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Sagittaria
Yes, you heard that right, after I saw this case, I fell in love with it.

EVERYTHING is removable
no screws ANYWHERE
Removable PCI Slot bay!
Removable/Flip out Cover
Removable Floppy/HDD/CD Bays
Super strong compared to the new dell cases

Yes it's a shocker, here's a few pics. It is actually quite nice. Going to mod this a little bit and make a File/DHCP Server out of it. It's a PIII 733mhz, 256mb PC100
Fireonice
What about dell's new new cases? Thats a decent looking case for a dell.
Makaveli
Atleast paint it black smile.gif

I can see good modding potential here! Good luck.
LivingGhost
Haha, I have a few of these laying around (old servers)...
Andrewr05
I like the older style cases too, I just like the retro look, they can be a pain to work with being proprietary a lot of the time but they can look pretty good if you mod them right...
tazwegion
Nice find Unforgivin... looks similar in construction/layout to a GX110 I tracked down for my in-laws PC build up & similar specs too biggrin.gif

Great size to fit nicely in a shelf somewhere... maybe even run F@H? smile.gif

Yo' Makaveli haven't you heard? beige IS the 'new black' for this season's PC fashions! LMAO laugh.gif

* looks @ newly salvaged HP case * wub.gif
madwizard
Great case. We got three here at the office and use them for mail servers. They run 24/7 with no problems.. Easy to mod and work with..
gotdamojo06
QUOTE(Fireonice @ Feb 11 2007, 09:24 PM) [snapback]665892[/snapback]
What about dell's new new cases? Thats a decent looking case for a dell.


The new slim cases are not good at all...My sisters old one has everything bolted down with rivets, including the mobo...dang dell glare.gif

Great find and hopefully you can get that thing working how you need it to...then pop in F@H and let it run! YAY! foldon.gif
Dr_Frankenstein
i had a dell GX150 that i was going to mod just for fun but i was seriously strapped for cash so ended putting it on ebay it was a nice sturdy case aswell
tazwegion
That's a pity Doc', that's not a bad looking enclosure, has a gaming console feel/look to it wink.gif
SMeeD
At my HS most of the computers are in both of those cases. They hold up pretty well considering the amount of vandalism that goes on. Unlike the the three year old dimension case ive got bumping around, it might actually be easy to work with those cases.
Makaveli
At my work, they have a bunch of old Dell and Gateway desktop cases that are really awesome. They are all tool-less (a suprise to me) and just look really good. I'll try to snag some pictures of them sometime this week.
caffeinejunkie
Heres my old Dell Optiplex GXa





233mhz but it runs a nice stripped down copy of xp just fine. Currently it's one of my file servers.
tazwegion
That's exactly the same case as the GX-110, interesting top-of-case too caffeinejunkie! biggrin.gif
Yeldarb1983
hi, i have a motherboard and proccessor for one of these and that's all. i was hoping to maybe put it into another tower, but i cant seem to figure out where to hook up the power button, leds, etc. could anyone who has one maybe point out to me how to do that? thanks in advance



(edit) : gx150 mobo + a matching processor, sorry
Makaveli
Go to Dell's site and look for documentation on the pins (aka where you plug them in to get the LEDs to work).
Crow47
Yeah, I like the old cases. Dell has made some decent ones. Good luck with the modding.
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