Building An EPIC HTPC/Gaming PC!

Building An EPIC HTPC/Gaming PC! | (Part 1)

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Welcome to my latest video where I feature a custom PC build meant to be used in a home theater environment. Let me know what you think in the comment section down below.
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@hinkhall1186 4 жыл бұрын

It's all fun and games until Grandma can't figure out why the Radio doesn't work and trashes it 😂

@seifixnetwork4663 4 жыл бұрын

LMAO

@mraaaaaaa 4 жыл бұрын

**turns it on** *"doesn't work"* **smacks it**

@MikeHawk1969 4 жыл бұрын

Grandma? Throwing something away? You clearly don't have a grandmother

@charli9289 4 жыл бұрын

Mike Hawk tru

@hinkhall1186 4 жыл бұрын

@@MikeHawk1969 Sounds like you never had a "I'll fix later" Grandpa with Grandma nagging him to get rid of all the broken stuff.

@teji7723 4 жыл бұрын

Damn no wonder why my grandfather said, “treat it with care”.

@lucasrem 4 жыл бұрын

War times radio?

@Yacyz 4 жыл бұрын

Hmm

@jacqueshilo250 4 жыл бұрын

Love how it’s a sleeper but not in a PC case, refinishing the wood and polishing the metal would be cool for video 2 if you get the time but other than that this thing is awesome Matt!

@TechByMattB 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I am definitely going to be polishing the metal(I just need to find the correct compound/polish.) Also, I'm probably going to sand down the wood to remove some of the scratches then restain it, but the wood veneer is pretty thin so I need to be careful not to sand down too much.

@TechnoYacy 4 жыл бұрын

Ooooo

@lostapostle76 4 жыл бұрын

@@TechByMattB You might just wanna sand it back down smooth and put new veneer on. Veneer is fairly inexpensive nowadays. Its that or you could pick up some vinyl alternative and have an easier time cleaning it.

@vinn7727 4 жыл бұрын

@@TechByMattB When you Finish sanding the wood, try to use Wood Oil so the wood can last longer.

@Dracashino 4 жыл бұрын

@@TechByMattB You should do it without machine with a finer sandpaper :)

@ZaireXIII 4 жыл бұрын

I'm sure LGR would love this and squeal in glee.

@LGR 4 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, I dig it 😁

@Pendleton115 4 жыл бұрын

LGR “Boss Music”

@Amanda_Harper 4 жыл бұрын

Does anyone else suddenly hear epic early KZfaq intro music?

@DutchmanDavid 4 жыл бұрын

@@Amanda_Harper [JAZZ MUSIC INTENSIFIES]

@warrax111 4 жыл бұрын

Wow LGR has eyes everywhere, in every nerdy stuff video, you need to watch your steps. :) Nono of the comments escape from his eagle eyes.

@eldeni24 4 жыл бұрын

This is a brilliant solution for someone who doesn't want an all shiny and glowy modern pc case

@BobHolowenko 4 жыл бұрын

"HealthKit" is actually "HeathKit" with no L. They used to be a pretty decent brand. I have a few of their kits. An RF amp (SB220), a clock, a large receiver, and a modulation monitor.

@mal2ksc 4 жыл бұрын

Also they tended to use boxes that were suitable for many different types of builds -- being a kit company and all.

@MortillaroCustoms 4 жыл бұрын

We had a heathkit pinball machine it was pretty fun to build

@billchessell8213 4 жыл бұрын

@@MortillaroCustoms I believe that Heath Kits were considered to be on a parr with Zenith quality which made them both expensive and sought after. I also believe they were ALL kits, which made them rare. Since they were usually put together by technophiles, and not assembly line people, I imagine the the build quality was often very high. I think your project is a great one, and I'm temped to think that I might do something similar in the future, but I would also liked to have seen the specs and a review of that receiver if it had been put back into service.

@MortillaroCustoms 4 жыл бұрын

@@billchessell8213 Heath was owned by zenith for a period of time. The kits are far from rare, quite the opposite. They were sold out of catalogs up till the early 1990's I've have a few myself as did my dad. I think radio shack sold them as did Sears.

@LailaKumaki 4 жыл бұрын

@@MortillaroCustoms On the resale market they were rare shortly after they stopped being sold because the people who had bought and assembled them were invested in their effort and not eager to sell. I'm not sure if that has changed with time as their owners pass and the Heathkit goodies end up in estate sales.

@internziko 4 жыл бұрын

Matt I've beeb watching your channel for years now and am very impressed with the way you've evolved from just another tech tuber to a serious DYI mastermind. Keep up the great work buddy and thanks for all the great content...

@TechByMattB 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words Paul, really appreciate it!

@ZuckerbergDaReptilian 4 жыл бұрын

This idea and how it all turned out is pure genius Matt. Thanks for the amazing content!

@UFDTech 4 жыл бұрын

Loved the video! Well done on a novel build idea!

@DemeDemetre 2 жыл бұрын

hey

@thevoyageof67 4 жыл бұрын

Wow... The creativity in this one

@Free_Krazy 4 жыл бұрын

This is also whats known as a "hood rig" Anyone breaking into your home isnt gonna bat an eye at the old 50lb radio on the desk, meanwhile you got your life savings invested in there lol.

@tyrzy1075 3 жыл бұрын

@SchoolTerrorist a fellow British

@apersonthingy 4 жыл бұрын

Ah, vintage audio equipment and a PC. 2 of my favorite pieces of technology beautifully married as one. It's beautiful

@RealBurtles 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant case mod! This is the sort of project I would start but never finish

@mts982 4 жыл бұрын

New meets old. Clever, i like that.

@R_C420 4 жыл бұрын

The music is just so gosh darn aesthetic. The PC is too

@darkinner777 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome build man, very cool idea!

@Geo255420 4 жыл бұрын

That is a Slick build. the wood grain style fits so well. Nice.

@Jakob2202 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Matt. Good job on this epic vid!

@shubhamsheth6458 4 жыл бұрын

The effort, it was definitely worth it.

@Gamepalooza 4 жыл бұрын

This was really awesome Matt. You have a new fan.

@gaiseronstark4895 4 жыл бұрын

Such an awesome build!

@njdarudedovich6126 4 жыл бұрын

quality content right there. You've just earned a sub

@toecutterjenkins 4 жыл бұрын

I feel a disturbamce in the force as if thousands of audiophiles cried out at once.

@KingBobXVI 4 жыл бұрын

He did say he bought it broken, so they should be fine :P

@DecibelAlex 4 жыл бұрын

@@KingBobXVI could've probably been repaired..

@nosegod8094 4 жыл бұрын

Not gonna lie, I almost cried then he said it was broken. While it could have been fixed, and part of me wish someone would have I'm just glad that it didn't end up in the dump.

@MrOhighway 4 жыл бұрын

He took care to find a broken unit, and not sacrifice a good working receiver. I doubt anyone will be crying as a result. Cool re-purpose of that old Heathkit.

@hallieboy 4 жыл бұрын

And the final indignity....he called it a "Healthkit".

@BunMaska 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing build! Love the clean look and your explanation that clearly explains the whole process! Fantastic! Looking for more quality content from you dude!!!

@CVNTGETENOUGH 4 жыл бұрын

This is so AWESOME!!! Fantastic video

@g00glegoggle72 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome build. For the tuner knob, try making it functional by adding an actual AM/FM radio and a small speaker. It would be a great way to show respect the old gear and add greatly to the sleeper concept. Oh, and the LED's while convenient, take away from the sleeper'ness of it. LED's are hard on the old eyes. If you could somehow re-add the original type bulbs, or even find an LED replacement bulb that puts out a similar kelvin color temperature of the original, that would be simply amazing. Keep up the great work, you earned another subscriber here.

@esemes16 4 жыл бұрын

I usually don't say anything but this is well done, hot damn!

@freezEware 4 жыл бұрын

does it make your opinion more valuable than one by the people who more easily tell how they feel? :D

@Zbyszkogap 4 жыл бұрын

Wow ! Amazing work !

@jammeslive4050 4 жыл бұрын

your dedication is next level.

@rafee9442 4 жыл бұрын

There's something about building a PC in something that wasn't intended for that purpose, it's pretty cool.

@nochancecze 4 жыл бұрын

The tuning knob should change the colours of the RGB.

@sacofbigmacs1241 4 жыл бұрын

YES.

@element0ne 4 жыл бұрын

I say keep the volume adjustment on the volume knob. He should add the RGB color adjustment to the balance knob.

@trynez2951 4 жыл бұрын

@@element0ne The tune knob is the far right one, volume and tune is not the same. I agree with nochancecze, the tune knob should change the RGB colors!

@element0ne 4 жыл бұрын

Trynez D’oh! For some reason I read it as “volume” knob and not tune... I agree with you guys.

@melonnf9941 4 жыл бұрын

Shouldn't be to hard, as there is already an arduino in the case, and an arduino can actually control LED strips, only difficult part would be the code, but someone who knows what theyre doing could get it done and coded in 10 mins

@SparkyOne549 4 жыл бұрын

I really dig it! Nice job!

@noakberglund8150 4 жыл бұрын

Looks amazing!

@BoHorror 4 жыл бұрын

This is a Granddaddy PC not a sleeper PC, a good one at that

@tomjuhasz326 4 жыл бұрын

Granddad always falls asleep on the lazy-boy so...

@Cristian.Cortez 4 жыл бұрын

Did he just say Health-Kit? This project he has here would be so much cooler if he knew what a Heathkit was, and why him doing what he's doing is almost like a perfect circle

@DarconizerRC 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome built ! Love that you used the original knobs.

@guyco 4 жыл бұрын

that is awesome, haven't seen a cool build on this level in ages

@ric9573 4 жыл бұрын

i feel like you should really mount some exaust fans in the back, like 2 40mm for the gpu and a 80mm for mobo/cpu

@kght222 4 жыл бұрын

lol heath kit was probably a good choice, that thing was probably diy in the first place. heath kit are electronics kits for learning to build electronics, or for customized equipment.

@gyyv 4 жыл бұрын

Built me a Heathkit O-scope in the 80's. Miss those guys.

@protistman 4 жыл бұрын

Great video! Concise with good pacing and had all of the details I hoped to see. Thanks! Also I think the build turned out really nicely. Very inspiring!

@gabrielpadilla9746 4 жыл бұрын

Great job!!!! I was astonished that the volume button works on the PC

@ZaireXIII 4 жыл бұрын

3:53 Anyone considering doing a project like this seriously needs to keep that in mind.

@mistahke 4 жыл бұрын

isolated screwdriver and voila, discharged in 2 sec

@AlanGonzalez-om4rr 4 жыл бұрын

@@mistahke Or a incandescent bulb, 60w 220vac it's what I used to use after I got scared the fuck out of me after discharging a crt tv cap by the short method...

@ibanix2 4 жыл бұрын

1M ohm, 200v resistor, inline with two alligator clamps: instant capacitor discharge system. throw a small LED in there if you want a visual output

@ytTaz480 4 жыл бұрын

All U hav to do is hold the probes of ur DVOM to the cap. It discharges and U can watch the voltage drop to zero at the same time. Thats if its even charged. Something that old probably hasnt been plugged in in years and he already said its currently broken. They dont hold charge indefinitely and even if it was operational, the second you turn it off, the rest of the amplifier section shutting down bleeds the caps off long before you can even start pulling the cover off. An old CRT tv? Ya, there U wana be careful! An old audio receiver....never had a problen.

@Obloms 4 жыл бұрын

This is an amazing build. However, much like some home DIY projects, I like how the builder goes "oh, it's easy", for most people, this is insanely difficult.

@mraaaaaaa 4 жыл бұрын

Which is the difficult part? Maybe the Arduino for those people who don't really mess around with MCs and electronics in general, but the rest is not that hard even for a normie tbh...

@nathanielbest3541 4 жыл бұрын

Very nice build. Well engineered!!

@sambaoleck295 2 жыл бұрын

Love those projects!

@georgehorsfield1735 4 жыл бұрын

"Big metal nobs, all were very interesting to me."

@JOELwindows7 4 жыл бұрын

This is your daily dose of Recommendation In disguise

@jamesguralski5156 6 ай бұрын

Great job! Retro! I had placed a 6 disc changer in a console stereo back 27 years ago!

@matthewmcanadabc8355 4 жыл бұрын

Super cool

@surrealmemes3518 4 жыл бұрын

I've been planning to do this with a microwave for a while. Haven't gotten one just yet.

@HoloScope 4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@Deegan_Prashanth 4 жыл бұрын

😂

@mal2ksc 4 жыл бұрын

Put legs on it like Goat MMO Simulator.

@luchvk 4 жыл бұрын

When you begin this project, be sure to to be very careful when working on the microwave. Microwaves use very strong components that can cause potentially lethal injuries if dealt with improperly. You should be fine if you do the proper research, and enough of it, before hand. A lot of people take apart microwaves for various uses. I hope it turns out to be a successful project.

@surrealmemes3518 4 жыл бұрын

@@luchvk yes thanks for your concern. I'm aware of that and I'll likely make sure not to touch many components once they're out of the case.

@jonathanswanberg4601 4 жыл бұрын

I feel like someone probably said this already, but I noticed you said “health”kit, where the company’s name is “heath”kit (like the candy bar)

@donjude9585 4 жыл бұрын

Nice! That is a really nice job. Just did a gaming build in a 1988 IBM AT Case. Had to use a mini AT mobo so I could cut out channels on both sides of the board to create ventilation.

@MrDjuhasz 4 жыл бұрын

Man, this is awesome. Keep up the great work!

@Kazu_Gaming 4 жыл бұрын

If someone doesn't know this pc he notice thats a radio hahaha

@linus2974 4 жыл бұрын

thanks im a zoomer so i was confused af

@nsaiin8332 4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂 KZfaq comment section will never not be this lit fr

@Morgan-so5qf 4 жыл бұрын

r/boneappletea

@bryanz9359 4 жыл бұрын

Imagine your parents go through your things see that and throw it out thinking it's just some old rubbish.

@bigmal3128 4 жыл бұрын

Or sell it for $1 at the next garage sale :-(

@quavolaz6826 4 жыл бұрын

I have no words. Just wow!

@wbkruse13 4 жыл бұрын

This is a great video with really cool mods. 14:50 can't beat that microcenter tag too

@nieldurano5610 4 жыл бұрын

Next project. "A PC in a first aid kit." 🙂

@-0-R3B3LL10N 4 жыл бұрын

using a Raspberry Pi PC

@PhysiologyShark 4 жыл бұрын

@@-0-R3B3LL10N No, Latte Panda Alpha

@-0-R3B3LL10N 4 жыл бұрын

or a Raspberry Pi PC on an 80's Casio Calculator Case :)

@EmeliaBelle 4 жыл бұрын

Gamer first aid kit

@GingerNingerGames 4 жыл бұрын

@Demo Don't you dare tempt me like that. I have lots of amplifiers and just enough time to do it

@JackBandicootsBunker 4 жыл бұрын

Clint (LGR) would love this~

@LGR 4 жыл бұрын

Indeed, it's a really neat result!

@y2dungur 4 жыл бұрын

*sees PC fitted into woodgrain oldschool tuneknob radio receiver *someone mentioned LGR in comments Yup, you just invoke Clint AKA Patron-Saint of Retro Woodgrain Stuffs...

@y2dungur 4 жыл бұрын

@@LGR By the way dude, keep up the good works

@Pommezul 4 жыл бұрын

In Woodgrain we trust

@justsurfin5013 4 жыл бұрын

That is impressive - good work

@flotfriedmeisenmann768 4 жыл бұрын

Good Job. Looks really great.

@orbitraal697 4 жыл бұрын

MOST UNDERRATED TECH KZfaqR

@lucasrem 4 жыл бұрын

it's kinda crappy....

@g4ijin_715 4 жыл бұрын

Orbitraal true tho

@willm3539 4 жыл бұрын

This guy sounds like hes reading a speech in a year 10 class.

@fiddlermuncher8701 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome build!!!

@goofylookincat5028 4 жыл бұрын

Very unique and interesting project!

@katjaboelieable 4 жыл бұрын

This Will go viral in our fb vintage audio repair group ..

@jasonz5462 4 жыл бұрын

my man put a whole pc probably better than mine in a radio

@johndoe-xu1on 4 жыл бұрын

Very cool. Decision for the chassis

@folby2412 4 жыл бұрын

Woow, this is sooo cool nice work!

@GoblinZen 4 жыл бұрын

What’s next “I built a pc in a flesh light”

@bepizz6680 4 жыл бұрын

Penguinz0 will buy that if it was a thing

@hermanserning563 4 жыл бұрын

The light is rgb

@EmeliaBelle 4 жыл бұрын

I imagine chills reading that

@lukeh9300 4 жыл бұрын

Wife: Oh ya isnt it great? I got 40 bucks for that old piece of junk on Ebay.

@mizterwizter 4 жыл бұрын

I love this idea. Great job as always matt.

@Dentiqz 4 жыл бұрын

Sick dude! Amazing work :)

@dutmala 4 жыл бұрын

Yo stole my idea that I never told anyone about

@soksocks 4 жыл бұрын

Prob a joke, but literally anybody can do this if they had the time.

@jerowe_5896 4 жыл бұрын

Splendid idea Matt🔥🔥

@javilarg 4 жыл бұрын

It’s a beautiful job. I love the way you upcicled that old stereo 👍🏻

@FreeJuice100 4 жыл бұрын

You know so many useful skills. That's awesome

@runkurgan 4 жыл бұрын

Dude! I'm supper proud of this build. You should be over the moon!

@norndev 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful build

@TheMrDubstepic 4 жыл бұрын

Definitely one of your most interesting builds. Videos like this are entertaining to watch all the way through.

@Prissom 4 жыл бұрын

One word DEDICATION! good job Matt dope build.

@adalmartinez2340 4 жыл бұрын

Looks awesome

@carloscavasos9539 4 жыл бұрын

Great job...keep up the good work!!

@connorp8408 7 ай бұрын

I recently built my own like this, heavily inspired by yours!! Thanks and great job!!!

@brunofilardi 2 жыл бұрын

Best casemod i ever see ♡

@LeslieLanagan 4 жыл бұрын

Totally badass. Good on ya.

@randocalrissian7284 4 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed this video and build great work matt!

@my2centsonit 4 жыл бұрын

Nice job Matt - creative build and very nice editing.👍

@MrShawnknapp 4 жыл бұрын

Love the creativity, I am thoroughly impressed.

@connorp8408 14 күн бұрын

You inspired me to make my own! Used Kodi as a front-end (it's always offline) - excellent video, thank you again!

@palaver40 4 жыл бұрын

Lots of original thought and ingenuity is in that build. A fine job even without the final touches.

@LoneWolf1985BK 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome job! If I ever get a vintage gaming room constructed in my house, something like this will have to go in it!

@simondeobald2524 4 жыл бұрын

That's probably the most beautiful and unexpected idea for a computer case indeed. Love it! :) If it's standing there about nobody would expect a very modern, powerful PC inside!