Desktop Drawer Gaming PC (Codename: Namu)

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Rational

So this project is all about being small, somewhat portable, upgradable, and last but not least, hidden from the public view.

 

History

The desk I am using first belong to my brother who now have a newer, metal desk. I acquire this desk when I first place my first gaming PC on it because of the lack of space inside our house. Two years have been past and now I'm using the desk drawer as a PC case. It sounds really unique and I really wanted to try this just because not only to show off but to get my project onto the WAN Show, hopefully it does.

 

Codename: Namu

Namu in Korean means wood, which the entire computer is built around and also I'm Korean too, which gives me the right to name this project a Korean name.

 

Computer Components 

I'm using the old components from my old PC, just moving them into my drawer, so try not to laugh at the specs

CPU: Intel Core I7 2700K (Non Overclock, non Hyperthreaded due to heat reasons)

CPU Cooler: Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo (Pull)

Mobo: Asus P8Z68V Pro Gen 3

RAM: Mushkin Enhanced Silverline Stilettos 2x4 GB 1333MHZ (Going to upgrade to 16GB later)

Video Card: Gigabyte GTX 560 WindForce Overclock edition (However due to heat and cooling problems, I'm going to clock it down to stock, plus I'm also going to upgrade to an R9 280X sometimes in the coming weeks) 

PSU:XFX XXX 750W 80+ Silver Semi-Modular

SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 128 GB

HHD: Hitachi 1 TB

Case: Wooden Desktop Drawer

Fans: 2x Bitfenix OEM Specters, 1x Coolermaster OEM Hyper 212 Evo fans (Properly going to upgrade to Noctuas NF-F12 for the CPU and NF-P12 for the case fans) 

Keyboard: CoolerMaster CM Storm Trigger Blue Key Switch Mechanical Keyboard

Mouse: RAT 7

Mic Blue Yeti

Headphone: KRK 6400

Monitors: Asus MX239 and some Generic HP Monitor

 

Little Game

Sorry for my camera being poor, Galaxy Note 2 I'm using

Can you find my PC? (Without Cheating)

 

Assembly:

This shows how much junk was in the drawers. Most of these belong to my brother which he does't use anymore

 

Measuring the drawer to make sure that the motherboard will fit

 

Cleaning out the two drawers I'm going to use for the case

 

Test fitting the motherboard into the drawer

 

Foam board motherboard standoffs (Yeah I'm cheap)

 

Cutout and test fit of the backplate

 

Gluing on the motherboard "standoffs"

 

Testing to see if it fits in the case (I'm using the stock cooler due to its slim height. Yeah I know it suck but oh well it's the best one I have)

 

Cutout for the cables to come out from the PC to the monitors and peripherals

 

Test fitting most of the components

 

Testing to see if the drawer will fit into the table

 

Cutout for the PCI slots (Not the straightest cuts, but oh well) 

 

Attaching the PCI bracket onto the case

 

Changing the cooler to the Hyper 212 because I removed the height restriction on my case

 

Another test fit

 

More test fits

 

Cutout for the case fans, one of them filtered with a mesh like material, FYI Duct Tape is your best, get it done quickly tape/material out there. Not pretty but it works

 

Cable routing

 

Final test fit

 

Finally done and it works

 

Temps at Idle (Pretty good for a case that is no bigger then some HTPCs)(If your wondering what background picture the image is showing is a picture of Toothless, a Night Fury from the film Dreamworks How to Train Your Dragon, just an FYI) 

 

Load temps only for the CPU which is pretty good in my opinion

 

Finally a size comparison of my PC case (Item on the far left right next to the knob of the drawer is your $1 disposable pen. Right of the pen is a 25x137mm Target Practice Discarding - Tracer from a Bushmaster M242 chain gun, most commonly used in the M2 Bradly. This round that has been already fired and been replaced with a milled, aluminum alloy projectile. Next to the 25mm chain gun ammunition is a blank .50 cal BMG round or 12.7x99mm if you like the metric system. Why I have these is to compare and contrast size with bullets. Most gamers are FPS gamers and why not have a real .50 cal bullet to compare your computer to.

 

Problems:

Of course there are some problems with the project. Here are all the problems so far

-Due to the fact that its a wooden case, EMI shielding is basically gone so I get interference from my Asus monitor speakers because of all the interference inside my PC that is not being shielded by the case. However this can be fixed if i used an external sound card like a Fiio E10, this should fix the problem. Right now I'm using my headphones that is connecting to my mic that is connecting to my PC via mini USB

 

-Not the cleanest looking, nor the awesomeness looking case in the world but it's unique enough that I got away without any money

 

-Overclocking is not really an option for this project due to the size of the case. However I might overclock it a bit if temps gets low enough to

 

-Filter system is really sketchy, but that can be easily fixed with some OEM case filters

 

-Power, reset, and all external USB ports cannot be really used without some further modifications

 

Conclusion:

Of course it not perfect, however it's the best I can do without any money and you guys can too if you are creative enough, Of course there will be upgrades however those are later things to come. I encourage you guys to comment on my project/builds and tell me what else I could do to further improve my PC.

 

Updates:

Further Update/Upgrades to come.    

[Coombzy]

woah I like the idea of this good job!

[kcchi]

This is actually pretty cool, never thought of this ahaha, nice job

[Imabigmac]

Wooo, that is definitely a creative! I'm surprised by the temperatures I thought they would much higher. 

[hiyayhi]

AWESOME!

 

I absolutely love projects like this, Super dooper epic

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AWESOME!

 

I absolutely love projects like this, Super dooper epic

Thanks.

[LogicDeifying]

Holy crap,Nice build love them bullets!