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The Box Pc Build

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Just messing around with an old box from my R9 290 from a few years ago and had an idea. Why not use a box instead of a normal case?

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After about 10 minutes with a pair of scissors and a screwdriver, i had attached a 120mm fan to the top and a 90mm to the front.

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no room to mount a psu inside as the box is too short. decided to just set the box on top of it.

 

cut a small hole to route cables into the case.

 

going for a true price-performance build here. Running linux mint 18.2 "Sonya" with an FX 4100, 4gb DDR3-1033, a 250gb seagate hdd, and a stock amd cooler from that cpu (took the 80mm fan off) cooled by the top case fan.IMG_1239.thumb.jpg.0ad942f64f2b2fd851a5533842b7e18e.jpg

 

 

Found some garbage psu and taped it to the bottom. One half-height R5-230 later and its running like a dream. Not super quiet, or super cheap, but it was a fun experiment to do in class.

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Spectacular! Some flame retardant coating on the inside of the box might not be a bad idea!

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Your pics are the exact reason to "why not use a box vs a PC case" :)

 

Looks like a fun project and if you had fun doing it, good stuff.

 

Think it looks terrible, to be honest.

"Do what makes the experience better" - in regards to PCs and Life itself.

 

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