WEBVTT 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:05.440 My fondest memories of building computers are when you do something like 00:00:03.760 --> 00:00:10.400 take a bunch of broken computers apart and turn them into two or maybe one even 00:00:08.559 --> 00:00:15.040 zombie computers that function quite well or when I take something that 00:00:12.639 --> 00:00:19.920 someone has officially declared as broken and make it awesome by either 00:00:17.520 --> 00:00:25.600 using it for something else or fixing it myself. Sure,$6 to $30,000 computers are 00:00:23.680 --> 00:00:29.679 fun, and when someone goes out and spends like 2 grand just on water 00:00:27.840 --> 00:00:34.320 cooling, their build log will look downright beautiful. And props to them. 00:00:32.239 --> 00:00:38.800 I'm sure their rig looks great. But the build logs that will always grab my 00:00:36.800 --> 00:00:42.559 attention are the scratch builds. And the builds where someone didn't have 00:00:40.640 --> 00:00:48.640 buckets of cash, but they made something unique and awesome. That's what I'm 00:00:45.360 --> 00:00:49.690 going to try to do today. 00:00:48.640 --> 00:00:56.879 Intel's 00:00:56.879 --> 00:01:02.879 Skull Canyon Knuck features a sixth generation Core i7 processor and 00:01:00.719 --> 00:01:06.960 Thunderbolt 3. Learn more in the link in the video description down below. I 00:01:05.199 --> 00:01:11.520 generally find that off-the-shelf test benches are lousy, sacrifice 00:01:09.200 --> 00:01:16.880 functionality for looks, not useful for what you actually want to test hardware, 00:01:14.000 --> 00:01:22.479 or they cost way too much. We like our high-speed PC tech stations, but they're 00:01:18.799 --> 00:01:24.400 still 70 to $120 US for these ones. A 00:01:22.479 --> 00:01:29.119 lot of money for essentially some admittedly staticresistant plastic and a 00:01:27.200 --> 00:01:33.200 few screws. Even just buying a motherboard tray in order to DIY 00:01:30.799 --> 00:01:37.200 yourself a test bench isn't that cheap. And then you don't really have great 00:01:34.720 --> 00:01:41.920 options in terms of component placement for drives, power supply, and more. 00:01:39.920 --> 00:01:46.560 Sevitus, a buddy of mine and prolific Twitch streamer of much lols and many 00:01:44.079 --> 00:01:51.119 funds, was recently looking for a test bench of his own, and I couldn't 00:01:49.439 --> 00:01:56.079 recommend him anything that I truly believed was a good deal. I even tweeted 00:01:54.079 --> 00:02:01.119 out to the community asking what test benches they thought were a good deal, 00:01:59.040 --> 00:02:05.680 and the response was to that question was a resounding 00:02:03.280 --> 00:02:10.160 cardboard box. That's lame and sad. And I want one that 00:02:08.399 --> 00:02:14.640 I can put drives on. I want one that I can actually mount my motherboard to. I 00:02:12.239 --> 00:02:20.000 want one that can securely hold my expansion and graphics cards. I want one 00:02:16.800 --> 00:02:22.400 to cost next to nothing or be free. I 00:02:20.000 --> 00:02:27.599 want one to be unapologetically made out of scrap materials. 00:02:25.599 --> 00:02:32.400 So, jokes about Apple's marketing efforts aside, let's begin. First thing 00:02:30.239 --> 00:02:37.599 you need is a donor case. All it needs is an intact motherboard and IO tray and 00:02:35.440 --> 00:02:42.239 an intact left or right side panel without a window. This is a spare case 00:02:39.920 --> 00:02:47.840 from Scrapyard Wars that we have no use for and got for free. It's best to tear 00:02:45.040 --> 00:02:52.319 down the case as cleanly as possible and with consideration for how the various 00:02:49.840 --> 00:02:57.760 metal scraps can be repurposed. Things like mesh could be used for radiator or 00:02:55.280 --> 00:03:01.840 fan covers or something. So, don't just go ham and risk ruining something that 00:02:59.599 --> 00:03:06.560 could enhance your final test bench. Begin by removing all the screws you can 00:03:04.560 --> 00:03:11.440 first and take out anything they were holding in. Then, whip out the drill or 00:03:08.640 --> 00:03:16.480 a punch and start removing rivets. Very few cases are made entirely with screws 00:03:14.400 --> 00:03:20.800 these days, and those that are will probably be way too nice to be 00:03:18.800 --> 00:03:25.440 repurposed this way, so expect to be removing a relatively large number of 00:03:23.519 --> 00:03:29.360 rivets. When you get up to the front, put aside the front ports, activity 00:03:27.519 --> 00:03:33.760 LEDs, and set of power and reset switches or even diagnostic speaker if 00:03:31.599 --> 00:03:38.560 your case happens to have one. These can be used to trick out your test bench or 00:03:35.920 --> 00:03:41.519 even just stored away for future builds. Once you've mostly stripped down the 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:45.920 case, leaving the motherboard tray intact. And as a note here, be careful 00:03:44.000 --> 00:03:51.519 because this required leaving a couple rivets in for me. Then it's time to whip 00:03:49.360 --> 00:03:55.440 out the spinning wheel of death, also known as the angle grinder. There are a 00:03:53.840 --> 00:04:00.239 number of ways you could do this, but personally, I think this one worked out 00:03:57.519 --> 00:04:03.360 quite well, and sparks are cool. Decide at this point how much of the 00:04:01.599 --> 00:04:07.599 motherboard tray you want. It's a good idea to leave in cool stuff like 00:04:04.959 --> 00:04:11.840 attached hard drive mounting holes, but your case might be extended ATX when you 00:04:09.680 --> 00:04:14.720 only need an ATX test bench or you don't want those mounting holes cuz you just 00:04:13.360 --> 00:04:18.799 want to put your drives on the bottom. Whatever it is, this part is a judgment 00:04:17.120 --> 00:04:24.080 call. I decided to leave the power supply mount up top for convenience. 00:04:21.280 --> 00:04:29.360 Then I decided to axe everything else. Sharpied off my cut lines and got to 00:04:26.639 --> 00:04:32.479 work. Doing this took some time, but not that much. Having a buddy to help you 00:04:30.880 --> 00:04:35.280 would be great in terms of holding things in the right places while you're 00:04:34.160 --> 00:04:39.360 trying to cut through stuff so it doesn't fall or bend or whatever. Safety 00:04:37.520 --> 00:04:42.160 first. Wear your protective goggles and gloves when working with metal. There's 00:04:40.960 --> 00:04:46.479 probably a few other things that you should do that I didn't, so do those as 00:04:44.479 --> 00:04:50.320 well. We did the cutting with this angle grinder, but I'd also highly recommend 00:04:48.160 --> 00:04:53.919 having a sharp metal file on hand in order to clean up your edges of your 00:04:52.000 --> 00:04:57.120 test bench so that it's actually safer work and it isn't going to cut your hand 00:04:55.520 --> 00:05:01.120 up whenever you try to move it around because stuff like angle grinders can 00:04:58.880 --> 00:05:05.600 leave really rough edges. Next up, you need to cut up the side panel you chose 00:05:03.120 --> 00:05:08.880 earlier in order to make it more or less match the dimensions of your motherboard 00:05:07.120 --> 00:05:13.199 tray. This is pretty much the same procedure we did previously. I just put 00:05:11.280 --> 00:05:17.919 the part that I just cut out on top of the side panel. Sharpied around it, then 00:05:15.600 --> 00:05:23.520 cut it up. Next up, I grabbed some spare 2x4 chunks from our wood scraps bin and 00:05:20.880 --> 00:05:27.360 made a set of legs and a set of feet. I drilled pilot holes and counter sunk 00:05:25.440 --> 00:05:31.520 them as well in order to make the feet flush against the surface of the table 00:05:29.520 --> 00:05:35.600 and then just screwed everything together. This resulted in a virtually 00:05:34.080 --> 00:05:40.800 free test bench that I was able to construct in under 2 hours that is 00:05:38.080 --> 00:05:44.560 sturdy, durable, and very easy to mod due to its thin metal and wood 00:05:42.560 --> 00:05:48.479 materials. You can improve upon it by spending like 10 bucks on some nylon 00:05:46.720 --> 00:05:52.720 motherboard mounting hardware from something like McMaster car, painting 00:05:51.039 --> 00:05:57.759 it, installing additional mounts for radiators, drives, etc. Adding switches, 00:05:55.919 --> 00:06:03.199 USB ports, those things that you harvest earlier, and more. It's your platform 00:06:00.800 --> 00:06:06.960 and it was free. Do whatever you want. So, this one's mine and I'm kind of a 00:06:04.960 --> 00:06:12.400 functionality first kind of guy. So, other than maybe a few switches, this is 00:06:09.520 --> 00:06:16.720 probably its final form, so to speak. But if you guys decide to make one of 00:06:14.160 --> 00:06:20.160 these scratch test benches on your own, please post on the forum, the thread 00:06:18.960 --> 00:06:25.680 that's linked in the video description down below. That would be awesome. I would love to see it. I just love that 00:06:23.919 --> 00:06:29.039 kind of stuff. Doesn't it seem like they've got a 00:06:27.120 --> 00:06:33.680 subscription service for pretty much everything at this point? I mean, Blue 00:06:31.120 --> 00:06:38.639 Apron, why would you need a monthly supply of fresh Blue Aprons? Well, you 00:06:36.960 --> 00:06:44.000 don't because that would be stupid. 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