If you enjoy building computers?......

[Manbatius]

Hi all,

So I enjoy building computers, I am currently considering a cheap ITX gaming build (super cheap)
I mainly just want to build something.... really I know it won't get used. But the research of getting bits and putting it all together I love.

Surely there are others on here like this?
If so.... how do you not have numerous machines? or more importantly get the build lout of your system?
I'm running out of reasons to build stuff and likely have too many machines as it is (not a brag, one of them is a Lubuntu based Am2 build that I built over a decade ago for family, which I received back and have refurbed)

Last build, Itx plex server rehoused into a tiny case with a laptop brick psu....

 

[Manbatius]

It’s about as hard as a 4 piece jigsaw.

Agree with how easy it is now, think that does not help as it is faster, there's no none booting as I forgot to adjust the jumper on the HDD to master!

When I refurbed the old Am2 plus build, I got the five year old to put most of it back together, while explaining what the bits do. He did drop the screwdriver at one point inside the case.
But that's the exact reason I was using stuff I am not fussed if it gets broken.

Currently working out what, if anything, to do with this bitfenix colossus mini itx case I have, probably the priciest case I have ever bought, so do not want to tip it, at the same time, rather large for mini itx. it's why it was released from plex duties.

I'm back on pc buildiing simulator 2.... may or may not have a lot of hours in the first one... maybe that is the answer.
Also thanks all for some of the suggestions, might look into recording some of it.

 

[Manbatius]

Do you have any disk games you want to play? I enjoy building PCs and I have four or five old motherboards/CPU/ram combos ranging from 1998 Slot 1 through to socket 1150 Has well refresh Xeon system (plus my main pc). I have an old case with a dvd drive, poor ventilation and a fairly weak PSU and I enjoy building something that can run my old DVD games like No One Lives Forever, Unreal series, Sims 2, Mercedes World Racing and Quake 3. or build something as fast as I can within the constraints of the crappy case and psu and benchmark it

Cheers good shout, I think.... my only remaining disk games are AVP2 and Nomad soul of all things.

I need to pop in the loft later, may have a look.