**Building a Unique PC: A DIY Project**

The author of this article is excited to share their latest DIY project, a unique and aesthetically pleasing PC build that serves as both a functional editing machine and a decorative piece. The goal was to create a computer that has the "soul and character" of a miner's lamp, which the author achieved through careful selection of components and attention to detail.

The first step in building the PC was to prepare all the individual components. The author notes that this is where the real fun begins, as each component must be carefully fitted together to create the final product. In this case, the author started by screwing one of the side panels to one of the copper pipes underneath the motherboard. This allowed the author to lower the PC into the outer shell and secure it in place with screws.

The result is a beautiful and unique-looking PC that has captured the essence of a miner's lamp. The author loves the look of the leather, brass, and other accents, including the small brass cover for the SD card reader. The copper pipe through the power supply vent also adds a touch of industrial chic to the design.

**The Coffee Break Sponsor**

Before diving deeper into the build, the author takes a break to discuss their sponsor, Trade. The author is thrilled to partner with 50 of the best coffee roasters to provide over 400 coffee varieties for their audience. The idea behind this collaboration is that each person's taste preferences are unique, and a quiz-based system will match them up with the perfect coffee for their brewing method.

The author is particularly excited about the subscription option, which allows customers to receive fresh coffee shipments tailored to their feedback from previous deliveries. And as an added bonus, Trade offers 30% off their first order for viewers of this video.

**Design Choices and Purpose**

When building the PC, the author had a specific purpose in mind: creating a functional editing machine that can serve as the main computer for their channel. The powerful processor and lack of graphics card are deliberate design choices to optimize performance without sacrificing aesthetics.

The eight terabytes of internal storage will provide ample space for storing clips and other video files. Additionally, the PC is designed to be semi-portable, making it easy to transport between home and work.

**Thermals and Quiet Operation**

One of the author's main priorities was ensuring that the PC stays cool under load while remaining quiet. The large CPU cooler does an excellent job in this regard, and the author has been impressed by its performance during video editing sessions.

In fact, the author can barely hear the PC running during use, which is perfect for their needs. This level of silence will also prevent any distracting noise from appearing in audio recordings used for narration.

**Future Plans**

As the author continues to refine their build, they have a few plans in mind for the future. One exciting prospect is creating a custom dock that allows the PC to be easily plugged into the wall without requiring manual cabling. The author hopes to create a video documenting this process and share it with their audience.

For now, however, the author is thrilled to share their DIY project with everyone. If you enjoyed watching them build this unique PC, be sure to subscribe and hit that notification bell to stay up-to-date on future content from DIY Perks.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enin this video i'm going to be trying to make a computer but with all of the character of this miner's lamp and i'm going to be trying to work with materials like leather and brass and who knows what this is going to look like but join me as i find out this video is sponsored by trade find the perfect coffee for your tastes with their online quiz always freshly roasted and delivered straight to your door get 30 off your first coffee by clicking the link below so with this particular build i'm going to start from the inside out by mounting together the computer hardware into a single bare unit to keep the build's footprint relatively small i'm using an itx motherboard with a tiny sfx class power supply and you can see the specs of the rest of the components on screen to hold these components together i'm going to make a small rig starting with two short lengths of copper pipe which need the motherboard mounting points marked onto them after drilling these out i can now use some little nut inserts to add threads to them this is a super useful tool by the way and is perfect for jobs like this so you can find a link to it in the description if it looks handy for your own work too now it's time for some thread lock to keep some little brass pillars in place these are perfect for pushing the two pipes away from the motherboard making essentially two strong and stiff rails but it's not quite finished yet as i want to add some brass braces to them to make them a single solid unit so that they can later support the power supply and ssds as brass and copper are able to be brazed together i'm going to add a little bit of flux to each surface and tack them together with a beefy soldering iron this isn't very strong but it's just enough to hold the two pieces of piping at the correct distance away from one another once they're removed from the motherboard allowing me to use a blow torch to refresh each joint properly brazing them together thanks to the much higher temperature so after cleaning it up with some wire wool it looks great and i can now just mark and drill out the holes required for the power supply and also the ssds to the sides of the copper pipes i've also added some more threaded inserts which are essential for supporting the rig as you'll soon see i can now mount the motherboard in place and plug in all of the cables as it's so exposed it's actually super easy to wire everything up so with it all together now i could technically just hook it up to a monitor and add a keyboard and mouse and it would be good to go but obviously it would be a bit fragile and obviously it it looks interesting but we can do better so i went on an ebay session and found some really interesting materials that i thought would make for an interesting looking computer and i ended up getting a really nice piece of aged leather as well as some brass vent covers and various brass strips the strips themselves are going to form the structural outer shell and i want to attempt some gentle curves with this to give it a more vintage look so the first thing to do is to bend them to my desired shape now literally the only metal working tool i have is this pipe bender and i know it's not designed for this job but it just about bends the strips if i put enough effort into it getting them both to be bent the right size however is very challenging and i've managed to get them somewhat close but they're definitely not perfect considering what i was using to do it however it's not bad well that was quite difficult to do but with them now bent into shape it's time to join them together for which i'll be using some brass sheeting now bending this brush sheet is actually a lot easier which isn't too surprising as it's so much thinner than the previous stuff and after yet more wrangling it looks like this not bad now do they fit yeah just about i'm happy with it anyway now time for some more brazing with the blowtorch so with that done um it's cooled down and this is what i'm left with it's a great shape and it's very strong but it looks extremely rough and messy and i'm not sure whether that's down to my lack of skill and experience or whether that's just how brass looks once it's been covered in flux and has a blow torch adding it can't really be expected to look great afterwards so let's clean this up and see how it looks now initially i used an excessive amount of solder so i've got to file down the residue from this which isn't very fun but i'll know for next time to go a bit more easy on it that said i am starting to see some brass color again which is a good sign next up some sandpaper at this point it's just going to take forever on my own but that's okay that's what helpful sisters are for as a team we really got stuck in and gave it some serious elbow grease and it looks loads better already still there are plenty of scratches so we're going to move to using wet and dry sandpaper of finer and finer grit values this makes the surface gradually smoother and smoother and eventually the hope is to reach a mirror shine but it's going to take a while so i'm going to leave al to it whilst i work on the side panels for these i'm using some thin plywood cutting out various holes and slots with a jigsaw now these being plywood they aesthetically don't look great but that's okay because i'm going to be covering it with something else to give it a better appearance and that is what the leather is for all i have to do here is carefully cut out the shape of the side panels being very thick however it does need quite a bit of work getting through it but interestingly it can be drilled and sanded without a problem so is a fairly forgiving material to work with these pieces can now be glued to the plywood and once it's set i can screw the fan grilles in place and add some brass edging for the slots i cut out which are for the power supplies ventilation also needed is a power switch and a usb port and card reader now to make the card reader look nice i've actually made this little brass cover which i can just glue in place i really love brass at this point look at it it's just so cool anyway i love how these have turned out the brass adds some wonderful accenting and looks really good against the dark antique leather i've even used it to make a new cover for the ports on the motherboard and there's a real juxtaposition between the high-tech ports and the natural leather with that done it's time to check out what al has achieved with the polishing honestly it's hard to imagine what it looked like before and it goes to show what a great material brass is for making things out of at home looking at it from the side you can see that it isn't perfectly square but i personally don't mind this actually as it goes along with the homemade character of the build and actually helps the overall vintage look now if you're wondering what these holes are on the back i made them earlier and they're vent holes for the power supply and there's also a gap for the motherboard's ports the reason the holes in particular look so good is that i finally bought myself a proper metal drill bit which keeps itself centered and steps up gradually one millimeter at a time resulting in accurate and neat holes now i want the build to have a top strap so that i can take it out and about so i've drilled a few holes in the top for adding some vintage brass handles that i found in an antique shop these again needed a bit of polishing but they shined up nicely i love brass for the strap itself i used a spare piece of my leather and made some loops with some cool looking brass caps which once in place makes for a really nice grip with that done all the individual components are ready to be fixed together so i'm going to first screw one of the side panels to one of the copper pipes underneath the motherboard after which it can be lowered into the outer shell lastly the other panel can be screwed in place which completes the build what do you think to that personally i absolutely love it it looks amazing i love the look of the leather and the brass and even little accents like this brass cover for the sd card reader and the fact that you can see the copper pipe through the power supply vent which is the internal design being shown off through the exterior i think it's great now it definitely lives up to the original goal which was to have the soul and character of this miner's lamp and i think it's a testament that they can sit next to each other and not look out of place that that has succeeded so i'm over the moon now in a minute i will be testing the thermals and also going through some of my design choices with this and obviously giving it a test as a computer to see if it works but before then i need a coffee break now after water coffee is actually my favorite drink and i drink it all the time when i'm working on projects and need a break so i'm very happy to say that today's sponsor trade is all about the coffee they've partnered with 50 of the best roasters to provide over 400 coffee varieties for you to choose from but if that sounds like a bit of a big number don't worry you just take an online quiz and it matches you up with the best coffee for you and your preferred brewing method now it's matched me up with irving farm but also got some really exciting sounding stuff called pink bourbon honey in bean form so i'll be uh trying that out later but it's worth noting that they always roast the coffee to order so it's always super fresh when you get it delivered straight to your door at no extra cost it's a great way as well of experiencing new flavors and tastes through their subscription option which tailors the coffee type based on your feedback from the previous one you got so to get 30 off your first order go to the link in the description so big thanks to trade for sponsoring this video and happy coffee making now in truth i haven't just built this to be an aesthetic piece i do want to do some serious work with it as the idea is for it to be the main editing pc for this channel and that's the reason behind some of my component choices such as the powerful processor and the lack of a graphics card you see the editing software i use doesn't need the graphics card to decode smoothly so i thought i'll just leave it out and as well that's the reason why there will be eight terabytes of internal storage here as that will give me plenty of storage to store all of the clips now i've also built it to be semi-portable as you know and the reason behind that is because i would like to take it between here and home so when i need to do some editing in the evening i can just take it with me and it's like taking a briefcase home after work and some of you will be wondering why don't i just use a laptop instead of doing that well the reason is that i don't like the ergonomics of laptops and although i could just plug it into a monitor um that at that point i'd be spending a lot more money for something that wouldn't even be as powerful as this so i just thought i'll make something unique and interesting and uh perfect for me and this is what this is now in regards to thermals the big cpu cooler does an excellent job of keeping the processor cool and quiet i have been editing this very video actually and i can barely hear it during use which is perfect and means that it won't disturb me whilst i'm working and also won't appear in any audio recordings that i do for narration now the hope eventually as well is to make a little dock for it on the wall so that when i arrive i can just slide it in place and it plugs in all the cables on the back without me having to do it manually so that's a little time saver and i'll probably make a video about that at some point when i get round to it but other than that that's it for this video and i hope you've enjoyed seeing the processes involved in building this pretty epic and unique pc and if you have enjoyed this video don't forget to subscribe and maybe consider hitting the bell icon which does notify you next time i upload now i don't upload often but i always try and make it unique and interesting and who knows what i'll be uploading next now um you've been watching diy perks and i hope to see you next time goodbye for nowin this video i'm going to be trying to make a computer but with all of the character of this miner's lamp and i'm going to be trying to work with materials like leather and brass and who knows what this is going to look like but join me as i find out this video is sponsored by trade find the perfect coffee for your tastes with their online quiz always freshly roasted and delivered straight to your door get 30 off your first coffee by clicking the link below so with this particular build i'm going to start from the inside out by mounting together the computer hardware into a single bare unit to keep the build's footprint relatively small i'm using an itx motherboard with a tiny sfx class power supply and you can see the specs of the rest of the components on screen to hold these components together i'm going to make a small rig starting with two short lengths of copper pipe which need the motherboard mounting points marked onto them after drilling these out i can now use some little nut inserts to add threads to them this is a super useful tool by the way and is perfect for jobs like this so you can find a link to it in the description if it looks handy for your own work too now it's time for some thread lock to keep some little brass pillars in place these are perfect for pushing the two pipes away from the motherboard making essentially two strong and stiff rails but it's not quite finished yet as i want to add some brass braces to them to make them a single solid unit so that they can later support the power supply and ssds as brass and copper are able to be brazed together i'm going to add a little bit of flux to each surface and tack them together with a beefy soldering iron this isn't very strong but it's just enough to hold the two pieces of piping at the correct distance away from one another once they're removed from the motherboard allowing me to use a blow torch to refresh each joint properly brazing them together thanks to the much higher temperature so after cleaning it up with some wire wool it looks great and i can now just mark and drill out the holes required for the power supply and also the ssds to the sides of the copper pipes i've also added some more threaded inserts which are essential for supporting the rig as you'll soon see i can now mount the motherboard in place and plug in all of the cables as it's so exposed it's actually super easy to wire everything up so with it all together now i could technically just hook it up to a monitor and add a keyboard and mouse and it would be good to go but obviously it would be a bit fragile and obviously it it looks interesting but we can do better so i went on an ebay session and found some really interesting materials that i thought would make for an interesting looking computer and i ended up getting a really nice piece of aged leather as well as some brass vent covers and various brass strips the strips themselves are going to form the structural outer shell and i want to attempt some gentle curves with this to give it a more vintage look so the first thing to do is to bend them to my desired shape now literally the only metal working tool i have is this pipe bender and i know it's not designed for this job but it just about bends the strips if i put enough effort into it getting them both to be bent the right size however is very challenging and i've managed to get them somewhat close but they're definitely not perfect considering what i was using to do it however it's not bad well that was quite difficult to do but with them now bent into shape it's time to join them together for which i'll be using some brass sheeting now bending this brush sheet is actually a lot easier which isn't too surprising as it's so much thinner than the previous stuff and after yet more wrangling it looks like this not bad now do they fit yeah just about i'm happy with it anyway now time for some more brazing with the blowtorch so with that done um it's cooled down and this is what i'm left with it's a great shape and it's very strong but it looks extremely rough and messy and i'm not sure whether that's down to my lack of skill and experience or whether that's just how brass looks once it's been covered in flux and has a blow torch adding it can't really be expected to look great afterwards so let's clean this up and see how it looks now initially i used an excessive amount of solder so i've got to file down the residue from this which isn't very fun but i'll know for next time to go a bit more easy on it that said i am starting to see some brass color again which is a good sign next up some sandpaper at this point it's just going to take forever on my own but that's okay that's what helpful sisters are for as a team we really got stuck in and gave it some serious elbow grease and it looks loads better already still there are plenty of scratches so we're going to move to using wet and dry sandpaper of finer and finer grit values this makes the surface gradually smoother and smoother and eventually the hope is to reach a mirror shine but it's going to take a while so i'm going to leave al to it whilst i work on the side panels for these i'm using some thin plywood cutting out various holes and slots with a jigsaw now these being plywood they aesthetically don't look great but that's okay because i'm going to be covering it with something else to give it a better appearance and that is what the leather is for all i have to do here is carefully cut out the shape of the side panels being very thick however it does need quite a bit of work getting through it but interestingly it can be drilled and sanded without a problem so is a fairly forgiving material to work with these pieces can now be glued to the plywood and once it's set i can screw the fan grilles in place and add some brass edging for the slots i cut out which are for the power supplies ventilation also needed is a power switch and a usb port and card reader now to make the card reader look nice i've actually made this little brass cover which i can just glue in place i really love brass at this point look at it it's just so cool anyway i love how these have turned out the brass adds some wonderful accenting and looks really good against the dark antique leather i've even used it to make a new cover for the ports on the motherboard and there's a real juxtaposition between the high-tech ports and the natural leather with that done it's time to check out what al has achieved with the polishing honestly it's hard to imagine what it looked like before and it goes to show what a great material brass is for making things out of at home looking at it from the side you can see that it isn't perfectly square but i personally don't mind this actually as it goes along with the homemade character of the build and actually helps the overall vintage look now if you're wondering what these holes are on the back i made them earlier and they're vent holes for the power supply and there's also a gap for the motherboard's ports the reason the holes in particular look so good is that i finally bought myself a proper metal drill bit which keeps itself centered and steps up gradually one millimeter at a time resulting in accurate and neat holes now i want the build to have a top strap so that i can take it out and about so i've drilled a few holes in the top for adding some vintage brass handles that i found in an antique shop these again needed a bit of polishing but they shined up nicely i love brass for the strap itself i used a spare piece of my leather and made some loops with some cool looking brass caps which once in place makes for a really nice grip with that done all the individual components are ready to be fixed together so i'm going to first screw one of the side panels to one of the copper pipes underneath the motherboard after which it can be lowered into the outer shell lastly the other panel can be screwed in place which completes the build what do you think to that personally i absolutely love it it looks amazing i love the look of the leather and the brass and even little accents like this brass cover for the sd card reader and the fact that you can see the copper pipe through the power supply vent which is the internal design being shown off through the exterior i think it's great now it definitely lives up to the original goal which was to have the soul and character of this miner's lamp and i think it's a testament that they can sit next to each other and not look out of place that that has succeeded so i'm over the moon now in a minute i will be testing the thermals and also going through some of my design choices with this and obviously giving it a test as a computer to see if it works but before then i need a coffee break now after water coffee is actually my favorite drink and i drink it all the time when i'm working on projects and need a break so i'm very happy to say that today's sponsor trade is all about the coffee they've partnered with 50 of the best roasters to provide over 400 coffee varieties for you to choose from but if that sounds like a bit of a big number don't worry you just take an online quiz and it matches you up with the best coffee for you and your preferred brewing method now it's matched me up with irving farm but also got some really exciting sounding stuff called pink bourbon honey in bean form so i'll be uh trying that out later but it's worth noting that they always roast the coffee to order so it's always super fresh when you get it delivered straight to your door at no extra cost it's a great way as well of experiencing new flavors and tastes through their subscription option which tailors the coffee type based on your feedback from the previous one you got so to get 30 off your first order go to the link in the description so big thanks to trade for sponsoring this video and happy coffee making now in truth i haven't just built this to be an aesthetic piece i do want to do some serious work with it as the idea is for it to be the main editing pc for this channel and that's the reason behind some of my component choices such as the powerful processor and the lack of a graphics card you see the editing software i use doesn't need the graphics card to decode smoothly so i thought i'll just leave it out and as well that's the reason why there will be eight terabytes of internal storage here as that will give me plenty of storage to store all of the clips now i've also built it to be semi-portable as you know and the reason behind that is because i would like to take it between here and home so when i need to do some editing in the evening i can just take it with me and it's like taking a briefcase home after work and some of you will be wondering why don't i just use a laptop instead of doing that well the reason is that i don't like the ergonomics of laptops and although i could just plug it into a monitor um that at that point i'd be spending a lot more money for something that wouldn't even be as powerful as this so i just thought i'll make something unique and interesting and uh perfect for me and this is what this is now in regards to thermals the big cpu cooler does an excellent job of keeping the processor cool and quiet i have been editing this very video actually and i can barely hear it during use which is perfect and means that it won't disturb me whilst i'm working and also won't appear in any audio recordings that i do for narration now the hope eventually as well is to make a little dock for it on the wall so that when i arrive i can just slide it in place and it plugs in all the cables on the back without me having to do it manually so that's a little time saver and i'll probably make a video about that at some point when i get round to it but other than that that's it for this video and i hope you've enjoyed seeing the processes involved in building this pretty epic and unique pc and if you have enjoyed this video don't forget to subscribe and maybe consider hitting the bell icon which does notify you next time i upload now i don't upload often but i always try and make it unique and interesting and who knows what i'll be uploading next now um you've been watching diy perks and i hope to see you next time goodbye for now\n"