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Grandparents' new sleeper build

I re-cable managed it since the IDE adaptor came. Now it's ready. I built their third computer to replace their second computer, in the case of their first computer.

The SSD is held on by just two screws in holes that happen to line up on the 3.5" drive cage.

I've got some PCIe covers coming and my longer term plan is to buy the FDDconnector to USB2 adaptor and wire it directly to the remaining half of a USB 9pin header. Not that they'll be using floppy disks, that's just a niche thing to showcase at some point in future.

The optical drive seems slower than a normal IDE drive over ATA133, so I'm considering trying a downward facing PCIe IDE card and to loop it behind the motherboard with a long ribbon cable and see if that works better. The only problem is I've only seen those supporting up to Windows 7 and others up to Windows XP, so I don't know if they'll work.

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The FDD and DVDRW go BRRtktktk!! When you turn it on. Old computer sounds.

mod edit: you just embedded 15MB images. don't waste people's bandwidth.



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Wow, that looks awesome! How many times did you build this?
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That case just screams to me "stylish". :)

What are the specs on this thing?
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The IDE adaptors suck, I'm gonna try out some more IDE SATA controllers, but they all seem to drop support after Windows 7. Oh well, an internal M.2 to USB3 to SATA solution will succeed in a worst case scenario.

Originally posted by kamekku14
Wow, that looks awesome! How many times did you build this?

It was their first Windows computer, I have a picture of me next to it when I was about 12 and the case is snow white (not sun bleached).

This is the first Windows machine they ever had (I think they had some old IBM thing before that with green text and a black screen). I've only rebuilt it this one time. I'd always wanted to make a sleeper though.

Originally posted by Lotica
That case just screams to me "stylish". :)

What are the specs on this thing?


AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor £85.13
MSI AMD B350M GAMING PRO AM4 mATX Motherboard £61.98
x1 CRUCIAL BALLISTIX SPORT LT GRAY 4GB DDR4-2666 UDIMM £46.85
ADATA ULTIMATE SU800 LAPTOP DESKTOP SSD 128GB SATA 2.5IN 3D NAND State Drive £41.44
Corsair CX500 PSU Power Supply 80plus Bronze, 24pin £38.95
Office 2016 pro plus (link to account) license key - x86 & x64 £4.20
WINDOWS 10 Pro - Activation License Key - Instant Delivery £1.99
BT Multifuntion 5.25" Media DaBTboard Card Reader USB 2.0 USB 3.0 20 pin e-SATA £12.52

Total is £293.06, but this is excluding some little fan parts and M.2 to USB3 I got later on, trying to get the optical drive going correctly.

I do plan to make the Floppy Disk Drive work with internal USB at some point, along with any SATA drives still inside.

34pin 1.44mb floppy connecter to USB adapter cable (34 pin) £14.95

Using GTA V on the lowest settings with .5 frame scaling & overclocking, I get a solid 60fps in-game; very playable and fun. It's nothing like my £2,000+ system, but it's a good beginner PC.



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