Generally speaking, I have a rule about microwave electronics. I know it makes me a little sick of parties, but this is my home.
Posted by Jack Lackey Twitter video (opens in new tab) We show off one such Microwave PC build. In his caption, he explains that it was built by a Brazilian man to save money after he lost his job due to the pandemic. , in the video it’s a bit difficult to see exactly which part powers the machine.
A Brazilian man who lost his job due to COVID decided to build a microwave PC to save money. He built this fully working for just $900 pic.twitter.com/UxRRtqgtclNovember 7, 2022
Also, I’m not sure when the build first took place, but $900 doesn’t sound like a cash-saving effort. A great Black Friday deal. If you really want those dielectric heating styles, you can always gut the ROG Strix G10 and put it in an old microwave if you prefer.
Lucky Post further down Additional pics of the build (opens in new tab) This is where you can get more insight. Asus A320M-K motherboard and that CPU appears to have one of his hella heatsinks. Even with the fan attached to the side of the microwave, I think it lives up to its name. Controlling the temperature may not be the easiest thing to do with something specifically designed for heating things.
chip chiller
best cpu cooler (opens in new tab): Chill your chips in style.
best pc fan (opens in new tab): Ultra-quiet and RGB-filled
best pc case (opens in new tab): Big, small and everything in between.
It turns out that Lucky’s friend in Brazil wasn’t the only one who came up with the idea. Further down in the Twitter thread you can see an image of the build by Lucas Cavalcante. The Microwave PC sits on top of a workstation, so at first glance it looks like a normal microwave.
This quickly changes when you spot an RGB glow coming in shades of blue and green in front of the machine. Still, it’s a very cute idea, especially if it sits on top of other parts of your PC setup, like an actual microwave oven.
Build a better microwave computer than me (R$1500,00 only) pic.twitter.com/mSHi3ggPEEJuly 30, 2020
You can find a few more microwave builds like this on the net. Neosalicious for PC Parts Picker (opens in new tab) Equipped with 2080 Ti.This is then their Version 2 Microwave (opens in new tab) A machine with RTX 3090 and Ryzen 9 5900X and liquid cooling.
Of course, the best part of all this is creativity. A PC case can and should be just about anything.Whether it’s a microwave oven or a giant dinosaur sculpture (opens in new tab)or even a chainsaw (opens in new tab)put all your gaming PCs.
