The Cursed Tinker Toy Computer

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The Cursed Tinker Toy Computer

Case: Tinker toys I found in my garage
Processor: Ryzen 5 processor
Motherboard: TUF b350M-GAMING PLUS
GPU: XFX Radeon R7 240 Core Edition
RAM: 2x Ripjaws 8GB
Hard drive: 2Tb Seagate Barracuda
Power supply: 400W Dell Vostro Inspiron Slim HP
Misc: 3.5 floppy drive I ripped out of my uncles old windows 98 desktop, Sony Desktop DVD/CD Re-writable Drive Burner IDE PATA, 34 PIN to USB cable adapter, and CD/DVD to SATA Converter

This computer project was originally supposed to be a sleeper PC project (that I'll show later), but over a span of 2 years turned into this mess. Parts used in this build are parts I used from my old build, items I bought on eBay, items I bought on Amazon, and just stuff I had laying around. Originally, the parts in this build were for a compact sleeper PC build, that would have a working 3.5 inch floppy drive and 24 Pin CD drive, but used modern computer parts and PC components. That all changed when I completely ██████ the power button (I'll explain later) where the previous case was left practically unusable, forcing me to take the parts out.

So, one afternoon where I was doing literally nothing and thinking of what to do with the parts from the sleeper build. I then thought to myself "What is the absolute worse case, I can get for such a cursed setup...". Right after this, I then went down stairs to my garage and grabbed my old Tinker toys and got started on the case. At first I was just gonna model it after a normal computer case, but I overestimated how many tinker toys I had making it have that box shape. After building the case I then used zip ties to connect the motherboard to the frame, and rested the rest of the components on top of the case using zip ties to hold them together. Building the case itself took roughly 2 and a half hours to make, and more than half the tinker toys in the tinker toy bucket.

The overall functionality of the computer itself is... still on going. Before the parts were in the sleeper PC case I was able to boot up the bios without fail, but I wasn't able to boot windows 10 onto it because the CD driver wasn't working properly (for some reason). So, as of right now the computer itself does turn on and not ████ up when turning it on, I just need to find another way to boot Windows 10 onto it that's NOT through CD. Also the 3.5 floppy drive is SUPPOSED to work, but it's not plugged in.

Right now the computer is just sitting under my desk collecting dust because I no longer have a use for it. Although I do have a future plan for the components to use in a future computer build that will involve combing my main build with the tinker toy build. I know there are probably a hundred things I could do or could've done to make this build more practical, but I lacked knowledge then to make those changes, and I don't have the motivation or time to make it better.
Color(s): Beige Black Blue Brown Green Light Blue Orange Purple Red White Yellow
RGB Lighting? No
Theme: Art
Cooling: Air Cooling
Size: Micro-ATX
Type: Concept Build

Hardware

CPU
AMD - Ryzen 5 (3500X)
Socket: AM4
Cores: 6
Motherboard
$ 286.86
ASUS - TUF Plus (B350M-Plus)
Chipset: B350
CPU Socket: AM4
Size: Micro-ATX
Memory
$ 65.48
G.Skill - RipJaws X (1600MHz) (Red) (2x)
Type: DDR3
Capacity: 8 GB
Graphics
$ 36.00
XFX - Radeon R7 370
Chip Manufacturer: AMD
Chip: GTX 370
Storage
$ 79.47
Seagate - Barracuda (ST2000DM006)
Form Factor: 3.5 Inch
Interface: SATA 6 Gb/s
Capacity: 2 TB
Case
Custom - Custom (custom)
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2020-11-29
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