Hello Everyone, the day has come for me to clean out the closet. I haven't messed with my ideq in a long time because I built a SFF in a Qpack. My wife got on my back to unload boxes of computer parts - so I assembled this ideq to try and sell it. It has been heavilly modded - most of the modding history is posted on these forums in the ideq section! This is an extremely quiet, fast & fun box - it took hours and hours of work over a couple years to get it this way.
200n - mobo, case, psu
Athlon XP-M 2500+ (yes, mobile chip - runs fast and very cool) - w/only 1 stick of ram it runs at 11X200 = 2.2GHz - ran @ 2.4GHz with 1 GB ram, dual channel mode. Very fast and cool.
16X DL DVDRW Burner
512MB VDATA pc3200 DDR
Sound Blaster Audigy SB1394 Sound Card - Excellent Sound w/add'l firewire ports - Card Only
60GB WD Hard Drive
Original Ideq manuals, Studio Fun & Original Ideq Drivers disc
Mods:
PSU flip mod, with a Zalman op-1 80mm fan on the PSU, exhausting out the top of the case
Side-mounted hard drive - mounted directly to the frame of the case.
Plexi sides
80mm intake & exhaust mod
Mesh face front of the case w/ 80mm intake fan
Black heatsink on the northbridge chip
Aftermarket solid coper heatsink with blue LCD fan - much quiter and more efficient cooling for processor.
Lighted power switch mod - see photos.
Only known issue: The sound was crackly the last time I heavilly used the 200n. I don't know if it was driver issues (I had a radeon AIW card and there were known issues between nvidia & aiw drivers), or something hardware/interference related. That is why I am including the Audigy sound card. The Audigy sound blows the ideq sound away anyway.
Last things the case needs:
- A new paint job. It has a hammered paint finish on it, and I was going to paint the front mesh silver to match.
- The power switch has not been modded onto the case, It would take all of 5 minutes to do, but I haven't messed with this case in months and would prefer to not do it.
- Better mounting for the DVDRW drive, which is why I'm including some of the extras below.
Extras - I am throwing in some other things with this deal - a couple brand new 80mm LED fans, a small spool of wire, a small sheet of aluminum for modding, plastic wire ties, miscellaneous cables, some plunger switches.
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Well, that is about it. It is tough to get rid of this little box, and I'm actually pretty emotional over it. I've had a lot of great experiences with it, and posting my ideq adventures on these forums. My price includes UPS ground shipping. If I don't get what I want for this, I will probably keep it. I feel it is practically a collector's item - even if only I think that! If you have any questions - fire them away to dresselwerks[at]gmail.com. If you would like me to finish modding this box, I will charge an additional $50. Now, on with the photos. Download some hi-res photos by clicking
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EDIT: I have sold stuff before mostly on anandtech forums ... granolamonkey is my username there as well. I have all positive heatware feedback.
