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Jorpe

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    Jorpe reacted to FunkyHunk in Powermac G4 Ryzentosh/Win10 Gaming Rig   
    Hello guys and gals!
    Long time lurker here, been following build threads on this forum a long time. 
    I decided to make my own thread about my latest custom build.
    Earlier builds I have done have been with storebought cases, mostly Lian Li cases since I liked their design and build quality alot. 
    Some time ago in 2016 I got a powermac g4 from the early 2000's when a friend of mine cleaned up the house after her father passed away. 
     


     
    This macine was immaculate, had sat for lots and lots of years. The harddrive was noisy and the fans were all rattling, but everything was working perfectly-ish.
    It even came with the original keyboard and one button mouse. 
    I was thinking of using all the internals, except for a new m-atx motherboard for my then i5 4690k/atx msi gaming 5/zotac gtx780/8gb ddr3 1600mhz gaming rig in a huge Lian Li case. 
    But time went by, and the case just sat there, not doing anything. 
     
    Then it came time to upgrade as the old build (no slouch tho) was beginning to show its age. 
    I then comprised this list of hardware for my powermac build:
    Cpu: Ryzen 7 2700X
    Cooler: Corsair H60 120mm AIO
    Mobo: Gigabyte B450m DS3H
    Ram: GSkill 3200mhz ddr4 16gb (2x8gb)
    HDD: 1x samsung 960 evo m.2 nvme (from the old pc) 1x 4tb Seagate 7200rpm (from the old pc)
    GPU: MSI Gaming X 1080 8gb (bought used from a friend) 
    PSU: 2010 Corsair 1000w semi modular (large type) (from the old pc)
     
    And the old Powermac case of course.
    Here is the old 780 next to the 1080, just to compare the sizes. I was doubtful before going in to this project if I could get that 1080 into the case without problems. 
     
     
    First thing I did after cleaning out the old hw from the case was going to the electronics recycling place,
    to get me a donor pc that I could hack out the mobo tray with standoffs and such to transplant into the g3 case. 
    I decided to try to get the pc as close to unmodified as possible, keeping all the stock look and feel, while modernizing it to be a nice powerful daily driver. 
     
    First I drilled out all the rivets for the side door to get it separated from the rest of the case, and then removed ther IO panel on the back, to get rid of the strange apple layout. 
     

     
    And after a LOT of cutting/measuring/cutting/measuring/drilling/riveting this was the result: 
     

     

     
    I had to redesign it a bit as I hadn't made room for the hinge. But It got done, and I assembled it. 
    More pictures to follow next post
     
     
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    Jorpe reacted to JMTHEFOX in The 1080p 144hz Astro Fighter   
    Hello everyone, since I built my first PC in 2013 or 2014, I have interest in building something that will replace my first build as well as building a new main machine with Ryzen cpu. Currently I got most of the parts from Newegg. Here is my partlist for this build:
     
    PCPartPicker Part List
    CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($199.99 @ Newegg)
    Motherboard: ASRock X570 PHANTOM GAMING 4 WIFI ax ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($168.99 @ SuperBiiz)
    Memory: Team T-Force Vulcan 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($74.99 @ Newegg)
    Storage: Crucial MX500 250 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($49.99 @ Newegg)
    Storage: Seagate BarraCuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.89 @ OutletPC)
    Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB XC BLACK GAMING Video Card  ($259.99 @ Newegg)
    Case: Phanteks ECLIPSE P350X ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.99 @ Newegg)
    Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS Plus Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($116.98 @ Newegg)
    Keyboard: Corsair K55 RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($49.88 @ Newegg)
    Mouse: Logitech G600 MMO Gaming Mouse Wired Laser Mouse  ($50.99 @ Newegg)
    Custom: ASUS RT-AC66R B1 Dual-Band 3x3 AC1750 WiFi 4-Port Gigabit Router  ($95.60 @ Walmart)
    Custom: Xbox One Play N Charge Kit
    Custom: Panasonic Eneloop AA 2000mAh 2100 Cycle Ni-MH Pre-Charged Rechargeable  ($33.09 @ Newegg)
    Total: $1215.37
    Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
    Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-31 10:27 EDT-0400
     
    Here is some progress on the build so far:
     

     

     
    Currently, I am having some trouble with installing the SMA Wifi Antenna connectors as my hands/fingers were trembling. I hope to try it again soon.
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