About Frankenzilla

Putting Frankenzilla together was a fun project. It also resulted in a computer that is useful for day to day web surfing.
As I previously blogged the UBTX motherboard was an interesting but doable challenge. I ended up putting a Pentium four 2.8 Ghz CPU with 3 GB of Ram in it. The performance is every bit of what you would expect of this configuration.
There is a good reason why I mounted the computers in the cabinet as I did. Initially I was going to mount the motherboards in the same way they would be mounted in a conventional case with the i/o ports having access from the rear panel. However the computer cabinet is my computer playground. All motherboards, power supplies and other components are mounted using sticky back velcro. Using this methods allows me to change and move components at will.
For project computers such as this, I don't install CD/DVD drives. If one is needed, I plug in either a USB or Sata drive.
There's still a lot of room in the computer cabinet. Stay tuned to see what will take up residence next. Just know it will be something put together cheap.