Recently, u/Discipline_Great, a great player in the Reddit community, completed a very challenging DIY project:He retrieved a scrapped Philips Brilliance 107MP CRT monitor from the electronic waste dump, completely hollowed out its interior, and stuffed it with a set of high-performance hardware based on the RX 6900 XT graphics card.
Although old CRT monitors look bulky on the outside, their internal casing surfaces are extremely irregular and uneven.In order to secure modern flat electronic components, the author made precise cuts and holes inside the case, and finally successfully inserted a standard MSI B650 Gaming Plus ATX large board.
In terms of hardware configuration, this host is equipped with AMD Ryzen 5 7600X processor and the GPU is Radeon RX 6900 XT.Since the CRT picture tube that came with the original machine was damaged and beyond repair, the author directly removed it and replaced it with a 17.3-inch notebook LCD panel with a resolution of 1440p and a high refresh rate of 165Hz.
The cooling system is the key to determining whether this "stuffy tank" host can operate stably.The author piled up materials crazily in a confined space and installed a total of 7 120mm chassis fans, including the well-known Arctic P12 model. The entire air duct is designed with 4 inlets and 3 outlets to ensure that the internal heat can be quickly discharged.The author's actual measurement feedback indicates that the operating temperature of the hardware is controlled satisfactorily.
The project sparked widespread discussion on social media. Some nostalgic players believe that removing the picture tube makes CRT lose its essence, but more DIY enthusiasts believe that this way of giving waste electronic products a new life is more hard-core.
