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Impressive Homemade Aluminum Cube Case

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the computers-don't-have-to-be-ugly dept.

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."

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  1. /.-ing commencing.... by nihilist_1137 · · Score: 5, Funny

    1 aluminium case : few hundred euros
    cad software : $100
    self-assembly : free

    Posting 3 256kb pictures in a slashdot link : priceless

    1. Re:/.-ing commencing.... by luge · · Score: 5, Interesting

      You can watch the pain at his ISP's stats page.

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    2. Re:/.-ing commencing.... by Engelbot · · Score: 4, Funny

      I would, but now the stats page is slashdotted. Somewhere, some gremlin is laughing his/her fool head off over this one.

  2. Sexy by Skyshadow · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Now *that's* one sexy cube.

    I'm telling you: there's a huge market out there for designer computers. If you could put out machines that weren't beige boxes but which instead were hip, you'd find a huge market with the 20-somethings.

    Apple made a run at this, and look how successful they were without running the mainstream Wintel setup.

    People already routinely pay 500% more than they need to for clothes (ck), home furnishings (Pottery Barn), even sporting goods just because of the brand name and for the chance to be fashionable. I can't see why computers should be any different. Pair this thing with a big flat-screen, a top-notch audio system and other similarly hip appointments, do some serious marketing, maybe brand it with known designer and I gaurantee you could sell these things for $5k each.

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    1. Re:Sexy by megaduck · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Remembering to make the case itself a subwoofer?

      Call me crazy, but I'm not wild about having a huge throbbing magnet next to my drives.

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    2. Re:Sexy by dimator · · Score: 4, Funny

      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!

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  3. Re:Ain't all that. by Xerithane · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Those cases are modified. This is a brand new never-before-seen-completely-from-scratch assembly. Also, are you on crack? This case was awesome. It brought a tear to my eye and turned me green with envy. I think I would kill that guy to get one if he weren't living so far away (or just buy one from him)

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  4. Case mod mod by Nathdot · · Score: 4, Funny

    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!

    :)

  5. try this link more pics, god it's sexy! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://216.74.64.37/casemod/index.htm

  6. Re:interference problems by psavo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Al is metal, it conducts electricity. That's enough to make Faraday cage work.
    I really don't think that materials that are used in today's cases are chosen for their emf-shielding abilities, but because of their low price.

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  7. Some decent work... by danamania · · Score: 5, Interesting
    It's nice to see 'case mods' reach a point where they're more than a simple light or hole in the case.

    Take a look at the modifications that extreme custom car builders do to their transport, not out of any practical reason, but for the love of building something with the most extreme quality. With imagination and hard work you can inject a LOT of style into your PC. I'd like to see systems with some insane 'tidying'... the auto customisers hidden wiring tricks, colour coded everything, even components laid out in an aesthetic manner. Not for practicality, but just -because-

    If that's not your thing however - good for you. Everyone has a little excess (read: pointless but pretty) style in their life. Like the friend of mine who derides Mac cases for their 'prettiness' and claims function means all the most to her, but drives a more expensive bespoilered sporty looking car with no more performance than an average one.

  8. It's all that and a bag of chips... by megaduck · · Score: 5, Interesting

    While case mods are cool, they're just modifications of boring old PC cases. What's super-cool about this cube is that it was built from scratch and doesn't look like a traditional computer.

    Besides, how many case modders use CAD and laser-cut aluminum? That's just nifty.

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  9. Best case mod site known to man... by rootedgimp · · Score: 5, Informative

    To VIEW moded cases, anyway.
    http://pcdb.overclockers.com.au/ (over 3000 cases).

    Best place I've found to buy parts to mod
    your case would be www.pcmods.com

  10. Re:Ain't all that. by linzeal · · Score: 4, Informative
    Wtf are you talking about? Did you even go to the link and click around their are clear cases, aluminium cases, and suitcase cases all built by hand.

    This page has a case made entirely out of legos.

    This page has a custom plastic case porsche-like with a spoiler.

    I know the difference between a modded case and a custom case. I just wish people would frigging take more than 2 seconds at a link before raving like lunatics.

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  11. Check out the one I built by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.

  12. Re:interference problems by Phanatic1a · · Score: 5, Informative

    Those "neat" logo cut-outs on the side are like garage doors for EMI radiation.


    That'd be a high frequency EM wave that can fit through what looks to be gap of about 1cm. About 30 GHz, actually, which puts it into the microwave range. If your PC is emitting in the microwave range, something's probably wrong in the first place. Plus, it's not going to interfere with much.

  13. Mirror link by colindiz · · Score: 4, Informative

    Well, hell, I posted this as an AC, but wtf, a score of 0? Craptacular.

    Dennis Vieren has moved the pictures of the case to: http://case.1be.be/.

    Go forth and /., as the moron hasn't fixed the size issues.

  14. Re:That's because stupid Americans can't spell... by rabidcow · · Score: 4, Interesting

    WRONG. The original spelling was alumium. (no "in")

    This was then changed to aluminum, then aluminium. Then it changed back to aluminum in the US.

    See http://www.world-aluminium.org/history/language.ht ml

    But none of this really matters unless you wanna go back to wulfram, plubnum, etc. (and originally, English had no "correct" spellings for anything.)

  15. Heh heh, Belgians taking over /. by tyl · · Score: 4, Funny
    This is the second story in row that involves Belgium (the Jeremiah comic strip was created by a Belgian dude).

    Next time we'll go for a hat trick. Heute Slashdot, Morgen das Sonnensystem...

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