Here is an insight to a Boeing 737 processor crafted by Brian Carter. It took him 6 months to build this Boeing. Unlike its real-life counterpart, this Boeing 737 doesn’t fly, but is instead powered by an AMD FX-55 processor, 1GB memory, GeForce graphics, and two Western Digital hard drives.
Though it looks like a plane, turned processor as I mentioned earlier, but one thing that really strikes the viewers eye is that Brian has tried to give it some realistic plane looks e.g a landing light on the leading edge of the wing, a light at the tip of the tail facing back, used the red hard drive activity light on top to act as the beacon, and the green power LED for the green nav light on the tip of the right wing.
Other lighting includes two 12″ blue cathodes to illuminate the inside, one white LED for the cockpit, red and blue LEDs to provide back lighting for the logo on the tail, and two 4″ blue cathodes in the base. Those CCFLs in the base get their power through contact points, and receive 12v from the airplane when it’s seated. I didn’t want any unsightly cables or molex plugs coming out of the base at all.
Specifications
ASUS A8N SLI motherboard
1Gb Centon DDR PC3200 Hi-performance Memory
AMD FX-55
Zalman CNPS7700 cpu cooler
XFX GeForce 7800GT Video card
2x 80Gb Western Digital HDDs (RAID 0)
Thermaltake Pure Power 600W PSU
Pioneer Slimline slot-loading DVD/CD drive
Logitech LX700 cordless keyboard
Logitech MX1000 cordless Laser mouse
LG 20″ flatscreen monitor
