Coffee table PC

[Sticky Mick]

Ok guys, I've been bitten by the bug now, I think I'm gonna go for this coffee table PC.

I've got an old table and I've got some ideas for the box to house the PC.

I'm gonna use my old PentyIII rig which consists of:-

Legend QDI Brilliant 1s mobo

Slot 1 PIII/750 512MB RAM

AGP card (prolly just a GF4/5 for playing DVDs)

HDD

Soundblaster Live 5.1

and I'll need to get a DVD drive for it.

The problem is, as it's going to be a working PC (or I hope it is), the box is gonna have a glass top. Imagine Frags table, but with a PC built in.

Back to the problem "Dust." It's gonna be like a Dyson. I'm not gonna be using it like every day, just for watching DVDs.

Anyone got ideas for keeping the dust down? Water cooling might not be viable because I want as much of the components visible as poss.

This project is gonna be a hard one for me 'cos I suffer from very short concentration spans, so it may take a while (if I see it through).

 

[FragTek]

Dust is just one of those unavoidable evils. There are measures you can take to cut down on the dust levels though including fan filters and the likes. But other than that, you'll be havin' dust!

Love the project idea, when u planning on getting started?

 

[FarFarAway]

Dust filters?

They stop most of the dust for me, although they lower airflow a lil bit

 

[Sticky Mick]

Love the project idea, when u planning on getting started?

Well, hopefully in the next month or 2. Might get some batts for the digicam and post piccies.

The budget is gonna be tight tho.

Yeah, was thinking along the lines of filters, but those Pentys get hot.