Ryzen Gaming PC Inside of a Gamecube?

ellio3 · July 10, 2019

Hi everyone! I recently had the idea to stuff a pc into a GameCube chassis. I've seen a couple of people do it online, but only with integrated boards. I decided to try my hand at it. I'll try to update the build log every week.

The goals of this build are:

Look as close as possibly to an original GameCube (No cutout for I/O shield)
Use original buttons and controller ports - rewired to usb/aux
Total cost under $500

Specs:

CPU: Ryzen 5 2400g

Motherboard: ASRock A300M-STX

RAM: Crucial 16gb (2x8gb) DDR4 3200mhz SO-DIMM

Storage: Crucial P1 1TB NVMe M.2 SSD

A couple of things about the specs:

I thought this build would benefit from the Ryzen APU, as there isn't enough room for a graphics card.
The chassis is too small for an ITX board, but STX will fit.
The PSU is a laptop-style adapter included with the motherboard

I've ordered all of the components and they should be coming in soon. In the meantime, I made a really rough model in SketchUp to check the clearances of the motherboard, CPU cooler, and case fans:

Top Down View:

Side View:

The side fans I plan on using are Noctua NF-A6x25 PWM fans. I'll try to use a wraith stealth for the cpu cooler, but it might not fit. That's it for now, I'll make an update once I receive all of the parts.

Update 7/15/19

I finally recieved most of the components for this build.

I still need the case fans and some adapters for the I/O but this should be enough to start mocking it up inside the gamecube.

Update 7/27/19

The first step of the build is to dissasemble the GameCube.

Then I needed to dremel out the the bottom to make room for the motherboard. After that, I epoxied the expansion covers into place from the outside and inside.