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3XS Isotope - 11 Sided Gamer's Computer

Posted by Zonk on from the one-more-side-and-you-could-roll-barbarian-hit-points dept.

Kez writes "For those who want to show off, then a undecagonal-faced prism case might be worth consideration. Scan's 3XS Isotope is certainly a very unusual system. It takes micro-ATX motherboards, so you can still use high end hardware in it. Perhaps the perfect LAN party system? HEXUS.net has a review, pointing out that this is the sort of system you will either love or hate."

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  1. I bet... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    my six year old would think this was pretty cool, but I certainly wouldn't want this beast in the living area. What's next, a one sided computer? "Why carry your computer to a LAN party when you can roll it there."

    1. Re:I bet... by SilicaiMan · · Score: 2, Funny
      Everyone turns to slashdot, including my self, to look for new innovations and ideas.

      I lost this hope ages ago!

  2. Thought it meant multi-monitor by Dancin_Santa · · Score: 3, Informative

    But it turns out that this is just a specially-shaped case.

    1. Re:Thought it meant multi-monitor by civman2 · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'm really underwhelmed by that. I thought the entire case would be shaped like a three dimensional geometric figure.

      How many Slashdotters would buy a computer case shaped like a D20? That's where the real market is. It might be a little expensive to throw around the room, so maybe you'd just want to stick with normal dice.

  3. Re:Missing? by Sparr0 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yeah, but only the first page. I saw all the other pics, including the interior ones, on the later pages just fine.

  4. Personally... by sznupi · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm waiting for hypercube-shaped cases.

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    1. Re:Personally... by FuturePastNow · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Like this?

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    2. Re:Personally... by dagnabit · · Score: 4, Funny

      For the overclocked CPUs, store the liquid coolant in a Klein bottle... and use Moebius cables to connect all the components.

      That would be so r4d d00d!

    3. Re:Personally... by brilinux · · Score: 4, Funny
      You ignoramus! While stupid academics and gamers use their simple 1 hypercube shaped case, I use four simultaneous time cube shaped cases!

      You must admit their superiority!

  5. Yawn by fallendove · · Score: 5, Funny

    Still waiting for an unseptacircular hexagasm

  6. Lan parties... by Eric(b0mb)Dennis · · Score: 5, Interesting

    With the price you'd pay for that thing, why not get a decent gaming laptop? That's what me and most of my friends use for lans now.. have the 802.11 ready, a good mouse... it's fun

    Plus for the hardcore, "I ate pizza all night", bathroom breaks.. you can take the game with you D:

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    1. Re:Lan parties... by jarich · · Score: 2, Informative
      you can't exactly get Athlon64 4000+ and a beefy video card on your laptop

      I don't know... this one looks decent (courtesy of PriceWatch)

      http://www.xtremenotebooks.com/index.php?section=c atagory&include_type=14_inch

      It's an AMD64-3700 w/a Radeon 9700

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    2. Re:Lan parties... by NeuroManson · · Score: 3, Funny

      I think it's simply for the "I want a really cool looking custom PC, but don't want to risk losing digits to my dremel" crowd.

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    3. Re:Lan parties... by jeremy_dot · · Score: 2, Funny

      Plus for the hardcore, "I ate pizza all night", bathroom breaks.. you can take the game with you D:

      So "taking the game with you" is what they use for an excuse these day to go into a bathroom with a computer.

  7. Can you say... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    SLASHVERTISING?

    1. Re:Can you say... by fallendove · · Score: 5, Funny

      I dunno...right now I'm having trouble saying "undecagonal"

  8. It's not 11-sided by S.O.B. · · Score: 4, Informative

    Not to be picky (OK I'm being picky) but it's not 11-sided. The front and back are also "sides" making this a 13-sided case.

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    1. Re:It's not 11-sided by TheoMurpse · · Score: 3, Informative

      There's actually only five Platonic solids (regular polyhedra in Euclidean space):
      1. Icosahedron (20-sided, all triangles)
      2. Hexahedron (cube, 6-sided, all squares)
      3. Dodecahedron (12-sided, all pentagons)
      4. Tetrahedron (4-sided, triangular pyramid, all triangles)
      5. Octahedron (8-sided, all triangles)

  9. Advertising by puck13 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Looks like the submitter has an email address at hexus. Free PR!

  10. Coral link by CompSurfer · · Score: 3, Informative

    Coral-ated Link

  11. Local by k3v1n · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Just make sure your LAN party is local, don't think airport security would take too kindly to this ;)

  12. The summary has it right. by ljaguar · · Score: 4, Informative

    The summary has it right.

    It said undecagonal prism. The article, however, says "(the shape's called a undecahedron, in case you were wondering)" That is wrong.

    Polygon = 2D. Undecagon is an 11-sided two-dimensional geometric object. Three-dimensional object enclosed by generalized cylinder and two congruent polygon is called a prism. So Undecagonal prism is the accurate description of the case.

    Polyhedron = 3D. Undecahedron is an 11-sided three-dimensional object. This has 13 sides. (http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Polyhedron.html) mathworld lists no name canonical name for 13 sided polyhedron.

    But your point was that the computer's case as a polyhedron has 13 sides not 11. You are also right.

  13. allure? by SuperBanana · · Score: 4, Informative
    Part of the allure of the ISOTOPE, to some at least, is having it pre-modified to accommodate a series of lighting gadgets, ranging from a couple of cathodes through to neon string and, would you believe, a strobe light.

    Um...I thought the whole 'allure' of stupi...er, I mean, custom looking cases was that they're unique and YOU built it. You know, instead of having that dull grey case that everyone else has, you have a case with neon and cutouts and 50 fans. Just like everyone else, but at least YOU botched the installation and didn't get it quite square and so on, so it's still...uh...unique.

    So how is this supposed to be alluring? Next year, everyone's going to have one of these things.

    Sorry, I forgot to put in [click to read more] after every sentence...

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  14. When did?? by John+Seminal · · Score: 3, Funny

    when did knowing what an isotope is, when did that become cool?? i got my ass kicked for being a nerd, now the stuff i liked is cool. in college, i learned to drink to make people like me, to fight to make people respect me. it almost is enought to make me want to blow shit up. why did my h.s. existance suck? i wish i knew what i now know then so i could have struck back. *crying*

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    1. Re:When did?? by TripMaster+Monkey · · Score: 2, Insightful


      We have struck back. We are the ones with nice careers and futures while the jocks and cool guys are bagging our groceries.

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    2. Re:When did?? by BorgCopyeditor · · Score: 2, Insightful

      You should have that ressentiment removed. If that thing swells up in later years, it could rot your balls right off.

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  15. I Propose... by PhunkySchtuff · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I Propose a new categoryu for Slashdot stories:

    Advertorial

    Anything, such as this, that is nothing more than a free (?) advertisement posted to the front page of /. should be marked as such, and then subscribers (of which I am not, for this reason among others) would have the option of easily skipping it.

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  16. Ugh by NonSequor · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How do people develop such a warped sense of aesthetics that they like this sort of thing? The entire case mod "scene" has got to be one of the saddest things I've ever seen. It's kind of like when you see a car painted yellow, green and purple. I'm not claiming I have impeccable taste, but I know ridiculous when I see it.

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