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Water-Cooled Half-Life 2 Case Mod

Posted by timothy on from the just-like-mom-used-to-make dept.

Takara writes "In an enormous from scratch project, piloux has recreated the HL feel in his LAN PC. This UV reactive watercooled case features 7 fans along side the meticulously texture painted contents. Take a look at the finished product images."

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  1. now that this guy is going to be slashdotted... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    here's the freecache.org link [Freecache/Post Link]

  2. Re:Pretty good, but keyboard looks painful! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    In the (looooooong) thread (@BitTech) he explains how he actually did pay attention to typing comfort. Most of those sharp spots just look sharp or are out of the way of the wrists.

  3. Additional Pics by Cam+Wheeler · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://pcdb.overclockers.com.au/view.php?name=Pilo ux71&page=pics

    Has some additional pics of this case that showoff the keyboard and some of the lighting a bit better.

    1. Re:Additional Pics by Cam+Wheeler · · Score: 4, Informative

      Please get rid of the space that was introduced by Slashdot in the URL Fixed Link

  4. RTFT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    There is a link in top of the page for the original thread. Maker explains very clearly there how he did it and what he used to make it. Even asks help for sometimes.

    Sure its bit long (was over 90 pages 2 weeks ago), but it's worth of reading.

  5. Re:Not sure what's more impressive... by E10Reads · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually, this page was slow yesterday (5.24.04), after the flood from a Gizmodo listing.

  6. Re:Slashdotted already ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Slashdotted already ...

    No.

  7. Re:Ouch by KozmoStevnNaut · · Score: 2, Informative

    The MS Explorer V3.0 does 6000 samples/second at 400dpi, actually.

    The Logitech MX mice do around 5250 samples/second (according to THG) at 400 or 800dpi.

    Both are great mouses, but I can't stand the ergonomics of the MS ones.

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  8. Re:Ouch by drinkypoo · · Score: 2, Informative
    I bought just the usual old 2x samping logitech mouse for $30 and it is superor to any ball-based mouse I have ever used. Ball mice have serious problems. Besides needing to be cleaned all the damn time, you either have a light mouse ball which only grips well on neoprene, or a heavy one that sometimes moves inconsistently inside the mouse and causes movement blips. If there's no slack in there, though, then when you push down hard on the mouse in a fit of "oh shit gotta dodge that" it'll grind against the top and stop, so it can't be designed that way.

    My logitech mouse has never given me any grief, even plugged into USB which used to mean latency death in any and all games. The single-speed sampling opticals are crap for games, they have a distinct tendency to go backwards and jitter when sitting still. This thing doesn't have any of those problems, will likely never need maintenance, looks cool sitting on my desk, and cost $30. I just can't see buying old technology that I know is crap anyway. Why not support the new stuff so it improves?

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  9. That is awesome by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    I just want to record, for posterity, that some anonymous /. reader thinks this case mod is extremely awesome.

    Except the mouse - can't play HL with a weird-feeling mouse. But damn, the case looks amazing.