The Sleeper PC...

[Face2Face]

My mother-in-law asked me to recycle her old PC...so I obliged.

I figured I would surprise my son with his own PC, so he can play some Overwatch.

Isn't she a beauty?

Pretty sure these specs meet the minimum requirements for Overwatch...right?

My son looked at the tower with a WTF? look. Little did he know what was lurking inside...







Meet the Sleeper

3570K + 8GB DDR3 + HD 7970 GE + 240GB SSD - Perfect for Overwatch at 1080p.

Added a 120mm SP fan in the front and kept the rear 80mm fan in place.

Sadly the floppy drive was removed.

 

[UsandThem]

So many people back then never even took off the advertisement stickers off of the front. I know my in laws were the same way. Kept those spec stickers on for over 5 years.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Nice job, OP. I had to LOL at that specs sticker.

 

[Blue_Max]

You sneaky ah heck. That was awesome!

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Nice. For a long time, I had a similar system. (Q6600 built into an eMachines case with a "Celeron" sticker.

Why let a good case go to waste?

 

[aigomorla]

those stickers made the PC's run faster like in cars with the HKS / KNN stickers on them.

Thats why people don't remove them....

Didnt you know the intel sticker alone made your PC overclock 100mhz higher!

 

[Blue_Max]

those stickers made the PC's run faster like in cars with the HKS / KNN stickers on them.

Thats why people don't remove them....

Didnt you know the intel sticker alone made your PC overclock 100mhz higher!

...which is particularly impressive for locked-down OEM machines.

On the plus side, if thieves ever broke in they'd probably turn their nose up at what looks like a real klunker.

 

[jman19]

Ok, I laughed at the pics

 

[Ketchup]

Very nice

 

[AMD64Blondie]

Tell me about it..my backup Ubuntu Linux PC is running a AMD Phenom II X6 1090T,16GB of DDR3,a Nvidia GTX 650..booting off of a 240GB SilliconPower SSD.

All powered by a PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 510W PSU.

It's hidden inside a old beat-up Raidmax mid-tower case.

 

[fleshconsumed]

That's funny. However, that front intake is really really restrictive, if I were you I'd dremel a proper hole for that intake fan.

 

[HutchinsonJC]

Sadly the floppy drive was removed.

Good riddance!

Kind of amazed that the oem case was able to accommodate so well. I've seen quite a few oem cases that really just were not readily reusable for an upgraded rig.

 

[ElFenix]

expansion | bay

 

[Face2Face]

That's funny. However, that front intake is really really restrictive, if I were you I'd dremel a proper hole for that intake fan.

Agreed. I ended removing the the parts and putting them in a proper case. It was fun to do it, but dear God it's ugly.