Converting our Old Dell Dimension E521 Into An Arcade Machine.

by Massaki Wed Jul 08, 2009 9:18 pm

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Converting our Old Dell Dimension E521 Into An Arcade Machine.

Post by Massaki Wed Jul 08, 2009 9:18 pm

Me and My Brother Have been working on our Arcade cabinet for a couple of months now.
The Computer consists of this.

OS:Vista/Xp Dualboot
So you may have read in my introduction post about my fascination with Arcade machines. This here is the arcade machine I am working on with my brother.

Dimension e521.
AMD ATHLON 64 x 2 Dual core 4600+.
Ram 2.4gb
NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE
Sigmatel Hi-Def Sub Woofs
600gb HD

So Far We've wired up 4 PCB Jamma Port Controllers,Rewired The Big Arse Tv to work with the computer,Had Paint Jobs,Control Panel Art a Picture at the top and a somewhat harddrive upgrage from 300gb - 600gb.
The Actual Machine works flawlessly we're still working on the design a bit more (attract lights etc)
1 Steering wheel and 2 lightguns.
Mame+All Roms, Megadrive + All Roms, Snes + All roms,All Gameboy/Colour/Advance Roms,All Master system Roms,108 PS1 Iso's,Jaguar 20 games,All Model 2 games.

Here's an Old picture taken of the cabinet (2 months ago)
That girl is my niece btw.

Converting our Old Dell Dimension E521 Into An Arcade Machine. Hpim0245kg7

Converting our Old Dell Dimension E521 Into An Arcade Machine. Hpim0245kg7

The Cabinet Now has a picture at the top, 1 steering wheel, 2 Lightguns and a Bezel Art to cover up the Speakers.

It's about 95% complete.

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by **Bam** Wed Jul 08, 2009 9:31 pm

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Re: Converting our Old Dell Dimension E521 Into An Arcade Machine.

Post by Bam Wed Jul 08, 2009 9:31 pm

Oh my god, slightly more intense than a pinball machine! Wow, looks awesome, keep it up Very Happy

by **Vixen** Wed Jul 08, 2009 9:33 pm

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Re: Converting our Old Dell Dimension E521 Into An Arcade Machine.

Post by Vixen Wed Jul 08, 2009 9:33 pm

Man that is awesome Very Happy

i want one Razz

by HamNJelly Fri Jul 17, 2009 10:11 pm

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