Hi guys,
I was lurking on this board a few weeks ago and decided to build sth small and fun. I saw how many people used the InWin Chopin for SFF builds and realized, when lying sideways, it reminded me a bit of my first PC, a black 486 desktop. So I build a Ryzen 2200 retro PC that would run all my old (and not so old) games inside an InWin Chopin and 3D printed a custom front panel, that made it look like my old PC. This is the finished project:
The only really "custom" part of this PC is the front panel, which I modelled in Autodesk Fusion based on the Chopin front case. LEDs, Power button and USB/Audio us the same mounts so everything just snaps right in.
It was 3D Printed in polyamide by i.Materialise and was almost plug&play. I made a few measurement mistakes that I fixed with a knife and superglue. I could have also printed it again, but one print costs about 80€.
The power button is functional and is printed in one piece with the panel. The CD drive and Floppy drive are obviously decoration, as the case is scale 1:2. The Chopins HDD led is behind the floppy LED and flashes nicely. I used a piece of green foil to make it glow green as the original LED is white.
I was lurking on this board a few weeks ago and decided to build sth small and fun. I saw how many people used the InWin Chopin for SFF builds and realized, when lying sideways, it reminded me a bit of my first PC, a black 486 desktop. So I build a Ryzen 2200 retro PC that would run all my old (and not so old) games inside an InWin Chopin and 3D printed a custom front panel, that made it look like my old PC. This is the finished project:
The only really "custom" part of this PC is the front panel, which I modelled in Autodesk Fusion based on the Chopin front case. LEDs, Power button and USB/Audio us the same mounts so everything just snaps right in.
It was 3D Printed in polyamide by i.Materialise and was almost plug&play. I made a few measurement mistakes that I fixed with a knife and superglue. I could have also printed it again, but one print costs about 80€.
The power button is functional and is printed in one piece with the panel. The CD drive and Floppy drive are obviously decoration, as the case is scale 1:2. The Chopins HDD led is behind the floppy LED and flashes nicely. I used a piece of green foil to make it glow green as the original LED is white.