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angelic
Well inspiration is a funny thing. Some get it from nature, some from great achievements and some from dreams. My inspiration to make a PC case actually came from a dream.
There I was minding my own business in my dream world playing Bomberman Live and I reached forward for a beer. And lo and behold there was a beer fridge as PART OF MY TV STAND!
That did it. I knew I couldn’t build a beer fridge into it, but at the moment there are a good few games/dvds taking up all that useful space so I decided to build a media PC. The fact is that I don’t actively NEED a media PC. I’ve got a nice enough setup in my bedroom, not too expensive that I feel guilty about playing xbox, but not too slow that it won’t play the latest games (Q6600, 4GB RAM, 8600GT).
My old pc is still quite a performer, however it’s just gathering dust at the moment due to the fact that it has no HDD. It’s an AMD Athlon X2 4400+, 2 GB RAM with some sort of 7 series card in it. I feel that, as a student, it is my DUTY to save money. Hence i’m going to be using all these parts. It’s got everything it needs to work except for a HDD.
I plan to make a case out of wood. Not only will this satisfy my cravings to be Jesus, but it will be extraordinarily cheap. There is also the fact that I want to make it match the TV stand, which is one of those massive Ikea jobbies. A new Graphics card may be in order eventually, and that’s assuming that I decide I want to play games the on machine (it’s attached to a 37″ HDTV so the prospects are certainly tempting) but for the moment the DVI connector on the TV will be enough to watch (legally) downloaded movies and play my massive music collection without having to change CD every 5 seconds.
I already anticipate air flow being a problem, with my plans involving a closing door on the front and the fact that the thing will be made of WOOD. Pictures will follow as soon as I can persuade the other half to lend me her camera. Which I bought her. Hm.
Sounds good. Natural products on computers seems to be popular at the moment. I think Dell are even brining out a bamboo coved laptop for the hell of it.
a wooden case sounds cool but don’t forget about earthing and emi shielding. Maybe build round in an internal metal case or faraday cage.
angelic i am gonna mail this page link to green peace
That’s a thought… I could make it unique by planting a tree in it! Maybe a couple of UV tubes… The heat and light would make it ideal!
Though possibly water in a PC case might not be so clever.
*ponders*