Pinoy Steam Machine (temporary name)

[bitcrush!]

Hello LTT Community! My name is Albert and I'm from the Philippines

 

It's been a while since I last visited this forum and I promised myself the next time I visit here I would post my build! haha 

 

Anyways, when Valve first announced that they are sending away 300 of those awesome Steam Machines, I quickly enlisted myself and became a Steam Hardware Beta Candidate. But when the systems are about to be shipped they announced that only people from the United States can receive. It was a sad story So I decided to turn my rig into something like a Steam Machine.

 

Specs:

Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz

Gigabyte Z77N-WiFi

Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB DDR3 1600MHz

Zotac GeForce GTX 760 2GB 256bit GDDR5 reference

Creative Sound Blaster MP3+ USB Soundcard

Seagate Barracuda 500GB

WD Caviar Green 2TB

SilverStone ST45SF

MSI MT-C118 case

 

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Sorry for the not-so-nice quality pics. It's the best that my camera can give

 

 

-test fitting...

 

-more test fitting... this time with the graphics card

 

-this is how it looks like in the front... I removed the cover for the DVD drive so I can put my 2TB HDD inside. haha 

 

-with the help of my awesome father, we started creating the backplate for the gpu...

 

-epicly cheap setup right here 

 

-not bad eh? 

 

-much better

 

-this is how it looks like on the inside... notice the foam below the gpu.. it helps the gpu from not shaking inside. Also, I used a PCIe flex riser so I can plug it in the motherboard.

 

-lay her down!!!

 

More progress soon... I will be powdercoating the whole case flat black and have the front panel customized by my friend. Stay umm... tuned? lol

 

Thanks for viewing  :lol:

[bitcrush!]

btw, this is how the case looked like originally...

 

[Charger]

i kind of like the look of the holes better then the slots but both ways look rather nice for the tools you seem to have to work with(tool comment based on shown "drill press"). That case looks so empty like that... maybe you need to cut it down a bit lol.

[stevv]

Nice job, Although I would turn the card with fan facing out if the Ribbon cables could reach. =)

[bitcrush!]

Nice job, Although I would turn the card with fan facing out if the Ribbon cables could reach. =)

 

I tried, but it makes the flex riser stretch too much

[bob345]

very nice! nice job on the case mod to help mount the gpu.