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How to build a sleeper PC: A beginner's guide

Gaming Retro

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So you want to build a sleeper PC? Awesome! Having tackled several sleeper PC projects myself, I thought I'd share with you some things I've learned, and some of the mistakes that you can readily avoid.

How to build a sleeper video series:
Part 1, Intro: How to build a sleeper PC: A beginner's guide
Part 2, Air Flow: How to Build a Sleeper PC Part 2: Improvin...
Part 3, HD Caddies, Hot Swaps: How to Build a Sleeper PC Part 3: Hard Dri...
Part 4, Painting Case: How to Build a Sleeper PC Part 4: Spray Pa...

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20 Comments

@mrljgibson 7 years ago

I built a sleeper PC in the 90's with an old slimline tower server case, I think I was running a Cyrix 6x86 processor and as much storage and memory as I could afford. The house I was in got robbed and they completely ignore my PC, which was good as it was the most expensive thing in the room.

@bellron4296 6 years ago

Noctua fans actually look good in these cases

@SunsetTheProto 6 years ago

Now I want to build a Sleeper PC

@ColeçãoNintendo 5 years ago

Most elegant channel about tech/retro in Youtube.

@mattiechuuu4580 5 years ago

Haha at 13:10 I thought “hmmm thats got a real 2001: A Space Odyssey look to it” and then second slater you called it Hal-9000.

@JQ19988 7 years ago

Im actually in the process of making a dell vostro 410 sleeper with some case modifications, paint , etc

@Quantum_Kernel_EXE 5 months ago

Watching videos and researching. Stumbled across yours. Working on my own HP sleeper build

@JordanCassady 6 years ago

I’ve never seen anything like your dual tower PC. Very impressive.

@nishimarue 11 months ago

thank u king

@robbiejeiter 5 years ago (edited)

I do it with a AT box from 1992 (the OLD model in ur reference)... really hard work for position and cut the metal, but not imposible.
Thx for video!!!

@foamy_brawl9903 3 years ago

I clicked on this video because of the cat

@SFXoceanfront-R2D2 10 months ago

Thank you so much

@Eff_One 3 years ago

Great vid. Very informative.

@iflnr978 6 years ago

thanks for the video!

@aleksifrmdao 5 years ago

i really want to make a 1980s sleeper pc.. they so expensive tho

@thedangboi7198 6 years ago

instantly subscribed

@thesigglet 5 years ago

I’m working on a sleeper. No mods and I’m going quite sleeper with PS/2 Keyboard and mice and working floppy drive/IDE DVD Burners

@Magnulus76 4 years ago (edited)

I am still using my 15 year old Antec Sonata case. Alot of these older cases work just fine and were sometimes built like tanks.

@jessekirbs 5 years ago

Awesome builds and great info. Thanks for making these vids. Can you elaborate what you used to line the border of the holes you cut on the HAL build? What material did you use for the vent? What Dremel bit did you use to cut such a clean circle on the top? Thanks!

@asAbsolute 1 year ago

I’m in the process or converting an AT case to ATX. A lot more work that if it was just atx, and if I were to do it again, I wish I chose an atx case.

Still, lots of fun and I’m happy with how it’s turning out.