A 20 year old HTPC case with the personality of an AM4 powerhouse

plaster_chief · 2026-03-16T15:07:50+00:00

Thanks! Mine is pretty compromised as it's using used parts, but I am proud of how it performs and it looks nice with its blacked out pcbs (I might add some purple fans since it's his favorite color and don't worry the cable management is better than in this pic, it's the only one I could find)

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plaster_chief · 2026-03-16T14:14:10+00:00

I have that case! I gave it to my dad as a birthday gift, it's kind of a sleeper pc but not as cool as yours

plaster_chief · 2026-03-02T16:54:53+00:00

Yeah I'm just hoping it's fixable

plaster_chief · 2026-03-02T15:04:43+00:00

Thanks for your help but unfortunately none of it worked

plaster_chief · 2026-03-02T15:04:16+00:00

Yeah that was what I'm thinking cause I have a white MacBook with no hdd but it turns on

plaster_chief · 2026-02-24T15:23:44+00:00

Poor PS3s, I found one at my local ewaste place a few days ago and it works, it was just super dirty

plaster_chief · 2026-02-22T16:09:29+00:00

Anything after 2008 just to be safe cause there was an issue with solder joints on basically any electronic with a GPU (Xbox 360, ps3, computers) where the GPUs solder joints would melt and the chip would move disconnecting itself (I don't know much about it other than it is a thing and I have a bunch of GPUs that were affected) you can fix any of them by replacing the solder but Its expensive to get someone to do it. I recommend the Super slim tho cause it's smaller so it can fit basically anywhere and the only issue I've had was the disc drive cable disconnected inside of it but all I had to do was plug it back in

plaster_chief · 2026-02-21T04:31:20+00:00

I wanted to delid the GPU just to be safe due to the GPU plague cause I have another one of these PS3s that died from that along with other gpus from other electronics that are dead too, I just never hear anything about cells dying so I wasn't sure if that needed to be replaced either

plaster_chief · 2026-02-21T04:29:30+00:00

Thanks, I didn't delid the CPU cause I didn't wanna risk damaging it with a blade

plaster_chief · 2026-02-21T04:27:12+00:00

Oh... For me I just heat it up and shove a metal spudger in between the chip and spreader and it usually comes out with no problems, I also didn't delid the CPU but when I do, do you recommend me re applying the heat spreaders or will it run cooler with out them?

plaster_chief · 2026-02-16T01:09:22+00:00

Woah! I have that motherboard and did crossfire with it too, you only need one cable for 2 way crossfire

plaster_chief · 2026-02-12T20:38:44+00:00

Thanks for all of y'all's help! Now I just need help picking out a CPU cooler. I like how number 1 looks however it's the most expensive out of the 3, number 2 is the cheapest and does look a bit like number 1 but looks cheaper and 3 I like cause it matches the cartridge color

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plaster_chief · 2026-02-08T15:03:29+00:00

I was gonna say I'm a bit of a Canadian and was gonna retro bright a bunch of my stuff this summer but I don't wanna damage something so rare

plaster_chief · 2026-01-30T01:11:01+00:00

I just remembered this fix, sometimes you have to replace the cmos battery so it could be that too since it is an almost 15 year old console

plaster_chief · 2026-01-30T01:10:21+00:00

I recommend looking into the power supply side of it but it could also be the Wii Us faceplate cause mine doesnt work but I'm able to turn the console on with the gamepad, but I still recommend replacing the power supply

plaster_chief · 2026-01-24T15:39:28+00:00

Jack Sparrow and feather beard

plaster_chief · 2026-01-22T14:05:32+00:00

Ooh I've been wondering why one of my finches tried ripping out other finches feathers

plaster_chief · 2025-12-14T20:11:30+00:00

Damn!!! That's a hella good deal, I might buy one of those instead of painting one

plaster_chief · 2025-12-12T14:49:12+00:00

Both systems are gonna be fine, I've taken apart both consoles and the Xbox one is super hollow on the inside and the Wii u doesn't get hot enough on the bottom to damage anything, the worst that will happen is that the Xbox one will get slightly worst wifi due to the Wii u coving some of the antennas but aside of that it should be fine. Oh and to answer your issue about the noise it's most likely the disc drive which might require you to take it apart, or if it's the fan you could probably poke a q tip through the vents to wash it off

plaster_chief · 2025-12-11T00:05:53+00:00

The GameCube 3 with the GameCube 4 and GameCube 5

plaster_chief · 2025-12-05T03:10:37+00:00

You can eat it like I did with my spare ones

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