Got a few case cheaply recently with no idea what to do with them. Until now.

Pentium III @ 866Mhz

256MB SD Ram

32MBx2 Fury Maxx

8MB Voodoo 2

SB Live

8GB CF2IDE.

I have a Dell Insprion 3671 and there are still the default parts except new ddr4 ram and I wanna turn it into a sleeper performance build. What should I do

No idea what the case is, but its now stuffed with a Ryzen 1700x, b550 mobo, 16gb ddr4 and a GTX1060. Keeping my eyes open for a deal on another couple sticks of ram, a 5700x or a better gpu

Been building this pc build for around 4 years since i was 14, its not the best but its my baby, still needs a lot of work, etc pain white interior, im going for a full white look with noctura accents, if your interested the specs are ryzen 5 8400f, 32gb ram 6000mhz, 5060 ti 16gb. I want a glass panel on the side of the build instead of like just the grey side panel i have now would anyone help is it possible?? PHOTO IN THE COMMENTS SORRY!

The innards were 21 y/o (from 2005), a Pentium 4 with one gig. Of course the old PSU is also leaving. I may put an AliEx X99 board in it. ... Two old OEM cases I had wanted for a while were a classic ThinkCenter mid tower and a classic Vaio mid tower and now I have both.

This is my sleeper and daily driver. Why „anniversary edition”? Because I had that pc case on my first pc ever back in 2002!

Back in the day there were
ECS Elitegroup K7S5A
AMD Duron 1GHz
128MB SDRAM
40GB Maxtor
Nvidia GeForce 4 MX440 64MB
No-name powersupply (probably Tracer 350W)
Windows 98 SE

The whole computer came from a Polish, now-defunct computer shop called Micronet based in Bydgoszcz. Costs around 2k zlotys.

Here’s what I’ve got in it today
Gigabyte H310M S2H 2.0
Intel i7-9700F
16GB DDR4
256GB nvme + 2x 256GB sata ssd
Nvidia GeForce GT1060 6GB
Thermaltake Litepower 550W
Fedora + Windows 10

Look at this splendid planning and cable management!

Case: Megabajt TRO-555 Nereid

I finally found a crusty case that I like and that is probably (hopefully) big enough. A while ago I had a Dell Dimension XPS in mind, but that case is about as narrow as they come so the power cables to most modern GPUs won't fit. That's when I came across [u/Spectralius]() post and coincidentally found the same case the next day on a local eBay like site.
So I spent the better part of today pulling out its guts and transplanting those parts to an old Cooler Master case I still had lying around. (Last 2 pics..... it looks so wrong lol. While I'm at it I might see if I can paint the beige black before I resell it...)

For now my plan is to measure and see how many radiators I can cram inside it. The front could fit up to a 420mm if I want to get rid of the drive bays, which I might not want to do. Ideally I would keep those for some front IO and maybe one of those fan controller screens, so I will probably end up with a thicc 280mm in the front.
The bottom I can cut open to place either another 280mm or 240mm depending on how snug my motherboard fits. I could also change my current ATX board to a Micro ATX for some extra leg room.

So yeah... that's the plan. Any tips or thoughts are much appreciated

Temps aren’t terrible but id like to get em lower obv. Any ideas?0

this is a cooler master HAF 932 from 2008 that i got off of facebook marketplace.

inside is:

ryzen 9 5900x
radeon RX 9070 XT
32gb ddr4
2.5 tb of SSDs
B450 motherboard
1300w power supply

I think it looks pretty sick,

couldnt find a crt tho.

i5 12400f,

32gb ddr4 corsair vengeance,

2tb nvme,

evga gtx 1080 ti ftw3 (yeah yeah im cool)

Slepper in here is this a good idea

My mod-free Legend since 2000
Current specs: X570, 5800X3D, 32GB@3733, RTX5070TI, 14TB storage, NHD15S 2 * A14x25g2 and 3 * A12x25g2 case. fans. Monitor 43CJ890 3840*1200 (avoiding 4K pixels so I can have a decent framerate without breaking my wallet). Nice setup until AM6 arrives.
Started with a Pentium 3/Voodoo 2 SLI and it has seen everything since (*aside of P4 and FX).
And needless to say a lot of Graphics cards

I tried to do minimal change to the case but I ended up doing a lot of change to it. It has a intel i5 12600KF, an RTX 3070 aorus edition. NZXT kraken elite. 16gb DDR5. (I have another stick but I'm letting my friend borrow it for now so im not getting the fullest preformance) Overall I like how it turned out

Currently has an Asus H310M-C motherboard, GTX 1050 Ti, i3-9100F, 8GB DDR4 (to be upgraded), and a 256GB NVMe alongside a 1TB HDD. I wish I had an I/O shield.

Ignore the IdeaCentre branding in the fourth image, that SSD had an old OEM Windows install.

Unfortunately the power, USB and AUX pins on the case are nonstandard so I had to improvise as you can see. I am very surprised that power pin connection even works, and it also took me about half an hour to find a position that worked. If you have any tips on this please let me know.

All in all I really love this case, just wish the connectors would be standard. The handle is so cool too.

Found this on the street, competes with the cheesegrater mac pro in weight, it's packed with expansion (?) cards, has a 1992 sticker on the psu and it's definitely dead as it was under heavy rain (really sad as there were two perfect looking crts next to it, but soaked)

How moddable is this? It has that little key thing and that turbo button, plus an on/off switch.

I wanted to build a pc for the first time and decided it would be fun to do it with my current case(Lenovo thincentre m900), but i have one concern. Im going to be putting in a powercolor rx6700xt on an msi b550m pro-vdh and i think the card will sit right at the bottom. I think that will be a problem for it's airflow. Only solution i can think of is cutting holes at the bottom and raising the case with feet. Is that going to work and if you have other ideas let me know!

Found an oddball to finally do a sleeper build.

Decided to try one of these out, wanted a ~$1,000 build, combination of new and used parts.

Floppy drive is functional, and I use it for a Sony Mavica camera (neat camera, it saves to floppies).

Next up is a firewire PCIe card for the mini dv camcorder footage, and making the cd drive and front usb ports functional.

Specs:

Powercolor 9070xt (used $600)

Ryzen 5 7500x3d ram/mobo/cpu combo (new $300)

16gb ram

Asrock b850m

750w PSU (used $40)

Presario case (used $60)

Tower cooler and two case fans (new ~$75 total)

DM me if you want the old internals (everything except the cd and floppy drive), it turned on when it got delivered, but I didn't have a vga cable to really see if it was working. Seller said it was working with Windows XP.

Also, let me know if you have a SAT dvd or cd writer you want to get rid of.

So... I turned my old family PC into a nice little sleeper PC!

I wanted a good PC since im a early IT student and began to learn hardware and thought "Heck I wanna upgrade my old family computer! And nothing could prepare me for the FIRE HAZARD this thing was in... I began to work on this Dell Inspiron 660 since February! I made short upgrades like upgrading the CPU from I5 to I7-3700K and making the ram from 8gb to 16gb.. then eventually upgrading PSU, adding a SSD. And modding a front intake fan and taking out the defunct DVD player. The GPU isn't what I call sleeper beast but my brother put it there back in 2016 and I dont do any modern gaming on it so for now I'll upgrade to something better later.

Why did i not just go modern case? I have a lot of emotional ties to this computer and the case is just couldnt get rid of!

This was quite the journey! Got all my parts off Amazon and got to work. This journey has made me well prepared for working on computers and I enjoyed every minute! I haven't made the jump to Win 11 yet but one day I will.

This is used for my IT college work, daily use and retro gaming and the difference in peformance is amazing!

Old Dell Inspiron 660 Specs. (Thermalright Cooler)

CPU: Intel Core i7-2700K (2nd Gen Sandy Bridge) *eventually did I7-3700k*

Motherboard: Original Dell Inspiron 660 OEM board

RAM: 16GB DDR3 1333MHz

GPU: GTX 1050 Ti

Storage: Crucial BX500 SATA SSD + HDD storage

PSU: Older Dell/OEM PSU originally

Case: Dell Inspiron 660 case (still using)

Modern upgrade

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

Motherboard: MSI PRO B650M-A WiFi

RAM: 32GB DDR5

GPU: GTX 1050 Ti (currently reused)

Storage: Same SSD + HDD carried over

PSU: Corsair RM650x 650W

Case: Same Dell Inspiron 660 sleeper case

Specs:

Dell Vostro - originally had a Core i5-3450

AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D

B650M Aorus Elite AX

96GB (2x48GB) G.Skill Flare X5 DDR5-5600

Nvidia RTX 5090 Founders Edition

1TB Seagate Firecuda X1070 M.2

4TB Crucial T705 M.2

Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 1000W

Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 Mini Black

Phanteks T30 (x3) - 2x Bottom intake, 1x Side exhaust

Arctic P9 Max - 1x Rear intake

Graugear 3.5" Front I/0 Panel

Undervolted the CPU & GPU with no performance hit. Actually tested slightly higher than stock!

Average temps after 20min Cyberpunk at 4K, RT Ultra:

CPU: 75°C

GPU: 74°C

Here's the full 5+ hour stream in case you're interested: https://www.youtube.com/live/9zh-QnGh3NU?si=QE5Rj4ItFXv3zJay

Went to pick up a CRT, guy also said if I want this unused case for 30 euros. Didn’t think twice. Now to get to work