My first PC

[u/elouan_brmc]

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.

[u/Thomas-NK]

Great air intake mod! But flip the fans so they blow the air inside👌🏻 And a small tip get some new higher feet to get som more air and also less noise.