I think I may have to get one of these.
The plan is to build a custom all-stainless steel case that resembles every fictional hero’s worst-nightmare - essentially a ‘device’ that looks capable of vaporizing a sizable area of the earth’s surface. This WMD, however, is designed to take along to LANs more as a Weapon of Mass Gaming Destruction - a high-spec Small Form Factor rig for the best in gaming goodness. I only hope it doesn’t clear the venue…(But wouldn’t you win by default then? - Ed)
I want the final ‘look’ of the case to be sleek and clean looking, but with an industrial feel. A few of the general themes I will be following include:
All stainless steel construction.
Water-cooled.
Low noise.
High performance system components.
Red LED timer display. Able to count down from the start of a LAN event and continue throughout until the end.
Keylock switches, Keypad control, red flashing indicators.
A high quality build, utilising some laser-cut pieces, and CNC machined timer bezel.
Easily upgradable/accessable.
Tough, shock-absorbing construction, able to take a knock.
Plus a lot more that will become clear over the course of the project.
Quite a sharp-looking case, but ultimately kinda disappointing as it contains no hardware as of yet. I did bookmark it, though, and look forward to the finished product.
And damnit…someone else on that page already ran with my idea of a newspaper box case mod. Foo.
ExTank
December 2, 2004, 10:51pm
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It just looks like a 1950s vacuum cleaner to me.