Thank you Matt. I really enjoyed this video. My grandfather passed away a few weeks ago and I’m going to help my step grandma clean out their garage. I know there are two computer towers in there from the early 1990s that belonged to my late grandma. You’ve inspired me to try and make a sleeper build with them. It will be a way for me to remember my two grandparents while also helping my step grandma.

You should do a reverse sleeper where you make a PC look blazing fast, but fill it with components from 1998.

Sleeper PCs are always cool to watch, but not only that this is very balanced and powerful!

3:40 That's probably one of the cleanest IO shield designs I've ever seen, I'd even prefer it over modern designs we have in the market today

Once AMD, always AMD! From K6 to Ryzen 5, this PC is always AMD, before and after. Love this AMD build.

Very well done video! Straight to the point, no nonsense and loved the concept of a "no major mod" build! That takes some skill and planning to pull it off especially keeping within a budget! Your finished results were not only really clean and tidy but also more than capable for gaming! Very impressed! No one does that anymore. Big fan of the "sleeper" PC concept and have built a few but I'm discovering that these older full size systems are getting harder and harder to find. The last one I built was using a black E-Machines mid tower case and was extremely difficult to make everything work out. Had to do some pretty serious mods to that case to get it done.

There are no such thing as en AGP modem (Accelerated Graphics Port), the bottom slots are ISA that predates PCI and AGP (and pcie)

My parents had this same PC and man that tooless drive cage was ahead of it’s time. And man do I remember just about everyone breaking the front bay covet off of these things 😂

Pretty good and balanced build! Congrats!

Thanks for this. I really want to get back into PC gaming and with an old case in the loft started looking at sleeper builds. This was a great video to help with that decision. Last time i built a PC was 20 years ago!

Really cool idea man, lots of old shells and towers kicking around that dont ever get used, nice way to give them some new life

I like the concept of a sleeper pc , and i really like your choice of components, nicely done.

I use that CPU (though I put a copper slug Wraith Spire I have on it for a bit more cooling) with a 2060S, pretty much the same specs as this. The case is cooler than mine though. I think I'd make busy with the Dremmel though to cut away the metal in front of the fan and maybe open a vent under the bottom lip of the front panel for intake. I probably wouldn't bother with a rear fan because the PSU isn't being stressed so should be fine extracting air from the case.

Good build, I especially like the choice of the GPU. I often do builds like yours with older parts from my gaming rigs and sell them off as general use PC's. Newer builds for 1080 gaming sometimes end up in older cases with a 5600, 16 gig of ram and get custom paint jobs and new fans or sometimes I'll cut a 200mm into a side cover with topside vents. Neon green with grey pinstriping with red accents seems to be very popular. You might want to take your build and demonstrate some of the mods and cooling solutions you can apply just for fun and a new paint job would push it over the top. It would make a great video.

I love sleeper builds... have one myself in an old AOpen HQ08 fulltower case that I chuse to paint black on the inside to contrast more to the outside (also have internal lighting controlled with an chassi intrusion switch to light up when opened for even more contrast). In my build I used a USB floppy, USB Parallell port and USB Gameport on a PCI bracket and another bracket with both 9 and 25pin Serial connected to a motherboard header, a SATA to IDE converter for a 5.25" IDE harddrive caddie in the front and to complete the look it also have a beige DVDRW that I sanded of the DVD markings... so not only does the computer look old, all the old legacy connections and hardware works!). To complete the external look I painted the rear of my black PSU silver and painted the blue USB3 ports on the motherboard black so the sleeper look contunues even when viewed from the rear. Sadly my case had no stickers when I got it so I made a custom sticker for the front in the style of Emachines "Never obsolete" with bogus spec/preinstalled software aswell as big lettered "HYPER THREADING" as it claimes to sported a P4 2.4Ghz and stuck an XP license on the side aswell as a P4HT and WinXP sticker on the front. Finally I customized Windows 10 to look like XP with 6 or so tweak tools in combination with several legacy software, combined with a custom motherboard BIOS logo sporting the XP bootlogo. As a stroke of luck I managed to find a small manufacturer casebadge that ties to the manufacturer on the XP license so I ran with that and included it in the OEM part of Windows systeminfo. Airflow can be tricky sometimes but in my case there was ample space to make cutouts for a 240mm watercooler in the front to act as intake and 3 80mm as exhaust together with the PSU (one of the 80mm fans use a custom 80mm-to-2x60mm adapter I made as my motherboard tray had space for two 60mm fans above the motherboard I/O shield and I just couldn't get myself to install 60mm fans in the system).

Just what I needed after a long hard day, thanks Matt 🙏🏼

Thank you I’ve been running out of modern unique builds to watch

Love your projects Thanks for the vids.

I was not expecting this video, u allways impress me

I had one IBM like that. Didn't even have AGP, but it helped me to game when I couldn't afford a gaming PC. It has a special place in my heart. I wish I found an IBM case like that.

Beautiful Sleeper, i'm currently looking for a beatiful tan case, the retro look is awesome. Great video.

Sweet build, Matt!

That's really slick, I love it.

Awesome Matt!

Wow I'm amazed at the temps overall. I figured the gpu would thermal throttle being one of the only exhausts other than the psu. That one fan in the front is God tier.

That is a super project, congrats

Very cool, had no idea what a sleeper pc was. Definitely digging the idea.

Really well done video. Engaging for sure.

3:05 AGP modem ….. looks like an ISA connection to me 😅😂🤣. All good. I grew up with these pc specs in one of my newer pc builds back in the day. The KII-300 was an awesome hip and vg overclocker …… not as good as the Celeron 300A …. But still good with a simple FSB tweak from a 33mhz to 66mhz FSB with a dip switch change 💪🤯😇🥰

I couldn't leave that fan alone, I would have to use a Dremel to cut out the metal against the fan to allow more airflow. Otherwise a cool build, better performance than I expected.

Great channel. I might build my old pc to be a sleeper. Thanks for the info.

Love it!

Thanks for this video

The keyboard with the 9009 keycap theme looks sick and pairs well with the sleeper build🔥

Love the video!

Crazy how much the spec of your personal rig is the same as mine. My PC died on me recently so I've been looking around KZfaq for recommended builds and stumbled upon your channel. I thought it was my Asrock mb that packed up but after swapping out with a new MSI one I'm still getting no picture, won't even boot to bios. I've now come to the realisation that it might now be my Ryzen 7 1700 CPU that has died, I've never had a CPU die on me before so will need to pull the trigger and buy a new Ryzen CPU. Currently looking at the Ryzen 7 5600X as a mid range CPU replacement but was keen to know when you built your personal rig and if you've been having any issues recently seeing as it's getting on for +5 years now. BTW, great channel Matt, very informative, you've grabbed a new subscriber 😁

I love the retro boards.

Nice idea ✨

Good job!

nice to see you making content like this, need more recycle old into new builds (not new but needs to be done more)) PC Parts are getting expensive

Everything you did is great. Personnally, I dont like vintage beige cases. I would ditch the money for a brand new case, but I understand the point of the sleeper PC. Cost effective nostalgia 😊 Well done!

Im using that rx6600 and I love this build. Nice. Cheers 👍

sweet build

glad you back

Those temps were really good for what looked like a coffin inside.

I grew up building in just such a case, way, and I do me WAY back when, as I started building PCs back in 1986 so I know first hand the struggles you've encountered. I also know that you could have purchased a CD Drive, reasonable inexpensive, that would have fit in that space easily and could have worked; which would have been a huge bonus to the Sleeper Concept. Even the current drive might have worked unless is was MFM. The Floppy could have been plugged in as well to at least light up if nothing else as they only need a power cable to give the appearance of actually operating. Overall a great build. I was surprised to see the GPU was almost bottlenecking the CPU in many of the games. I didn't know what to expect as I really thought the 6600 was a good card. I believe you could have done resizable bar, or whatever AMD is calling it, unless this CPU don't support it and link the two that may have helped overall performance. I know this Link, don't care what AMD calls it, works on the Ryzen 5 5600X so I'd like to think it would work on the 5500; but I also think the MB might have to support it as well and not sure if the B Flavor does. I know the GPU supports it as does the Z Flavor MBs and I'm almost positive that the Ryzen 5 series does as well.

Nice! Maybe u can make a DOS gaming pc using those retro parts? haha

You got lucky with that particular case! Very few cases from the beige era have such a usable MATX layout

Allah tera shukar you've came back I've thought you've stopped making videos after the new year in 2023!

this video was satisfying to watch

awesome video i love sleeper builds, man those U.S prices are unbelievable, in south america an amd rx 6600 costs 700 Dollars just crazy anyways keep it up! good stuff

Really nice, probably a blower style GPU cooler would help a lot on this build.

Actually good build mate! I do prefer the videos you mod the builds using tools though

I recently saw a PC on my local OfferUp for $300. Inside the PC is an i7 8700k housed on an MSI Z370-A PRO motherboard, 16GB of DDR4 RGB RAM at 3000 MHz, and a GTX 1060 6GB. All of this is installed on a Kediers C270 open air case that has 7 inatalled RGB fans. It also comes with a Corsair H100i 240mm cooler. All it needed was a power supply and hard drive. I bought the PC an an upgrade to the FX8320 that we had as our only PC since 2020.

That's awesome

fantastic build for the price.

I LOVE IT

first build on yt of that kind that i liked. reasonable parts and build quality. just minor thing - i'd get my hands on some kind of 5" bay accessory like 3.0 usb hub (which any one will really need at some point) but this looks nice too. air flow is enough for this build.

Totally something else, what camera are u using?

When I'm going to build a sleeper then I'll use my old compaq case from 2003 and put a gtx 1060 strix in it. And yes the card does fit without modding the case and means I can keep the cd-rom and floppy drives xD

i bought one of these cases a few months ago with plans to do the same!

I bet the airflow in this pc is great.

I had one of those Aptivas a long time ago!

I want to build one that maintains the use of the floppy and DVD drives, as an intermediary machine that can transfer data between more modern and legacy machines.

Ryzen 5 5500 is a very underated cpu especially if your still using B450 boards still using PCI Gen 3 tech. If your going to use R5 5600/X, might as well really buy and use B550 boards to utilize that Gen 4 tech in it😉😎

i built a sleeper pc, except mine wasnt for gaming (since thats what my main pcs for) but for movie and anime storage. it has 8TB storage (2x4TB hdds) occupying the 2 optical drive area with 2 front-side hdd-ejecting mount and a ssd (either 256gb or 128gb). its a i3-10300 which has a igpu, so i dont need a gpu for it to run. costed around 600$ CAD (around 400$ USD)

I love the aesthetics of this case, and really want to build in it, as I have one like it. I just dont want to put in the effort to saw holes for the PSU and exhaust fans.

I have a few tips about building sleeper pcs. 1: When it comes to selecting cases, try avoiding oem cases, because they have very little room due to them using smaller components. My case for example, is a generic brand one from 1999 and has fan sockets, and better compatibility with motherboards. Therefore, you won’t need to Dremel (as much). 2: Try using more compact components, so you could maybe utilize the cd drive and the floppy to make it look more like a sleeper. 3: Try adding the ibm theme to Windows to make it look like an ibm.

I've kept my collection of 25 y.o. Inwin mATX cases just for sleeper builds. These classic "Coffin" beige cases were well-known for their quality build. 1+mm thick steel construction. I love them, and have modded them to now accept SSDs, front panel USB ports, and 120mm side exhaust fans. The only thing I'm missing are the drive bay covers. I shouldn't have thrown them away decades ago! :) Anyone know where I can buy some 3.5" Inwin covers?

I’ve had the stock cooler for my Ryzen 7 for 5 years and no problems with heating nor sound. People underestimate the basic stock coolers imo.

IBM Aptiva E2U was my first computer. 56k modem and a hefty 5.56gb HD which was filled up quickly with Napster. Had to buyva 100gb external hd which was the size of a shoebox aand had to be plugged into a wall. Fun times

This is awesome! kind of a Series S killer!

I think it woulda been neat to just swap in a compatible optical drive, but otherwise I like the fit!

I used to have one of these in 2008. I only had the original hardware though. An ebay industrial pc fan could probably get a bit more air in and give it authentic sleeper sound

No USB 3 USB 4 USB C is a real downer. But overall Proformance is adequate a big plus is if you get burgled, they won't thick to take his 😆

Really like the old school aesthetic

Bet that WD disk still works. 😁 For slightly better cooling on this build I believe amd stock wraith coolers have a high/low speed switch on the side. Cheers.

I wanna try this

This year i also bought simular PC for 500$ also, that was my budget and for 1080p gaming Ryzen 5 5500 Gtx 1660super 16GB 3200Hmz SSD 512 gb Glad to see more ppl with this Ryzen :) Most have 5600x ,but for me that was not for my budget

Have a sleeper optiplex 7040, but I definitely cut a bunch of metal along the way.

I had a system with the AMD K6-II 233 MHz. Still remember that data.

yeah i got my rx 6600 brand new for 239 USD from BestBuy, thought mine as well upgrade now if the prices start increasing again

I grabbed a lian li large atx case for a tenner (because it is atrociously large and heavy.) Dropped an asus 320 m-k /ryzen 5 3600/16gb ddr4 corsair ram in it and a 5700xt gpu. I did use an m2 ssd which cost a bit more than if i had just used a larger storage hdd. All in, £390 and my son uses it for Elden ring, Hogwarts, all the usual suspects like pubg, gta5 etc. It isnt a sleeper so to speak but for under 400 quid it slaps. Great build.

very COOL

LGR might be interested with that parts

Only thing you might wanna do differently is use a 600 series chipset motherboard or newer. They're pretty cheap in some cases and they will support 14th gen CPUs giving you more upgrade options.

nice, it would have been cool if you had installed an Ide adapter o a newer dvd drive and use the front cd drive cover and put an usb newer floppy reader to make the front fully functional just for lols.

Hey Matt that video card might have four ports on it and it looks like tape is covering up maybe to more ports!!!

12:20 Epic VD! 😧💊

Damn that HDD is one big boy. Haven't seen one of those in ages.

Saabs and PC!!! OMG!!! my worlds collide

I have the same case lol it also still has everything in side of it

Temps aren't bad!

Cool idea, how about a fallout inspired PC build, where you put a lcd into a old monitor and in the back of it motherboard and rest of components?

Very nice! Now where can I find that case?

To make it more sleeper PC, I should recommend to add beige CRT monitor, beige IBM Model M keyboard and beige COM Port mouse (all Modern motherboards have one COM Port header). In this anybody woudn't notice that it is modern PC, only notice when Windows 10 is booted.

I have a question how does the case do with cooling? Does it get too hot or is it average temp

Very excellente

Do you think that it is better to go for an I3-12100f for a theoretical better thermal?

What keyboard is that? I love it!