First time trying to make a workstation look more like a gaming computer. Pretty liiiiiiights. PC specs: HP z240, i7-6700, 32gb DDR4-2133mhz RAM, GTX 1060.
I just found your channel and it's gold. So many other PC building channels talk more about RGB lights than actual tech. I loved this build and all your others. Keep it up!
After many minutes of heated combat, I was able to dominate a tribe of cannibalistic Pygmies. In doing so, I taught them to ignore their desire for war and the flesh of their enemies and instead focus on the joy of turning office PC's into gaming beasts. Sadly, I hear that they recently sold out controlling interest and became a subsidiary of HP.
Gaming pcs are soooo 2021. Desk pcs are all the rage now, all the kids are doing it. But no one has yet built - a chair desk pc! Its a great opportunity for a revenge too!
I tried to Dremel a case I got from the dump (it was a cooler master that I wanted to case swap my Optiplex with) and before I knew it, I was trying to make holes for the Dell motherboard. Of course nothing Dell does is standard with it's office line of computers. Gave up on that when I realized how badly I mangled the case. Luckily I can bury the evidence at work in the computer scrap so only God knows my sins. Glad to hear that you didn't get too hurt. Chair Desk isn't known for mercy...
I've bought its big brother (a Z440) for $190, 16 gigs of DDR4 RAM, a 700W PSU and an E5-2680 V4 - will be good for editing. Another 190 and I'll have a Quadro P4000 and an SSD in it (plus likely even pick up 32 or 64 gigs of RAM along the way). For Eastern Europe, this is a steal. 00:28 - that's actually a neat solution. 00:51 ❤ 04:18 - at least it's not remakeCloud... yet? 05:03 - Microphone reveal 06:29 - get well soon, and RIP hardware
Cloud deserves to be imprisoned for what he has done. Living inside a PC is gonna be hard work for him, but at least the red lights make him feel cool.
@@LowcastleTech I really enjoy your videos! Low tech / low budget stuff with a kind or dark humor attached to it, the community is sleeping on your content! It's very good!
That was really entertaining! I was watching and it occurred to me that fabric like from those fake fire lamps, would make the top of that case look really cool. Like it has a jet coming off the top :)
Be care! Chairdesk may have taken out an insurance policy on you without you knowing so be careful to keep your eyes on him! 🤔😁 Cool idea on the mod! I would like to eventually do something similar on my old system. 👍👍
I drilled some holes in a slim line case because the gpu was about a half inch from the top. I made some air intake holes for the gpu’s fan. The metal is surprisingly hard to cut or drill through on some cases.
It definitely is tough, I noticed that as well. I burnt through 2 metal dremel wheels just cutting that small square out. Was definitely surprised by that.
@@LowcastleTech yeah, that's why I drilled a bunch of holes for the fan. I was going to cut it, but after that first drill hole so I could start the cut, I'm like, no thank you. It's hard to believe those thin cases are so tough. It makes you wonder how they damage them on some of the ebay PCs you show in your videos.
I did an HP Z400 mod not so dissimilarly from this. It had 3 of the front bays that I could remove, so I used a dust filter from another case as mesh to cover the gap, with a 120mm LED fan that could sit just behind on a PCIE slot cover that I bent 90 degrees to create a point to screw the fan into. Spray painted the front bezel white, added an acrylic side window very similar to yours, and another 120mm LED fan behind the vents at the front of the case. Was kinda neat :) Added my RX 570 I overpaid for during the mining boom and made out with a small profit.
Nice! That does sound really cool. It is fun to think of different ways to try to mod them, def some interesting ideas there. I didn't really even think about painting anything. Could definitely be a quick / inexpensive way to add some life to it.
I was thinking about doing this to an old Asus office PC. I say your, shall we call it "Cloud Computer?" hmmm nah, looks really good :) hope you feel better btw
You shouldn't cut or drill into the case without first taking out all the components, metal shavings or dust could cause a short which is a fire hazard and also can damage & break components. After cutting/drilling the case should be thoroughly cleaned to ensure no shavings/dust is left behind, using a power washer with water then blowing it out and leaving it in the sun for a day (every few hours move it around like flipping it upside down, lay down on different sides, expose different sides to the sun, etc) to dry is a good method. Ensure it's completely dry of course before putting all the components back in, I'd recommend waiting a couple days before putting anything back in since it was washed For the future, consider using a hole saw the correct size for the fan to be used, for example a 4 & 1/2" hole saw is the size to use for 120mm fans, then you just drill the mounting holes with a drill bit (don't remember what size drill bit). Then you can just use a fan grill with the fan to protect it. Just make sure the hole saw is rated to cut whatever metal you're cutting into edit: also I would advise against using regular glass, might be prone to breaking easily with heat cycles but overall will break easier than say tempered glass I believe. I would recommend using acrylic instead unless you find tempered glass the right size or have the means to cut tempered glass to size (btw never put a case that has tempered glass on tile, ceramic, granite, quartz, or marble as it can break the glass, probably other hard surfaces as well to avoid)
I would buy a case that could display a figurine with a lighted fan behind it and a glass panel for viewing. I wonder if it would make sense for a sandwich style case with the PSU there fan facing the toy though it would probably jut out in the mobo side.
Chair desk demanding blood?! What have you done?!?!?! (glad you're okay, though) Space and lack of Dremel-fu are issues for me as well, so I'd probably try re-casing first. I believe the I/O shield in the Z240 is non-removable, but universal designs are decent enough. Any 3D printing in the future...?
Chairdesk has little patience for my shenanigans! 😄3D printing would be amazing to get into, I know almost nothing about it though. It is on my ever-growing list of "stuff I want to learn about, time permitting". Hopefully at some point down the line, because it does seem really interesting.
If you hadn't been collecting all those parts from eBay all this time, they wouldn't have been there to break your fall. More parts is like having more safety equipment. I like cutting out windows in my cases. I haven't tried using super glue (I think that's what you used, but I'm not certain) to hold my acrylic windows before. I've tried rivets, but pulling the rivets through the hole to secure them cracked my acrylic. Since the window doesn't really move, regular masking tape has been able to hold my window fine for several years now. Anyways, I like your mods, and I'm glad Chair-Desk is fine.
😄 You are absolutely right about that! It's not hardware hoarding, just fall precaution! And tape is a good idea, for some of them double sided tape might even be enough. Probably depends on the size/thickness of the pane, and just how heavy it is. Super glue seems to be holding up on mine so far, but it didn't have a lot of weight to it.
Hey lowcastle tech. I am doing a z440 build with little experience. My wifi6e Bluetooth 5.2 card has a 9 pin cable to connect to the board to make the Bluetooth function. Where and or how can I find that connector on the z440 board? Thanks.
As far as I have seen, I don't think there are any connectors for WiFi or bluetooth directly on the board. Unfortunately, you may be limited to USB or PCIe for something like that.
I was able to connect the fans through 4pin Molex, so no adapter required to power them. The z440 might depend on which PSU you have in it, but I know the one with the 700w PSU does have one of these molex connectors so you should be able to power it. The only issue is that the size of the fan is larger than any of the stock fans, so you might have to either get a smaller fan size, or get creative with how and where you mount them. Hope this helps!
My burning question is this. Now that you have all that high horsepower RGB lighting up the case, do you look at the computer while using it or do you still look at the monitor to see what you are doing? Sorry, but RGB has always been a loser product IMO. Serves absolutely no purpose whatsoever. But I do understand that there are those out there who believe in the RGB gods.
