pro Turbo AGP (silkscreen says 2MB?) with a retainer that clamps onto the AGP slot.
I don't know why such a small cards needs that clamp - maybe to prevent it from falling out of the slot when the case is moved?
- A basic 3com 3c905 network card. Already have one of those, they're compatible with everything - can't hurt to have two.
- A SCSI controller card. Not sure why they haven't used the onboard SCSI, but oh well. More cards are nice.
IMG_20200817_193037.jpgPaired with that, there's some more hardware:
- A "Power Man" power supply that seems to have suffered a little bit of liquid damage at some point.
I don't trust this thing at all and I won't be using it - I wouldn't even use that without liquid damage.
- ALPS floppy drive
- HP C1537 SCSI tape drive (DDS-3 DAT)
- Teac CD-532S SCSI CDROM drive
- 128MB RAM
IMG_20200817_193126.jpgAll of that for 10€ +shipping - I think that's been a really, really good deal.
That case is awesome and what a steal of a deal as well.