The Pinball Project, pt. 3
Sep. 15th, 2020 07:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
punktigerPunk's Pinball Universe is now officially ooooooon hold for the time being.
I got the cabinet kit today, the last part of my puzzle, and began the laborious process of putting it all together. For a single page of instructions with pictures, they were still a bit odd. No numbered steps. I didn't know if I should read them along the top, or in columns (turns out they're in columns). It's all a post-and-cam assembly (like most pre-fab furniture).
A few things stood out. Taking a good look at the depth of the cabinet (when completed) filled me with a sinking feeling, as it's not very deep. There was something I said (predicted?) when I first made an entry about my concerns on this nearly two weeks ago: "Like, if the graphics card is a bit too tall with the amount of room I have between the motherboard and the play field monitor that might have been alleviated if the monitor was a quarter-inch thinner."
Turns out that was exactly the case. Well, not a quarter-inch thinner... it needed more than that.
So! Where does that leave me? I need to do a little more research. There's a range of AMD Ryzen processors that have a GPU as part of the chip itself; not quite as good as a high-end graphics card, but it'll do the job. However, that now means I have to get another motherboard... and the memory to go with it. I can part with a few more savings bonds to cover it, but I wish I didn't have to.
That's really the only problem I'm having with this build (well, that and being a single screw short. A quick trip to the hardware store sorted that out).
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to the Interwebs and see what I can get for parts.
I got the cabinet kit today, the last part of my puzzle, and began the laborious process of putting it all together. For a single page of instructions with pictures, they were still a bit odd. No numbered steps. I didn't know if I should read them along the top, or in columns (turns out they're in columns). It's all a post-and-cam assembly (like most pre-fab furniture).
A few things stood out. Taking a good look at the depth of the cabinet (when completed) filled me with a sinking feeling, as it's not very deep. There was something I said (predicted?) when I first made an entry about my concerns on this nearly two weeks ago: "Like, if the graphics card is a bit too tall with the amount of room I have between the motherboard and the play field monitor that might have been alleviated if the monitor was a quarter-inch thinner."
Turns out that was exactly the case. Well, not a quarter-inch thinner... it needed more than that.
So! Where does that leave me? I need to do a little more research. There's a range of AMD Ryzen processors that have a GPU as part of the chip itself; not quite as good as a high-end graphics card, but it'll do the job. However, that now means I have to get another motherboard... and the memory to go with it. I can part with a few more savings bonds to cover it, but I wish I didn't have to.
That's really the only problem I'm having with this build (well, that and being a single screw short. A quick trip to the hardware store sorted that out).
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to the Interwebs and see what I can get for parts.
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