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Fri 05 May 06 @ 6:37 pm

The objective here was to lighten up and add space with current technology.
This box was originally set up with my laptop 3 years ago, and managed to build it all in with minimal weight and height.


Homemade short shelf that allows storage without a full length shelf that fits around the cpu, ($7.00 not $70.00).
The CPU is a Shuttle barebones SN 25P
It has 2000gigs of storage on 4 500 SATA Seagate drives.
Other than the video card, it's a pretty basic system.
The sound card is a U46DJ by ESI, that is the best suited card i've seen with mic, phones and
This has since been updated with an M Audio Fast Track Pro which forfeits the inputs as I don't currently scratch anyway.
This card also offers a second mic input which can be used singly or as a mic mixer input.
The phone jack is also supported with a mixer knob for pre listening or cueing.
Another feature is the 1/4" TRS balanced outputs on the back and the available gain for the phones as well as outputs. I give this card a 10 out of 10.
The monitor is a wide screen 15.5" that supports higher resolutions.
The mount for the monitor was used to mount to the shelf.
Added some 1/4" jacks to the side of the case to ease the card connections.
http://global.shuttle.com/Product/Barebone/SN25P.asp



The drive mounting is critical due to heat, I have converted the floppy and dvd bracket with a 4 drive cluster spacing them apart.
I use a dvd rw in a seperate external enclosure for ripping etc...
Never use it enough to justify carrying it around everywhere I go.
I have also added a 64cfm electic fan with ducts at the other end.
The floppy doors and dvd door have been removed for better airflow around drives.