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  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    I still quite like that transparent one. Either that, or another cube like the one I have now.

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  • Vertigo1Vertigo1 Official Fuzzy Dice of FirstOnes.com
    But the problem with those lucite cases is that they're unshielded. RF interferance city!

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  • Random ChaosRandom Chaos Actually Carefully-selected Order in disguise
    It should be easy enough to embed metal shavings into them or a net grid system to cut the RF down...

    Although I personally prefer the automated torpedo system that locks onto and destroys all government and corperate sources of RF interference [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]_
  • JackNJackN <font color=#99FF99>Lightwave Alien</font>
    Or how about that Transparent Aluminum we saw in prototype about a year ago. German company I think wasn't it?
  • BekennBekenn Sinclair's Duck
    Computer.
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    Hello, computer....

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  • AnlaShokAnlaShok Democrat From Hell
    The lucite cases are also VERY fragile. No carrying those off to LAN parties! Even shipping them with tons of packing doesn't work once they're assembled.

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  • RhettRhett (Not even a monkey)
    I like the Blue Nest posted above, its cheap, however all my drives are beige. That would look gay... Its kinda thrown a wrench in my plans.
  • Vertigo1Vertigo1 Official Fuzzy Dice of FirstOnes.com
    [quote]Originally posted by rhett:
    [b]I like the Blue Nest posted above, its cheap, however all my drives are beige. That would look gay... Its kinda thrown a wrench in my plans.[/b][/quote]

    Nothing a can of spray paint couldn't fix. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]

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  • Random ChaosRandom Chaos Actually Carefully-selected Order in disguise
    GREEN!!!
  • AnlaShokAnlaShok Democrat From Hell
    They do have a white version of the nest which would go with beige drives. With the blue lights, it's the color scheme of the WhiteStar.

    I have the green one and I put in round cables which I then covered in corrugated tubing. I mounted a pair of handles on top. It's a semi-portable borg case.

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  • Vertigo1Vertigo1 Official Fuzzy Dice of FirstOnes.com
    [quote]Originally posted by JackN:
    [b] It is nice. Has that 2001/2010 movie look. It's too subtle for me at that price though...

    [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/wink.gif[/img][/b][/quote]

    Then this might be in your range. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
    [url="http://www.coolerguys.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=001&Product_Code=840556009139&Category_Code=CS-Koolance"]http://www.coolerguys.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=001&Product_Code=840556009139&Category_Code=CS-Koolance[/url]

    keep in mind that doing it yourself costs only SLIGHTLY cheaper, and decent pumps and radiators are hard to find.

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  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    That looks pretty cool. The radiator/corntrol unit thing on top looks nice. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]

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  • Entil'ZhaEntil'Zha I see famous people
    [quote]Originally posted by Vertigo1:
    [b] Then this might be in your range. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
    [url="http://www.coolerguys.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=001&Product_Code=840556009139&Category_Code=CS-Koolance"]http://www.coolerguys.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv? Screen=PROD&Store_Code=001&Product_Code=840556009139&Category_Code=CS-Koolance[/url]

    keep in mind that doing it yourself costs only SLIGHTLY cheaper, and decent pumps and radiators are hard to find.

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    Good lord $189 bucks? Just so you can overclock? but it costs more than a faster mobo/processor!

    Looks cool tho.




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  • Alec MAlec M Award Winning Poster
    [url="http://www.dangerden.com"]http://www.dangerden.com[/url]
    [url="http://www.frozencpu.com"]http://www.frozencpu.com[/url]

    These places sell some good watercooling equipment. Just remember that watercooling has two purposes, both of which are worth the money to me:
    1) Better CPU/Video/Chipset cooling. Parts last longer, are more stable, or can be overclocked higher.
    2) Low noise. You have to hear it to believe it, but getting rid of those CPU and Vid Card fans really help!

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  • JackNJackN <font color=#99FF99>Lightwave Alien</font>
    Eh... Looks like a Mini-fridge all right...

    Something about water any where in the vicinity of my computer that bugs me...

    [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/wink.gif[/img]
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    Use alcohol cooling then.

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  • Entil'ZhaEntil'Zha I see famous people
    [quote]Originally posted by Slade:
    [b] [url="http://www.dangerden.com"]http://www.dangerden.com[/url]
    [url="http://www.frozencpu.com"]http://www.frozencpu.com[/url]

    These places sell some good watercooling equipment. Just remember that watercooling has two purposes, both of which are worth the money to me:
    1) Better CPU/Video/Chipset cooling. Parts last longer, are more stable, or can be overclocked higher.
    2) Low noise. You have to hear it to believe it, but getting rid of those CPU and Vid Card fans really help!

    [/b][/quote]

    I still feel that cases like this are really only good for one purpose, and thats overclocking, unless your fans have bad bearings they are not going to be that loud, and a good solid case will eat up a lot of that noise anyway.

    I just can't see spending more on a case than a new mobo/processor would cost. i mean heck, i've got 6 machines, and 3 hubs with fans running in my office at home and the noise isn't that bad.



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  • Random ChaosRandom Chaos Actually Carefully-selected Order in disguise
    If you're going to go with liquid cooling, go the whole way! Use liquid helium!
  • Alec MAlec M Award Winning Poster
    Depends on the operating environment of your machine. I wouldn't want to have a stock HSF on my machine, since I'm not comfortable with the processor running at 60 degrees all the time. The fan in my case is a 60mm Delta, running 7000 rpm, and it's LOUD. Even then, I get about 52-54 degrees when I'm rendering stuff. Going with water could get that temp down to 30 degrees or less, and there wouldn't be any more noise than my case fans and hard drives, which would be great.

    Water cooling isn't meant as a replacement for a new computer, it's meant as an addition to an already top-of-the-line system.

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  • Random ChaosRandom Chaos Actually Carefully-selected Order in disguise
    Can I assume your temperatures are in Celsius?
  • Vertigo1Vertigo1 Official Fuzzy Dice of FirstOnes.com
    [quote]Originally posted by Entil'Zha:
    [b]
    Good lord $189 bucks? Just so you can overclock? but it costs more than a faster mobo/processor!

    Looks cool tho.[/b][/quote]

    Dude, I thought it was high until I bought the eqipment to mod my own sys. Its actually cheaper to get that case than to do it yourself. Plus, its got a HD cooler too. Right now I'm kicking myself for NOT getting that case instead.

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  • Vertigo1Vertigo1 Official Fuzzy Dice of FirstOnes.com
    [quote]Originally posted by Random Chaos:
    [b]Can I assume your temperatures are in Celsius?[/b][/quote]

    Umm...DUH! Why would he be complaining about 60 degrees if he wasn't talking celcius? (ref: 51C = 125F)

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  • Entil'ZhaEntil'Zha I see famous people
    [quote]Originally posted by Vertigo1:
    [b] Dude, I thought it was high until I bought the eqipment to mod my own sys. Its actually cheaper to get that case than to do it yourself. Plus, its got a HD cooler too. Right now I'm kicking myself for NOT getting that case instead.

    [/b][/quote]


    I guess if you need that kind of cooling, i just keep my cases open with a heatsink/fan and don't have problem, course i'm not rendering, so i don' thave that heavy a load on my CPU.




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  • Vertigo1Vertigo1 Official Fuzzy Dice of FirstOnes.com
    [quote]Originally posted by Entil'Zha:
    [b]
    I guess if you need that kind of cooling, i just keep my cases open with a heatsink/fan and don't have problem, course i'm not rendering, so i don' thave that heavy a load on my CPU.

    I installed it because the ammount of fans I needed was keeping everyone up at night. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/tongue.gif[/img]


    [/b][/quote]



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  • AnlaShokAnlaShok Democrat From Hell
    [quote]Originally posted by Slade:
    [b]Depends on the operating environment of your machine. I wouldn't want to have a stock HSF on my machine, since I'm not comfortable with the processor running at 60 degrees all the time.
    [/b][/quote]

    I use an Intel P4 2.26. My CPU stays at 40 degrees. I use the stock fan that came with the chip. AMDs just run too hot for my comfort.

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