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PC Case Made Completely of Fans

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the keeping-cool-while-looking-it dept.

drgroove writes "I work in a computer store building PCs all day. With every new case there are one or two 8cm case fans included. Most of the systems we build do not need any more cooling than is supplied by the CPU fan as most of our customers generally don't go in for all this 'overclocking malarky.' Looking around the stock room I discovered two large boxes of unused 8cm case fans. Surfing through case mod sites, the most popular mod you see (besides Lexan windows) is some form of whizzy cooling device, be it fan or waterblock. People go to great lengths to keep their PCs cool. Now... putting these two things together..."

19 of 404 comments (clear)

  1. Ho hum. by kryogen1x · · Score: 5, Informative

    Been there, done that.

  2. He's gonna need all those fans... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    To keep his server from melting during the slashdotting.

    As an aside, that thing has to be LOUD AS HELL!

    1. Re:He's gonna need all those fans... by mrjb · · Score: 5, Interesting

      On the contrary. Want a quieter case? Use a fan with bigger blades. Like that, more air can be moved with lower rotational speed and noise will be reduced. With a case built entirely of fans, I imagine each fan only needs to rotate very slowly for good ventilation. This thing has the potential to be extremely quiet!

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  3. Re:Cool! by suso · · Score: 5, Funny

    And installing it was a breeze.

  4. Nice Case by Senjutsu · · Score: 5, Funny

    - What?

    I SAID, "NICE CASE!"

    - WHAT??

    Oh forget it.

    - WHAT?!

    Worst. Idea. Ever.

  5. Jokes are funnier... by heatdeath · · Score: 5, Funny

    if you repeat them!

    WHAT?

    Jokes are funnier if you repeat them!

    What?

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  6. Re:Next! by RoadkillBunny · · Score: 5, Funny

    Next thing we need is a fan made entirely of old computer cases!
    You gotta move to soviet russia for that.

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  7. Finally ... by kitzilla · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... a computer case my kids won't touch. All except Stumpy. He'll mess with anything.

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  8. Re:Cool! by Porkbreath · · Score: 5, Funny

    Eh. Just another PC fanboy.

  9. Re:Cool! by Gadgetfreak · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't know why there are so many fans of bad puns on Slashdot.

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  10. That's the.... by Dunbal · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's the last time the cat is sleeping on the CPU case...meeeeeeeoooosplsplsplsplsplspl ewwwwwww

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  11. Ah yes by messiah_b · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Computer Case of toe and finger removal +5

  12. Fragile by MavenW · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Gotta be careful with those plastic fins on the fans. They're not very durable. Last week we had a guy with four or five pieces of paper in his hand, rolled up into a cylinder. He accidentally touched the processor fan with them and three of the fins busted right out. That made the rest of the fan imbalanced and it made a terrible racket until he yanked the power cord.

    If a small cylinder of paper can break them, think what a pencil or a shoe could do.

  13. Re:Cool! by MarkRose · · Score: 5, Funny

    And I don't know why so many moderators blow their points on them.

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  14. Re:Cool! by Infinityis · · Score: 5, Funny

    Cause it's the cool thing to do, that's why.

    Anyone else who thinks otherwise should be pun-ished. Case closed.

  15. Cluster by McGiraf · · Score: 5, Funny

    Imagine a beoWHOOOOoooOOOSH ............

  16. Re:Simply Fan-tastic by Kid+Zero · · Score: 5, Informative

    Found it! It was from 2000, five years ago. Geez!

    http://www.envador.com/cases/PVCII/

    PVC and a 18" box fan. Wow.

    I was wrong above, only one fan but considering I've kept that image in my head for five years now, that's not bad.

  17. Let's go to Fry's by Slur · · Score: 5, Funny

    I used to be a big fan of the case section. Now I'll have to remember to case the fan section.

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  18. Re:Cool! by unitron · · Score: 5, Funny

    He should have made it all intake except for the bottom and the bottom all exhaust. Custom case and hovercraft in one.

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