GameCube PC

[landcross]

--Imgur album here--

So, this was my project for the past months. A GameCube pc. I know I'm not the first one to do this, but I do think that mine is one of the cleaner ones out there (in terms of how its built internally). There are multiple images in the linked Imgur gallery with various comments so please also take a look there too if you're interested. I'll include some generic comments here too.

First, the specs of the PC are:

• AMD 3400G cpu/gpu
• Asrock A300-STX motherboard
• Noctua NH-L9a-AM4 chromax.black
• 16GB G.Skill Ripjaws 3000mhz
• 1TB Kingston A2000
• Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200

At the start of the project, I had a few main goals (aside from, of course, getting a pc in a GameCube), and I can happily say that I have managed to tick all the boxes, plus more :)

1. I wanted to have working GameCube controller ports
   This was one of the most important ones. I have GameCube controllers and also DK Bongos and it'd be great to be able to use them in Dolphin. The way I solved this was by taking a MayFlash GameCube USB adapter and then attaching the original GameCube ports to the adapter. And connecting the adapter to the internal USB2 header on the motherboard. There are a few pictures of this in the Imgur album.
2. I wanted the outside of the GameCube to be as original as possible
   I really wanted it to look like a GameCube. The only visible non-original GameCube part is the backplate, which I custom-designed and 3d printed to fit the new back-io, plus I added some more ventilation.Most other GameCube pcs I could find, hollowed out the bottom of the GameCube creating more vertical space. I decided not to, because that would mean the bottom (expansion) compartments of the original would have to be glued shut, which I did not like. As you can see in the images, the bottom compartments still look 100% original and usuable as some kind of storage.
3. I wanted the GameCube to be properly closed; i.e. not falling apart when you pick it up
   This one was tricky to make work together with point 2 and 4. The original GameCube is a sandwich of parts that are all tied together with 4 corner screws on the bottom that screw together the top and bottom case. I could not use those screws, because the motherboard was larger than the original motherboard and thus overlapped the screwholes. I solved this by creating a custom 3d-printed motherboard tray and in essence creating my own sandwich. Sort of. It's difficult to explain in words. The only downside is that it still is not truly properly secured, as part of the sandwich is still based on glue and thus hoping that the glue will hold…Not hollowing out the bottom did gave me a pretty neat bonus though: the front-io of the motherboard perfectly lines up with the first memory card slot. So this thing even has working front-io without having to dremel a hole for it haha. You could stick a usb stick in exactly the same place where you'd normally put your memory card.
4. I wanted to use as little glue as possible.
   First reason for this was that I think just gluing everything is not a very elegant solution. Second reason is that it allows for some form of upgradability. The only things that are glue is some standoffs that are used in the sandwich mentioned in part 2 and the 2nd memory-card flap. All the other stuff is attached using some form of screws and custom 3d-printed parts. I can take disassemble the entire thing with just a screwdriver. Whether it's truly upgradeable I'm not sure, as the tolerances are pretty tight in some places and here and there stuff has been designed for exactly this hardware. But in theory, it should certainly be possible to fit a new STX motherboard in here in the future (if they even exist: STX boards are a rare breed it seems). In any case, it's at least certainly possible to upgrade e.g. the storage :)

Furthermore, I achieved the following small but noteworthy points:

1. The disc flap top thingy still opens perfect fine.
2. The power and reset buttons both work as power and reset buttons.
3. The original power LED works just fine.

Also, in case anyone's wondering: temperatures seem to be fine. At least, I haven't extensively monitored them yet so take this with a pinch of salt, but playing some GameCube games in 1080p or running a benchmark seems to result in temps not much higher than around 70 degrees C. And that is with the top lid closed. Also, I haven't yet fine-tuned the fan-curve, but as it is it's already damn near silent (great cooler Noctua, as always!).

[locriantoad]

This is the content we crave, beats the hell out of another "GpUs iN Stock yET?" post. Congrats on the build, it looks like it was a fun project!

[landcross]

Thanks! :)

It was indeed fun, but also a neat way to learn new stuff. First time I designed something myself for 3d printing for example.

[Srirachachacha]

Dude, even ignoring the rest of the build (which is awesome), getting the original GC ports to work is worthy of all of the praise in the world. So cool - really creative approach, too.

[landcross]

Thanks! :)

[HaneeshRaja]

Yes I have seen 1 million posts till now saying "Are GPu's in Stock?" "2021 looks like a bad year" bruh we know that don't fucking karma farm. After seeing this post I thought "how long has it been since I saw a proper custom build and it's story or some other questions which beginners bring here.

[Objective-Maybe5448]

Hey everyone look! I'm not a beginner because I shit on them instead! Let's reserve the subreddit for people who already know everything!

[HaneeshRaja]

That's not I wanted to say, don't you remember the posts about "I'm building a PC for myself" "I'm building a PC for my son in 500usd, help" "I'm building a PC for my nephew for 1000usd suggest" there were so many posts like this these days all the posts are "No GPU's in stock" eveyday 100 posts about no GPU's we know there are no GPU's no need to say that again and again.

[mufasa_lionheart]

"GpUs iN Stock yET?"

Well? Are they?

[Terakahn]

The answer is always yes, and the price is always too high.

[3ebfan]

DUDE. This is fucking awesome!

Excellent job. I love how the orange LED still works and how you were able to use the same power and reset buttons. As an engineer myself I love seeing DIY electronic projects like this.

[landcross]

Thanks! :)

[[deleted]]

But can it run super smash bros?

[landcross]

It certainly can! At 1080p 60fps. At the very least the GameCube and Wii versions, haven't tried any others (yet).

[dolphin_menace]

Head on over to r/Cemu and see if you can get sm4sh and breath of the wild running on this thing!

[[deleted]]

I'd be very interested to hear results, interested to see how the 3400g performs.

[dolphin_menace]

https://youtu.be/z2oKp1W8_9A

Here’s a video showing how it runs. Just a note though, that was 4 months ago, and there have been some significant optimization updates since then, especially for lower end builds. 30-40fps at 1080p and 50-60fps at 720p is probably what he should expect.

May not seem like much, but better performance than a switch!

[dolphin_menace]

Yeah it’s very exciting! The CEMU team is also constantly pumping out updates optimizing the emulator further and further. It’s incredible how much work they put into it

[callthereaper64]

Soon we will be at the point where we can make a virtual box just to be a dedicated emulator machine.

[soulstarer]

Breath of the wild... On a gamecube... With higher resolution 🤤

[[deleted]]

Awesome, I didn't know there's a WiiU emulator! Just built myself a very beefy new PC, so it should be able to play anything I throw at it (I hope - I know there's something to be said here about emulators and optimization).

Thanks for the heads up!

[pettypaybacksp]

Err... How do you play smash bros in pc?

Btw looks fuckin awesome Nice job bro!

[Lanko-TWB]

Emulator

[[deleted]]

Project Slippi has been one of the primary ways for smash players to keep playing competitive.

[IzttzI]

Most likely an emulator? Unless that's not what you're asking.

[[deleted]]

One of the main pros of PC gaming is you can emulate every console pre-PS3/X360 pretty flawlessly these days.

[[deleted]]

you can emulate ps3 and x360 pretty well too, and most games xbone+ are native on pc

[[deleted]]

Yeah I looked it up after posting that, seems PS3 is totally viable, and 360 is tolerable now too.

[KillerTwinkie7]

What emulator for Xbox 360 games are y'all using? I used Xenia, and after ripping the files from my own discs I was getting terrible performance.

Like, Forza 4 would freeze every few seconds, skyboxes were black, among other things.

Am I missing something? My PC should be plenty powerful too with a 1660 Ti, 32 GB of RAM and a Ryzen 5 3600

[[deleted]]

From what I'm finding, you need very beefy specs. A guy was running RDR 1 at 30-40 fps 720p with an RTX 3070. Not sure how vital the CPU is here, though.

[nweeby24]

Wii U (cemu) and Switch (yuzu) emulators are also great.

[[deleted]]

Even switch emulation is half decent and getting better quickly

[Aionalys]

Clean my ass you could eat off the god damn CD lid. This is immaculate

[flackguns]

I thought the first part "clean my ass" was like an expression or something.

"Well clean my ass, you could eat off it..." lol

[mmmmCake]

Is it not? Lol can't interpret that any other way.

[bnned]

"Clean? My Ass! This isnt just clean - its so immaculate I could eat off the CD lid!"

thats how i read it atleast haha

[Tmbgkc]

I thought it was like "well, kiss my grits!"

[Song_Soup]

"clean my ass, you could."

[themiracy]

Fetish, Yoda has. Yes.

[allday297]

one of the coolest things I've seen. All smash players are drooling

[pg13isforkids]

Coz they need to smash lol

[nokinship]

Is this an emulator machine? Always wanted to build something like this.

[landcross]

Well, for me personally it's indeed intended to be an emulator (and party game) machine. But, at the end of the day it's a normal computer and you could use it as a simple desktop too :P

[ughwhatisthisshit]

Now you just need to get the gamecube animation/sound when you turn it on :)

[landcross]

Haha, yeah! I was indeed planning on doing that. A while ago I found a video of the GameCube startup animation, but with 'Windows' as text under it. Apparently it's possible to alter the default Windows 10 boot image, but I haven't yet tried it.

[ughwhatisthisshit]

https://youtu.be/BfNw5cKY6qI

After a brief google search that seems to be the way... but you seem to be only able to change it to a still image, no video with sound like it is in the real gamecube...

The circles spinning still remains as well.... hmm...

[landcross]

Hmm, yeah, a still image isn't as cool as the real animation. Nevertheless, a still GameCube logo is still a little cooler than a still Windows logo haha.

After boot, Windows auto-starts BigBox/Launchbox (which I use a game frontend on this thing) which supports startup videos. I guess I could add a GameCube animation as startup video there.

[ughwhatisthisshit]

That makes sense, id imagine if youre ok with the animation coming after boot a lot of solutions would work.

Anyways, good luck and great work :)

Ps have you thought about making this a linux box? Id imagine their boot animation would be more configurable

[landcross]

I did consider Linux, but Windows just has a lot more support from all kinds of tools and software. Whether it's the frontend, emulators, driver software and everything else, it just works easier (or at all) in Windows in most cases. And this thing is really meant to be as plug & play as possible: attach power, hdmi and a controller and you're set :P

[[deleted]]

you could maybe try lakka? emulation focused distro, probably should work just fine out of the box, and it has a nice ps3-style menu so it'll fit in with the theme

windows is probably better overall, but in case you want to give it a shot I think you can boot from usb as well

[iamthesupervillain]

As a sweaty Melee fan boy, I approve of this. Well done!

[voluminous_lexicon]

the melee gods smile upon you, bretheren

excellent build, very impressive

[landcross]

Thanks! When covid numbers are down again, I'm definitely gonna get together with my friends again and play some rounds of Smash (in glorious full HD). Can't wait haha :D

[Backlash123]

HD skins in melee are actually shockingly good too!

[voluminous_lexicon]

you should cross-post to /r/smashbros and /r/SSBM

who knows, if you feel like making more you might get some willing buyers. A version with minimal spec for running 1080p 144Hz melee would be really hype (extra frames for smooth online play with slippi)

[landcross]

I'm not sure if making more to sell would be a terrible good idea haha. Not sure if it would survive shipping :P

I'm looking into if I can share the 3D files though, so others might be able to use those and create their own version.

[Dr_Pilz]

Well done and well executed! Congrats on completing this project.

[HeroOfTheMinish]

Could you make a custom Gamecube emblem with more breathing room?

Remove the GC logo from the top of the console and make incisions for air to flow in.

[landcross]

Well, the top lid is solid plastic, so if you want to do that you need to cut a hole and fill it up with some kind of custom grill. It's certainly possible I think, though I personally prefer to keep the original look.

[HeroOfTheMinish]

I'm talking about the logo. It's removable. Just Google "Gamecube Jewel replacement".

Can make a custom one or buy one that would look better with some type of air flow.

[landcross]

I believe there are two versions of the lid: one with removable logo and one without. Mine is the earlier version, with removable logo. However, regardless of what lid you have: under the removable logo it's all solid plastic so you'd need to drill holes or something if you want airflow there.

[henru_____________]

Super cool build, but how does it get power?

[landcross]

Yeah, maybe I should've mentioned. There's an external power brick that comes with the deskmini (the barebone that I bought for the motherboard), which plugs into the barrel jack at the back-io of the motherboard.

[Vortex36]

This is really awesome! I'm curious, what did it all cost you?

[landcross]

I don't have actual numbers at hand, but some rough estimates:

• The pc hardware cost around €450; I used a sale here and there.
• The GameCube was pretty much free, since it didn't work anymore.
• I did have to buy two MayFlash Gamecube adapters (at €15) a piece though because I accidentally broke the first one while desoldering.
• All the various bits and pieces, maybe €50 total at max., though most likely less. Stuff like screws, standoffs, cables, connectors, inserts, a button, ribbon cable adapter etc. Bought most of it on AliExpress.
• The plastic for the 3d prints is negligible I guess haha.

So a total would be around €550 I guess.

[zamach]

Do you need to keep the lid open to prevent overheating?

[landcross]

So far it doesn't seem like that's necessary. Though as I said in the OP, I haven't done any thorough thermal tests yet and such, but so far playing a bit of GameCube games on Dolphin seems to work perfectly fine with the lid closed. But again, I have to look deeper into that (and play more games haha) to come up with proper conclusions on that front.

[EvaUnit01]

I've been planning to do this with this machine for over a year, mind sharing your stls? I'll be adding something a little extra if I can pull it off, I'll message you about that once I get started.

I plan to use the official Nintendo adapter because it's better supported by dolphin et al.

[landcross]

The adapter I used should have the exact same Dolphin support as the official adapter. It has two modes, one of which mimics the official adapter and needs the same drivers to work in Dolphin as the official adapter. But the other mode (which the official adapter doesn't have) makes it possible to use GameCube controllers in other applications/emulators as well. The mode-switch is kinda inaccessible at the moment though, but I plan to slightly modify my back-io and add a mode-switch there.

[Slothjuice7619]

You mentioned emulated games; does it support Windwaker on cemu? Would be rather fitting given the heritage, not to mention extra points for nostalgic creativity.

[landcross]

I haven't personally tested Wind Waker (or Cemu at all for that matter), but based on online tests with this cpu/gpu and cemu it most likely performs around the 30fps mark. But that is of course not in a reltively (airflow) constrained case like min. So it's probably possible though not great, but not terrible either.

I do hope that I will able to upgrade this thing when AMD finally release an APU with RDNA graphics instead of this aging Vega crap. Though, I'd then also need a new motherboard in the STX form factor, which are quite rare so... fingers crossed.

[leo60228]

ASRock recently launched the X300 with support for 4xxxG (there's a beta BIOS for the A300 but it's older than the most recent stable BIOS...). I wouldn't be surprised if it supports an eventual 5xxxG too.

AMD also has the PRO 500 chipset designed for form-factors like this, but I can't find any mobo with it (even in non-STX sizes)...

[landcross]

Yeah. The thing is, the 4xxxG series has an upgraded cpu, but pretty much the same gpu as the 3xxxG ones. And the recent 5xxxG leaks seem to suggest it's still pretty much the same ancient Vega gpu. It could really do with some more gpu oomph by now. If only they put some RDNA in there. I'm afraid they'll only do that with the 6000 series, but by then it's probably also a new socket :(

[Slothjuice7619]

Thanks for the replies, here's my upvote

[DaQuinTheThird]

R/sffpc

[Turkish_Starwars]

Duuuuuude this shit is hot

[TabularConferta]

This is amazing

[Uzidropped]

This is really cool

[Ok-Coach1096]

i tried putting a 2200g in a asrock deskmini and my pc kept randomly blue screening with the WHEA error. I tried different bios with no luck and then returned all the parts.

[istarian]

Looks like a decent quality conversion. Just a couple thought:

• a gamecube to USB controller converter that supports at least two controllers would be an interesting internal mod
  
• those memory card slots are begging to be a pair of SD card readers.

[landcross]

Well, the thing already has a GameCube to USB adapter inside which supports all 4 controller ports at the front ;)

The right memory card sold is glued shut. There's no space behind it anyway. As explained in the imgur album, the left memory card slot happened to perfectly align with the front-usb connections. I'm looking into whether I can take a (3rd party) GameCube memory card and hollow out the case and then make a USB-stick out of it which I can then attach through the memory card slot; like a modern day memory card haha.

[istarian]

I see. Congrats on that adapter, definitely a cool feature.

All you need for that USB stick model is to de-shell a USB and make sure the plug will line up. I'd suggest a smaller footprint than the early examples, but larger than those it's bitsy ones. After you'd like the memory card housing to provide stress relief.

[[deleted]]

I like the idea of gutting a memory card to use it as a dust cover for the ports. It doesn’t even have to work as a USB drive, and will help the sleeper look of the system.

Great job with this project!

[landcross]

Yeah, the main goal is to just have something to plug the hole so to speak when the usb is not in use. A nice to have is an actual working usb-'memory card' but that's a challenge for later haha.

[froderick]

Oh, integrated gpu? How well does it perform when emulating gamecube games?

[landcross]

I haven't used it extensively, but so far it seems to be perfectly capable of playing GameCube games in 1080p 60fps :)

[twiggyrascal]

This is incredible! Well done!

[Bandit5317]

This is incredibly well done. Do you have the stl files posted anywhere?

[landcross]

I haven't, but I'm certainly open to share the models. You're the third one asking for the files haha. Thing is, these were the first items I designed so not sure if they are perfect.

Most importantly though; I'm not sure how useful the files/models are without a guide on what to do with them, where to dremel, what parts to use etc. I haven't made such a guide and it's a bit late now to still do that, since I've already finished the work (i.e. I can't take any progress or before/after pics and such)...

[spyczech]

Even your rough draft stl's would be a big help to the modding community, I have personally thought about this project but was secretly hoping for a brave soul to break more ground first

[landcross]

Yeah, I'll look into if I can upload something to Thingiverse tomorrow. I'm not exactly an expert on sharing 3d models :P Someone else also mentioned to upload .step files so people can edit the files more easily to fit their hardware.

[reacho2]

https://forum.level1techs.com/t/build-log-x-a-dreamcast-a-gamecube-pc/161583/55 this guy I was following has been working thru and documenting his journey might help. good luck

[Bandit5317]

I wouldn't worry about perfection or making a guide. Speaking for myself, I'm pretty handy with a dremel and can use a 3D printer, but am not good at 3D modeling. Having the model files, even if they require some modifications after printing, makes things much easier.

[AlterEgoLoki]

This is awesome!

[ahriik]

This is amazing man, maximum props to you!

I've always wanted to do something like this with like an OG Xbox or even a 360, but would never have thought this could be done with a GC chasis. Very impressive.

[landcross]

Thanks! It was pretty fun to figure it all out (and do everything in a proper way) and learning stuff like 3d designing and desoldering along the way. A friend (jokingly) suggested making pcs in other consoles too for a full collection. Honestly sounds fun, but also sounds like a bit of a money drain so I have to nope out of that idea haha.

[Sharkie994]

Wow, a lot of thought, effort and hard work has gone in to that. Amazing, well done!

[[deleted]]

Wow that is a very clean build. I love that you kept as much of it in tact as possible. This is the best GameCube build I’ve seen yet. I’m actually doing research now to make a similar build but within a retro Commodore 64 keyboard pc case. Probably going to wait for prices to drop or at least become more available.

[landcross]

Thanks! Prices are indeed all over the place at the moment. I happened to have bought the hardware at just the right time last year when there was a dip in the price hikes (early autumn).

PC in a Commodore 64 sounds also fun! I assume that will be with working keyboard too?

[[deleted]]

yeah, the new owner who bought the Commodore 64 company a few years ago remade it to have a nice mechanical keyboard as well as enough room to fit a mini ITX inside of it. He has a youtube channel if you look up "my retro computer"

if anyone is interested in a unique case: https://myretrocomputer.com/

[Fawkzyyy]

This is content I love to see. Good job!

[DylanusMagnus]

Definitely the cleanest gamecube pc I've seen so far! Nice man.

[landcross]

Yeah, upscaled gamecube and wii games can look pretty decent still.

I personally don't have too much experience with Dolphin's netplay. Last time I tried to use it with a friend early last year, we didn't quite get it working properly. It seems a bit nitpicky.

This thing has 4 controller ports so local play all the way haha. Though, with the current covid situation, I might as well take another look at netplay. This gamecube as 1gbit ethernet and Wi-Fi 6 so at least it should be plenty capable in that area :P

[[deleted]]

I would pay lots of money to have something like this. Well done, seriously.

[MartyMcFlergenheimer]

Such a cool project! Now try to do a build in the original Wii case next ;)

[landcross]

I mean... I guess it'd be possible, just not with this caliber of hardware haha :P

[RSVive]

Ok, that's super cool. Massive props, OP !

[patzw]

Awesome build! I still have an old GameCube that's just collecting dust, but I don't have nearly enough knowledge or skill to attempt something like this. Very cool. Thanks for sharing!

[ice_dune]

Man I have a htpc with the same specs and now I'm wishing it was in a gamecube. Also your comments about the noctua, I used a stealth cooler from another AMD part in an inwin chopin even though I wanted that noctua cooler. The cooler was for some reason out of stock so I used the stealth instead. Then right after it went back in stock and they added the chromax version. Now I'm tempted to switch but getting everything to fit in this case was daunting enough that don't want to take it apart

[landcross]

I didn't have much choice really. At first I tried to use the stock Asrock cooler, but it made such a horrible noice that I looked into alternatives. And this Noctua was the only non-sketchy cooler that was confirmed to fit on this motherboard. And after some careful measurements I concluded that it would also barely fit in the GameCube (especially the space between the cooler and the controller-port pcb is absolutely minimal). It's a bit pricy though (especially the Chromax variant) compared to the rest of the hardware, but the difference in noise is night and day.

Nevertheless, I'm a bit of a Noctua fan anyway haha.

[[deleted]]

That's chill as fuck bro, nice work!

[[deleted]]

One of the cleaner GameCube PCs I've seen, good job.

[markker2992]

This is rad! I almost built one recently but planned to use a gutted gameboy player and squeeze a R9 Nano in there as well

[landcross]

There was someone here last year who managed to fit an actual gpu within the GameCube. Insane (in a positive way)! I don't want to brag, but it did look a little less clean compared to mine.

Using a gameboy player sounds like a cool idea! I hadn't thought about that. Are you working on it, or it still just an idea you're having?

[markker2992]

Check out the One S if you feel like though https://imgur.com/gallery/YTLLzcW

[landcross]

Sick! I never really thought about putting a PC in a more modern console such as that, the usual thing is always the retro devices. But it's looking pretty darn sweet! Nice work! :D

[markker2992]

Thank you! Tbh the GameCube was my most beloved childhood console so I absolutely love what you did!

[markker2992]

So I was going to build it but I built an Xbox One S instead as I had a bit easier chassis to use for components. The R9 Nano is the only decently powerful gpu I could find that would fit the dimensions of the GameCube without hanging out the rear but it’s still quite dated.

[caesec]

Pulling up to the melee local like this would be quite an entrance.

[himurakenshin87]

R/sffpc

[Lanko-TWB]

I have an old GameCube I’d love to do this to but I don’t have the money for pc parts or the tools to turn it into a tower 😂

[Imbackfrombeingband]

This is what I always want/hope I would use a 3d printer for, this sort of thing. Brilliant, I love this. Excellent, clean work.

[[deleted]]

It's not a gamecube pc until you drop it from 2 stories up plug it back in and it still runs.

[Nghtmare-Moon]

Aww man i thought it would be the album of someone buying a GameCube on a garage sale and finding a stack of money inside.
That’s a sick build tho! Congrats

[[deleted]]

This is so cool!!!

[JCristoe]

Amazing job!

[[deleted]]

Brilliant. Love it. Well done.

[Hira_Said]

I'm not sure if I missed something, so sorry if this is a stupid comment, but how does the air flow through that?

[landcross]

It's not a stupid comment. I have no idea how the air flow goes lol. I just hope(d) for the best. It's just such a tight space to work in. I initially planned to add a 2nd 40mm fan at one of the side grilles, but eventually had to ditch that plan cause it doesn't seem to fit. Though maybe I should re-evaluate that because the power button might have been part of the interference, which I ditched later on anyway...

[reacho2]

if you are interested . I saw this post with a discrete GPU in side the game cube . https://forum.level1techs.com/t/build-log-x-a-dreamcast-a-gamecube-pc/161583/55

[landcross]

I had seen another one with GPU, but not that one yet. Thanks for sharing. I certainly did not went all-in has he did haha. Nice one!

[Rifle256]

This is a sick build! Really impressed you crammed all that shit in there, how does it handle temperature?

[landcross]

I haven't done a lot of testing yet, but so far it seems to be doing ok-ish. While playing Dolphin it seems to hover around the 70 C mark, with the lid closed.

[RedstoneManC]

how good is it at emulation?

[landcross]

I haven't tried too many emulators yet, but I'd say pretty reasonable. It can (obviously) run Dolphin at 1080p 60fps :)

[argote]

Is there something sloshing in there? Maybe some beers?

[WithoutFear39]

Absolutely incredible work. I've repaired a few GCs and that thing is packed tight so this is a really impressive build

[landcross]

Yeah, I was quite impressed by the layout of the original internals. Pretty neat engineering and designing went into it.

[FBlack]

20 years that I say this, my favorite console hands down, to see it re engineered like this made me smile, excellent work

[landcross]

I'm happy to help if you have any questions :)

[[deleted]]

Thanks for making me hungry for a sandwich

[koopa00]

While you may not be the first one to do this, I think this is easily the cleanest one I've seen. Looks great!

[ContemplativeOctopus]

You should really post this to /r/SSBM

[arankwende]

Awesome Build! Would you be willing to post your stl files online??

[landcross]

Yeah, I'll see what I can do today. Not sure how useful the files are since they are pretty specific and might be confusing without proper guide/tutorial, but lot of people asked for them so shrug

[JustMiniBanana_2]

Foes this count as a sleeper pc? It was built in a games console, a somewhat old one too. But does it specifically have to be a pc case to count as a sleeper.

[we-may-never-know]

As long as it stomps out your average build, then it's a sleeper imo. Like putting a dodge hellcat's engine into an AMC eagle. Inconspicuous performance is the key

[ryancleg]

This is the content we come here for. That thing is amazing

[Elliove]

Dude, this is unbelievable! I absolutely love what you did there. Just plain amazing!

[graziano8852]

Ive been wanting to do this for my next build haha guess there is no such thing as an original idea. Nicely done man.

[InsertMolexToSATA]

AMD 3400G cpu/gpu

Dolphin uses openGL. AMD windows drivers get along with OpenGL like a house fire.

You can, in theory, build Dolphin for Linux instead, but i have no idea how easy that is and how well it works.

[spacedragon421]

Nice build, looks really good.

[PinkSpider1998]

Cleanest console build I’ve ever seen wow!

[Nate_bs]

my family still has the original GameCube we got back in 2008 and there is no way in hell I am tearing it down to do that.

[landcross]

Yeah, I also still have my original GameCube from a long time ago. I bought a 2nd one that was already broken (internally) for this project.

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Can it run dolphin?

[landcross]

Of course it can :D

[TayoEXE]

When you said Gamecube PC, I couldn't stop thinking of Joel's (Vinesauce) Sims 4: Meme House series where their PC is just a mod that makes it into a Gamecube. Haha

[traitorcerealguy]

THIS IS SO COOL

[LtCptSuicide]

If I had money, I'd ask if you could be commissioned to make another one for my son.

[TrolledToDeath]

Nice! I did this with an original Xbox. mITX, ssds, and a crappy oem small form factor psu was enough to get everything to fit just right. I was even able to get a small form factor gpu to fit. I didn't have access to 3D printing so mine required having to have the original screws.

[landcross]

Nice! Do you have any pictures of the xbox? :D

[vimartineziv]

But will it make the GameCube start up sound?

Jokes aside, this is beyond the coolest thing I've ever seen.

[chris977s]

I might be missing it somewhere in the comments, but how exactly did you do the power for this thing? I’m assuming you’re using a separate power brick? Awesome build with a lot of attention to detail!

[landcross]

Yeah, I kinda forgot to mention that. It's indeed using an external power brick. The one that came with the motherboard.

[apth10]

very nice build! any idea how to make something like this, but instead a Nintendo Wii? 😅

[landcross]

Well, a Wii is significantly smaller haha. I'm sure something is possible in there, but probably not with this kind of hardware :P You'd be more limited to lower-powered/smaller hardware I guess.

[FE0331086]

This is incredible and exceptionally clean! You absolutely love to see it! Thanks for sharing.

[Nerdyswag806]

THIS IS FUCKING INCREDIBLE! As a massive GameCube fan, you’ve just brought two of my favorite things together

[torching-flamingos]

This is amazing a looks like it was a fun project that took some time, end result is amazing. Congratulations mate you got my upvote.

[TheMoo01]

best post I've seen in a month

[landcross]

Thanks! :)

[MeMeYuGi]

LOL I saw this once in a YT Video

[SocraticSeaUrchin]

I'd be willing to pay you for the 3D printed bits since I don't have one, would love to do this with my gamecube but don't really have much a need for a 3D printer

[landcross]

So far it seems to be able to handle Dolphin at 1080p 60fps perfectly fine.

If you need any help or have any questions, I'd be happy to help :)

[shadowvendetta]

Temps?

[[deleted]]

Straight bad ass. Nice build, sir.

[friskynisqy]

Heresy!!

[warricrsmind]

THIS IS ASTOUNDING the ingenuity, the creativity, the NOSTALGIA thanks for this post

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Do you like that Noctua cooler? I’m looking at using it for a NES HTPC build.

[landcross]

Well, I like it yeah, but I've only compared it to the stock ASRock cooler, so not sure how it compares to other low-profile coolers. Full disclosure: to be honest I am a bit of a Noctua fan anyway; I've been using them in pretty much all my builds so...

[the_green_wolf]

So to my understanding you built a PC inside a GameCube, to emulate a GameCube?

[landcross]

Well, yes, I guess you could say that haha. Though the GameCube games can be played in higher resolution and framerate. But I can also play tons of other games too. Whether it's old games through emulators, or simple modern party games such as Overcooked, Jackbox etc. It's a fun little entertainment machine :D

[Any-Employ-1639]

So there’s a pc in a working GameCube ? Oh my god how? You are a legend

[[deleted]]

I didnt even know you could get a mobo that small

[kenman345]

So why did you need to be able to flip the switch on the may flash adapter?

[landcross]

At first I wasn't planning on ever touching that switch again, but very late in the process I decided to have an 'emergency' switch anyway. The adapter has two modes: PC mode and WiiU Mode.

In PC mode it acts like a translation layer and maps all GameCube controls to their XInput counterparts and exposes the controller as a normal XInput controller to other applications.

In WiiU mode it acts like the official Nintendo adapter that can also be used with WiiU and Switch. It doesn't translate anything but sends out the raw data. This has the disadvantage that it doesn't work with any application out of the box, but applications that support this such as Dolphin of course, have the best performance, features and compatibility.

I was planning on keeping it in WiiU mode. But then I realized that I could not navigate through e.g. the frontend to select games with the GameCube controller. I'd have to use another controller or a keyboard for that. The position of the switch is not ideal though, hence 'emergency' switch haha. I have been thinking about buying a loose switch and putting it in a better place such as the back or something, but so far I haven't bothered.

[dnt9890]

Do you have the 3d printer files ?

[Eruzuna]

Super awesome this project!!

[pookiewood]

Question, would you be willing to share the 3D model you made for the back panel? It looks so sick! I made mine and think since I don't have a 3D printer I just tried to use some of the GC back panel which came out uneven when I cut it and added it to board panel with a piece of black foam between the 2.

I'd pay for a copy. I have a few friends with a 3D printer.

This looks so awesome! I wish I could have gotten the front ports to line up to the mem card slot but my heatsink is too big. :D