I did not link to said retailer because I was not able to find a web site for them the last time I looked. They are called Computer Builders Warehouse. The Computer Surplus Outlet I mentioned later is a different place.
Computer Builders Warehouse is a franchised name, and the only two web sites I found today (http://www.computerfranchise.com/ and http://cbwnet.com) are apparently part of the parent store, and are not run by the independent local Las Vegas franchise.
Re:Hot hard drives?
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The hard drive beneath the PSU should be fine. The front intake fan is blowing in right in that area. Part of that air goes directly into the venting on the front of the PSU, and the PSU fan should then be sucking all of that straight out the back. There is no venting on the underside of the PSU, so there is the bottom of the PSU as well as the top of the drive cage in between the PSU and the hard drive.
The case temp as read by the motherboard has hovered at 22C ever since I set it up. None of the exhust streams are very warm, and nowhere on the outside is warm to the touch.
Re:Yes, its your "wife's" desk
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The last time I checked you can't marry a blow up doll.
I'll take your word for it. Maybe you have need to look into that sort of thing, but *I've* never had occassion to check.
Re:Answers to a few "questions"
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As I mentioned, it's quite easy to carry. The thick motherboard tray on the left offsets the weight of the drives, I guess. The aluminum I used for bracketing the CD drive is very light.
Re:How much does it weight (pounds)?
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I plonked it down onto my bathroom scale just now. It's roughly 17 pounds.
Answers to a few "questions"
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Thanks all; I'm glad so many of you like the box. And for those who think it's ugly: be glad I didn't use the yellow version of the toolbox. As I said on the page, it's meant for my daughter. If it was meant to be more high-performance I would have chosen a different mobo with more appropriate specs. Even now it would would do great for LAN parties if I dropped in a decent vid card.
About balance: yes, it is a little heavier on one side than the other, but not overly so. It's easy to carry from either direction, because the PSU is still fairly central.
About the size of the box: I would have loved to get a toolbox big enough for peripherals, but I just couldn't find one. I looked all over town and this was the best I could do. Virtually every toolbox I found was too narrow to hold a motherboard. There were plenty wider and taller, but most toolboxes were less than 8" deep, front to back.
As for why the page is hosted on AOL; I've explained it before when I catch flak at Ars about my AOL-ness, but I won't go into it all. Suffice it to say that my main connection is cable. I pay $0 for the AOL, so why not use it?
Yes, I am a lowly user of Win98. It does what I want it to do. My wife is OK with it, too. Sorry if it bugs you.;)
As for the Jergens... take a look at the pic. Wolf mousepad, turtles and wolves on top of the monitor. What does it add up to? I'll tell you: it's my wife's desk in the living room. It was much easier to plug it all in there since her machine was already down with a bad mobo.
Frankly, anyone who could recognize that bottle as Jergens specifically, must have some of their own...
Congrats to you all: you even managed to/. AOL for a little while!
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I did not link to said retailer because I was not able to find a web site for them the last time I looked. They are called Computer Builders Warehouse. The Computer Surplus Outlet I mentioned later is a different place.
Computer Builders Warehouse is a franchised name, and the only two web sites I found today (http://www.computerfranchise.com/ and http://cbwnet.com) are apparently part of the parent store, and are not run by the independent local Las Vegas franchise.
The hard drive beneath the PSU should be fine. The front intake fan is blowing in right in that area. Part of that air goes directly into the venting on the front of the PSU, and the PSU fan should then be sucking all of that straight out the back. There is no venting on the underside of the PSU, so there is the bottom of the PSU as well as the top of the drive cage in between the PSU and the hard drive.
The case temp as read by the motherboard has hovered at 22C ever since I set it up. None of the exhust streams are very warm, and nowhere on the outside is warm to the touch.
The last time I checked you can't marry a blow up doll.
I'll take your word for it. Maybe you have need to look into that sort of thing, but *I've* never had occassion to check.
As I mentioned, it's quite easy to carry. The thick motherboard tray on the left offsets the weight of the drives, I guess. The aluminum I used for bracketing the CD drive is very light.
I plonked it down onto my bathroom scale just now. It's roughly 17 pounds.
Thanks all; I'm glad so many of you like the box. And for those who think it's ugly: be glad I didn't use the yellow version of the toolbox. As I said on the page, it's meant for my daughter. If it was meant to be more high-performance I would have chosen a different mobo with more appropriate specs. Even now it would would do great for LAN parties if I dropped in a decent vid card.
;)
/. AOL for a little while!
About balance: yes, it is a little heavier on one side than the other, but not overly so. It's easy to carry from either direction, because the PSU is still fairly central.
About the size of the box: I would have loved to get a toolbox big enough for peripherals, but I just couldn't find one. I looked all over town and this was the best I could do. Virtually every toolbox I found was too narrow to hold a motherboard. There were plenty wider and taller, but most toolboxes were less than 8" deep, front to back.
As for why the page is hosted on AOL; I've explained it before when I catch flak at Ars about my AOL-ness, but I won't go into it all. Suffice it to say that my main connection is cable. I pay $0 for the AOL, so why not use it?
Yes, I am a lowly user of Win98. It does what I want it to do. My wife is OK with it, too. Sorry if it bugs you.
As for the Jergens... take a look at the pic. Wolf mousepad, turtles and wolves on top of the monitor. What does it add up to? I'll tell you: it's my wife's desk in the living room. It was much easier to plug it all in there since her machine was already down with a bad mobo.
Frankly, anyone who could recognize that bottle as Jergens specifically, must have some of their own...
Congrats to you all: you even managed to