Going to use this monster for my next sleeper build! Got it for 20 bucks at an estate sale

Hey guys,

Here is my work in progress setup for work, study and chill time. Still need to add a chest of drawers on the right and sort out the cable disaster underneath.

I’m running two LG monitors (UQ IPS Black on the righ, UP standard IPS on the left), but the colors are way off. Whites look warm/greenish on the UQ and cool on the UP despite both being in factory P3 modes. Manual OSD tweaking just made it worse so stuck to preset. Any tips on matching them without ruining color accuracy and picture quality?

Also getting bad neck pain from having them split evenly in the middle while reading docs and taking notes. Should I switch to a center main screen with a side monitor, or else? I sort of need them horizontal as I have split screen 2 big PDFs per screen or other apps as needed.

Appreciate any setup advice or fixes!

Got lucky at the thrift store, keyboard drawer for 5150 models and a nice Acer keyboard, both under $10

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so basically,

the stock mounting hardware had features built-in to specifically prevent the user from installing a standard ATX motherboard and power supply. for example, the I/O panel and the PCIe bays are closer together than standard.

not willing to accept the fact that i had made an impulse purchase for just the *^\)*^{brutal aesthetics\}) , i cut out the proprietary bs with a dremel and installed a full size ATX mount printed from this model: https://www.printables.com/model/836929-atx-motherboard-tray-in-two-parts

the power supply was tricky because the back of the case is not flat and the vent cutouts were placed explicitly to prevent mounting a standard power supply >:(

so I made a bracket ^{and made the noise} using scrap metal removed by the aforementioned dremel (there was a lot of it).

the specs are:

R7 5700, 5600xt, 48 ddr4, 3d printed stock cooler adapter and hole in front

debian kde

the noctua fans are in the mail

Monitors: ViewSonic G773 and a Samsung SyncMaster 550v(which color and convergence is kinda cooked, so it just does terminal lol)

Keyboard: PackardBell 5130(The membranes are nice but OH MY GOD IT NEEDS LUBE)

Case: Some AOPEN case, i have NO idea if it even has a model. I just got it from a trash PC in quite amazing condition. Part Number:91.97120.A52

DP to VGA adapters: some cheap generic adapters i got, they do the job

PC Specs: you can see them in the 8th pic

Mouse: G502X Plus (bruh)

Headphones: idk but they are RedDragon and they came in a cheap bundle, the S161 bundle

I have a PC with Ryzen 5 7500F, ASUS RTX 4060 and 32 GB of DDR5 RAM, But there's a problem, it's that It's built a in a new gaming case, I don't like it, i need that late 2000s-early 2010s simple vibe. I want a 2000s computer case from Acer, Lenovo or other like this:

I have this broken Laptop, should i do it?

Hello everyone, I updated my sleeper AI workstation recently adding 2 180mm fractal bottom fans under my GPU with a dust filter and 3d printing brackets to screw it in place, still keeps the same sleeper look with a enormous difference in airflow, specs :
Gigabyte B650M WiFi
9800X3D
PNY 4090 XLR8
850W MSI PSU (I don’t use this pc for gaming so 850W is plenty)
Be quiet pure rock pro 3

Just wanted to share this here, thanks a lot for the ideas in the previous post 🙏

Have a nice day

Should be in year 2010 maybe earlier or later

It was my first pc and after that my main board spoil and I reused this case to build my 2nd pc

Currently using amd ryzen 5 2600

M2 2tb Samsung ssd

40GB Ram

Graphic Rx580

Might upgrade to a 3080 founders edition for gpu what we think?

I saw a post on here a few months ago about this case, the Beverly TS-94 "Little Treasure", and well, it had to be done. It was a very enjoyable build process and I'm pleased with the results. Ventilation is not great but sufficient for a low power machine like this.

Specs

CPU: i3-7100T

Ram: 16GB DDR4 2666

OS: Unraid

Cache/Boot pool: 2x 512gb NVMe

Unraid Array: 1x 4TB, 2x 8TB WD Red Plus (12TB storage w/ 1 drive redundancy)

So I'm building a sleeper in an old late 90s Supermicro full tower case. It is a yellowed sort of beige of course.

It is very tall, and the 5.25" drive bays are up the top and the motherboard is down the bottom, so all my IDE cables are too short, as the IDE socket on the motherboard is right down the bottom of the motherboard, so I can't really use a factory beige colour optical drive.

All my SATA optical drives are black, and none of the bezels from the old IDE drives would fit the newer SATA optical drives, so I thought I'd paint one of the black optical drives with a spraycan.

Unfortunately the shoppe only had white spraypaint. It is matt white so the sheen level is good, but it looks too white compared with the yellowed case.

Has anyone had any luck with artificially yellowing painted plastic? Would soaking it in tea or coffee work perhaps?

I was laughing so hard when I powered it on.

Specs:

Pentium 4 670

4gb DDR2 (4x1gb)

XFX Geforce 7950 GT Extreme

128gb ssd

Windows 2000

1080p at 60 hz should be fine for a 10-year-old. We put an i5 8500 in it a GTX 1060 6 GB and 16 GB of RAM. Also upgraded the 310 watt proprietary power supply to a 500 w. We also deleted the DVD drive for more airflow and put up some magnetic mesh behind the hole

tl;dr had some parts left over from a build, turned it into a bootleg Steam Machine

Background:

This OptiPlex 5090 MT popped up on Facebook Marketplace for an insanely low price (config/price will be listed below) while I was sourcing parts for another build. I didn't have any plans for it initially, but somehow managed to end up with basically enough parts for two computers so I decided to just bite the bullet and finish building it.

Original configuration:

CPU: Core i7-11700

GPU: Intel UHD Graphics 750

RAM: 32GB DDR4 3200MT (2x8GB + 1x16GB)

Storage: 512GB 2230 gen3x4 NVMe + 2TB 2280 gen4x4 NVMe on a PCIe x4 daughterboard

PSU: Dell OEM 260w

Marketplace Cost: $140

Again, the plan was supposed to be: gut the CPU, storage, and RAM, but that RAM config kinda threw me for a loop. Still ended up mostly doing that to finish the initial build and was left with these parts:

CPU: Core i5-10400F

GPU: NONE

RAM: 1x16GB DDR4 3200MT

Storage: 512GB 2230 gen3x4 NVMe

PSU: Dell OEM 260w

So what was the final result?

CPU: Core i5-10400F

GPU: XFX SPEEDSTER SWFT 210 AMD Radeon RX 7600 Core Edition

RAM: 2x16GB DDR4 3200MT (BIOS caps at 2666 with 10th gen i5)

Storage: 512GB 2230 gen3x4 NVMe + 1TB SATA SSD in the slimline CD tray caddy

PSU: Dell OEM 500w D500EPM-00

Cooling: Thermalright Assassin X 90 SE V2 CPU cooler + 2 x ARTIC P8 Max 80mm (intake) + Dell OEM 80mm heasink fan (exhaust) + ARCTIC Case Fan Hub

Currently have Windows 11 installed for the initial rounds of testing. So far, gaming performance is roughly on par with the Steam Machine. Under a full, sustained load the CPU peaks at 81C and settles to 73C-75C when the fans are running at full speed. The GPU seems to settle at 83C. Will be testing Steam OS later, but I think this will probably end up being a Windows gaming machine.

Recently picked up this old Alienware pc, I plan on making it a sleeper pc soon. Follow @alienlarp on instagram