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Impressive Homemade Aluminum Cube Case
baschie writes "A Belgian guy, Dennis Vieren, probably designed and built the most beautiful aluminium case ever, called project "Frozen". He designed his case from the ground up using CAD software, and built it from plates of 3mm aluminium and 3 mm acrylic glass. It cost him about 300/400 euro, and took him about 250 hours to build."
1 aluminium case : few hundred euros
cad software : $100
self-assembly : free
Posting 3 256kb pictures in a slashdot link : priceless
It makes me feel like I'm living in the future.
Then again, so does bubble wrap.
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hahaha, we're going to /. the stats page showing the /. effect.
I mean sure that thing is beautiful and all, but its also fucking gigantic.
So why not utilise the extra space? Install some sort of refrigeration system -- very useful should you ever choose to overclock -- and turn it into the worlds first PC-case/Bar fridge.
You think it's a thing of beauty now, imagine reaching into it and pulling out a brewski, without getting up from your Quake session!
Awesome!
:)
Considering that it cost him about $250 in materials, I don't think so.
And those cracks. They're art. Luddites!
You're absolutely right! We could have fed that aluminum and plastic to starving children. They'll eat anything.
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I'll be sure to forward that to Dr. Freud.
Now you slashdotted netstat!! (J/k, obviously).
I use this case at my job on Wall Street where I'm a derivatives trader. The case is both aesthetically pleasing and functional for my work.
Get that man on Sony's computer design staff, or have him make these things on the side.
I say Sony because:
1) Apple already has a great designer, Jonathon Ive
2) Michael Dell wouldn't know a good case design if it appeared as a cow with a black turtleneck shirt and spoke to him--"Dude, your cases SUCK...!!!"
3) Gateway couldn't afford to do this change
4) HP and Compaq are too wrapped up in their mutual admiration society
5) Sony understands design is important, even for PC boxes
As a preferred Macintosh user, this PC case is the most ingenious design I've seen. Nice work. Where I can get one to replace the POS with the Athlon I just assembled?
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But if companies were to do this, they might alienate the geeks. If computers suddenly became "hip" for everyone, and the average computing Joe had an uber-mod case, what would we at Slashdot do? That's right, we'd all go back to the ugliest beige boxes we can find, and we'd disconnect the LEDs, and we'd unplug every speaker except the one on the inside that beeps when something goes wrong.
We don't buy CK because we can wear clothes without the 5x surcharge. We don't buy home furnishings from Pottery Barn because we can buy adequate furnishings elsewhere for much less money, we avoid things that are expensive for the sake of being popular (or vice versa), so would we then avoid the case-mod?
Just a suggestion.
Lack of eloquence does not denote lack of intelligence, though they often coincide.
People already routinely pay 500% more than they need to for clothes (ck)
Hrm... I might spend 500% more, but that means I'm 500% cooler than you!
python -c "x='python -c %sx=%s; print x%%(chr(34),repr(x),chr(34))%s'; print x%(chr(34),repr(x),chr(34))"
Plus, steel is rather heavy, although a rusted out case might look pretty cool
/. all day and build up your own insulation.
Hey, how about neo-industrial art cases made from rusted out stuff from a junkyard. You could have a case that's cut from the gas tank of a 82 Nova. Or how about mounting that dual proccy Athlon inside the exposed radiator of a VW Bus? Or mounted in an old upright freezer, plenty of cooling there.
Or how's this, mount the guts under your office chair, and put dual lcd displays on each arm with a split chorded keyboard, now THAT would be sweeeet. Better provide plenty of cooling though, or put some insulation in your jeans, or just sit around reading
That person is going to have to sell that case on ebay to help pay for his web host bill now.
Does that mean you spend 500% more for 1/500th the coverage?
-JB
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