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damn, is it safe with that? and is that styrofoam and cardboard? what happens when it gets overheated?



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JRPGfan said:
TomaTito said:

Here is my HTPC

Not sure if it's Ghetto enough, but it has no case. It's just stuck in one of these drawers.

That is the good kinda Ghetto build :) I can fully get behinde this.

So its just hiddin inside a drawer?

Looks like a decent setup :)

Thanks. Yeah, it's in the top-right shelf. The fronts are made of textile and the back has a grill for airflow ;)
The furniture is hanging on the wall, and hides all the cables in it!

Like I said in the HTPC link, this is a stripped down laptop, and the fan is starting to fail... so I bought some RAM heatsinks with which I will try to passively cool the CPU/GPU, not sure if it will be enough, but it's those small metal things to the left of the SSD.

And for fun here are the rest of the compartments open



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Ok, I'll add some of my own, appropiately taken with a ghetto camera as well.

While my main gaming setup is my custom build home theater, nowdays for PS4 gaming, that's not the only place to play games. Next to WiiU, ps2, ps3 and ps4 in the living room, (ps4 moves between projector and living room) I play PC games on a laptop on the breakfast table (which is kinda ghetto), however before that my PC gaming was done here:

Not used much anymore, a bit of FSX when the kids ask for it. The newest PC is now 7 years old, pretty useless and worn out. Other one still runs xp... (I used to move the PC back and forth to the home theater for games compatible with controllers, was a pain in the ass to move) PCs were banned to down here after the home office got converted into a baby room.

To warm up in winter time, a bit of DDR does the trick behind this old desk with 175 pound tv. Wii motion gaming possible too.

No seating arrangement.

For a nostalgic itch, there's this

Notice my expert cable splicing :)
Should have included the cassette tape collection to the right haha.

Sadly no more XBox or 360 anywhere, powerbrick failure last year ended my 360. The GameCube is in a box somewhere, Wii with compatible ports does the trick. Btw with all this in the house my kids choose to watch you tube let's plays on iPad most of the time! Just play any of the hundreds of games around you, damn this lazy generation :)



My current gaming rig. I do have a case now but I haven't found the time to build it yet. Probably gonna happen this weekend. But for now; marvel at the 2000€ PC parts on a 10€ bucket!



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SvennoJ said:

Ok, I'll add some of my own, appropiately taken with a ghetto camera as well.

To warm up in winter time, a bit of DDR does the trick behind this old desk with 175 pound tv. Wii motion gaming possible too.


No seating arrangement.

For a nostalgic itch, there's this

Notice my expert cable splicing :)
Should have included the cassette tape collection to the right haha.

Never got to play with DDR on consoles... which ones do you recommend? And what are those devices on the top of the TV and in the drawer?

BTW awesome porcelain doll in the second pic

vivster said:

My current gaming rig. I do have a case now but I haven't found the time to build it yet. Probably gonna happen this weekend. But for now; marvel at the 2000€ PC parts on a 10€ bucket!

I think it's an efficient way of testing your rig, plus cool effect when it lights up.



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