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Toaster PC Mod Introduction: This is the first computer that I have ever built. When I first looked into building a computer I wanted the best, fastest computer I could possibly build. Then I looked into the price of the components and WOW! that stuff is expensive. I priced out a P4 2.8 and the processor alone was $380 U.S. Dollars! The entire system was going to cost in excess of $1,900 U.S. Dollars. Well, I do not make that much money so I decided to put the computer building on hold for a year or two in order to save up. About this time my wife came to me and asked to replace our old PII tower computer in the kitchen (she has several cookbooks, gets recipes online, etc…). Now let me tell you that not only is this tower computer huge, it is U-G-L-Y. I don’t even think it would fit underneath the kitchen cabinets, and don’t even ask about the 6 year old 15” monitor! Now, when I explained all of this to one of my co-workers he suggested a Mini-ITX system. I had never heard of this, but when he told me about how small it was, its capabilities, and its price, I thought “wunderbar” this is it! Since my wife wanted it for the kitchen I thought to disguise it as a kitchen appliance. My co-worker and I kicked around a few ideas but I finally decided on a toaster. It had the internal space required and looks good too. I then got on the Internet to find out more about what computer components to buy and I found this site, www.mini-itx.com. I was kind of bummed to see that a few people had built a toaster before, but I figured “What the hell”, I have never built a toaster, original or not!
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