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FrllNas / Deeenas - Dell computer rebuild as Freenas (name undecided)

jaytee1414
By jaytee1414
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Hey guys, this is my first build log and I got a funny project. Hope to see some comments or improvements about what I'm doing.

 

This is not a million dollars build, but rather a cheap and everyone can do build, so please enjoy. I will be finishing this with in this week, stay tuned if you are interested.

 

Also, help me decide the name. I would like it to be a combination of Freenas and Dell :D

 

So a short introduction about the computer. This dell dimension 1100 is the computer that my mom got me when I'm in P3? it's a really cheap business computer type of thing and it have been heavily used or online games for the first 4 years of it's life. Since then, I put it aside because of it's lack of power (single core Celeron D, with 2GBs of ram... nice). Then about a year and a half ago, I used it as a school project and tried Freenas on it. It ran for around 12-13 months and it died... Well the network chip did.. I think. So now I decided to change out some parts and rebuild this machine, because my primary backup for my Macbook Pro (no hate please) is on this machine. To do this, I got some "cheap" parts and start my attempt to rebuild this machine.

 

Please enjoy, and beware of the ugly photoshop because I want to take out the ugly background in the photos... :D

 

1) The case and the main parts that's going in:

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2) The new motherboard:(Biostar NM70I-1037U)

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3) Da RAM: (Random one... from Crucial)

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4) OS Drive: (Sandisk Cruzer Blade 8gb)

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5) Taking stuff out of the case:

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6) After fighting with the dell...:

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7) Cleaning the case with AIR: (LoL)

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8) That grey / silver? is too ugly, so I decided to paint it with... spray paint for plastic models...: (hope it works and its matte black)

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That's it for the first post. I was nearly killed by the paint...

More post tomorrow, and the matte black is quite nice but only about 40% of the case is painted, so yeh.. not showing it just yet.

 

Please comment below, anything will be appreciated. Also stay tuned if you are interested :)

 

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isn't it worth investing in some other case? That isn't an old dell? :P Or are you stowing it away where it won't be seen?

Main Rig: Cpu: Intel Core i7 4790k CPU Cooler: NH_d15 GPU: Gigabyte Radeon HD7970 Windforce III MOBO: Msi Z97 Gaming 5 RAM: HyperX Fury 1600 8gb white SSD: Samsung 840 evo 250gb PSU: Corsair CX750M Case: NZXT H630 white

PC peripherals: Monitor: Samsung Syncmaster T27B550 Keyboard: Logitech G105 Mouse: Logitech G700s Headphones: Logitech G430 

 

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Would like to see the paint coat

It is my first time spray painting something so it's not perfect, but some in-progress shot

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Painting is done for now... One can can only do so much...

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