Forget Lego Smart Bricks this ridiculously wild home-built Lego PC is the coolest thing youll see today

Date:
Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:13:31 +0000

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A Redditor created a breathtaking gaming PC housed in a custom Lego chassis.

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Posting to Reddit , user OkDebate6649 documented their attempt at building a working gaming PC housed entirely inside a Lego brick chassis. The computer has been designed in a modular way, its creator explained, so it can be used with monitors I made before and includes a display and built-in keyboard. The device is centered on an AMD BC-250 motherboard. These products were originally designed for cryptocurrency mining and feature what is essentially a cut-down PlayStation 5 APU that comprises six Zen 2 CPU cores, 24 RDNA2 Compute Units in the GPU, and 16GB of memory. Article continues below You may like Lego on why Smart Bricks needed custom wireless charging Here are 3 of the weirdest new PC cases, including one that cloaks itself YouTuber makes giant fan that looks amazing and drops CPU temp by 20C

Its performance is roughly akin to that of an Nvidia GTX 1660 Ti graphics card, making it suitable for 1080p gaming at medium to high settings. Its not a very powerful PC, OkDebate6649 conceded, before adding that it runs stably at around 75C (45C idle).

Its far from the beefiest gaming PC around today. But when it looks as cool
as this, Im sure many people wouldnt mind. Indeed, the Reddit comments are full of enthusiastic admirers, with people calling it ridiculously wild and
an absolutely sick build. User Lorenzo_95 was effusive in their praise, saying: Im afraid you have to stop posting, youre too cool, its unfair on the rest of us. Runs on Linux, looks like a Mac Image 1 of 3 (Image credit: OkDebate6649 on Reddit) (Image credit: OkDebate6649 on Reddit) (Image credit: OkDebate6649 on Reddit) Interestingly, if you want to use this motherboard in a computer as OkDebate6649 did, you need to run your system on Linux , as the board is not compatible with Windows 11 . And it seems that the Redditor leaned into the anti-Windows direction by applying a Linux skin that apes Apple s macOS operating system .

And they didnt stop there. The entire Lego chassis has been crafted to resemble an old-school Macintosh of the type sold by Apple in the 1980s and 1990s. The computer itself sits in a cuboid Lego box with the monitor whose casing is also made of Lego bricks sitting on top. An old Apple logo and rainbow decal signal another link to the Cupertino firm. Get daily insight, inspiration and deals in your inbox Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals, and more. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.

Given that the BC-250 is a repurposed mining board, OkDebate6649 had to make some adjustments. Traditional CPU coolers wouldnt fit, so the creator had to remove the motherboards heatsink and sit a 120mm fan on top instead. With the keyboard and monitor included, the entire system weighs 11kg, so its not particularly portable either.

If youre wondering whether the Lego housing can withstand the heat of a fired-up gaming PC, OkDebate6649 is confident that it can. As they explained: Ive added protective measures in areas exposed to heat. If you look at the third photo, you can see that I applied protection where the motherboard backplate makes contact.

With creative builds like this doing the rounds, theres plenty of inspiration to be had if youre interested in putting together your own custom PC.
Combined with the recent Superdome Noctua computer , its a good time to be a fan of this kind of work. Follow TechRadar on Google News and add us as a preferred source to get our expert news, reviews, and opinion in your feeds. Make sure to click the Follow button!

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