Turn An Old Office PC Into A GAMING BEAST! (Lenovo M93p case swap into Golden Field 21+)

[@thecaudells]

This is great. Doing something very similar with my son for his first budget build. I haven’t had a computer apart in 20+ years. Really appreciate this video.

[@TechDweeb]

That's awesome! This is hands down the best bang for the buck that you can get in the current market.

[@ferchomagan3828]

I really love what you did here, there's no question that you are a smart and creative guy!

[@TechDweeb]

Thanks buddy!

[@gregghernandez2714]

Just picked up one of these PCs. I think I may turn it into a dedicated Linux Batocera build so it boots right into Batocera. I just love going back and seeing your earlier videos. It is so strange to see your bare arms and not the black and orange shirt that your Mom made for you that is so cool. You are a man of many mad skills. Another skill you could add is soldering. That would be such an easy fix for that very short cable. I am sure you have a ton of similar copper cable hanging around. All you would need to do is splice in about a foot of each cable, solder each side of each cable, make sure to put some heat sink wrap on each cable ahead of time for each solder, heat it with a heat gun and you are done. Then just hide the cable like you did the others. Great build BTW but I am for sure staying away from that case.

[@internziko]

Lmao! Dude your voice, your mini paper notebook and the way you describe the parts are all absolutely adorable.

[@_RedsTech_]

Enjoyed your video mate! Hoping to see more of your builds ;)

[@TechDweeb]

Thanks buddy! More to come :)

[@blackboxmedia4953]

Keep em coming man! 👍🏽

[@TechDweeb]

Will do buddy!

[@angelortiz9859]

I have the exact same PC im going do do this!!! Looks 1000%!!!!

[@TechDweeb]

It's a fun project!

[@baptistuk]

Nice desk.

[@kingkosher6231]

Good video, next you should do a PSU upgrade video on this to add a better GPU to the build Mine has a 550W PSU and a GTX 1070

[@TechDweeb]

Oh good idea!

[@wero_beats]

very good build ideas

[@TechDweeb]

More to come!

[@soulprice5428]

Your a beautiful person bro thank you for making this build....been years since I had my fingers into a pc of any kind....life kinds got rough for me but blabla me you with this vid just give me ideas for a thro together to get me back into all that is pc tech .....would you say a gigabyte mini or micro mini could work for gaming or would the lenovo would be better for today's builds jw thank you so much

[@sytherchain7136]

in doing this with the 91p soon

[@goosekid6040]

that's the exact pc that i have

[@TechDweeb]

Still going strong 💪

[@isaiasnolasco4553]

Love the video

[@bhellerazon5950]

Let me know where to buy adapters for the audio and usb.thanks in advance

[@TechDweeb]

Link in the description

[@lietus4192]

Man are you sick ? I do say i have the same pc and might do this for fun :)

[@TechDweeb]

Nope not stick, just perma-dweeb-voice :P. This is actually a great way to breathe life into these old PCs. Any mATX case will do the trick I think. Best of luck!

[@BorisThePT]

Hey TechDweeb, this case looks amazing! I can't find anything about it online. Where do you get it? I can't see the review you mention in the other video either. Is that review still online?

[@TechDweeb]

Yeah it's a great case. Unfortunately I can't find it anymore. It was available on Amazon. I've bought 6 of them over the past year or so. But it's now gone from amazon so I guess they're all sold out. Hopefully they make it again. With improvements! It's a really nice looking case but it's definitely not without its problems.

[@backaccount6314]

this helped

[@TechDweeb]

Glad to hear :)

[@forbidzz]

What would be a better case to use

[@TechDweeb]

Any mATX case would do, so whatever you think looks good and fits your budget. I did another case swap with a DEEPCOOL Matrexx 30 and it turned out really good.

[@edgardoauditor4340]

how about lenovo m82 mini tower recase modding?

[@shaikmohammedmansoor5707]

great idea can saend me the link to buy the adopter for front connecting

[@TechDweeb]

Sure, top link in the video description.

[@MJaccobFTW]

awesome

[@TechDweeb]

Thanks buddy!

[@MJaccobFTW]

No problem

[@barryallen2463]

what the "easy case" you recommend for to switch from the Lenovo thinkcentre

[@kinabloo]

Does the motherboard have a M2 slot? I think I have similar office PC, I can't seem to find a slot and I can't find exact specs online for the board which I think is a Lenovo Sharkbay.

[@TechDweeb]

No m.2 on this model

[@iversonmalinog5785]

what is the USB 3.0 header adapter for?

[@TechDweeb]

The one linked in the description? That's for adapting the proprietary header on the motherboard to a standard 3.0 header. I didn't use this in the video.

[@s.imon_riley]

I have same pc but my specs are i5 2500 and ram 4gb can i change it's cabinet pls tell me ?

[@TechDweeb]

Yup! That's a standard ATX sized motherboard, you won't have an issue. Although you'll need to use the same PSU because it's proprietary.

[@s.imon_riley]

@@TechDweeb i want to add aio to new cabinet +total 8gb ram and graphic card 1050ti will installed psu be sufficient for that is there any way to change psu

[@TechDweeb]

The included PSU may be enough, hard to say though depending on if the 1050 ti needs external power, or how much juice your AiO needs. If you are upgrading the PSU you'll need an adapter for the motherboard power connection (google "lenovo 14 pin power supply adapter" and you'll find them).

[@s.imon_riley]

@@TechDweeb thnx for clearing my doubts bro you gained one more subscriber :)

[@theboriszaytsev]

cool

[@montisrex]

please, can you tell me what is the form factor of the motherboard?, is m-ATX?

[@TechDweeb]

Yup. Matx

[@montisrex]

I'm going to follow your example bro!!!

[@MBSGAMES_]

How much space (width) is there on the left of the cpu fan? I want to put a evga 750ti in there horizontal. (by using a Riser cable)

[@axessenter]

Question: I want to upgrade an old pc I bought a while Back at my parents. Can I just keep the Power Supply of 180 W then? Cuz people keep telling me to get a better one if I want everything to work, but it seems like you used a 180 W Power Supply in your video just fine if I am not mistaken

[@Intrepidibis]

"Giggle bite"

[@AbdurRahman-wx9iw]

Just checked with bottleneck calculator......24.9% cpu is bottlenecked......I too have the same gpu but amd a10 pro 7800 cpu.....it is cpu bottlenecking in older games.....but in the latest games like day's gone(old too).....and cricket 22 games like that....my gpu is at 99% and my cpu is around 70-99%.....don't know what's happening.....i want battlefield 4(multiplayer) to run smooth.....its just at around gpu - 39% and cpu is at 80-99% if any know what prob am i facing.....pls reply asap..!

[@TechDweeb]

The i5 4570 is much more powerful than the A10 7800, which is why you're probably getting more CPU bottlenecked than I did with this setup.

[@mercyblack0101]

❤️

[@CABRITO774]

BRAZIL THANKS

[@spinz02Ch1c0]

can i plz buy one pc from you i am a student that wants to play fortnite on it

[@TechDweeb]

I wish I could sell you one, but I'm all cleaned out! Sorry buddy.

[@Intrepidibis]

Tbh you kinda sound like the nerd emoji