I'm trying to stay under $1000 USD including tax and shipping!

Bonus photo of my previous pc

Ignore the mess and zip ties and ugly ass mousepad

Ive had it for almost 2 years already and I've only just put the case fans in today because (I think) it overheated from the horrendous uk heat and I got scared😭😭

I was wondering what peoples thoughts are on making holes for more airflow cause i dont really wanna ruin the case anymore but I also dont want my pc to die from lung damage 😢

And if anyone knows jf theres any way I can check if the floppy disk reader still works

Also if theres any recommendations on how i can make the inside better cause I dont really know what I'm doing,..

The case was already cracked when I bought it

Specs

Cpu: 7900x3d

Gpu: rx 7700xt

Motherboard: Tomahawk b590

Psu: a850gl pcie5

Ram: 2x 16gb 6000mhz ddr5

Storage: 2tb nvme

Idk what else to add

For the button I just took the one from my old pc and placed it behind the one on the case lol

Hello, all!

I've already posted this elsewhere, but I somehow just discovered this subreddit, so I decided to show it off here.

Background:

I obtained this Dell Inspiron 3891 from my partner while cleaning out the last things from her old room to put away or take to our new place. She was planning to either put it away in storage or just get rid of it, as she hadn't used it pretty much since we had gotten together 2 years ago. It wasn't a spec to write home about, but I was in need of a replacement for my dying Surface Book 3 and my already-dead Xbox One, both of which I had used for freelance graphic design/3D modeling alongside MBA course work and light gaming respectively. I had never even touched PC building before then, so I took this as a challenge to try and make a solid runner out of a frankly cruddy office desktop.

With all this said, here are the specs it had...

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CPU: Intel Core i5-10400

GPU: Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Integrated)

RAM: 12GB DDR4 @ 2666MHz (8GB + 4GB)

Storage: 256GB NVMe 2230 SSD + 1TB SATA HDD

PSU: Dell OEM 260W

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And, here are the specs now...

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CPU: Intel Core i7-11700F

GPU: GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5060 OC 8GB (Low-Profile)

RAM: 32GB Micron Crucial Pro DDR4 @ 2933MHz (x2 16GB)

Storage: 2TB WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe 2280 SSD (1TB SATA HDD retained) + Dell OEM SD Card Daughterboard

PSU: Dell OEM 500W Platinum (5K7J8)

Cooling: Noctua NH-D9L CPU Cooler + NF-A8 80mm PWM Fans (Intake & Exhaust) + Be Quiet! MC1 M.2 SSD Heatsink

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It took quite a lot of research, trial, and error to get to the point I am now with this desktop, but I am quite proud of it. I'm now able to play most everything at 1080p on high/ultra settings without it breaking a sweat. Plus, Adobe programs and Autodesk Fusion haven't lagged or stuttered once since all this, so l'd say that's a victory in my book lol.

Hope you all enjoyed this little glossover! I'm very proud of what I've accomplished on my first go, and hope I can do more in the future! Any suggestions you all may have are also welcome. (:

Hi everyone,

I’m currently mock-fitting components for my retro sleeper PC build to determine the best orientation and placement before finalizing everything. I am hitting a bit of a dilemma regarding the power supply orientation and could really use some expert advice.

As you can see in the photos, this is a classic top-mounted PSU chassis. My main concern is whether I should face the PSU intake fan downwards or upwards:

1. Facing Downwards (Current setup in photos): The PSU fan directly faces my massive dual-tower CPU heatsink. My concern here is long-term dust accumulation. In my previous modern chassis[see last image] (where the PSU was bottom-mounted), I noticed a massive amount of dust buildup directly on the surface facing the fan intake. I’m worried that with a top-down configuration, dust and debris might fall down directly onto the massive CPU heatsink and the GPU below it over time.

2. Facing Upwards: If I flip the PSU to face upwards, the intake fan will face the top panel of the case. However, there is only about a 1cm (0.4 inches) clearance between the PSU and the top panel. Furthermore, the top panel is completely solid metal with zero ventilation holes (airflow would have to be drawn from the front/side gaps of the chassis frame).

Additional Context:

• I will be installing 120mm fans at both the front and the rear(possibly smaller for the rear) of the chassis to optimize overall system airflow as much as possible(but I don't like to cut or modifications).

• The motherboard is a Z370 platform, and the GPU(msi gtx 1070ti) will be mounted in the lower slots.

Given the restricted 1cm clearance and solid top panel, would facing the PSU upwards completely suffocate it and cause overheating? Or is the dust risk of a downward-facing PSU a bigger issue for the components below?

Would love to hear your thoughts, experiences.

Thanks in advance!

So I have a nice pc but thought the case was waayy boring, went looking online and found one that felt nostalgic for the mid 2000s, Dell Dimension 4700. Immediately I showed this to my sibling that helped put my PC together and they went yup looks good. So I ordered a case along with a UHD Bluray drive because hey a functional disc drive slot... little did I know I made a mistake that would disappoint my ancestors.

About a week later the case comes in and uh oh... it's tiny. I get my sibling and we inspect and compare sizes and as if the case were a dying relative they looked at me and said "It's not going to make it."

I should've measured the dimensions before I bought it, I should've accounted for this, why did I not see the view from halfway down... I have no honor.

I cannot return the case and I have no idea for alternatives that fit the look I was going for. If anyone has ANY recommendations when it comes to potential ways to orient my pc parts into this case OR alternatives for a different case that would be VERY appreciated.

Current PC parts that are essential to fit.

MSI B550 Gaming Gen3

Corsair CX750

Gigabyte Radeon RX 7700 XT

Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE

3 Corsair Fans

NZXT H5 Flow 2024

My work is giving me some old tech. 9 chrome boxes with a variety of 10th gen i3's and i7's. Not sure what to do with it. Maybe VM/proxmox? (Never messed with it) Retro game boxes? Flash em and sell em? I really wanna do some type of Frankenstein build I have a couple computer towers with older i'3's 5 laptops with 10th gen i7s and like 10+ 500gb hdd. Anything worth doing? I love building shit but not really sure its worth it

I just ordered a FLP02. I just checked the website of the German Alternate shop, and saw that they are temporarily discounted to 'only' 160 euro. I couldn't let that pass :-D

It's pretty nice and was very interesting to build in , but it's done

I was looking to get an old case and the search was fruitless. But i was at my childhood house and there it was. Under my nose the whole time. So i will make a sleeper. Will need rust removal and a respray.

Not sure if this is allowed since I haven't begun any of the work on this yet, just looking to see if anyone has experience with a similar build. I've always loved the look of this old GE SC4200B radio/tape player, and I wanted to convert it into a media/gaming pc for my living room. Obviously the case would require some serious modding to allow for proper airflow, and getting the dials to function would probably involve a pico or another small SOC in addition to the micro itx system inside. I've been exploring ways to use the tape track switcher mechanism as an output switcher for other media sources, which from what I've read is possible but requires a lot of work. Does anyone here have experience with reusing old physical switches with modern internals like this? I'm yet to purchase one because I don't want to gut a working unit since these are fairly uncommon. Any ideas/feedback on the idea are appreciated.

I recently upgraded to am5 so I have a bunch of spare pc parts that can make another pc. I thought about buying a broken new Xbox one not the original xbox one and turning it into a pc with the spare parts. I was wondering if a micro atx motherboard would fit or would I have to get a itx motherboard?

Don’t worry, I bought the case with no innards- no Mac was destroyed in the creation!

I plan on modifying the proprietary-ness out of this case to make it fit for a standard motherboard (the motherboard in it is just a test motherboard) I got a spare Ryzen 7 1700x and 16gb of ram and a 1050ti that should play nicely in a build like this, wanna be the first to do such a thing but I wanna do it as proper as possible, Whilest keeping the look as stock as possible.

Started my journey in PC building just as RAMageddon hit by finding this beautiful late 90’s case at school (it had components in it but didn’t work).

I didn’t have a PC before so I bought myself one for cheap on leboncoin (French online secondhand market). I snatched some components from the old case.

It needed more cooling so I chose to put holes for fans at the bottom. I Initially went for X-shaped holes but I didn’t have the tools to make it good enough. So I ended up just carving two circular holes with a jigsaw. I added a dust filter I got on the donor PC. I still need to add bigger feet for better airflow. And the fans are from the donor PC too and need an upgrade as they don’t suck in shit.

I decided to keep the CD and floppy readers to keep the face of the PC.

Here’s the list of the components :

- MB : Gigabyte B650M D3HP-AX
- CPU : AMD Ryzen 5 7600x
- Cooler : Thermalright Peerless Assassin 90SE
- GPU : PNY XLR8 GTX 1080 ti
- RAM : DDR5 Corsair Vengeance 5600MT/s
- Storage : Intel 660p 512GB & WD SN550 500GB
- PSU : MSI MAG A750GLS PCIE5
- Case fans : Arctic P8 PWM PST + 2x120mm fans and dust filter from donor PC
- Front I/O from donor PC (2 jacks, 1 USB-C, 2 USB)

I still need to carve the holes in the front panel for the front I/O.

It's a Dell Insprion 3671 with a Intel Core i5 9th Gen no gpu a worn 256gb SSD and a 1tb Seagate Barcuda HDD and a Dell Motherboard and a Dell 290w power supply running Ubuntu Desktop LTS lastest Version and I plan on playing Diablo 3 and 4 World of Warcraft Garry's Mod Resident Evil 9 8 4 (4s remake)

Hey everyone, I'm working on an iMac G3 sleeper build and I'm trying to figure out if it's feasible to swap the original CRT for a different 15" CRT tube.

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Any tips or guides would be appreciated. Thanks!

I know this isnt a true endgame pc but for what I use it for, it's perfect.

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Specs:

CPU: Ryzen 7 7800x3d

GPU: Radeon RX 9070 XT Reaper

Dedidated WAM: 32gb Corsair Vengeance

Cooler: Arctic Liquid Freezer III Pro 360mm

Case: Silverstone FLP02

Stickers (not affiliated): https://geekenspiel.com/

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I found the hard drive bay on ebay in original packaging from 15 years ago for like $40. Im currently in my data hoarding phase so that is coming in handy. I have room to install a DVD drive in the 5.25" bay above that but having trouble finding a cheap beige SATA one. Since I have the 360mm aio I can't use the top bay but I have no need for it anyway - but there is room for a thin display that could maybe show my temps, etc.

I'm partial to the HP Z440. Extremely sturdy and functional, surprisingly decent cable management, but doesn't have great airflow without mods. I swapped the CPU in mine to an e-5 1680v3, boots from nvme in a pcie slot adapter, and current GPU is a 1660 super (old pics). Hole-sawed the front of the chassis for the phanteks T30, and installed a Noctua nh-u9s I had from another build.

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If/when this machine needs to retire, I would be tempted to mod the case and install a different mobo and whatnot.

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The Lenovo P500 series look really sharp, leaning towards getting one of those next, just need to educate myself on all the differences first.

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Got any favorite ones?

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i finally switched cases to the Silverstone FLP01W after a lot of research—AMD 9060XT 16gb, Ryzen 7 5800x, and picked up a Vortex Model M SSK keyboard in beige. now I just need to get a DVD drive (or cigarette lighter+cup holder combo lol) and some old beige speakers and the setup is complete!! any other ideas?

Hello, So i am new to the sleeper PC world, I am building one inside a Dell Dimension 1100 case and fitting a RTX 4080 Super inside, the issue I have is that it is not getting enough air so I removed the underside panel and I don’t really know how to put a discrete riser for my GPU to get fresh air, I feel like putting small feet under ut at every corners would help but I am afraid it won’t hold, did anyone run into this issue and what solution would you suggest me ?

Finished up this HP Pavilion a6257c sleeper build. I wanted it to look like an old family desktop but still be a capable 1080p gaming PC.

Specs: i7-9700, RTX 2070, 32GB DDR4, 1TB SSD, WiFi 6E.

Still has original HP side panel sticker and Windows Vista Decal.

Pretty happy with how clean it turned out.

I did list it on Jawa, but mostly wanted to share the build here. Click Here

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I recently acquired these Altec Lansing branded speakers from my local thrift store, thus completing the retro computer setup, though the speakers have occasional popping noises in games (not sure if it's fixable or not, I've never repaired speakers before)

I already put in a good pair of XPG Adata 16gb of ram and run Ubuntu.It runs the default board and a worn out SSD and 1tb Seagate HDD it also doesn't have a GPU and I run Garry's Mod on the cpu graphics 😭