NES PC Build

[nick09]

Well here is a new update for the NES PC and the information is from my DA page because I don't feel like typing it again.

Well for this update I added a fan next to the hard drive and it does wonders for it. After just adding the fan the hard drive temps dropped by 20F to 80-90F while browsing the net and watching videos. The gpu and the cpu also did lose a few degrees but not by much. What's also nice is that the fan is only 25DB even though its a 60mm fan and makes about 12cfm(cubic feet per minute). Another good thing is that the fan does not add much noise to the overall machine noise. So AC/DC's song Back in Black when turned up to 35DB on the 5.1 surround sound set covers almost all of the machine noise. So when watching videos the machine sound does interfere too much at all.

This is after running the NES PC for the night downloading files and the HDD is running fine and is performing fine. I just got to see the temps after playing Godfather II. But I won't be doing that anytime soon because I have recently had all of my wisdom teeth removed.

The only update I did here is that I cut the plastic that was in the way of the power and data cable for the blu-ray drive. The white part you see next the blu-ray drive is the new 60mmx12mm fan which barely fitted against the wireless card and the screw hole to the right of the fan.

The result of the new modification is that the NES PC does not have the plastic bent in the back and makes it harder to tell between a regular NES and this NES PC from the front view.

You can view the other pictures nlck09's Gallery here.

[♦ßlôödÑinjå♦]

wow that look's awesome Nick keep it up!

[nick09]

Well yesterday I ran Godfather 2 on the NES computer for about two and a half hours and it now performs about the same but the temperatures are lower overall. Rather than the usual 176F on the graphics without the fan I now get 163F with the fan running. The CPU has dropped down from 140F to 133F and the HDD has dropped from 110F to 90F. It only takes a minute or two for the temperatures to drop back down to normal after the game is closed. The idle temperature for the computer is 104F on the cpu, 127F on the Graphics, and 86F on the HDD.

So to conclude this; the computer runs dramatically better now because of the lower temps. I am quite impressed so far by the fact that this computer has not crashed yet from overheating. I am also amazed by how much this computer can do when it's pushed to the limits.

For now I'm going to leave this computer on for a four day marathon to test it's reliability. I have been running it for about a day and a half so far and it has kept the regular temps. I will post again tonight to report the temps.

EDIT: Last night the HDD went to 88F but went back down to 86F this morning. I could barely hear the fan noise from upstairs because there is no other noises being made inside the house in the morning so that is a good sign. Mind that I always put the machine to download around 4GB every night and then I watch that content during the day. So far it has been holding up pretty good so far.

[nick09]

Well my NES-PC is now finished. The only appearance that gives off any surprise that there is a power switch(boot controller never came back to me) that is coming out of the controller port in the front and some rather unusual cables coming out from the back(HDMI, USB Wireless, USB Hub that came free with the wireless, and a rather larger power connector). I have posted some more information from my DA account quoted below.

I have gotten the new motherboard, new 250Watt Mini-ITX PSU(APEVIA ITX-AP250W), new 64GB WD SSD, new Rosewill B,G,N Wireless(Rosewill RNX-N1), and the slim LG Blu-ray laptop internal drive(LG CT21N). I got the new power supply because my current PSU was just way to modded to use anymore and the cables were too long. The new PSU helped save some space since it was smaller and had shorter power cables. Since the new power supply was smaller I used some Velcro to keep it from moving. I also used the Velcro to mount the new Blu-Ray drive and the new SSD drive under the Blu-Ray drive. What is also important is that I used the industrial Velcro because this type of Velcro can take temperatures up to 225F so you don't have to worry about the adhesive slipping off when you are playing video games.

So far after playing a 720P video I saw that the GPU went up to 142F and the CPU was 125F to 131F. So because I have finally screwed down the case(took power switch from a case) all of the free air around the case cannot be taken in. So right now I don't see the possibility of a very abusive video gaming session but it should play yesterday's video games just fine and today's decently. I will have the whole day off tomorrow so I will try to play a more recent video games like Just Cause 2 and post my findings if the gpu survived or just exploded(of course that would not happen. The CPU would most likely burn out if that happen and I would be one depressed owner of a NES-PC).

I also could not get any new pictures uploaded because my camera is broken and the family camera is also missing. So I'm sorry if you really wanted to look at some pictures of the finished build.

[♦ßlôödÑinjå♦]

Please make a video of it when you can.

[nick09]

I have a new update and since I don't have the time I will just quote my DA journal:

I have gotten a new camera, the Canon T2i, so now I can record my videos up to 1080 HD. I have gotten the new camera a week ago and I could not make anything new because I'm busy at work. Though tomorrow will be my last day of work so I will have some free time available to do the video and maybe snap some pictures.

Well ♦ßlôödÑinjå♦, your wish will come true soon.

[♦ßlôödÑinjå♦]

Awesome I can't wait to see what you have accomplished.

[nick09]

Here is the video. You get to enjoy 720HD goodness of me and my NES-PC.


EDIT: For some reason I can't emb the video here so just click the link above.

EDIT2: OK. Now it worked.

[♦ßlôödÑinjå♦]

 

Watched the whole vid, even though some of the games lag a little you did a very good job.
You even put a blue-ray player on it that was awesome.

[nick09]

I plan on giving a lot more information about my NES-PC on my next video. You know more of the Specs and what parts I used to create mine. In the video I only mention what GPU and processor I have in it. I plan on giving product numbers of the items that I have bought and some suggestions if anyone wants to build their own NES-PC.