Frankennex 2.6

Frankennex 2.6

Frankennex 2.6 is the third computer that I built entirely out of K'nex!

I have a lot of spare computer parts and decided to build a computer for fun. Since I didn't have any spare cases and I always love building things out of K'nex, I decided to make the case entirely out of K'nex again.

My buddy Matt helped me do a bit of building when I first started off building the chassis. Total build time was probably about 2-3 days. I've also since added a DVD drive to it, but I don't have any up to date pictures.

I used a wide assortment of parts, and in theory this computer honestly shouldn't work - the processor has bent pins and isn't thermal pasted, the power supply is only 175 watts (had to use molex > SATA power adapters), the hard drive has bad sectors and the video card has artifacting when rendering transparency in 3D environments. The video card has since died, but it still worked in that state for a long time! The name is a homage to the Frankenbox series that my friend Nick had built. After all, a number of the parts came from the original Frankenbox 2.0 after it had been disassembled.

Hardware specifications:

Testing Parts
Testing out the parts the parts that will be used in Frankennex.
Initial Frame
Matt helping me out with building the initial frame.
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Attaching the power supply to the frame.
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Building around the power supply and reinforcing the frame.
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Almost done reinforcing around the power supply.
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Attaching the motherboard to the frame.
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Building the frame around the motherboard.
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Trying to figure out how to attach the CD drive to the case. Ended up leaving it off.
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Deciding how to design the roll cage for the video card.
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Added a roll cage for the video card.
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Hard drive installed.
Front Panel Assembly
The front panel assembly (still missing the reset button - I added one later).
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Side view of the completed Frankennex 2.6!
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The back side.
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And finally, the front!
Testing Frankennex 2.6
Firing up the completed Frankennex 2.6 for the first time!