Hello Dave! 2001 A Space Odyssey Sleeper PC

[@GamingRetro]

Everyone can rest easy; the cpu fan has been turned around and is facing the right way now! Ha! I've only been putting computers together for 25 years ;)

[@HeSo_71]

whats the case name?

[@dariob467]

that pc looks really good, great work!

[@GamingRetro]

Thank you!

[@Artorian_Tempest]

First rule of a sleeper: build NO RGB, because those systems didn't have any except for one green LED on some motherboards to indicate power. Second rule of a sleeper build: keep the exterior as authentic as possible, like 99.9% authentic. Third rule of a sleeper build (this is the most difficult part): try to incorporate the existing front/top/side IO as well as CD/Floppy/tape drives Keep those 3 rules in mind for any future sleeper builds and your sleepers looks and functionality won't betray it's looks until crunch time. If I didn't live off of a Social Security Disability Benefit then I would have spent my life perfecting the ultimate sleeper build that no one could tell that there's a modern gaming system inside.

[@ChfHappySack]

In my opinion, most of the older 80's and 90's Pc cases we're absolutely ugly with the patterns and weird designs they came out with. However, yours looks clean, organized, and not too wild. It just looks fresh and simple with a touch of modernism. I dig it. Good job.

[@GamingRetro]

Thank you! The designs were definitely hit and miss. I guess that's true of today as well...

[@nitto999]

You had me at “retro-futuristic”

[@kurzification]

I think what’s most impressive is how cleanly you built the back of the case.. if you didn’t show the before pic I never would have thought otherwise

[@greygoose3936]

That looks amazing. I love old cases

[@GamingRetro]

Same, thank you!

[@RETROMachines]

My life is complete. I can die happy now.

[@halldorra]

The hole was intended for a lock cylinder,as seen in older model of pc's used to be a safety feature never took off (key lock)

[@GamingRetro]

Aha! Which is interesting since it has another key lock.

[@halldorra]

@@GamingRetro yes sometimes a cover lock and a switch ,these features were included in aftermarket cases long after it was obsolete it took a few years to vanish from the designs

[@hasnopants]

I love the case on your opening PC...can you give me any pointers on finding one of those on ebay? I can never seem to find a mid tower, with a rocker, with that grill front and a turbo button...I know I am picky...but that case is literally the one I have been looking for, for ages! Awesome build by the way, enjoying the videos. Keep it up man.

[@GamingRetro]

I use a variety of keywords when I'm searching like vintage desktop tower, 486 computer, dos computer... eventually something like this turns up!

[@jonstechchannel]

A GTX 1080 is more than enough for the next few years, I'm still running a 970, about to upgrade to a Fury X because of the water cooling. And I'm still running a Sandy Bridge i7

[@GamingRetro]

Hopefully! Though my Ryzen 3600 probably won't even bottleneck an RTX 2080 Ti, so the next upgrade will still probably be the GPU.

[@Error42_]

I rally quite like the case, very nice and a very nice conversion too. Good attention to detail.

[@bactanite]

You could get an internal usb floppy for your computer. When it comes to computers, nothing sounds more retro than floppy drives operating.

[@GamingRetro]

That would be a good addition!

[@78cobra]

In love w the case. I want one, my using a packardbell legend 402 as a case may not happen if I can find one of those.

[@jorgem50]

Recently built a htpc for my living room. Used old parts from previous builds. I didn't like the case so I went to ebay to look for old 90s cases. My goodness they are too expensive. Couldn't find anything locally. I instead went and bought a modern very unique case. Would have loved to do something like yours though

[@dchardin1]

Beautiful aesthetic!! Very 2001

[@GamingRetro]

Thank you!

[@Just_Mike27]

Really like the build. Thinking of doing a retro build here pretty soon

[@marvinadona4836]

wow..... I like that PC old.

[@javiercabral2459]

Very good, you gave me an idea to build my own PC, since I have 2 old cases, one of the 90s and the other from the beginning of 2000, the only problem I would have would be to adapt the USB and audio connections to a current motherboard. greetings from Argentina

[@GamingRetro]

That shouldn't be too hard... probably need to switch out the USB (1.0?) for USB 3.1.

[@paklekj4429]

I mean why would you connect it to the front panel bruh just use your motherboard usb

[@aldwinpanny10]

Wow, A nice old computer case from the mid-90s is now reused as an sleeper computer built.

[@Kara_Kay_Eschel]

Here is a thought for the turbo light is to replace it with a dual color (maybe red & green) and have it hooked up to both power and the HD light. If you want to disable one (I am leaning towards the HD one on the turbo) is to use the turbo switch to activate or deactivate it. It will still show the one that is not able to be turned on or off. It kind of adds one more blinking light to the system.

[@TechTalkTobi]

you have space for better cable mgmt. i already read that you turned the fan on the CPU Cooler. but i love the idea of a sleeping pc ... but the airflow is bad in my opinion. I have to look for an old case xD

[@GamingRetro]

The airflow is pretty good now; I even upgraded the rear fan. But yeah I really need a modular power supply to get some of the extra wires out of the way.

[@vAstronomia]

Awesome build, anything retro futurism just gets to me man 🙏 and may I ask what's that peg board looking thing in the back? I'd like to get one for my room.

[@GamingRetro]

Thanks! Those are acoustic wall panels from GIK Acoustics

[@Drumm3rBo186]

Exterior looks superb but the insides made me squeam! I'm doing a sleeper build myself in an old ATX case and will be using m. 2 drives to vit back on unessecary wiring. You'd massively improve temps with better cable management.

[@GamingRetro]

Yeah I get it. Very little room to hide cables in older cases. The airflow isn't affected too much though, so I think it's mainly cosmetic. Not a big deal with no case window :)

[@user-blabla-47854]

In AT towers, ATX PSU gets upside down. And that may affect air flow. Or not. Maybe I missed that part, but did you address that? Is that why you drilled the top of the case? And why you didn't drill holes to mount PSU with fan looking down?

[@visura5149]

I love that case. Its getting harder and harder to find good candidates for sleeper pcs where i live v.v i would find a good gpu bracket to help combat that sag along with some cable management strips to tidy up the inside :) the power button is a nice touch

[@papankunci]

That CPU cooler fan seem installed backward.. it should do better cooling if it blow air to the heatsink... such a handsome case and one of the most beautiful sleeper PC i saw.. such a fantastic build..

[@GamingRetro]

Thanks! It's definitely blowing air onto the heatsink :) It definitely wouldn't work very well if it didn't!

[@papankunci]

@@GamingRetro could u please re-check with a piece of paper or something on top of that fan? Since from the video it seem that the back of the fan looked upward... the side of the fan usually have arrow mark to show the flow direction.. and the part with most writing and the part that have the cable routing is the exhaust part... Once again... that's a killer sleeper PC man... you ROCKs!

[@GamingRetro]

@@papankunci Double checked it; the fan is definitely blowing down and into the heatsink... thanks for the concern though!

[@papankunci]

@@GamingRetro thanks man.. appreciate it.. and once again thank you for sharing this beautiful sleeper PC.. i really wish someday i could make me one.. i don't have your skill in case modding though... =)

[@dariob467]

i saw that too, that fan is sucking air from the heatsink, there should be an arrow on the side of the fan that indicates the air flow and another one that show the direction in witch it spins.

[@jbg2408]

What case is that because i really want to make a sleeper pc and i need a case

[@iQassaBz]

It looks amazing, but you can do a cable management and your cpu fan is in the wrong side

[@GamingRetro]

Cable management is quite challenging with this case. An AT case like this was not at all designed for modern hardware or with much concern for air flow.

[@RetroTinkerer]

@@GamingRetro maybe with a modular PSU and custom cables you could free up some space and clean it up a little bit, it's a nice idea but I reserve old cases for old systems. 😬

[@paklekj4429]

@@RetroTinkerer maybe what he mean is the case lacks of cable routes

[@hastingz]

awesome build , I always want to have a sleeper Pc.. Can you share the ebay link for the Case, thank you

[@TheEmeraldMenOfficial]

Nice...

[@crux505]

Happy to see wwe involved

[@RobiLemos10]

Maybe a low profile fans at the bottom for the GPU ;)

[@frantomymadyaramadhan452]

what case is this?

[@Sica1000]

your cablemanagement is the reason, why you should have used a modular electricity-thing in the corner there.