Crazed modder turns NAS into a gaming PC with RTX 5060 hanging from the side, boosts frame rate by 828% — Frankenstein rig hides dedicated PSU in drive bay, breaks Time Spy world record for the onboard CPU
A modder has attached a full-sized RTX 5060 graphics card to a ZimaCube 2 NAS server and achieved up to 8x faster performance in games. The jerry-rigged setup doesn't look the most polished, and the CPU is heavily bottlenecked, but it still, uh, exists.
A ZimaCube 2 NAS has been transformed into a gaming PC by modder TrashBench, utilizing an RTX 5060 graphics card hanging outside the case and boosting frame rates by a staggering 828%. Despite the NAS being powered by a low-power laptop CPU, the results still showcased impressive improvements across various tests, breaking the Time Spy world record for the Intel Core i5-1235U CPU.
The ZimaCube 2 initially struggled with low FPS in popular games like Hitman 3, Cyberpunk 2077, and Shadow of the Tomb Raider, but the addition of an AMD Radeon Pro WX5100 and an RTX 5060 significantly upgraded performance. With the riser cable and a custom 3D-printed frame, the RTX 5060 was securely mounted in the x16 slot, albeit causing airflow restrictions.
The system's drive bay was left empty, and a 750W SFX power supply was installed to support the new setup. While the final results were not without limitations, such as limited airflow and BIOS configuration issues, TrashBench's experiment proved successful, demonstrating a Frankenstein rig's extraordinary potential in gaming performance.
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