Building a $500 Raspberry Pi Gaming PC

Axzez sent me their new Interceptor CM4 motherboard for the Raspberry Pi. They said it was made to be an NVR (Network Video Recorder). But I have other plans...

#RaspberryPi #Interceptor

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Contents:

00:00 - Intro
00:28 - Sponsor
01:04 - Parts
02:25 - Interceptor overview
04:07 - PC Build - Interceptor
08:01 - PC Build - Storage
11:37 - PC Build - Finishing touches
13:39 - First boot
15:26 - Getting 120 Hz
16:48 - Gaming at 120 Hz
18:08 - 24 Terabytes!
18:57 - NVR and 1U rack enclosure
20:15 - Next steps
21:37 - Micro Center's special offer

[JeffGeerling]

Thanks to Micro Center for sponsoring. I'll tell them to build one near you!

Also, the captions have been fixed, you can stop commenting about it now ;)

[mattybbg]

sticking a USB 2 sticker over a USB 3 one, I wholeheartedly support that level of precision and information sharing.

[Private-GtngxNMBKvYzXyPq]

Always nice when the significant other helps. Holding a camera for however long this took to record probably wasn’t trivial so kudos to all the off-camera people. I also enjoyed the LTT reference and the JerryRigEverything Easter egg (finger snap before getting it started). 😊

[tonysheerness]

It is mind boggling how far miniaturisation has come. 24 terabytes of storage controlled by a miniature raspberry pi system on a chip all in PC case, 40 years ago 1 terabyte of disk storage would fill a football field and the computer attached to them would need a warehouse to house it and need an electrical substation to power it all and keep it cool.

[FunkyDeleriousPriest]

That's a wonderful ATX-compatible CM4 board with a lot of potential. So glad they gave it an RTC. Hope it can run OpenWRT.

[MichaelKlements]

There is a lot of overkill here, I love it!
Looking forward to your update video on running an external GPU on the Pi!

[Valym]

Loving the video production quality in this video. Looking forward to the GPU update :)

[lasbrujazz]

I'm imagining if there's some kind of dual-system-in-one-case thing, like Corsair Obsidian 1000, where the Interceptor sits on the mini-ITX side for solely powering the NAS while there's x86 system on the ATX side. That would be neat.

[dimitriid]

Really hope that stock eventually picks up for CM4 modules since that motherboard and it's itx "adapter" would make it ideal for a DIY cheap NAS finally. Yes other boards try the same but the fact this one can work with itx parts means you actually could get some decent cases that kinda look like a personal NAS you could buy.

[rohitdeb]

Hey Jeff. Long time viewer and subscriber, very infrequent YT commenter here. First, a hearty commendation to your esteemed camera operator for a stellar job. Getting the details on build videos is never easy. Also, loved the overall vibe which was a curious mix of generic tech youtuber build video as well as a sarcastic take on how seriously both tech creators and viewers treat this sort of thing - very meta (and f*ck Zuck for ruining that word for me!). It was brilliant, and huge bonus points for that! In the same vein, however, I couldn't help but cringe at the cable management choices, especially given the plethora of grommets and channels in the case for routing :P. All in all, love what you've been doing with your videos of late and this one is by far the best video I've come across in a long time. So thanks for all the info and the entertainment. ❤️

[bloodtobleed]

I staff a LAN party in the UK and we still get 40-60 people attend 3 events a year! We've managed to run 2 "post-covid" events now which have gone well.

[RaidOwl]

Man this is awesome. It also reminds me of how building a PC on camera sucks the fun out of it lol.

[mydprintedlife]

Love the custom backplate Jeff! Thanks for the video, I've been interested in a Pi machine for some time.

[masterneme]

I don't know if you mentioned what graphic API did you use but Vulkan is more performant than OpenGL, so in case you used an OpenGL Source Port you could try one with Vulkan, which I don't know if they exist for RPi.

And then it's a matter of tweaking the cfg; forcing vertex lighting, 2D pickups, no 1st person weapon models, cheapest texture filtering, picmip 5, low geometry, no shadows and a resolution of 960x540.

I'm not sure if it that's enough to get 120fps though but it's worth a try.

[Cmdrbzrd]

A Seaberry Pi CM4 board, liquid cooling and a dGPU would be, like, real crazy!

[BeccaRyy]

I love this! I’ve been tempted by small low power ITX builds for a living room media pc, and this seems even better for my needs! As always, great stuff!

[tramcrazy]

I've been waiting for a video like this for ages. It was great! I'm also looking forward to your gaming PC build - it'd be great if you did some projects with it as well.

[PCgamestech]

This would be complete once we can run GPUs on RPi compute

[cghoward]

Your case size-to-CPU horsepower ratio is approaching ridiculousness 😂

[Yuriel]

I love the fact that your Microcenter b-roll is MY Microcenter! Lol. I roam those aisles all the time. Btw congratulations on your mention in the recent Tom's Hardware article about hacking a gpu for the Pi!