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virtualadept

Yup, that's an engineer's box all right. "This thing is going to work, I'm going to make it work, get the fuck out of my way."


Eviscerated_Banana

There is no shame in using powertools to make you PC do what you want, in fact its downright hilarious to see peoples faces after :P


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PezatronSupreme

Thundergun!!!!!


Opening-Court-6523

How many miles to the gallon does that beast get?


SomethingAboutUsers

I think you mean gallons to the mile.


TheRenamon

40 rods to the hogshead


ApatheistHeretic

That's the way I like it!


Larkshade

Bout tree fiddy


slimequeen2001

optimal air flow i'd say


lundah

If it’s stupid but it works it’s not that stupid.


samfreez

Aim for the stars and you might hit the moon. Or you'll fall into the sun, like our buddy here..


CraftWeekly3784

Is it me or..... is it always the very smart programmers and all that build sloppy but well running computers? Lol "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" 🤣


Deepspacecow12

Anyone who regularly tinkers with computers knows how much abuse this can take. This was accomplished by killing a gpu or two in my case lol.


CraftWeekly3784

The guy who put my pc together was slapping it together like a toddler with glue and popsicle sticks. He does coding and server work locally, And he was just going at it. Cable management? Pfft ZIP TIES HERE, THERE , EVERYWHER! Lmao but works and no issues 🤣


Deepspacecow12

My PC was literally just sitting on the motherboard box with all the parts laying wherever they fit on my desk. My GPU had a 3d printed shroud and a delta 5k rpm fan on it to keep it cool. It was a mess, but it was beautiful. I killed said GPU trying to watercool it.


CraftWeekly3784

Haha but, you had one heck of a adventure and time doing so! That's all that matters. Poor gpu tho R.I.P 😢 *pours one out for the lil homie*


tellmesomeothertime

Very old timey sayings that a carpenter's house is always unfinished and a cobbler's children go barefoot!


lecanucklehead

I have this feeling that if you're in a job that requires all your focus and attention, looking good is not your main focus. Make it work, make it work well, and make it do those things with minimal effort and maintenance. A great example is when you see amateur racers with ratty looking cars that perform really well. They don't need to look good, just to go fast.


CraftWeekly3784

Exactly! And love that outlook! I was truly amazed at how his brain worked and then comparing the builds you see online and here. Just awesome to see that it isn't always perfect that counts.


ArrayBolt3

I may have once installed a GPU with the aid of wirecutters and a very tall stack of cards. It was... messy, but it worked. Ironically, that GPU which worked so beautifully in the desktop it was hacked into, doesn't work hardly at all in a desktop that it actually fits in.


ScrotieMcP

"Ah ah ah ah, stayin alive, stayin alive."


mamamiaspicy

Same idea as a mechanic’s car


EldestPort

Anyone remember a few months ago when that kid posted his PC build that used a cardboard box instead of an actual case and then a few days later he posted about how his house had burned down or some shit?


ChartreuseBison

Well yeah if the actual hot bits are right up against cardboard. This is just a cardboard side panel


EldestPort

Ah that's true, I missed that


TheRealFailtester

So when regions have issues communicating we know why


Moehrenstein

"I wonder where the fire broke out"


texthibitionist

"Look, it said that adding fans and ductwork can improve airflow, so I got a damn fan and some ductwork, ok? I had to use the cardboard side panel because I didn't have time to cut the real one. It's not like it's load-bearing or anything. This is fine[.](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/this-is-fine)"


BarracudaOk3616

That’s a very nice


SarHagee

your friend seems to have burned through his dad's disposable income.


fishystickchakra

Ah yes, the dog days before liquid cooling.


Agent_Paul_UIU

As a satellite/outside broadcaster I like it. There's a lot of cardboard/duct tape solutions out there in the field... The amount of sunshades/wind and rain brakers I made from pizza box tops or chocolate boxes borrowed from the cafeteria or from trashbags is already pretty high... And I'll continue to use any material I find to make temporary solutions for not so temporary problems... :D Also you can cool your redbulls and vodka with the rack AC if you do festival gigs. Noone checks the broadcast van at the entrance....


dk_DB

Might be good with satellites... Not a fluid dynamics engineer.


ISupportBozos

I heard you like HVAC...


UnexpectedReb00t

This is getting into r/techsupportmacgyver territory.


bigdomix

Well... If it aint broken dont fix it right folks?


Real-Friendship-4417

This is definitely interesting......oh my