Awesome Tips I could build this for WAY less than $5k – Buy or DIY?
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Have you ever found something online and thought “I could totally make that” That’s what we thought when we saw these wall-mounted arcade machines, so we’re putting our money where our mouth is and seeing if we can pull it off! Have we bitten off more than we can chew?
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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
1:17 What are we doing here?
3:17 Let’s make some noise
8:20 It’s starting to look like something…
12:08 Almost There…
14:58 Montage!
15:10 The Reveal
Credits
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I'd take the LTT version for sure!!! It's cheaper, looks just as great, easy access to the cpu for upgrades/technical issues/controller support/etc. You could even add a little beefier cpu with external gpu for modern day games if wanted. Great job!!! And the price is so much nicer!!! Considering the manufacturer of the other one is building in bulk they are probably making a killing off of those, their profit margin seems to be possibly more than 2/3 the total price… OUCH… For the consumer anyway.
thats exactly what my dad did. he just beased it of an raspery pi loaded with retropie
I just want to mention that when you DIY instead of buy, you're also need to into account that you know exactly how to repair the things you build. That also reduces the cost of ownership in the long run, which is never considered in the price comparison.
I really enjoyed this as the start of a series a lot! More pls
This video BLEW up.
They gotta make this a series.
Neither, they both look absolutely butt ugly. No shade to the work put in but the point of an arcade machine is to actually be an arcade machine. You're better off just having a living room PC with a really good OLED and some good wireless arcade sticks like the 8BitDo sticks.
Amazing how unjanky it can be if Alex isn't involved…
I'd definitely go the DIY route. But then 20 years ago I used to build my own MAME cabinets for myself anyway. Although back then I had no tools so it was cheaper to buy generic empty arcade cabinets (for under $100) and then retrofit new hardware and computer gear into them.
2:38 if Harbor freight has it you can rent it from them for a few days
the no welder is bs, people know people who can weld and have welders so….
ngl id pay the full product price for the DIY one lol, it looks much cooler
So that's why there is still no collab with DIY Perks. They were thinking of directly competing with his content in the future.
We build one ourselves a year ago. We put a SteamDeck inside because not only you get a well made device and a maintained distro, you also get to play literally all steam games. And there are a lot of arcade games on steam. We made a full wood build with no visible screws (all dowels) in 10hrs with 1100€ material (~500€ SteckDeck + Dock, ~200€ Monitor, 170€ wood, 80€ controllers, 50€ Speakers, Dowels, Glue, etc.)
ngl my uncle does this all the time its hella possible fun size handheld bro made everything
Those buttons are verry loose
This is so so cool. This deffiitly should be an ongoing series.
If i build one of this id probebly just use 6mm wood panneling instead of metal. And use a thinclient pc to stream games from my main rig.
Lol you did basicly the same thing, should have finished the video
You realize now everyone wants to buy your version, for about $3,500. 😅
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This is a great series! DIY for sure.
Best video in years!
DIY hope this IS a series!!!
Honestly you should have stuck with a full steel construction like the original. No reason why you couldn't have attached it together with self tapping screws and brackets, although its common to have a stick welder reasonably accessible in my part of the world.
Yea, this is a cool idea for a series. I do think in this case that the DIY version is the way to go, but that's if you also have the workspace available and the desire to re-use the tools that you would purchase. But for someone that already has a lot of the DIY infrastructure in place this is a no-brainer.
So "sheet metal break" is, in fact, one of the tools i could borrow from my boomer neighbor, so you're good there.
Welder is an exotic tool?
a friend made himself an arcade out of wood a mini pc and an old monitor and spent way less
I loved this video
Really cool! Continue this series please
13:09 You guys were testing our anxiety level, weren't you?
That first segue was actually really good
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More Jordan, please. Also, how much cheaper would it be if you just went with wood alone?
damn that heavy breathing 😀
This guy reminds me of my dad.
Been talking about and even planned it out to build one of these like 2-3 years ago. So time poor but in a way I'm glad as after seeing this sleek sexy machine I now know that going full retro size wouldnt look as good!
Cheers guys!
If cost wasn't an issue id most likely buy to remove the hassle of doing it myself. But since I'm a 3d printing hobbyist I would DYI it for the bragging rights.
it was nice to watch but i somewhat dont belive the final budged for this ….. if you do diy you tend to lie to your self about costs , for example the labor …. just say 2 days …. i saw 2 people each 8h a day so 32h x 30 dollar this alone are 960 us …. but i would bet it took 3 days and than there is also the guy wo prepared the pc ….. i dont know how it is in the us or canada but i would bet its similar to every other place …. 30 an hour as end payment for a person who build it , for a company it is more like 50-100 dollar a man hours what it would cost the company this includes cost for tools at a % , and many other costs