A new Pure Base 600 computer case is modified to vintage beige early 90's retro style

A PC case mod project that takes a perfectly good, brand new Pure Base 600 case and attempts to make it look like it's from 1994.
Update: I added a couple of old school case badges, seen in these pics:
imgur.com/gallery/1uK0OeI

[@RetroAdventure]

Very cool idea. By the way, you can get floppy drives that mount internally and hook up to the usb hub on the mobo.

[@AlfaPro1337]

I was thinking of that, but use the USB motherboard pin to USB type-A. www.lindy.co.uk/images/usb-2-0-motherboard-header-adapter-p2741-1703_zoom.jpg

[@samuelh31992]

Looks incredible They need to start selling beige cases again.

[@nikolaievans2432]

Then they would be overpriced and say retro gaming

[@ZachStein]

You could get a USB floppy drive controller to make that floppy drive work and plug it into a USB header on the board.... That'd be awesome. Amazing job on this, I'm thinking I may replicate this build soon.

[@Eddies_Bra-att-ha-grejer]

There are PCI-E cards that add a floppy controller, works better than doing it through USB.

[@ZachStein]

@@Eddies_Bra-att-ha-grejer Neat. Didn't know those existed. But that makes sense.

[@UNSCPILOT]

@@Eddies_Bra-att-ha-grejer where did you find those? Been hunting around and didn't find any actual pcie cards, some old pci cards that might work with a adapter "maybe". Actually started building a Window XP era machine with old parts just to have a PC with real floppy support, both because I had some of the parts already and because I've been having too much fun with a little old Sony Mavica FD75 floppy disk camera, it's a neat counterpart for my modern Canon EOS M200

[@Eddies_Bra-att-ha-grejer]

@@UNSCPILOT Ah, you might be right, I might have been looking at PCI cards. If I was to install a floppy drive internally I would use a Greaseweazle or something like that either way, because that way I could read and write Amiga disks and such.

[@rare6499]

This looks superb

[@ken444444]

Thanks!

[@danielb833]

I have been planning to do the same and am glad I came upon your video! The satin almond is what I have being shipped and have to say I am glad it looks great on yours!

[@Kara_Kay_Eschel]

The voice is very beige.

[@Maxa1]

I use a Pure Base 600 with an X99 system, and the air flow is adequate. Couldn't support an extreme OC, but it's not designed to. The front intake mod is really clever though, and the whole project seems to have turned out nicely. Well done.

[@F0CKSTR0T]

Honestly incredible outcome. I've been looking for a Pentium III pc for a long time now and they're just all gone or $200 so I'm probably just going to build one and paint a new case.

[@ken444444]

Thanks! This PC is still my daily driver.

[@JKTravelsShow]

I was about to add that it needed some stickers... but just noticed it the description you updated it with some. Great job! I'm also building a "retro-looking" computer too.

[@Log-On-Line]

i had a beige computer keyboard and monitor back in the early 2000s when i was a kid and i just want to make a sleeper pc because i really liked the look of the old beige computer i had and i think its funny having a 3080 in a computer that looks like its from the 90s

[@Megatog615]

you should get one of those floppy drive adapter cards(34-pin to usb with power connector) that allow the floppy drive to work over USB, then get an internal USB header adapter(converts motherboard header to a usb port in-line) and plug it in. only caveat would be to find a way to get a 4-pin power cable to it but there are cables that can convert the 12v molex to the smaller kind that floppy drives use.

[@JasonSchoeman]

Looks nice man!

[@experimental0000]

That is a hell of a great job! Looks the part and the rear panel in silver is the cherry on top. While beige != white, I wonder if going for a white version would've sufficed with minimal painting needed vs repainting a black case (more of an in general vs this specific case). Looking forward to checking out the completed build of this for sure!

[@ZerqTM]

you need some geekenspiel retro stickers for that thing a pentium intel or AMD K6 sticker or something... maybe a soundblaster sticker... or something... I am trying something similar with a Bitfenix nova mesh case 3d printing the front but i've not gotten around to getting the offsets for the holes right yet thought i have a Dell Dimension XPS D300 inspired first draft for how it may look...

[@ccontemplating]

god bless you ive been trying to find these kind of retro stickers everywhere LMAO

[@jorgem50]

I just did the same thing but to a case I've had since 2007. Just waiting for a floppy drive that I ordered to complete the case

[@thomaszachariadis634]

Cool This ventilation grill is the biggest highlight in the billd. I'm currently working on an similar project and I'm going to use or a metal grille or some fun filter painted baige. My base is a simple 2009 black (painted) ATX case. It lacks in cable management.

[@tylerdean980]

Now you need a green motherboard

[@wifebeater69]

Looks great! My spray paint projects always end up having the orange peel texture after curing, but that looks really smooth

[@phillyleotardo4343]

hey, im gonna do it tomorrow too. Doesnt it smeel too much like paint ? like does it bother or its not noticeable ?

[@claymoresteel]

Beige best colour.

[@hardrivethrutown]

I say bring back cold cathodes... I miss the aesthetics of the early 00s

[@Defender78]

mAYBE ITS been asked but how long are you waiting between primer coat and color coats? You didnt sand down even lightly, the case parts?

[@ken444444]

I follow the directions on the label. For this paint, I think I waited 15 or 30 minutes between coats. I did not sand before painting, I only cleaned the parts.

[@ThatSchafferKid]

personally i would've knocked the case around a bit between finishing the case mods and installing the components to make it look more used lol

[@MilkBreakMinecraft]

There are a ton of old beige ATX cases out there though. Building a modern sleeper PC in an old case like that would seem like less work than making a modern case look retro.

[@The_MEMEphis]

They are expensive and you have to change the entire inside

[@MilkBreakMinecraft]

@@The_MEMEphis You can find them pretty cheap, and ATX cases from the late 90s don't need any changing

[@The_MEMEphis]

@@MilkBreakMinecraft ya they do their mounts are all completely different and not design to fit modern motherboards you need a completely different back plate

[@MilkBreakMinecraft]

@@The_MEMEphis You really don't. Maybe you got unlucky. I literally built a modern PC inside a late 90s inwin case, and the motherboard standoffs were in the perfect spots. The ATX standard hasn't changed much at all, and is mostly still compatible. If you had one that was completely different, it probably was an AT case.

[@The_MEMEphis]

@@MilkBreakMinecraft well the atx standard wasn't made till 1995 and had a major change in 1999 so any early 90s case doesn't work with modern motherboards especially if you do AMD builds also ATX just refers to the size of the case nothing else, and the back panels are very very different since I/O has changed alot since then alot with the pin connectors for power supplies, also the shape of gpus have completely changed since then and can be impossible to fit without making modifications, I personally am also doing an AMD build so ya

[@paigelooney6117]

Love the 90s beige lolk but the case is a little too modern

[@fullblastman]

Nice job, now you need to paint an Microsoft optical mouse and order a beige mechanical keyboard and then find an old school 21" crt monitor in beige!

[@moosegreenwald4593]

Not my cup of tea, but I respect the hell outta it!

[@lordwiadro83]

This looks 100x better than the original. I hate the fact that new beige cases are so hard to acquire these days. The same goes with cars... Why can't I buy a metallic dark green car (my favorite car color)?

[@JLJ-ARCHITECTS]

you forgot the retro stickers

[@1969MAN]

I sell old beige computer cases on eBay lol

[@MuffinGamingMC]

what's your eBay

[@1969MAN]

@@MuffinGamingMC they sold out lol