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Transparent Water Cooling Case

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-thats-lust-worthy dept.

thefalconer writes "Over at the Via Hardware website one of the users there recently posted a very unique case mod that combines all of my favorites into a very cool design. Not only is the case totally transparent, but so are the covers on the hard drives, and it sports a water cooled Dual Athlon XP 2100+ processors. The case and all of the internal mods are entirerly hand made and it looks awesome."

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  1. A Step toward the IMac by Apocalypse111 · · Score: 5, Funny

    If the watercooling system leaks, all you need to do is add some fish and you've got an aquarium.
    Aw, isn't that cute, he's swimming around my CPU...

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  2. EMI by LBU.Zorro · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The main problem with acrylic / perspex cases is the lack of radiation shielding..

    Macroman from Bit-Tech.net suggested that the foil he uses on one of his cases (reflective unless internally lit) might block the radiation plus give a great effect.

    If you place acrylic cases next to your TV or radio, then you can see the interferrence..

    Also I remember reading that an open case / case window was screwing around with a remote garage opener..

    Just a thought if anyone is planning to use it as a tv top box since it looks so nice :)

    Z.

  3. Re:Really Nice Design... but... by Skyshadow · · Score: 5, Interesting
    As well, a friend of mine modded his computer so the water for the cooling would do a little waterfall in a waterproof tank that you could see(Through a piece of acrylic on the side of the case),

    Idea borrowed, no doubt, from the Cray waterfalls, available on several machines and cooling towers, including the Cray 2.

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  4. Re:Transparent Hard drive Case? by Satanboy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    actually to break the seal on your hard drive, there is a special way . . .

    you need a few things

    1) saran wrap

    2) latex gloves

    3) a good box fan

    4) a hair net (or hat) and a dust mask (just to keep the drive safe from you)

    5) a screw driver to open the drive

    go to your bathroom and turn on the shower for about 10 minutes on hot, so there is lots of steam in there

    then, take the box fan and blow the steam out of the bathroom, this will catch all the particles of dust that hang in the air and blow them with the steam outside of the bathroom, you then take the top of the drive off and IMMEDIATELY wrap it in the saran wrap.

    you can then mod the drives top and then put it back together in the "clean room"

    it is not guaranteed to work , but I have seen it done with no issues, you just need to wear the right clothes and be super careful.

  5. Re:Really Nice Design... but... by pmz · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wonder if there really never was any such thing as a super computer.

    Conspiracy theory: These Cray folk were really high-end furniture dealers posing as computer salesmen. The machine rooms housing Crays had rows of workstations under the tiles to do the work, while the sysadmins were enjoying their waterfalls, cool-looking couches, and lots of blinking LEDs. The tall black cabinets housed expensive beer, snack mix, and big TVs. Other cabinents had small humming devices and hiding places for party-goers, so passing managers thought the money spent was totally worth it.

    Sounds like "win-win" as far as I can tell.

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