At a garage sale last month a guy noticed my sleeper build from the outside

I was loading my case into the car and he asked why I was hauling around an old Dell tower from 2005. I opened the side panel and showed him the Ryzen 5 and RTX 3060 inside. His face lit up and he told me about his own build using a Compaq case from 1998. We stood there for 20 minutes talking about cutting drive cages and hiding cable holes. It reminded me that the best part of this hobby is finding other people who get it. Has anyone else met a random stranger who recognized your sleeper build from just the look of the case?

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taylor92922d ago

Showed off my gutted emachines case at a LAN party and got high fives all night.

alice_reed4722d ago

Taped a thrift store webcam to my gutted case and people thought it was hilarious.