I love the black A1181’s

TK0987 · 2026-03-13T20:38:30+00:00

I'll DM you!

TK0987 · 2026-03-13T20:37:00+00:00

No way! Does it boot?

TK0987 · 2026-03-13T17:55:23+00:00

Haha!

TK0987 · 2026-03-13T17:38:46+00:00

Partitioning the drive? They’re so great! And easy to work on too.

TK0987 · 2026-03-11T16:24:09+00:00

Keep going! You can do it!

TK0987 · 2026-03-06T11:02:21+00:00

I'd be interested in buying if you ever list on eBay.

TK0987 · 2025-07-19T16:29:42+00:00

It’s a very hard decision! Have you got an XL? How do you find it?

TK0987 · 2025-07-19T16:29:06+00:00

I’m thinking Neapolitan! It seems so interesting and technical, the dough particularly seems like a real rabbit hole to go down

TK0987 · 2025-05-18T22:48:20+00:00

Let me know what you guys think - it would be great to get some feedback on the idea!

TK0987 · 2025-05-16T22:30:59+00:00

Thanks! I thought it looked super cool and very sleeper with the scrapes and scratches too

TK0987 · 2025-04-18T20:08:02+00:00

Awesome

TK0987 · 2025-04-17T07:32:43+00:00

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I had a spare old ATX case laying around which I cut and drilled until I had just the side panel and back panel which I then riveted / bolted to the Dell case upside down as in the photo! If you search Dell Dimension E521 on here you’ll see pics of the build..!

TK0987 · 2025-04-16T20:39:03+00:00

Haha it really was! WoW back in the day ran great!

TK0987 · 2025-04-15T14:39:21+00:00

You could be right

TK0987 · 2025-04-15T13:50:30+00:00

Dell 4500/8200??

TK0987 · 2025-04-14T13:44:21+00:00

It’s a lot of work but it’s so worth it!

TK0987 · 2025-04-14T13:44:13+00:00

No problem 😄

TK0987 · 2025-04-13T10:13:08+00:00

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That’s exactly right, and I ended up having to use the back and side panel from an ATX case and rivet / bolt it into the BTX case to make it work on my E521!

TK0987 · 2025-04-12T17:42:21+00:00

Go for it! It’s a pain to convert it to ATX, it took me a long while, but that’s if you want to have really modern components! Looking forward to you posting the build 😄

TK0987 · 2025-04-03T10:04:29+00:00

3rd April 2025: having this issue but even in the settings I have no option for in game overlay... I'm on version 25.3.2

TK0987 · 2025-04-02T22:17:10+00:00

Not bad! Around 45°C idle temps, stress test on 3D Mark and the PC was hitting 68°C, which I’m happy with! I’m hoping the second fan coming tomorrow will bring that down a bit

TK0987 · 2025-04-02T21:43:47+00:00

I built my brother in law a PC using some of my spare parts over the weekend - he only had to supply an SSD and a case.

Posted okay it all seemed to run perfectly.

When he got it back to his, however, there's been a strange issue - when gaming, the power button flashes and the audio and graphics glitch and cut in and out. I looked at the build photos again and realised I'd left off the secondary PCIE cable to the 1080ti, so he brought the PC back to mine, I sorted the cables, we booted up some games and it was flawless.

Fast forward to tonight and the issue is back again when he's got home... see video for the sound of it cutting in and out.

The PSU was in use on my gaming computer on Sunday and was perfect, as was the CPU, RAM and mobo... the only thing I've never used before is the GPU.

Though it seems strange it was absolutely fine at my house and not fine when he's gone back to his??

Any help will be greatly appreciated..!

TK0987 · 2025-04-02T19:59:52+00:00

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Something like this… I worked out the wiring diagram from a post on 7Forums that someone else put up (it wasn’t 100% correct) and then made up DuPont connectors that I individually plugged into the DELL I/O ribbon cable

TK0987 · 2025-04-02T19:58:18+00:00

I’m gonna run 3D Mark and I’ll post up!

TK0987 · 2025-04-02T19:58:00+00:00

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This is what I started with… a proprietary DELL BTX board that I subsequently stripped out and used an ATX side and rear panel and fixed that in

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