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Lenovo ThinkCentre M92p guts in an IBM NetVista M41 case
280W Lenovo 80+ power supply
Lenovo M92p motherboard
Intel Core i7 3770 3.4GHz quad core processor
16GB DDR3 PC3-12800U RAM (4x4GB)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 1GB PCIe video card
DVDRW drive
640GB Western Digital 7200RPM hard drive
180GB Intel 520 SSD
Windows XP + Windows 7 64 dual boot
Floppy drive installed, not connected
HDMI
DVI
VGA
Audio in/out jacks
Serial port
Ethernet
2xUSB 2.0 ports rear
2xUSB 2.0 ports front
4xUSB 3.0 ports rear
Metal part of case has been spraypainted with black Rustoleum appliance epoxy
Side of the case
Other side with original XP sticker
Original IBM model + serial # sticker
The rear, jerryrigged the rear fan and power supply in there... spare PCI brackets, zipties, some old motherboard standoffs and VGA fasteners did the job.
Front
The original guts, all filthy and disgusting. 2.0 GHz Pentium 4 with 1GB RAM
Overview of all the guts
I used some male to female Arduino pins to reroute the original NetVista power switch and LEDs to the motherboard.
Another shot... the SSD is chilling in a spare bay underneath the optical drive.
BIOS screen
System summary
Windows 7 desktop
Specs
Windows XP desktop
Access IBM + specs
Programs galore
All fired up and running! Temperatures are fine, idles in the low-mid 30s and under Prime95 stress test, high 60s/low 70s. These cases are built very well and are TANKS! Also pretty easy to work with.
HP Z420 Workstation Intel Xeon E5-1620, 32GB, RADEON HD7850 2GB, SSD + HD, XP/7