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My 1995 IBM Aptiva. 486dx2 to i7 6700k. Not 56k safe.

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Hello all! Long time LTT fan, new to the forum. I wanted to share my build, as it's really been a labor of love for the past month. I trash picked it from a local computer store in December, and it's come a long way since then.

It started life in 21 years ago 1995 with a 486dx2 running at a mind blistering 66mhz, with a massive 4mb ram, and 1mb video memory. The 3.5 floppy disk could hold a maximum data capacity of 1.44MB. As of a few days ago, it now has a an Intel i7 6700k running at 4.3ghz, 16GB's of 3000mhz ddr4 ram, and 8GB's video memory. The 3.5 floppy drive can read up to 512GB of data from a single diskette. This was not a plug & play build. Massive amounts of cutting, fabrication, welding, grinding, a filing were required. It was awesome.

Here's the full build with gifs for proper demonstrations of the floppy drive in action: http://imgur.com/a/fvh1M

 

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Specs:
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor

CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE Micro ATX LGA1151

Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 390 8GB

Power Supply: Corsair RM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

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Oh man I saw this on Reddit the yesterday and thought it was fantastic! I would love to do something similar in the future. :3

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Pretty neat, might do this with one of my old computers if I ever get the money I need to do it.

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that's really cool

I want to do this with my old dual Pentium server now

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this is pure retro wonder 

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Damn.

 

You never realize how old you until you realize you owned one of these....

 

Holy Hell, time flies.

 

 

NOW I FEEL REALLY OLD..... :(

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You should definitely custom that mouse with a beige frame or just paint it.

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Saw this on PCMR

great job :)

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waaaaaaaaait! i have a question, i tried to do this but i ran into a problem i cant solve, the power button on the case im using have a connector that is waaaaay different for the normal pin of today, how did you solve this?.

 

Looks great! congrats!

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love the retro cordless phone that's next to it. :D

Should show your awesome build to IBM.

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Wish i could do something like that xD

 

Awesome build chap!

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Thanks for the good words everyone!

 

14 hours ago, Bubblewhale said:

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Where's the overdrive!

Now you need to add a i7 6700K Overdrive processor! :P

Good eye, that's going to go on a pcb with a ribbon cable to be fake connected to the MOBO, as a tribute this PC's humble begining!

14 hours ago, blueballs said:

You should definitely custom that mouse with a beige frame or just paint it.

Oh there's plans for that. I want to strip the mouse it by sanding the paint where the glowing "G" is so it's perfectly translucent, mask off an IBM logo, and give the whole thing the beige treatment. Same for the speakers, and make a custom clip on bezel to make whatever monitor I go with in the future, look like a widescreen fascia of period correct IBM monitor.

14 hours ago, stconquest said:

Hah!  you just replaced a $3000 PC with a $1100 one...

 

But seriously... beautiful work.

Truth lol. Crazy how far we've come.

14 hours ago, vinyldash303 said:

This is the best thing. You have done well, sir. Good work. I need to swing by my dad's house and maybe I'll do a build in a GateWay 2000 case. Depends on if its been binned yet or not.

I'ts totally woth it if he still has it. it was an awesome project, that is very rewarding when you get to see your work come together at the end

14 hours ago, AlexAlcala said:

waaaaaaaaait! i have a question, i tried to do this but i ran into a problem i cant solve, the power button on the case im using have a connector that is waaaaay different for the normal pin of today, how did you solve this?.

 

Looks great! congrats!

As long as the case power switch is just a normal two-wire switch, that closes the circuit when pressed. Just cut the wires, and connect the wires to a compatible motherboard power switch connector. Polarity does not matter.

14 hours ago, NumLock21 said:

love the retro cordless phone that's next to it. :D

Should show your awesome build to IBM.

It's now a Bluetooth/VOIP phone.

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Beautiful sleeper build! Saw this on Reddit yesterday and I'm still amazed, especially that floppy drive SD card reader mod.

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OMG!!! amazing and beautiful build!!! 

 

Tks for sharing it with everyone ;)

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15 hours ago, Dr.Moddnstine said:

Hello all! Long time LTT fan, new to the forum. I wanted to share my build, as it's really been a labor of love for the past month. I trash picked it from a local computer store in December, and it's come a long way since then.

It started life in 21 years ago 1995 with a 486dx2 running at a mind blistering 66mhz, with a massive 4mb ram, and 1mb video memory. The 3.5 floppy disk could hold a maximum data capacity of 1.44MB. As of a few days ago, it now has a an Intel i7 6700k running at 4.3ghz, 16GB's of 3000mhz ddr4 ram, and 8GB's video memory. The 3.5 floppy drive can read up to 512GB of data from a single diskette. This was not a plug & play build. Massive amounts of cutting, fabrication, welding, grinding, a filing were required. It was awesome.

Here's the full build with gifs for proper demonstrations of the floppy drive in action: http://imgur.com/a/fvh1M

 

DSC01404.JPG

DSC01383.JPG

DSC01376.JPG

DSC01375.JPG

DSC01374.JPG

DSC01380.JPG

IMG_20160201_133615.jpg

Side by side rear.jpg

Side by side inside.jpg

IMG_20160220_103942.jpg

IMG_20160220_103932.jpg

Wow great job man!!!

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