Hi All,
Been a long time since I shared a project, almost going full circle here with this one!
I recently bought Johnim's Blizzard 1260 and thought it deserved a little more than a Wedge A1200. Looking around for A1200 Towers used at first brought up the usual suspects such as the Elbox and EZ Z4 Towers however I found that Elbox now sell a brand new Tower, the Black Box 1200, I bought this along with a Mediator TX Black and a Radeon 9250.
Here's the Hardware that will be going in the Tower:
A1200 + Blizzard 1260 + FastATA
I have a few gripes with the build quality, it feels like a £50 tower and I'm sure that's what it would sell for if it wasn't adapted for an A1200, it does however come with all the bits you need such as keyboard adaptor, PSU and all connectors.
Fitting all inside was a bit tricky to get all lined up, I had to experiment quite a bit with the spacers to get a square fit with the PCI card in place furthermore I'm not 100% pleased with the pressure put on the Blizzard by the case, they didn't think that through (it's pushed over a tad - this would make fitting a GREX difficult.)
The other small issue is the PSU doesn't fit back in very well however it was all functional on first power on so they (or I) must have done something right!
Next up - Setting the software
Been a long time since I shared a project, almost going full circle here with this one!
I recently bought Johnim's Blizzard 1260 and thought it deserved a little more than a Wedge A1200. Looking around for A1200 Towers used at first brought up the usual suspects such as the Elbox and EZ Z4 Towers however I found that Elbox now sell a brand new Tower, the Black Box 1200, I bought this along with a Mediator TX Black and a Radeon 9250.
Here's the Hardware that will be going in the Tower:
A1200 + Blizzard 1260 + FastATA
I have a few gripes with the build quality, it feels like a £50 tower and I'm sure that's what it would sell for if it wasn't adapted for an A1200, it does however come with all the bits you need such as keyboard adaptor, PSU and all connectors.
Fitting all inside was a bit tricky to get all lined up, I had to experiment quite a bit with the spacers to get a square fit with the PCI card in place furthermore I'm not 100% pleased with the pressure put on the Blizzard by the case, they didn't think that through (it's pushed over a tad - this would make fitting a GREX difficult.)
The other small issue is the PSU doesn't fit back in very well however it was all functional on first power on so they (or I) must have done something right!
Next up - Setting the software