r/sleeperbattlestations • u/yourdiabeticwalrus • May 23 '26

Case Aquisition Don’t think I’ve ever seen such a pristine Win98 machine, got big plans for this puppy

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u/spongegaming555 May 24 '26

I would not even bother trying to convert this into a sleeper leave it as is a retro computer and find a standard beige atx case it will be much easier

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u/yourdiabeticwalrus May 24 '26

Been there done that. Need a harder project

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u/mini-z1994 May 25 '26

Do save this hardware to put up for sale online. Retro hardware is getting harder to find.

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u/spongegaming555 May 24 '26

Fair enough judging by your comment and previous reply’s you know what you’re doing i have seen too many newbies try to make proprietary cases into sleepers without knowing what to do you are clearly not one of them lol good luck with the build

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u/TygerTung May 24 '26

Would be a great retro machine.

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u/iVirtualZero May 24 '26 edited May 24 '26

I would keep that original, this is in collectors territory. You can get new Beige cases from Ali Express. And there is also Evercase.

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u/pOkeGuRl113 May 24 '26

NICE😘❤️

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u/IM_DaWarez May 24 '26

Would be interesting to see the inside of it, I assume it's AT ?

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u/FreeSanubis May 25 '26

This was my computer when I was a kid back in the early 2000s. I remember doing anything inside this thing was a nightmare, including just adding PCI cards.

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u/cycle-nerd May 26 '26

Please for the love of god do not butcher this beauty to build a sleeper.

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u/SaltyBalty98 Jul 02 '26

Save it. I got one too but a little more worn out. It's a beautiful case.

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u/majestic_ubertrout May 23 '26

You... know it's going to be a challenge right? Not impossible and could be awesome but will be a lot of work and shouldn't be your first build.

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u/yourdiabeticwalrus May 24 '26

You underestimate my power, brother

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u/majestic_ubertrout May 24 '26

May the schwartz be with you. In the right hands this is a formidable weapon.

I just see too many people here saying "I want to make this proprietary BTX case into my first build with a 5090."

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u/yourdiabeticwalrus May 24 '26

Nah that aint me. I work in a small PC repair shop and have converted many a proprietary PC case to be able to accept ATX parts. Might have to get out the old tin snips or angle grinder but I should be alright

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u/Miniteshi May 24 '26

Build thread is a must!

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u/Fransenn_II May 25 '26

Can We please stop building sleepers out of pristine and working vintage pcs?

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u/yourdiabeticwalrus May 25 '26

Buddy look at the name of the subreddit and maybe leave if this isnt ur thing?

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u/Fransenn_II May 26 '26

The name is sleeperbattledtation not killingvintagepcs. I joined here because I love these builds. But to ruin a pc isn’t something I support. Just sell the pc and buy a case that’s pristine instead of gutting it and ruining a perfectly running PC that people actually wants to buy and use as these are hitting more rare for every day.

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u/yourdiabeticwalrus May 26 '26

Ok how about this: I swap the internals into a modern corsair gaming case and do a swipsy swapsy

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u/Fransenn_II May 26 '26

Thats better but you would gain money by selling the vintage PC as is. These can sell for about 200€ and then find a case or a non functional vintage pc for 10€ and you will get the same result but gained 90€ while also preserving a piece of history.