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New Generation of Cases?
mikeb55121 writes "In my never ending quest to build a bigger and better computer i have come across this new design of computer case that is prety intresting to me and possibly any one else out there who build their own computers. This case is very unique because it is shaped as a "T" and the manufacture says that it ends cable clutter and has very good airflow." The aesthetics aren't bad, and the concept is solid. It'll be interesting to see if this catches on. I kind of doubt it.
For those of you who don't much like macromedia stuff, you can see small pictures of these things on another page on the same site.
They will not fit into the "case" compartment of most PC benches, if thats the kind you have.
Good idea, but Im pretty sure theyre a passing fad since the dimensions are so inefficient.
loply.com
Some similar ideas I remember from my experience also with Compaq and IBM.
Less is more !
Here's a fast mirror incase the website goes down.
This case would look at home in any AV setup.
Cooler Master 610-GX1
A bit pricey though
A few more pictures.
I planned on inserting something witty here but never got around to it.
Might I suggest an aluminum case? And perhaps a flat panel display? After all, a CRT monitor is the heaviest part of the average PC, and those steel cases are a bit on the heavy side too, not to mention less able to radiate excess heat.
Hic iacet Arthurus, rex quondam rexque futurus.
Looks like it costs ~$122USD. At least on the only site that seems to carry it . . .
http://www.home-pc.co.uk/browse.asp?cat=cases
Go do your research. There is quite a bit of information on quieting your PC out there, and quite a bit of specialized hardware out there to do this.
Go to google and search for "quiet PC" or click here.
There are plenty of cases/fans/and everything else out there to silence a PC. You just have to look.
Never trust an atom. They make up everything.
The animation _does_ show the power supply. It is under the drive bays as you guessed. Look again, and look closely.
apples first attempt at it screwed up too
on the beige G3 towers the IDE cables weren't long enough to get to the lower bays, and running/replacing IDE cables was a complete bitch and a half - and this case didn't have the motherboard on a door, just the door and power supply easily folded out. the second major problem w/ the case was that you had to unplug stuff to open it. So youd pop in that new component, test it, and then have to shut down so you could unplug the power again and close the case back up
I'm out of my mind right now, but feel free to leave a message.....
Air isn't a good insulator? Why the hell do they make winter coats puffy? Try wearing a wetsuit and a good winter coat outside. They both have the same ammount of material, why are you freezing in the wetsuit? Because the jacket's padding traps air.
The fans are necessary BECAUSE air is an insulator. Your processor has a heatsink in order to conduct the heat to the air, which will absorb it. The fan blows the hot air away from the heatsink so that it will keep working. If air were a conductor, you wouldn't need a fan, because the heat would be conducted through the air.
Air isn't an electrical conductor either. Lightning is not only not a "relatively low voltage", it's a fucking astronomical voltage. It jumps through the air because it's got enough energy to power your house for a month. Thunder, man! Air is not a conductor, that means it heats up resisting the current, causing it to expand explosively in an audible shockwave. Lightning only happens because air is an insulator seperating the clouds and the ground, which are both way better conductors than the air.
High School physics man. Try and retain your education a little. This is why people think the highest point on earth is Pluto.