So I saw a couple of these online and decided to make one for my grandma for Christmas. We just got her a digital camera last Christmas and I figured she would like it a lot. I paid $100 in materials (plus I had an old flatscreen monitor) so about the same price as a store bought one but like 100x better. It's a small computer basically, running windows XP, and has a 20gb hard drive, way more than those stupid store bought ones which have like 128mb. It also a 17" screen vs. the storebought ones which have like 11" screens at max (at least in this price range). It's almost done, the only thing left to do is mount all the power stuff. You will may notice in one of the pictures that I have a regular computer supply mounted but thats because I am still waiting on the power cord for my micro psu in the mail.









I also painted it gold. More pictures to come soon! Let me know what you think!

 

This is pure awesomeness and you should post full specs of all of the parts you used. Im a big tech guy and this is a really cool project.

 

-Samsung 730b 17" Monitor/Screen
-Intel D201gly SiS662 DDR2 Mini ITX Desktop Motherboard (1.33GHZ built in intel celeron)
-Samsung M378T6553CZ3-CD5 DDR2-533 512MB RAM
-2.5" to 3.5" Inch IDE ATA Laptop Hard Drive Adapter
-PicoPSU-90, 90W 12V DC-DC ATX mini-ITX Power Supply
-Hitachi DK23DA-20F 20GB 2.5" IDE laptop hard drive
-Rosewill RCR-IC001 USB 2.0 Card Reader

 

wow pretty cool man, nice work. lets see some pics of the finish product and pics of the machine on when your done. looks better than store bought ones.

 

this is really good
good job man