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Zygo writes "Again a little bit of hardware news for today: At MonkeyReview a very cool case... At DV Hardware a little article about an aluminium mousepad, called the Steelpad... OCCanada takes a look at the Gigabyte GA8PE667-Pro... ExtremeMHz brings you a guide to power... Some Christmas stuff... And Modthebox checks out a cool tachometer for PC's!" richie2000 submits a holiday-themed case mod: "A gingerbread case mod. Don't tell me you didn't see this one coming. And here's a mirror of one of the images."
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[From the DV Hardware link]
The black colored Steelpad comes from Denmark and is made out of a 3.5mm aluminium plate.
So the Steelpad is made of aluminum; that makes sense.
It's also hardended [sic] to ensure the durability under all conditions
That's good, too: I know my mousepads always ended up twisted and mangled from daily use...
I want to drag this out as long as possible. Bring me my protractor.
From the Antec case review:
"Details & Specs
As I had said earlier, this unit packs a punch in terms of performance. Due to its large size there is much more room for fans as well as allow much better air circulation. This particular tower came to us equipped with 2 80MM Antec fans serving as rear exhausts. I added 2 additional fans, 1 on the side, acting as a blower, and 1 in the front acting as an intake. In total there is room to place 5 80MM fans. Again, due to its size, and the fact that components aren?t tightly packed together, you can expect much better airflow right off the bat. With the combined fans, things simply run much cooler.
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Damn...I wish I had known all this time that the reason my computer is so damn slow is because of the case! Instead of upgrading my PII/300 motherboard and processor, I'm gonna get my self a hi-performance case!!!
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"Toilet PC"
"In my new quest to find odd objects to turn into computers, my fiancee Julie and I were at the grocery store one day when I thought of this idea. At the grocery store there was a child's training toilette sitting in a shopping cart"
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A nice computer for Christmas...? Nice.
Are you interested in adopting a 21 year old Comp. Eng. student who could really use presents like this for Christmas?
115 F/0.000001% humidity? That is nothing, Texas 99F/99% humidity. Now that is rough!
DV Hardware a little article about an aluminium mousepad, called the Steelpad
Wow, and to think all this time I've been using nice, soft gel. Time to throw that out and get me a nice block of steel...that'll do wonders for the 'ol carpal tunnel...
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Oh, come on.
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If you're going to add a tach, don't go with one of those puny little Sun tachs. Use one of these bad boys:
http://www.autometer.com/hp/2001_catalog/data_a
It'll be about as much use on a computer as it is on the typical riced-up Civic....
DG
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