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One Fallout fan, well known for his collection of merchandise from the franchise, has created a truly unique PC from an already unique piece of memorabilia.
The Fallout Collector transformed a ‘mini-nuke’ model – which came with the Fallout Anthology limited edition back in 2015 – into a functional PC, but unlike the heavily modified build from Linus Tech Tips this build instead is based on budget PC designs.
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♬ original sound - Spencer
As PC Gamer explains, The Fallout Collector used a NUC, a small form factor PC by Intel, as the base and outfitted it with a compact motherboard. The bottom of the mini-nuke was used to house the power supply, with holes made in the sides for I/O ports.
There’s also a fan in the nose of the mini-nuke, with additional holes drilled into the top to allow for sufficient airflow and the sound effect button has been repurposed as the power button .
While the Fallout Collector is having issues running Fallout 3, both Fallout: New Vegas and Skyrim run at a stable 30 FPS, and the original 2D entries in the franchise have no problems at all. Considering that the PC is running on a sixth-gen i3 system, this is definitely one of the coolest PC builds we’ve seen to date.
[HEADING=1]Analysis: ok, so maybe budget PC gaming isn’t dead?[/HEADING]
Unfortunately, the best budget gaming PC you can get nowadays is pretty much limited to what you can buy prebuilt, since so many of the essential components for a really good gaming PC build are hard to find or more expensive than they’ve been in the past.
That’s one of the things we love most about this Fallout mini-nuke build. It doesn’t go all in on high-end components that no one can really buy, and possibly the hardest thing about recreating this kind of build is finding a discontinued sixth-gen chip.
And while we can’t see a graphics card being added to the mix on this build, Intel NUCs are starting to incorporate low-rise graphics cards in them, so they could serve as a good base for budget gaming rigs in the future.
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[li]AMD RX 6400 quietly released to give low-profile PCs a boost[/li][/ul]
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The Fallout Collector transformed a ‘mini-nuke’ model – which came with the Fallout Anthology limited edition back in 2015 – into a functional PC, but unlike the heavily modified build from Linus Tech Tips this build instead is based on budget PC designs.
@thefalloutcollector
♬ original sound - Spencer
As PC Gamer explains, The Fallout Collector used a NUC, a small form factor PC by Intel, as the base and outfitted it with a compact motherboard. The bottom of the mini-nuke was used to house the power supply, with holes made in the sides for I/O ports.
There’s also a fan in the nose of the mini-nuke, with additional holes drilled into the top to allow for sufficient airflow and the sound effect button has been repurposed as the power button .
While the Fallout Collector is having issues running Fallout 3, both Fallout: New Vegas and Skyrim run at a stable 30 FPS, and the original 2D entries in the franchise have no problems at all. Considering that the PC is running on a sixth-gen i3 system, this is definitely one of the coolest PC builds we’ve seen to date.
[HEADING=1]Analysis: ok, so maybe budget PC gaming isn’t dead?[/HEADING]
Unfortunately, the best budget gaming PC you can get nowadays is pretty much limited to what you can buy prebuilt, since so many of the essential components for a really good gaming PC build are hard to find or more expensive than they’ve been in the past.
That’s one of the things we love most about this Fallout mini-nuke build. It doesn’t go all in on high-end components that no one can really buy, and possibly the hardest thing about recreating this kind of build is finding a discontinued sixth-gen chip.
And while we can’t see a graphics card being added to the mix on this build, Intel NUCs are starting to incorporate low-rise graphics cards in them, so they could serve as a good base for budget gaming rigs in the future.
[ul]
[li]AMD RX 6400 quietly released to give low-profile PCs a boost[/li][/ul]
Continue reading…