Building the Ultimate Sleeper PC in an AOpen HQ45 Pro Case

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  • In this video, we're building a modern sleeper PC in an AOpen HQ45 Pro case. Sleeper PCs are all about blending in with their surroundings while packing modern components under the hood.
    We start by carefully selecting the components for our build. We want to pack as much power as possible into this small case, while also considering thermals. So we have gone with an Intel Core i3 processor, an NVIDIA 3060TI graphics card, and 32GB of DDR4 RAM.
    Next, it's time to get to work on the case itself. The HQ45 Pro case is not large and requires some modifications in order to fit modern components into it. But with some careful planning and a bit of creativity, we're able to make it work.
    Once the build is complete, we give it a test run to make sure everything is working as it should. And the results are impressive: this compact sleeper PC packs a punch, with smooth gameplay and fast load times.
    Overall, the AOpen HQ45 Pro case is a great looker as a modern sleeper PC build. It's compact, stylish, and with a bit of modification, can accommodate modern components. We where also able to hook the CD-Rom drive and diskdrive with out much problems.
    MUSIC
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    COAST - Density & Time (from the TH-cam Music Library)
    Lukhash - We Are Forever ( • We Are Forever )
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  • @cheese1280
    @cheese1280 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Wow, you have the best looking sleeper I came across!!

    • @bartfixesthings8293
      @bartfixesthings8293  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks, it is still going strong - playing Helldivers II these days :)

  • @TinyMaths
    @TinyMaths 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Honestly, it actually has quite a nice 'clean and minimal' look to it on the outside. Looks similar to my first PC back in 2002. The 'upgrade' looks amazing on the inside.

  • @silfrido1768
    @silfrido1768 หลายเดือนก่อน

    finally someone who actually knows how to do a paint job 🎉

  • @IHyperGun
    @IHyperGun ปีที่แล้ว +28

    The pump at the top of your loop will kill your AIO...

    • @alexk3242
      @alexk3242 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yepp. 100%. Air in pump.

    • @hashmaticmining5589
      @hashmaticmining5589 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      very true but where else can he mount the RAD

    • @Goobernut
      @Goobernut 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@hashmaticmining5589 smaller one on top

  • @ElectronicInspiration
    @ElectronicInspiration ปีที่แล้ว +2

    beige superiority

  • @gabrielcosta3301
    @gabrielcosta3301 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Finally someone that made a sleeper build with properly working front IO! Nice build!

  • @theilluminatimember8896
    @theilluminatimember8896 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Holy smokes, I just bought this exact same case! Accidentally stumbled upon this video when looking for inspiration :D

    • @bartfixesthings8293
      @bartfixesthings8293  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It will be nice, regardless of what you make of it :)

  • @superbravo666
    @superbravo666 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i want white or light grey cases back AGAIN :( Great !!!

  • @WalfasProject8000
    @WalfasProject8000 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks TH-cam for recommending me this video, this is such an amazing build

  • @michaelvandensteen7994
    @michaelvandensteen7994 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is exactly what I would like to do, very cool! Had the same case!

  • @PhonkMachine220YT
    @PhonkMachine220YT 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Lovely build! I also built a (black) sleeper PC and upgraded it with an RTX 3070 too.

  • @estudiom142
    @estudiom142 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    love refurbishing old cases, Cheers

  • @user-ir2sy9ut1e
    @user-ir2sy9ut1e 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    So Beautiful PC~

  • @Snickerrick
    @Snickerrick ปีที่แล้ว +5

    That was such a clean build!

  • @TitusIV
    @TitusIV ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Well done ! a pleasure to watch till the end !

  • @noobieza0077
    @noobieza0077 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is the most beautiful pc build i have ever seen in my entire life ngl

  • @schnitzelsamy
    @schnitzelsamy ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Cool

  • @therealMrSiXtY6
    @therealMrSiXtY6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I think you did a great job with that sleeper. Those ' are awesome and I would like to know where I can get some. The fact that you put in the old school drives and stuff was something really original that I haven't seen very many builders do. I got to say this might be the best sleepover I've seen That isn't on $1,000,000 TH-cam channel LOL. Good job

  • @jubakusha
    @jubakusha ปีที่แล้ว +4

    great job otherwise but that pump is going to die really quickly with the rad positioned at the bottom

  • @gdjaybee742
    @gdjaybee742 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Looks great man. I was surprised you didn't drill holes in the front for intake fan, and cut out the bottom of the front case grill. You could use some high static pressure fan and dust filter there to push cool air in.

    • @bartfixesthings8293
      @bartfixesthings8293  หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It's been running helldivers 2 without any issues so far :)

  • @tadfibonacci4926
    @tadfibonacci4926 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This was a great build.
    One day I'll have my own sleeper build.

  • @zeroturn7091
    @zeroturn7091 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Since it’s an i3 you could’ve went 92 or 120mm air. Going by the comments you were probably better off going with a 120 AIO radiator on the rear then installing a lower intake fan (speaker delete).
    Your presentation is spot on. In order to get my PATA ODDs to work I used a PCIe to PATA expansion card, and it looks a mess with PATA cables stretched across the motherboard.

  • @westtrucker4341
    @westtrucker4341 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Subbed because I want to see you grow so I can watch more great vids like this

  • @faerieheartz
    @faerieheartz ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i’ve been considering a sleeper build this video is definitely solidifying my choice !

  • @dreamshooter90
    @dreamshooter90 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You had simple, yet elegant solutions. I will be taking some inspiration from you. ^^

  • @dreamshooter90
    @dreamshooter90 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love it! :)

  • @chrisrudi7162
    @chrisrudi7162 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Very nice job, congratulations 👍 By the way, you can still connect old floppy disk drives to a modern board. I have an internal USB adapter for something like this. Is plugged onto the back of the floppy and then connected to the header. And yes, that even works 😁

  • @tigerhawk667
    @tigerhawk667 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Wow! Great job! 👍
    The other day, I found two AOpen cases very similar to what you have shown....Although, the back has two 60mm exhaust fans like the one at 3:28
    Think I'll wait until AM5 platform becomes cheaper (and AMD releases Zen 4 based APUs) to turn them into Sleeper PCs.

  • @emerald39
    @emerald39 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Looks amazing well done

  • @nandavandeweerd5436
    @nandavandeweerd5436 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wederom een super informatieve vlog!!!

  • @biblicallyaccuratedoge
    @biblicallyaccuratedoge ปีที่แล้ว +3

    man that looks really clean! however youre going to kill that aio pump(according to GN at least) with the rad oriented like that if you use the pc like that longterm

    • @Rin-mn3nn
      @Rin-mn3nn ปีที่แล้ว +1

      it definitely will kill the aio. u dont want the pump working against gravity and in this case, it is cuz its pulling up the liquid from the bottom

  • @WARLEYWS26
    @WARLEYWS26 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    ficou maguinifico !!! curto de mais esse tipo de projeto..

  • @juggernaut_collective
    @juggernaut_collective ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm impressed with your monitor 😌

  • @bartfixesthings8293
    @bartfixesthings8293  ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The outro music is by @lukhashofficial, please check out his channel - th-cam.com/channels/POeoWonGJfK6wM3S8hZ0Tw.html

  • @_tolgaakalin
    @_tolgaakalin ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great build! Would love to see some temperature tests.

    • @bartfixesthings8293
      @bartfixesthings8293  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I can do that - what do you want to to see? I've been running 3DMark2001 but it keeps on having 999fps :D

    • @_tolgaakalin
      @_tolgaakalin ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bartfixesthings8293 Maybe some CPU or GPU stress tests? Like the most used ones and it'll give us some idea. Thanks for responding by the way!

  • @Gokul_Yt
    @Gokul_Yt ปีที่แล้ว +2

    4:20 you can spray paint it though

  • @strider5119
    @strider5119 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Would have been far better off going air cooled. Rad below the pump isn't going to last all that long

  • @alrizo1115
    @alrizo1115 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I feel like the AIO will die pretty soon as it's a dangerous placement of radiator as Gamers Nexus pointed out.

  • @2528drevas
    @2528drevas ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That AIO mounting is a bit sketchy. He dismissed it, but long term it isn't good.

    • @bartfixesthings8293
      @bartfixesthings8293  ปีที่แล้ว

      We will see what will happen - Luckily CPUs are a lot better at surviving without a cooler than they where in the 2000s

  • @Goobernut
    @Goobernut 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Im fonna do the same thing but with an very tall 60cm height case

    • @bartfixesthings8293
      @bartfixesthings8293  หลายเดือนก่อน

      You should make a video!

    • @Goobernut
      @Goobernut หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@bartfixesthings8293 nah I can’t do the edit stuff 😭

    • @Goobernut
      @Goobernut 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@bartfixesthings8293 i can show it to you on discord if ya want

  • @DragonlordXV
    @DragonlordXV 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    no intake air , your components must be choking

    • @bartfixesthings8293
      @bartfixesthings8293  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well there is this pretty big hole in the bottom.. and on the side :)

  • @Sica1000
    @Sica1000 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    congrats, you destroy your cpu if you mount the AIO like that. 04.04.2023

    • @bartfixesthings8293
      @bartfixesthings8293  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      27.05.2024 - Running Helldivers 2 without issues :)

  • @k2In1
    @k2In1 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Terrible.

  • @GreenMachineXXII
    @GreenMachineXXII ปีที่แล้ว +2

    🤌 got an old hp presario and i turned it into a sleeper its pretty amazing that components still fit in there