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Yep —
We made a PC
Our teenage engineering computer-1 spec list
MB
Asus Prime H610i-Plus
CPU
Intel Core i3 12100F 3.3 GHz 12MB
GPU
Zotac GeForce GTX 1650
RAM
Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 32GB
HDD
Kingston NV2 M.2 1TB
PSU
Cooler Master V550 SFX Gold 550W
We're big admirers of the work at teenage engineering. We were in the need of a new machine for 3D rendering and it seemed a fun opportunity to build one ourselves. The computer-1 case really caught our eye — so that was that.
The computer-1 case is designed to fit Mini ITX motherboards — this means it's pretty small. The dimensions are actually so tight the choice of graphics cards is pretty restricted (since it can only accommodate a GPU up to 180mm long).
Since it comes as flat-packed sheets of alloy, probably the most famoulsy tricky thing about building this PC is the fact you have the bend the sheets yourself.
As the instruction manual from teenage engineering says — "think twice, bend once".
The build process went pretty smoothly — we found this video on YouTube by DavidGoligorsky super-useful. He covers the steps quite nicely and re-orders some of the manual's (suggestions for the better.)
We hadn't realised the Asus motherboard didn't come with a wifi card so that was a nasty little surprise to have to install after we thought we were done. But hej, there's always something.
The end result is a snappy little PC that runs really nciely and can process renders at a decent speed We may make a few upgrades in the future but for now it's ideal.
Since tech looks so cool we decided to take some stills of the various steps of the build process for your enjoyment. So here they are...
