Custom Made Small Form Factor Sim Racing Station
2023/2 Version
It turned out that there is such thing that FOV. Upon setting it up it turned out that the screen for the rig is way too small. Luckily there was a 32″ Samsung TV collecting dust in on of the bedrooms, so…
2023 Version
Finally the rig has got a step closer to achieve its final form. Sure DIY projects can never be finished only abandoned but the rig is visually very close to that was envisioned. The War boy logos are 3D printed then simply painted with chrome paint and red.
Retracted position. The monitor and the wheel are in the back of the box.
The wheel and the monitor are extracted from the back and the shelf is locked in its furthest position.
The handbrake is part of the shelf and works with a simple micro switch connected to a keyboard PCB.
Closeup of the engine bay. The shelf lock is also visible in the upper left corner.
Closeup from the right.
FOV calculator:
2021 Version
Box:
23″ x 19″ x 44″ / 60cm x 48.5cm x 112cm
Rig:
- Gigabyte z390M Ultra Durable
- i5 – 9600k
- 16 GB Ram
- 500 GB HDD Samsung EVO 860
- Noctua NH-D9L
- Logitech G27
- PSU EVGA 750 GQ
- GPU EVGA FTW2 GTX 1080
- Custom made handbrake from a keyboard
- Logitech s220 2.1 Speaker system
Version 2020
Retracted:
From above
Box:
23″ x 19″ x 44″ / 60cm x 48.5cm x 112cm
Rig:
- HP EliteDesk 800 G2 SFF
- i5 – 6500
- 16 GB Ram HyperX
- 500 GB HDD Samsung EVO 860
- Logitech G27
- PSU EVGA 750 GQ
- GPU EVGA FTW2 GTX 1080
Custom mods to out of enclosure operations: HP EliteDesk 800 G2 SFF – Custom Mods