LEGO PC Case Advice

[UGP Studios]

Hi I am looking for some advice on building a PC case out of legos for my Computer Information Systems... I know thermals make be an issue but we bough extra fans.... Understand that this rig won’t be a gaming pc... We are using the parts out of one of our many old PCs sitting in our closet... 

Specs

Intel i2 Processor Quad Core

Old Sata HDD 320 gig

8 gigs of Ddr2 rams 

MSI piece of Antique S(Censored) GPU

and the lameness goes on...

I just wanna put a pc in legos for the meme any advice is appreciated..

[UGP Studios]

Just now, VegetableStu said:

bricks or Technic?

Technic... I have the bricks 

[Zando_]

1 minute ago, VegetableStu said:

bricks or Technic?

^^^^ Hard part will be the mobo standoffs, unless you wanna sacrifice some Lego bricks and actually epoxy some standoffs to whatever semblance of a mobo tray you may create. 

[UGP Studios]

3 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

^^^^ Hard part will be the mobo standoffs, unless you wanna sacrifice some Lego bricks and actually epoxy some standoffs to whatever semblance of a mobo tray you may create. 

I would be willing to sacrifice, some for the good of the pc.. lol

[TVwazhere]

 

https://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Build-a-Lego-Computer/

[Zando_]

Just now, UnidentifiedGold said:

I would be willing to sacrifice, some for the good of the pc.. lol

Then I'd try and find a set of mobo standoffs, cut the screw ends off them, and epoxy them in the exact pattern and spacing your mobo uses so you can attach it. For the PSU and such you should be able to just use the half-width technic bits and put the screws through the holes in those, standard PSU screws are long enough for that. Can probs jerry rig something for the GPU too. 

[Fasauceome]

10 minutes ago, UnidentifiedGold said:

Intel i2 Processor Quad Core

core 2 quad?

[Radium_Angel]

16 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

^^^^ Hard part will be the mobo standoffs, unless you wanna sacrifice some Lego bricks and actually epoxy some standoffs to whatever semblance of a mobo tray you may create. 

Not entirely....

Several of the Technic parts have holes in the top of the bricks, that will fit a standoff screw (yea, I checked once, I was bored) so then it just becomes a matter of aligning everything correctly.

 

Not saying that last part is easy mind you, but it can be done.

[UGP Studios]

Thanks everyone for advice and replies

[UGP Studios]

33 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

core 2 quad?

 

[Crunchy Dragon]

This is what mine looked like, back in the day.

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I mean way back in the day, this was my A6-5400K setup. Also the best picture I have of it, but I don't have any good ones when I had taken time to do actual cable management.

[Zando_]

1 minute ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

This is what mine looked like, back in the day.

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I mean way back in the day, this was my A6-5400K setup. Also the best picture I have of it, but I don't have any good ones when I had taken time to do actual cable management.

Hey.... I could build a test bench like that but ATX sized for my various rigs I fiddle with.... 

[TechyBen]

I ran with a lego HHD bay for a little while until I got more electrical tape... ... ...

[Crunchy Dragon]

Just now, Zando Bob said:

Hey.... I could build a test bench like that but ATX sized for my various rigs I fiddle with.... 

I loved that test bench. I might build another one of the ATX flavor.

[Crunchy Dragon]

Just now, VegetableStu said:

oh forgot: there are bricks and plates. 3 plate heights = 1 brick

One thing I also found helpful while designing the aforementioned test bench was building around the main components.

 

I could lift the motherboard out at any time I wanted, just had to remove a few plates holding it down and voila, out it pops.

[Fasauceome]

47 minutes ago, UnidentifiedGold said:

 

Yeah I just quoted you cause there's no such thing as a core i2

[UGP Studios]

20 hours ago, fasauceome said:

Yeah I just quoted you cause there's no such thing as a core i2

You right