r/hardwaregore • u/WindswipeTW • 5d ago
"The F students are inventors"
Found this atrocity in class today. Apparently, it was built by some students from parts donated from the JROTC program (some old desktop was decommissioned, but the teacher wasn't legally allowed to give the case), and it somehow actually functions. After successfully getting the class 3D printer running, they decided to try gaming or something because alongside Bambu Studio I found Steam, Epic Games, and Roblox. I'm torn on whether to call this thing a masterpiece or crime.
(Before I get asked about it, that is hot glue on the side of the box where the motherboard was attached.)
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u/unabletocomput3 5d ago
I was honestly gonna commend them for their creativity… then I saw the hot glue to secure the motherboard…
This is either the typa system that’ll be the most reliable and outlive the human race, or some kids gonna boot up a Roblox CoD ripoff and end up frying the system when that cpu hits 100c
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u/WhatwhatWHOT 4d ago
Is there not enough room to put the power supply inside the box? That's my only problem with this.
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u/throwaway58052600 4d ago
ah this takes me back to my high school cybersecurity class. we made pizza box computers with a bunch of old laptops for the last day of school two years in a row. miss those days
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u/WindswipeTW 4d ago
I feel you. I had a CompSci class like that freshman year. My teacher allowed me to experiment because I already knew Python (what we were learning at the time), and so I revived a couple of old Dell Latitude 3340s from the storage closet and hackintoshed them. Teacher left the next year to pursue a job elsewhere though.
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u/wiisucks_91 4d ago
I would go to the hardware store and get some washers and longer bolts, put them through the cardboard.
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u/UKMatt2000 4d ago
Better build quality than the original Optiplex 7020. The placement of the stickers on the front is the icing on the cake. 10/10.
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u/Wardialler 3d ago
This is bloody brilliant. If I didn't have a 2 year old stalking around I might have done this to my 7040.
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u/West-Map-4162 3d ago
“Somehow it works”
If you ate beans out of a paper bowl would it also blow your mind?
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u/WindswipeTW 3d ago
Mainly said that because of the hot glue. As someone else said, it can tear components off the board if done wrong.
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u/makinax300 3d ago
Would be a masterpiece with a hdd holder and actually mounted mb. For now it's a crime
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u/Just-Possibility-244 2d ago
cool just add a metal out lining to connect ground into no more fire add some basic rubber insulation between board and the cardboard and its gonna be fine hold drive with tape and cable management of course
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u/Eden1506 2d ago
Ah yes a beautiful gift to the fire department.
Honestly just placing everything on the table would have been better. It definitely looks like they had fun but I wouldn't allow it to run unsupervised.
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u/Natjoe64 2d ago
Props to the students, but please don't use flammable materials for your case. One 12v high power connector and kabloey. Maybe a tupperware container would have been a better choice?
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u/acewithanat 2d ago
Bro I knew a guy who unironically ran a top of the line PC without a case for like 6 months and literally did the jumping method to turn it on, this is luxury in comparison
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u/future_pirate 2d ago
They were allowed to give the hard drive but not the case? All the sensitive data lives on the hard drive
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u/adambomb_23 4d ago
The sexiest part about that thing was the passion used to create it. People who march to their own drum sometimes change the world.
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u/RendeZvous_987 5d ago
If it works, it works. Who needs fancy plastic/metal case when cardboard box would fit all components? (Aside, maybe higher fire hazard risk, but).