Retro PC

Devon68 · May 26, 2016

To view this case mod, go here.

Specs:
CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2200+MOBO: Epox 8RDAEIRAM: 2x1GB DDR1 KingstonGPU: ATI radeon HD 3450 512MBHDD: Western digital 250GB IDE (primary, OS) , Seagate 750GB IDE (secondary).

Mods:
Made a new motherboard tray with cable management holes. Shortened the DVD drive bay from 4 units to a single unit. Made a custom power supply cover. Painted the inside of the case in white. Mounted the Hard drives vertically.

This is my first PC ever purchased in December 2004. The system has undergone some changes since then:- the ram has been expanded from 512 MB to 2GB- the HDD dies a few years ago but it was also a WD 250 GB- the gpu was changed from a ATI 9550 to the current HD 3450.I know the mod is not flashy as some on here but I'm happy with it.

Frick · May 26, 2016

Very nice. Worthy of a retro build indeed.

stinger608 · May 27, 2016

Very awesome ole nostalgic build man!!!!!

Crazy zookeepster · May 27, 2016

How did you bend the sheet metal? And how did you get the spray paint to stick to the galvanizing? Other than that, it is a great mod :toast:

Caring1 · May 27, 2016

Crazy zookeepster said:
How did you bend the sheet metal? And how did you get the spray paint to stick to the galvanizing? Other than that, it is a great mod

Use an etch primer to get paint to stick to galvanized steel.

Devon68 · May 27, 2016

How did you bend the sheet metal?

I started it with my hand and later I had to hammer it. It was a pain in the ass to bend but I had no other way.

Thanks everyone for the replies.

Redkaliber · May 28, 2016

Enjoy you outdated garbage pc, sorry have no love for old tech. Good work on the case mod though.

Red_Machine · May 28, 2016

Redkaliber said:
Enjoy you outdated garbage pc, sorry have no love for old tech. Good work on the case mod though.

Didn't your mother ever say "If you don't have anything nice to say, then shut the fuck up"?

Crazy zookeepster · May 28, 2016

Caring1 said:
Use an etch primer to get paint to stick to galvanized steel.

Awesome thanx man, im looking at doing the same with P4 3ghz presscot build

jaw shwaa · May 31, 2016

Nice . kicking it old school.. I like the wood floors. Makes it look classy up in there! Some older cases are just begging to be chopped up and modded out.. 9 out of 10

Antiapplekid · Nov 2, 2016

This is making me want to build my first build again

stinger608 · Nov 2, 2016

Antiapplekid said:
This is making me want to build my first build again

What were the specs?

Always a fun time.

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Tons of awesome hardware shown from tons of awesome members!

System Name	Ryzen 2023
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7700
Motherboard	Asrock B650E Steel Legend Wifi
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15
Memory	G Skill Flare X5 2x16gb cl32@6000 MHz
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Radeon RX 6950 XT Nitro + gaming Oc
Storage	WESTERN DIGITAL 1TB 64MB 7k SATA600 Blue WD10EZEX, WD Black SN850X 1Tb nvme
Display(s)	LG 27GP850P-B
Case	Corsair 5000D airflow tempered glass
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime GX-850W
Mouse	A4Tech V7M bloody
Keyboard	Genius KB-G255
Software	Windows 10 64bit

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Processor	Ryzen 5 5600
Motherboard	Asrock B450M-HDV
Cooling	Be Quiet! Pure Rock 2
Memory	2 x 16GB Kingston Fury 3400mhz
Video Card(s)	XFX 6950XT Speedster MERC 319
Storage	Kingston A400 240GB \| WD Black SN750 2TB \|WD Blue 1TB x 2 \| Toshiba P300 2TB \| Seagate Expansion 8TB
Display(s)	Samsung U32J590U 4K + BenQ GL2450HT 1080p
Case	Fractal Design Define R4
Audio Device(s)	Line6 UX1 + some headphones, Nektar SE61 keyboard
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x v3
Mouse	Logitech G602
Keyboard	Cherry MX Board 1.0 TKL Brown
VR HMD	Acer Mixed Reality Headset
Software	Windows 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	Rimworld 4K ready!

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Processor	Intel 4790K/AMD Ryzen 3700X
Motherboard	MSI 1150 Gaming mATX/Gigabyte AORUS ELITE B550
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212 LED/SilverStone AH240 AIO
Memory	16 gigs Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer/16 gigs G.Skill TridentZ NEO DDR4
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte 1660 Super/Gigabyte GTX 1660
Storage	Crucial SSD 256 and 2TB spinner/Dual Samsung 980 Pro M2 NVME 4.0
Display(s)	Overlord 27" 2560 x 1440
Case	Corsair Air 540
Audio Device(s)	On board
Power Supply	Seasonic modular 850 watt Platinum/EVGA T2-850 Titanium
Software	Windows 10 Pro/Windows 10 Pro

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Processor	Core i7 2600k @ 4.5GHz @1.4v
Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-v
Cooling	Cooler master Nepton 280L
Memory	2*4Gig Adata XPG 2400Mhz running at 2200Mhz 10-11-11 1.65v
Video Card(s)	Galax GTX 1060 6Gb Boost clock: 2102mhz Memory: 3004+450mhz
Storage	1x Seagate 3TB, 1x Samsung 1TB, Crucial MX300 250gig ssd
Display(s)	Alienware AW2518HF 240Hz and Samsung BX2450
Case	Corsair Air 540
Audio Device(s)	Basic sound card
Power Supply	Cooler Master GX750
Mouse	Razer Deathadder Elite Chroma with Razer Gigantus mouse pad
Keyboard	Gigabyte Osmium Cherry MX red
Software	Windows 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	Nah, I play games instead

System Name	Black Box
Processor	Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5
Motherboard	MSI E3 KRAIT Gaming v5
Cooling	Tt tower + 120mm Tt fan
Memory	G.Skill 16GB 3600 C18
Video Card(s)	Asus GTX 970 Mini
Storage	Kingston A2000 512Gb NVME
Display(s)	AOC 24" Freesync 1m.s. 75Hz
Case	Corsair 450D High Air Flow.
Audio Device(s)	No need.
Power Supply	FSP Aurum 650W
Mouse	Yes
Keyboard	Of course
Software	W10 Pro 64 bit

Retro PC

Devon68

Frick

Fishfaced Nincompoop

stinger608

Dedicated TPU Cruncher & Folder

Crazy zookeepster

Caring1

Devon68

Redkaliber

Red_Machine

Crazy zookeepster

jaw shwaa

Antiapplekid

New Member

stinger608

Dedicated TPU Cruncher & Folder

System Name	Enthoo Phantom
Processor	4820K
Motherboard	Gigabyte X79-UP4
Cooling	Custom-Loop
Memory	Patriot DDR3 Intel limited 1866
Video Card(s)	gigabyte geforce gtx 970 g1 gaming in SLI
Storage	1TB SSD + 250GB SSD and 2TB HDD
Display(s)	MSI Optix MAG-C 2560x1440 144hz 1ms
Case	Enthoo Luxe
Audio Device(s)	Sound Blaster Z
Power Supply	850 W Corsair Bronze : (
Mouse	Logitech G502
Keyboard	Corsair K70
Software	M$ WIndows 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	Crap

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Processor	AMD Ryzen 9 5900X \| Intel Pentium II 450MHz
Motherboard	ASUS ROG STRIX X570-F Gaming \| MSI MS-6116 (Intel 440BX chipset)
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 SE-AM4
Memory	32GB Corsair DDR4-3000 (16-20-20-38) \| 512MB PC133 SDRAM
Video Card(s)	nVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 FE \| 3dfx Voodoo3 3000
Storage	1TB WD_Black SN850 NVME SSD (OS), Toshiba 3TB (Storage), Toshiba 3TB (Steam)
Display(s)	Samsung Odyssey G5 27" @ 1440p144 & Dell P2312H @ 1080p60
Case	SilverStone Seta A1 \| Beige box
Audio Device(s)	Creative Sound Blaster AE-7 (Speakers), Creative Zen Hybrid headset \| Sound Blaster AWE64
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 750 G2 \| 250W ASETEC
Mouse	Roccat Kone Air\| Microsoft Serial Mouse v2.0A
Keyboard	Vortex Race3 \| Dell AT102W
Software	Microsoft Windows 11 Pro \| Microsoft Windows 98SE

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Processor	6700k delidded 5.0ghz from silicone lottery
Motherboard	Msi z270 m5
Cooling	xspc cpu block , ek pump/res , alphacool 360 rad , ek fc x2 , monsoon fittings
Memory	corsair dominator platinum16gb with light bar kit
Video Card(s)	Msi 1070 seahawk x2
Storage	adata sp550 256gb , seagate 1tb
Display(s)	hp 24' monitors x3
Case	Phanteks enthoo evolve tempered glass
Audio Device(s)	Samsung 5.1 surround system
Power Supply	xfx 1250w pro series , custom cables
Mouse	Logitech g403
Keyboard	Logitech g11 ,painted white and black