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Welcome to my second ever build log, MeMac.

 

This will be a build log of me putting a entire gaming pc (INCLUDING MONITOR) inside an eMac

 

I think it will be pretty cool, and pretty hard.

 

The specs of the system will be my current rig, with FX-6300, and HD 7850 (see profile if you want complete specs, kinda boring specs so...)

 

Now, the exciting part, it MIGHT BE WATERCOOLED!!

My current rig is watercooled, but im not sure if i can fit the parts inside the emac. We will have to see.

 

First update coming soon, as I have already done some things.

 

Thats it!

If you have any ideas to make it even cooler, tell me.

 

-spwath

 

 

UPDATE 1: PAGE 1

 

UPDATE 2: PAGE 1

 

UPDATE 3: PAGE 2 http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/387249-memac-and-aio-gaming-pc-in-an-emac-its-taking-shape/page-2#entry5233343

 

n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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I thought you loved the FT05 to death?

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VAULT - File Server

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Intel Core i5 11400 w/ Shadow Rock LP, 2x16GB SP GAMING 3200MHz CL16, ASUS PRIME Z590-A, 2x LSI 9211-8i, Fractal Define 7, 256GB Team MP33, 3x 6TB WD Red Pro (general storage), 3x 1TB Seagate Barracuda (dumping ground), 3x 8TB WD White-Label (Plex) (all 3 arrays in their respective Windows Parity storage spaces), Corsair RM750x, Windows 11 Education

Sleeper HP Pavilion A6137C

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Intel Core i7 6700K @ 4.4GHz, 4x8GB G.SKILL Ares 1800MHz CL10, ASUS Z170M-E D3, 128GB Team MP33, 1TB Seagate Barracuda, 320GB Samsung Spinpoint (for video capture), MSI GTX 970 100ME, EVGA 650G1, Windows 10 Pro

Mac Mini (Late 2020)

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Apple M1, 8GB RAM, 256GB, macOS Sonoma

Consoles: Softmodded 1.4 Xbox w/ 500GB HDD, Xbox 360 Elite 120GB Falcon, XB1X w/2TB MX500, Xbox Series X, PS1 1001, PS2 Slim 70000 w/ FreeMcBoot, PS4 Pro 7015B 1TB (retired), PS5 Digital, Nintendo Switch OLED, Nintendo Wii RVL-001 (black)

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I thought you loved the FT05 to death?

Yeah, but i have 10 eMacs in my living room, and a whole summer with not much planned

n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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Yeah, but i have 10 eMacs in my living room, and a whole summer with not much planned

Well... I'm gonna be cramming a dual-PIII board in a 300R... Just need another 1GHz PIII and a video card that doesn't have the compute power of a potato.

Main rig on profile

VAULT - File Server

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Intel Core i5 11400 w/ Shadow Rock LP, 2x16GB SP GAMING 3200MHz CL16, ASUS PRIME Z590-A, 2x LSI 9211-8i, Fractal Define 7, 256GB Team MP33, 3x 6TB WD Red Pro (general storage), 3x 1TB Seagate Barracuda (dumping ground), 3x 8TB WD White-Label (Plex) (all 3 arrays in their respective Windows Parity storage spaces), Corsair RM750x, Windows 11 Education

Sleeper HP Pavilion A6137C

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Intel Core i7 6700K @ 4.4GHz, 4x8GB G.SKILL Ares 1800MHz CL10, ASUS Z170M-E D3, 128GB Team MP33, 1TB Seagate Barracuda, 320GB Samsung Spinpoint (for video capture), MSI GTX 970 100ME, EVGA 650G1, Windows 10 Pro

Mac Mini (Late 2020)

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Apple M1, 8GB RAM, 256GB, macOS Sonoma

Consoles: Softmodded 1.4 Xbox w/ 500GB HDD, Xbox 360 Elite 120GB Falcon, XB1X w/2TB MX500, Xbox Series X, PS1 1001, PS2 Slim 70000 w/ FreeMcBoot, PS4 Pro 7015B 1TB (retired), PS5 Digital, Nintendo Switch OLED, Nintendo Wii RVL-001 (black)

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Well... I'm gonna be cramming a dual-PIII board in a 300R... Just need another 1GHz PIII and a video card that doesn't have the compute power of a potato.

So we are doing the opposite.

I am putting modern hardware in a 2004 case, and you are putting 2004 hardware in a modern case

n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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It's dremelling time! (maybe? possibly?)

I'm interested to see this. Is the eMac a similar size to the Mac G4 G3? If it is, you're officially crazy unless you plan on doing some serious mods to the cooling system.

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Branwen (2015 build) - CPU: i7 4790K GPU:EVGA GTX 1070 SC PSU: XFX XTR 650W RAM: 16GB Kingston HyperX fury Motherboard: MSI Z87 MPower MAX AC SSD: Crucial MX100 256GB + Crucial MX300 1TB  Case: Silverstone RV05 Cooler: Corsair H80i V2 Displays: AOC AGON AG241QG & BenQ BL2420PT Build log: link 

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Netrunner (2020 build) - CPU: AMD R7 3700X GPU: EVGA GTX 1070 (from 2015 build) PSU: Corsair SF600 platinum RAM: 32GB Crucial Ballistix RGB 3600Mhz cl16 Motherboard: Gigabyte Aorus X570i pro wifi SSD: Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1TB Case: Lian Li TU150W black Cooler: Be Quiet! Dark Rock Slim

 

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So we are doing the opposite.

I am putting modern hardware in a 2004 case, and you are putting 2004 hardware in a modern case

To an extent... Either way, I looooove me some Pentium III action. Now I just gotta get a case for my other PIII build... This is sad. I have a PII laptop, 2 (soon to be 3) PIII desktops, a P4 Dell, 2 Core 2-generation PCs, and then my rig. xD

Main rig on profile

VAULT - File Server

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Intel Core i5 11400 w/ Shadow Rock LP, 2x16GB SP GAMING 3200MHz CL16, ASUS PRIME Z590-A, 2x LSI 9211-8i, Fractal Define 7, 256GB Team MP33, 3x 6TB WD Red Pro (general storage), 3x 1TB Seagate Barracuda (dumping ground), 3x 8TB WD White-Label (Plex) (all 3 arrays in their respective Windows Parity storage spaces), Corsair RM750x, Windows 11 Education

Sleeper HP Pavilion A6137C

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Intel Core i7 6700K @ 4.4GHz, 4x8GB G.SKILL Ares 1800MHz CL10, ASUS Z170M-E D3, 128GB Team MP33, 1TB Seagate Barracuda, 320GB Samsung Spinpoint (for video capture), MSI GTX 970 100ME, EVGA 650G1, Windows 10 Pro

Mac Mini (Late 2020)

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Apple M1, 8GB RAM, 256GB, macOS Sonoma

Consoles: Softmodded 1.4 Xbox w/ 500GB HDD, Xbox 360 Elite 120GB Falcon, XB1X w/2TB MX500, Xbox Series X, PS1 1001, PS2 Slim 70000 w/ FreeMcBoot, PS4 Pro 7015B 1TB (retired), PS5 Digital, Nintendo Switch OLED, Nintendo Wii RVL-001 (black)

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It's dremelling time! (maybe? possibly?)

I'm interested to see this. Is the eMac a similar size to the Mac G4 G3? If it is, you're officially crazy unless you plan on doing some serious mods to the cooling system.

Its a bit bigger than the g3. Its pretty big. An ATX MB will fit inside no problem. It has a nice big vent in the back.

Also, already did some minor dremmeling to get rid of useless plastic bumps inside. BUt there is probably more to come.

 

 

UPDATE:

 

PICS TIME:

 

The case, emptied:

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The rest of my eMacs:

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The guts of the eMac, wish i could salvage more frame parts, too scared of shock, and too many screws:

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17" monitor in:

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Much thinner than before:

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Also, im going to try to get as many originall functions to work (power switch, power LED, disk drive with cover, microphone)

n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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wow nice concept/idea hope it will come true as you want it too

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its transpearent...

 

RGB LIGHTS INSIDE!!!
 

MAY HAPPEN! WE WILL SEE!!!

 

IT could glow and pulse different colors. THat would be pretty cool...

n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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awesome! not just a buildlog, but also quite the challenge, i like that, here take my sub!

 

 

Yeah, but i have 10 eMacs in my living room, and a whole summer with not much planned

 

damn... might there be a way you might ship one of these to the EU(DM me please if you might be willing to do so)

May the light have your back and your ISO low.

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awesome! not just a buildlog, but also quite the challenge, i like that, here take my sub!

 

 

 

damn... might there be a way you might ship one of these to the EU(DM me please if you might be willing to do so)

I mean, shipping would cost like 100$ or more....

 

Yeah, it will be a challange.

I hope i can do it.

n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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I mean, shipping would cost like 100$ or more....

 

Yeah, it will be a challange.

I hope i can do it.

 

ewww... those shipping costs-looks at future money for coming future- damn.... bummer...

 

 

you got my support for sure! just go for it otherwise visit frozencpu(orwhatever it became) for help

May the light have your back and your ISO low.

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ewww... those shipping costs-looks at future money for coming future- damn.... bummer...

 

 

you got my support for sure! just go for it otherwise visit frozencpu(orwhatever it became) for help

There is nothing there ATM.

Just a warehouse full of PC mod gear with no people 2 miles from my house...

n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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There is nothing there ATM.

Just a warehouse full of PC mod gear with no people 2 miles from my house...

 

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Main Gaming PC (new): HP Omen 30L || i9 10850K || RTX 3070 || 512GB WD Blue NVME || 2TB HDD, 4TB HDD, 8TB HDD ||  750W P2 ||  16GB HyperX Black DDR4

Main Gaming PC (old, still own) : Intel Core i7 7700K @5.0Ghz || GPU: GTX 1080 Seahawk EK X || Motherboard: Maximus VIII Impact || Case: Fractal Design Define Nano S || RAM : 32GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 

Cooling: EK XRES D5 100mm || Alphacool ST30 280mm w/ Vardars || Alphacool ST30 240mm w/ Vardars || Swiftech 3/8 x 1/2'' Lok-Seal Compressions || Swiftech EVGA Hydrocopper Block || Primochill Advanced LRT Orange || Distilled Water

Folding@Home Rig: 2x X5690s @4.6Ghz || GPUs: 2x Radeon HD 7990 || Motherboard: EVGA SR-2 || Case: Corsair 900D || RAM: 48GB Corsair Dominator GT 2000Mhz CL9

Ethereum Mining Rig: Pentium G4400 || Gigabyte Z170X-UD5 TH || 2x GTX 1060s (Samsung & Hynix) 1x GTX 1070 (Micron), 2x RX480s BIOS modded (Samsung), 1x R9 290X 8GB, 1x GTX 1660 Super = ~ 195 Mh/s

Peripherals: 3x U2412M (5760x1200), 1x U3011 (2560x1600) || Logitech G710 (Cherry Blues) || Logitech G600 || Brainwavz HM5 with @Gofspar Mod 

Laptop: Dell XPS 15 || "Infinity Edge" 4K IPS Screen || i7 7700HQ || GTX 1050 || 16GB 2400Mhz RAM 

 

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its amazing they could even fit a computer in there with that old tube style monitor .

 

you have quite the challenge ahead of you.

 

subbed for sure  :)

Yeah.

 

Still, alot bigger than a NES :)

But also ATX mb...

n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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Looking AWESOME! Can't wait to see how this turns out!

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UPDATE 2


 


ITS TAKING SHAPE


 


Got DVD drive, spare hard drive, and spare PSU in. (will be different parts in real build)


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Even a space for PSU cables


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Orginal MB from the eMac


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n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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This is super freaking neat! Subbed for sure on this one!

Current System: R7 1700x 3.93Ghz, PowerColor R9 380x 1.14ghz, 16gb Corsair Vengeance Pro 3200mhz, EVGA 650 GS

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This looks awesome! I have both an iMac G4 and eMac in my collection ... I have been mega tempted to make a hackintosh in an old Mac sometime!

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Pretty cool, perhaps a Hackintosh?
Next year I want to take the shell of a Mac Pro and like build a photo/video editing and gaming workstation (that will run OS X and Windows). I think in attempt to keep the aesthetic of the Mac Pro, I would build an acrylic (clear or frosted-white, not sure) ATX mobo tray and fan mount on the top and find some where to seat 2 HDDs and 2 SSDs. (perhaps rails at the top of the acrylic subframe) (I guess you could call it that even though it wouldn't really be a structural member since anything Apple had intended for structural rigidity will be removed so that I have extra space. I've also considered doing something like this with my Bondi Blue iMac G3 but a flat screen would look rather weird in it, I'm also nervous about working with a CRT since they can hold a large charge for quite some time (which I mean it's been sitting for quite some time now, still afraid there might be some charge left.

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This looks awesome! I have both an iMac G4 and eMac in my collection ... I have been mega tempted to make a hackintosh in an old Mac sometime!

I have a g4, a cube, and 10 emacs. I might try the cube when I have money for itx

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