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Wired Case Mod Roundup
tpurcell writes "With the popularity of case modding, here is Wired's round-up of some more extreme mods. From a V8 engine to a 3 burner coffee pot, make way for some great cases."
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The funniest casemod I have seen was a FlexATX sized mobo stuffed inside an old vacuum cleaner. With the small old fan it actually also souded like one.
My personal favorite was a single board computer and CDROM stuffed into a model funnycar, you would lift the hood to insert or remove the CD's.
There are 4 boxes to use in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, ammo. Use in that order. Starting now.
Weird Case Mod Roundup
Has anyone seen any case mods with really clever design in them, such as subtle quiet simple cooling, or my favourite, hidden wiring?
The objective behind auto hidden wiring projects is to have as little or no wiring, cabling, tubing or piping visible. When you get inside the car or look under the hood you see JUST the engine, and nothing else. It looks empty and oversimplistic. Often needing some awesome innovation in just moving parts about.
I'd like to see more of the same in case design. Seeing an open case with edges smoothed, and a motherboard just sitting there with barely a cable or lead running off haphazardly to a bunch of drivers powered by more power leads just thrown about. Having those cables routed impeccably tidily looks stunning.
I've been working on one for a few months after thinking the idea over. It's slow going, I don't have the time to get it done quickly, but it should look quite stunning when it's finished.
That v8 engine is sure ugly.
Does anyone know whether those small mini-itx or via epia boards are any good for clustering? Can i build a linux cluster out of them? It sounds like that could be fun, especially that they're pretty small, inexpensive, consume very little energy, and are quiet.
does anyone have any links about that?
Applefritter has one that's an original iMac pullled to pieces, and modded into a 21" monitor.
Looks a bit odd from some angles, but it's kind of appealing.
I don't know if this was a real apple product released or a true case mod but someone did a widescreen mac SE/30. I can't imagine trying to source one of the widescreen 9 inch displays
And this guy here just might be the new Ron Jeremy.
I think this one is pretty cool. It's built into a PC PSU, which is then installed back into a normal beige case. The case is otherwise empty (apart from a 70's disco ball, as if it wasn't surreal enough already).
Epia boards are so small, you could fit one INSIDE a monitor. Take that Imac!
Besides the V8 and the Keg one, I wouldn't say these are too extreme. This guy has some real case mods. In my opinion, if you aren't building the case from scratch, it's not really extreme.
IANAL, but I play one on
Quintus malus puer est.
There are some interesting cases availiable, for instance I have an iTee case. There are interesting cases out there to be had, saying that while I am not completely unsatisfied with the i-Tee I am not sure I would buy one again, there are lots of great design features but also lots of little niggles.
I dunno. I lean more towards the simple box that sits on the floor or desk over these monstrosities.
I do like the brushed aluminum cases; they are nice looking boxes and disperse heat more effeciently. I have a nice looking CoolerMaster case for my main workstation, it's all aluminum, easy to work with, and has a green plexiglass door in the front.
That's about as far as I like to go with case styles.
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