1) The project created a miniature "gaming PC" case for a Raspberry Pi that nails the look of a high-end custom gaming rig, with RGB lighting and clear panels to show off components. 2) Though the Raspberry Pi can only stream games, not run modern titles itself, the custom case goes all in on convincing details from fiber optic cables to a fake graphics card. 3) The creator put significant effort into recreating gaming PC aesthetics on a small scale, even fixing warped 3D prints with bondo to get a seamless appearance.

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June 29, 2020
MINI “GAMING PC” NAILS THE LOOK,
STREAMS THE GAMES
by: Tom Nardi
To have a proper gaming “rig”, you need more than a powerful GPU and heaps of RAM. You’ve
also got to install a clear side-panel so lesser mortals can ogle your wiring, and plenty of
multicolored LEDs to make sure it’s never actually dark when you’re up playing at 2 AM. Or at
least, that’s what the Internet has led us to believe.
The latest project from [Michael Pick] certainly isn’t doing anything to dispel that stereotype. In
fact, it’s absolutely reveling in it. The goal was to recreate the look of a high-end custom
gaming PC on a much smaller scale, with a Raspberry Pi standing in for the “motherboard”.
Assuming you’re OK with streaming them from a more powerful machine on the network, this
diminutive system is even capable of playing modern titles.
But really, the case is the star of the show here. Starting with a 3D printed frame, [Michael]
really went all in on the details. We especially liked the little touches such as the fiber optics
used to bring the Pi’s status and power LEDs out to the top of the case, and the tiny and totally
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19 THOUGHTS ON “MINI “GAMING PC” NAILS
THE LOOK, STREAMS THE GAMES”
Nasrudin says:
June 29, 2020 at 11:41 pm
What’s the name of the game at the beginning of the video?
thanks in advance!
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bbp says:
June 30, 2020 at 12:11 am
I believe it’s Apex Legends
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Jonathan says:
June 30, 2020 at 1:31 am
Can confirm it’s apex
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Harvie.CZ says:
June 30, 2020 at 12:30 am
What software can be used to stream games into the raspberry pi? Both from my own machine in
next room and from cloud?
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DainBramage says:
June 30, 2020 at 6:23 am
Steam will do it, I think.
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Huuf says:
June 30, 2020 at 9:57 am
He is using Parsec, see description.
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Olivier says:
June 30, 2020 at 2:02 am
Looks great
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JDS says:
June 30, 2020 at 4:17 am
Ha, not even water cooling!
Just kidding, awesome build!
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Andrea Campanella says:
June 30, 2020 at 4:46 am
I try to not be that person but.
– That’s a lot of work for a fixing a print that went wrong.
-Why are they making the fan 5v distribution rail so large and then adapt the fans to it??? just do the
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4. unnecessary power button. There’s even a
fake graphics card inside, with its own
functional fan.
Even if you’re not interested in constructing
custom enclosures for your Raspberry Pi,
there are plenty of tips and tricks in the
video after the break that are more than
worthy of filing away for future use. For
example, [Michael] shows how he fixed the
fairly significant warping on his 3D printed
case with a liberal application of Bondo and
a straight-edge to compare it to.
This isn’t the first time we’ve seen a Raspberry Pi masquerade as a high-end computer, but it’s
surely the most effort we’ve ever seen put into the gag.
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Tagged case modding, Gaming Computer, raspberry pi, rgb
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