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

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YouTube PC enthusiast TrashBench recently took a ZimaCube 2 NAS and modded it into a gaming PC, driven by an RTX 5060 graphics card. Can a Server Replace a Gaming PC? At first, the tests showed the iGPU hitting around 18 FPS in Hitman 3 on 1080p with low settings. To power the RTX 5060, TrashBench removed all the hard drive caddies so that the system's drive bay was left completely empty. Stay On the Cutting Edge: Get the Tom's Hardware Newsletter Get Tom's Hardware's best news and in-depth reviews, straight to your inbox.