First post, by petro89
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Good day folks!
I've been looking for a 486 system to suit my tastes and I found one. An old AST Advantage Adventure 575. It was between this and a Vectra. The vectra had the bonus of PCI, but the AST had the bonus of 40 and 50 MHz bus as well as a beloved 5x86 133 already included (and was only 60$ plus shipping).
The seller happened to be very very close so I got the system in a day and a half after paying!
Now I do like black cases, and I like lighting and other "bling" if it is tastefully done. But when it comes to beige cases, I generally like them beige!
However, I wanted to try my hand at a little "case pimping" as it were, and this setup seemed a perfect candidate. A cleaning helped, but the case had a lot of gouges and scratches so I figured I'd man up and give it a shot!
Before and after shots. I think it came out awesome. Still need to paint the AST logo green, and I was going to also paint an AMD logo underneath it. Those two green bits should even out the color on the front and balance it out.
It is very green, but the somewhat matte finish as well as the shade of green itself I think add to the look and make it kinda vintage looking.
What do you think?
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