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Headphoneus Supremus
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Any of you who know hardcore gamers know that they spend a lot of over-the-top cash on interesting, often times weird decorations for their case that involve glowing lights, glowing fans, flashing strobe lights, uv-sensitive paints, and the like. These decorations are collectively termed "case-mods," basically modifications to the ATX computer case to produce an asthetically pleasing result.
I'm moving my hardware components from my old antec/chieftec server chassis (a little too heavy and ridiculous) into this baby:
http://www.newegg.com/app/Showimage....171-002-01.JPG
An acrylic case which glows blue when in the prescence of ultraviolet radiation. Weighs in at at about 15 pounds less than my current case, is smaller, and looks neater to boot. Also has 2 fan holes on the case side, allowing for fan intake next to the constantly hot graphics card.
I bought these feet to mount on the bottom of the case (they glow blue):
http://www.newegg.com/app/Showimage....888-015-03.jpg
And finally I purchased five of these fans to allow for optimal cooling and glowing of the case. They emit quite a bit of UV which causes the fan itself to glow bright neon green, a nice contrast to the case, which will inadvertedly glow blue.
http://www.case-mod.com/store/produc...roducts_id=687
Total cost is about $120.00 including shipping. That's a really great bargain, considering I'm lightening up my computer's weight about 15 pounds, adding some awesome decorations, cutting down the volume of the case (a mid tower is the same width as my huge server chassis but is significantly shorter and not as long front to back). I calculate that, at the rate of one LAN party per weekend, I lift my case a total of eight times: (1) move it upstairs, (2) move it into car, (3) unload everything from car into LAN party arena, (4) move everything and set up, (5) unpack and move it upstairs, (6) move it back into the car, (7) unload it at home, (8) move downstairs and finish setup. So, every weekend I'll lift a total of 120 pounds less weight with these upgrades. That's the excuse I gave my parents when I ordered this stuff, anyways, hehe.
Post your questions and comments and I'll get back to you in a while. Enjoy the pictures everyone.
Cheers,
Geek
I'm moving my hardware components from my old antec/chieftec server chassis (a little too heavy and ridiculous) into this baby:
http://www.newegg.com/app/Showimage....171-002-01.JPG
An acrylic case which glows blue when in the prescence of ultraviolet radiation. Weighs in at at about 15 pounds less than my current case, is smaller, and looks neater to boot. Also has 2 fan holes on the case side, allowing for fan intake next to the constantly hot graphics card.
I bought these feet to mount on the bottom of the case (they glow blue):
http://www.newegg.com/app/Showimage....888-015-03.jpg
And finally I purchased five of these fans to allow for optimal cooling and glowing of the case. They emit quite a bit of UV which causes the fan itself to glow bright neon green, a nice contrast to the case, which will inadvertedly glow blue.
http://www.case-mod.com/store/produc...roducts_id=687
Total cost is about $120.00 including shipping. That's a really great bargain, considering I'm lightening up my computer's weight about 15 pounds, adding some awesome decorations, cutting down the volume of the case (a mid tower is the same width as my huge server chassis but is significantly shorter and not as long front to back). I calculate that, at the rate of one LAN party per weekend, I lift my case a total of eight times: (1) move it upstairs, (2) move it into car, (3) unload everything from car into LAN party arena, (4) move everything and set up, (5) unpack and move it upstairs, (6) move it back into the car, (7) unload it at home, (8) move downstairs and finish setup. So, every weekend I'll lift a total of 120 pounds less weight with these upgrades. That's the excuse I gave my parents when I ordered this stuff, anyways, hehe.
Post your questions and comments and I'll get back to you in a while. Enjoy the pictures everyone.
Cheers,
Geek