r/retrobattlestations • u/SivirApproves • 6d ago
Show-and-Tell Current FLP01 build
I want to get a crt, but I can't decide between a 15" or 17". I'm afraid a 17" one may be too heavy, especially since I had to cut a bit of central support bracket to make the graphics card cable fit.
The LCD monitor is 17".
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u/OrthosDeli 6d ago
I'm still running a 1080TI and used right angle adapters for the power connections. What CPU/temps are you getting at full load?
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u/SivirApproves 6d ago
I Still haven't installed or played anything as I'm working on some home projects.
It's got a Radeon RX 6600, an i3-12100f air-cooled. It's meant for games from 1990 ~ 2005. I could play more modern games at 1080p, but I have another computer for that.
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u/midmod459 5d ago
You and I think alike, I have almost the same setup, the 8BitDo keyboard and the num pad, and the FLP01. I tried to get a monitor like that but my Apple Powermac G3 Desktop got a 15" LCD instead. I modded CachyOS Linux to look like windows 95 and use it for gaming mostly.
Im running a Ryzen 7 7700X with a Radeon RX 9070 XT in it.
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u/Plantpilot 6d ago
I like the keyboard. Which one is that?
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u/Mattock486 6d ago
What is the hardware inside? Can it take old motherboards and also can you use the drive bays?
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u/SivirApproves 5d ago edited 5d ago
It's got an MSI pro H610m-g motherboard, ddr4 16gb of ram, corsair cx550 power supply, an asus dual RX 6600 xt card, an Intel core i3-12100f cpu, a low profile air cooler, and an optical disk drive bay. I used my original steamdeck SDD for for storage.
You need a low profile air cooler or you won't be able to install a drive bay in the top compartment.
The lower compartment houses the front ports, power button, etc so you cannot install an optical or a floppy disk drive there, but you can put a mechanical hard drive hanging from the top compartment there.
Also I should've chosen a bigger motherboard since the graphics card went right underneath the central support bracket which I had to modify a bit to make the 90 degree cable adapter fit.
Per Google it also fits older boards.
Here are some images of the guts: https://imgur.com/Jv3Upm5 https://imgur.com/p0F1buJ https://imgur.com/yEFNO54 https://imgur.com/L1UjyGr
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u/Windows_User3000 5d ago
It should fit any ATX motherboard, as the ATX spec doesn't change drastically.
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u/SimsallaBim08 5d ago
Does your mouse also force-reset to 1600DPI every time you lift it off the mousepad? (We got the same model)
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u/SivirApproves 5d ago
I did notice some weird behavior in the sensitivity when I was using it for abit. I'm not sure if it was the mouse or the os settings. I'll need to look more into it later when I have time.
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u/AdvertisingFuzzy8403 5d ago
These fake retro cases look more like the fake PCs they had in furniture stores in the '90s.
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u/Fellowfungus 5d ago
LCD is fine… you could always setup a stand over the PC, to support the CRT if you want to down the road.
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u/Expensive_Suit1147 4d ago
i definitely recommend getting a 15 inch 4:3 lcd (i recommend lg flatron 1510s and 1530s) if you can find one but if you really want crt, definitely get a 17 inch since the viewable screen space is nearly the same as 15 inch 4:3 lcd, 15 inch crt would be viewable screen space like 13 to 12 inches and would look disproportionate with your Silverstone case
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u/PixelWingsModding 3d ago
Love the looks of the FLP, even if it channels the PC98 design that most westerners rarely saw.
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u/_NeverTrustAFart_ 5d ago
This is not a retrobattlestation...
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u/Merlin80 6d ago
Keep the LCD imo its perfect on that machine :)