Fosfor Gadgets' Top 10 Weirdest Computer Case Mods

Ant writes "DiggFosfor Gadgets' Top 10 Weirdest Computer Case Mods: 'Computers come in many different flavours, but apparently that ain't enough for everybody. Case modding -- the modification of a computer chassis - has become a big hobby for thousands of enthusiasts around the world...'" Update: 12/23 13:20 GMT by Z : The dangers of night posting. Added link.

Link?

[darkitecture]

A link would be nice...

Re:Link?

[whoda]

Just wait until next week when they dupe the story. They'll get a link in then.

Top 5 Story types

[tronicum]

I even asked before the story was visible to non subscribers what information was inside the story. I did not find it yet.

Top 5 Slashdot Storys types

• Dupe (....as previously mentioned....)
• Media Hype (a study from FOO says BAR....)
• Unfunny Funny Stories (FOO laughs his as about ...)
• No information storys (Foo Foo Foo Bar)
• Global Foo (....a law in Northern Alaska)

Re:Top 5 Story types

[Elad Alon]

And dupes.

Re:Top 5 Story types

[mj_sklar]

I know you're joking, but what's wrong with global stories? So you don't live there, and it doesn't concern you, but someone lives there, and it for sure concerns them, and given the large amount of users on Slashdot, some of them probably live there too. If you don't like it, don't read it.

Site is down.

[aywwts4]

Looks like their servers are on burning in flames. Too bad they didnt run linux.

(Sorry, this linkless submission very well stood the chance of being the first to lack this post)

Re:Link?

[DigitumDei]

I submitted this story yesterday (with the link). Seems they prefered the submission without the link over mine. ;)
http://gadgets.fosfor.se/the-top-10-weirdest-case- mods/ [fosfor.se]

I'm really curious...

[Atario]

Has this ever happened before?

Could be a whole new category of metric showing how little quality control goes on around here.

Re:I'm really curious...

[LordNightwalker]

Yes, but I don't remember what story... But I've seen a linkless story before...

Re:Link?

[NitsujTPU]

This is slashdot... nobody follows the link anyway.

Re:Link?

[m50d]

Just wait until next week when they dupe the story. They'll get a link in then

Best. Case. Mod. Ever.

[ThinSkin]

Okay, not weird, but the best I've ever seen....

http://www.extremetech.com/slideshow/0,1206,l=1670 88&s=200&a=167099,00.asp [extremetech.com]

Re:STFU

[ArcticCelt]

I am sorry to continue this offtopic post but the subject is interesting. (and at least have a link!) I just now typed Fark to test the complain generator and got something starting exacly with this...

"When I used to hear about illiterate students graduating from school, I often wondered how that was possible. But after encountering some of Fark's more subhuman catch-phrases, I now realize that not only is it possible for people to graduate without having learned fundamental skills such as reading and wri

Link to the article please?

[arb]

I know most Slashdotters don't read the articles anyway, but how about a link for those of us that do? ;-)

Re:Link to the article please?

[Anonymous Coward]

Looks like http://gadgets.fosfor.se/the-top-10-weirdest-case- mods/ [fosfor.se]

Re:Link to the article please?

[bobdotorg]

I know most Slashdotters don't read the articles anyway, but how about a link for those of us that do? ;-)

Don't worry - it will all even out in the end: the dupe will have two links.

Re:Link to the article please?

[rizole]

This is great, now even the first post has been duped.
Can't wait for the dupe of the story so that I can read the quad of the first post of the first posting of the story......Erm....so that I can then copy and paste this post and repost on the second dupe post of the first post of the duped ...no wait...

Re:Link to the article please?

[Vo0k]

That's probably a new anti-slashdotting tactic :)

Shurely theresh shome mishtake?

[Max Romantschuk]

No link, Googling came up empty. The are editors still hung over from last night's Christmas party? ;)

Link

[b0wl0fud0n]

Here's the link: http://gadgets.fosfor.se/the-top-10-weirdest-case- mods/ [fosfor.se]

the link

[WhodoVoodoo]

is here http://gadgets.fosfor.se/ [fosfor.se]

Little hard to get in there...

[RevDobbs]

I don't see this [cside.com] providing easy access to the, uhm... "components".

I used to do this

[Anonymous Coward]

... And I am still using my last built one. I build them for reliability and performance now, unlike before, when I was building just for looks(and to show off my e-penis power) Even though some of these case mods are very odd, doesn't matter, as long as they are reliable and cheap-decently priced. The only people who focus on doing so are what we so gracefully call "n00bs" in computer games, but I must admit, at least they are taking a road to understand IT, unlike many people I know. I forever will suspec

WMD Mod

[LordLucless]

I wouldn't want to be the geek caught lugging that WMD mod to my local LAN party.

Iraq

[Freaky Spook]

This was what mislead the US government into thinking iraq had WMD's.

It was really a bunch of Iraqi geeks playing CS on their modded PC's.

It just happened they were so heavy they needed special trucks to get them from their basement's to the local community hall.

Re:WMD Mod

[Billly Gates]

Nah

I think it would be cool to lug that thing in the airport hidden in a bag to fly down to the latest quakecon or doomcon convention! Wouldn't you agree?

Re:WMD Mod

[sumdumass]

It would be funny to see the airport security's bomb disposal unit trying to dispose of it because it is "better to be safe then sorry".

I've seen them blow up a laptop before when some poor sap left it sitting around and walked off. Talk about insult to injury, you walk off forgetting your laptop only to find it was destroyed on the evening news. I also remeber reading about someoens lunch getting "blown up" by the bomb squad when it missed the trashcan after being tossed aside. One funny read was when they

Re:WMD Mod

[gmby]

I guess they found out how to have safe sex after all.

oblig fight club

[BitterAndDrunk]

Narrator: Airlines have this policy about vibrating luggage.

Jack - Was it ticking?
Airport Security Guard- Throwers know modern bombs don't tick.
Jack - Sorry, throwers?
Airport Security Guard - Baggage handlers. But when a suitcase vibrates, the throwers have got to call the police.
Jack - My suitcase was vibrating?
Airport Security Guard - Nine times out of ten it's an electric razor. But... every once in a while it's a dildo.
It's company policy never to imply ownership in the event of a dildo. We ha

Re:WMD Mod

[DJDutcher]

Note to self: When bombing an airport, place the bomb in a trash can. That way it won't be found.

Re:WMD Mod

[Jearil]

I want one. That case mod is the bomb.

not trying to troll about digg but....

[Bootle]

So I usually sidestep the digg-vs-slashdot debate by stating that I believe the two sites cater to different-enough niches in the tech-news market. Digg can't kill slashdot, because it can't aim at it....

Having said that, this story has been the top dugg article at digg all god-damned day. Yes, they also successfully provided a link to the damn article as well.

/. is gonna be in serious trouble if they keep following digg, and so poorly and late. I imagine this is not the first 'digg-dupe' and i doubt

Re:not trying to troll about digg but....

[Anonymous Coward]

Basically every story a comment like the above is posted. There's a reason why people keep coming here - the quality of comments here is much better than those of digg. A lot of people come here for the comments, whereas the comments on digg...

"Myspace SUCKS
It should be called emospace"

"lol linuxgangster.
word to yo' mutha."

"wow, i was so not expecting that, awesome! MS jsut got a wholee lot better!"

"when it comes out on pc I will download off of bittorrent and then buy it if its actually worth it. HALO 2 SU

Re:not trying to troll about digg but....

[gatzke]

But the comments at digg are even more pathetic than here at /. We have plenty of retartds and trolls, but they seem to have an endless supply of high schoolers and nothing else.

I like the story system over there for promoting articles, but the comments and community have a long way to go.

I might do that

[i_should_be_working]

The microwave one is actually very convenient. I'd love it if I could get to the innards by just grabbing the screen and pulling.

Seems relatively easy too, compared to other case mods.

It's just a pc...

[sendai2ci]

The one in the article doesn't actually work as a Microwave.

Building a PC in the same case as a Microwave could present interesting issues. I'd say no WiFi at the least...

Re:I might do that

[Anonymous Coward]

Alternative desktop background picture [kymp.net]
Internals [kymp.net]

Photos by Mikko Jokinen, taken at Assembly '03.

Some more details: It's actually no regular PC, but a PowerPC system called Pegasos [pegasosppc.com]. The system has a PowerPC 750CXe @ 600MHz, Radeon RV100 gfxcard, HDD (just about visible inside) and a slot DVD-drive (accessable from the above, not visible in the pictures). The display is a LCD screen modded to the microwave door. It's running MorphOS [morphzone.org] operating system.

When we demoed the system at Assembly '03, some kids a

He made it up

[drakethegreat]

I was thinking this was some guys random thoughts about cases but apparently there is an article.

i am disappointed...

[Anonymous Coward]

... that the #1 shows a panty shot but is not sporting a camel toe ^_^;;;

Looks sorta familiar..

[Bob Cat - NYMPHS]

Where did I see this? Hmm, let's look at the /. writeup again...

Ant writes "DiggFosfor Gadgets' Top 10 Weirdest Computer Case Mods:

What does that 'Digg' part mean? ;)

Re:Looks sorta familiar..

[traabil]

It's Swedish slang for "cool"

Re:MODS ON CRACK

[Geoffreyerffoeg]

Because you, sir, remain anonymous and aren't posting well enough to get moderator points of your own. Nobody will care about the opinions of an AC who's never gotten mod points. Log in, say some useful stuff, and perhaps you'll be given the chance not to moderate it redundant. Or to metamoderate against that guy. Or to moderate it insightful and bring it back up.

Nothing innovative here, move along

[t0qer]

A few weeks back slash had an article on weird USB drives. My comment for that is the same for this one, you can carve space out of ANYTHING and turn it into a PC case.

Case modding is like, the car with a lawn on it. The scene is mostly filled up with cheesy ricer neon mods with everyone trying to see who can make the weirdest case possible.

I think the last great innovation I saw in a case was on the blue apple G3 tower. I hate macs, but man, the swingout motherboard on that case was sweet. Actually, the shuttle cases and form factor were pretty innovative, but they are sort of hard to work on being such a cramped space.

Cases can be an extension of ones personality, but between the toilet bowl case, and the manga bit boobie girl, you have to wonder whats goin on in these folks minds.

Anyways, I hope folks stop going nuts over these lame cases. It's getting old.

Re:Nothing innovative here, move along

[ettlz]

Your ricer analogy is quite apt. The case-modding scene isn't exactly a research forum for good taste.

I think the last great innovation I saw in a case was on the blue apple G3 tower. I hate macs, but man, the swingout motherboard on that case was sweet.

SGI knew a thing or two about decent case design as well. I think their offerings are sorely overlooked in favour of the crazy furore that surrounded the iMac (in itself an ugly little runt).

I'm sure the submitter meant to add a link...

[Powercntrl]

But he immediately had to go see a man about an Xbox 360. ;-)

I followed the link...

[myheroBobHope]

And I wish I hadn't... I'm ok with most of the fluff posts as I find them vaguely interesting. These mods are all really stupid. Most of them have already been posted on Slashdot before too... It's basically a no link dupe, amazingly enough.

Re:I followed the link...

[c0dedude]

It's been said before, but what do the Slashdot editors actually edit?

Re:I followed the link...

[Halfbaked Plan]

Hopefully their resume's

#1 - The Miss Kanna PC

[xkenny13]

Here's a link to "The Miss Kanna PC", the anime case mod that made the #1 spot:

http://sae.cside.com/sae/kat/pc/ern005/ekana.htm [cside.com]

This page includes construction details and lots of pictures of the building process. Looks like quite an amazing amount of work went into this...

Re:#1 - The Miss Kanna PC

[datafr0g]

Pretty cool but I can't help but wonder where the Turbo button would be on this thing if it were built in 1992...

Re:#1 - The Miss Kanna PC

[InsaneLampshade]

Well, it would obviously have to be in the same place Chii's "switch" is. ;)

Re:#1 - The Miss Kanna PC

[$RANDOMLUSER]

> I can't help but wonder where the Turbo button would be on this thing if it were built in 1992...

It's still there, you just can't find the damn thing.

Re:#1 - The Miss Kanna PC

[Misagon]

You don't want to know.. ;)

Re:#1 - The Miss Kanna PC

[saucercrab]

This one was built for a magazine in the spring of 2004 and is some sort of manga figure. But why do you have to see the panties?

You must be new around here.

It gives a whole new meaning to "turning on your PC," doesn't it? I'm looking forward to finding the power button.

Re:#1 - The Miss Kanna PC

[Fred_A]

Not that much work apparently since it isn't a case. It's just a lifesize plastic anime girl with PC components bolted to its back.

If it hadn't been made for a magazine, it probably would have been much more creative. As it is, it's just a sculpture in front of some hardware.

Very disapointing IMO.

Has anyone made a realdoll case yet ?

Re:#1 - The Miss Kanna PC

[AK Marc]

Here's a link to "The Miss Kanna PC", the anime case mod that made the #1 spot:

Is that it? Well hell, I could toss a computer up into a Macy's Parade or Rose Bowl float (I'd say Mardi Gras float, but I think they all did - what, too soon?) and call it a "case mod." Are these nothing more than things built around computers, or are they actual case mods? Yeah yeah, the link is down...

Re:#1 - The Miss Kanna PC

[hackstraw]

If the interface was simpler [phun.org] and the case was a little more realistic [realdoll.com], that might be the last time we see the kid.

I have a unique case mod

[CrazyJim1]

I forgot to buy a case... So I carved out holes for the video card, and mouse/keyboard out of the cardboard box my motherboard was sent in. I don't leave the thing on overnight in case of fire though.

Re:I have a unique case mod

[Egregius]

A friend of mine has built a server by nailing all the components onto a simple piece of wooden plank. The server is also called 'plank'. He said: "Who needs a metal case anyway?". So we replied: "Those that care about electromagnetism damaging our components."

So now he has chicken-mesh over it.

Re:I have a unique case mod

[Halfbaked Plan]

My first 'PC' system back in the day was an XT clone motherboard, an original IBM-PC 63-1/2 watt power supply, and a "Leading Edge Model D" case. It was all components I had bought cheap at a Hamfest.

The Model D case didn't have the standard ISA card slot spacing, so I had to dremel out all the slot guides except for slot one. So the first card in the motherboard was an IBM MDA video card, which 'anchored' the rest of the works in the case. Other cards had to be screwed down to a strip of metal running a

Re:I have a unique case mod

[tylernt]

I ran into the ISA slot spacing thing too. Had an old XT case that I crammed a 386 into. I widened one of the case's ISA slots with a hacksaw and passed the KVM cables through the opening. The mobo was set about 4" forward in the case and secured with nylon standoffs and lots of electrical tape. I was probably 15 at the time.

Another one I can't take credit for: I got a discarded PC from the local university around 1999. It was some oddball HP that someone had retrofitted a standard AT power supply into. The

Re:I have a unique case mod

[drinkypoo]

the super-classic style is to use a milk crate and zip ties. motherboards can be zip-tied down and the cards stick out the open side. Power supply gets zip-tied to the upper inside, usually, and so on. I've had a couple generations of upgrades in such a case before I finally scavenged a good one.

Remember?

[The Angry Artist]

Why is everyone complaining over the lack of a link? Everyone knows a true Slashdotter doesn't need the link to make comments.

Oh, top 10

[Jotii]

If they did not exist, then what would unimaginative webmasters fill their sites with?

I would rather see slashdotters'

[earthstar]

I have checked the link yesterday on Digg...the modswere that interesting to see.

I think if slashdotters uploaded their mod pics,they'd look good....
Any of you posting?

Dirty minds

[ElVaquero]

I wonder where all the ports are on that manga girl mod..

Re:Dirty minds

[ceeam]

In her ears of course! :-)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0326672/ [imdb.com]

Re:Dirty minds

[drinkypoo]

Well okay, but then you still have to worry about finding the power switch...

If you like casemods, you'll love this

[Anonymous Coward]

There are tons of wierd and wonderful casemods on this site
http://www.mini-itx.com/ [mini-itx.com]

They have a steady stream of people sending in photos of their work.

Hmm

[ElektroHolunder]

Where did they put the USB ports on the winning mod?

Inquiring minds want to know!

Wait till Nano-ITX comes out....

[PhotoBoy]

Nano-ITX [via.com.tw] is looking to be a very small package (12cm x 12cm) so we are likely to see some even more abitious case mods over time. Most of my favourite case mods are where people mount Mini-ITX boards in classic games consoles like the NES.

Re:Wait till Nano-ITX comes out....

[Fireye]

I've been waiting for this to come out for over a year and a half now. Via did a soft-launch, and never produced any number of these units. They might start being available soon... but who knows.

Re:Wait till Nano-ITX comes out....

[PhotoBoy]

Yeah, I've been somewhat annoyed with the long delay! But I spotted this [mini-itx.com] recently, so hopefully that means we'll start seeing nano boards in the rest of the world fairly soon!

The main questions I have now are how much space the heat sink takes up and what sort of power supply requirements it has.

Number 1 was weird...

[Anita Coney]

... it was beautiful!

Mine are tame by comparison

[PIPBoy3000]

I spent a few years making case mods [archive.org]. The first was all-black with a window and cathode light, very traditional by today's standards. Back in the day when beige was all you could get, this was pretty flashy. I made a Lego computer too, which was all the rage for awhile.

My pride and joy is the Fossil computer [archive.org]. It's wood and brass, nearly silent, and has a fossil "badge" in the front. I'm not sure if that classifies as weird, but it's a thing of beauty.

my favorite ...

[scharkalvin]

is the R2D2 case. What detail! Someone must have freeze framed
Starwars frame by frame and blown up all the images of R2
and then measured the photos. Bet that case could win a scale
model contest.

The toilet case was real shitty. (sorry about that chief!).

Re:my favorite ...

[TychoCelchuuu]

Or they could have bought one of the million R2-D2 toys/action figures/miniatures/replicas.

Re:my favorite ...

[scharkalvin]

Or they could have bought one of the million R2-D2 toys/action figures/miniatures/replicas.
LIFE SIZE?!!!!!

Did he MOTORIZE it and have the computer control it?
(Just imagine the case walking across the room and
falling down a flight of stairs!)

Re:my favorite ...

[Misagon]

Being a Star Wars fan, I have seen much better home-made R2-D2's than that.
Google for "R2 Builder's Club" and be even more amazed. ;)

The New "Slashdot Interactive"

[Rick.C]

We're listening to you, our loyal Slashdot audience. You said, "Stop Slashdotting small, defenseless sites, you big meanies!" And so we have.

Here's the deal: We publish a story without any links and you get to search for TFA. (Of course, many Slashdotters who never read TFA will see no difference, but it does cut down on the mindless link clicking by those who are just bored.)

This new Slashdot feature is available to both subscribers and non-subscribers, but subscribers get to start searching first!.

Re:The New "Slashdot Interactive"

[i.r.id10t]

Interesting. Release the blurb for all to see with no links, including the reply code (except subscribers) - let the non-subscribers search for it themselves if they want to RTFA. Then once the blurbs been posted for some amount of time, start displaying it with links and reply/comment links. Subscribers still get what they currently get, but non-subscribers who actually give a hoot (and will thus make the good comments) will be able to search for the article and read it and reply once it is "open to the

Goatse case mod

[figa]

This [boingboing.net] has to be the strangest I've seen.

Drilling Stainless steel for the WMD mod...

[deacon]

On page 5 of the wmd mod link

http://www.bit-tech.net/modding/2005/10/19/wmd_g-g nome/5.html [bit-tech.net]

the fabricator notices that he keeps dulling his drill bits. There are two reasons for that.

First, drill bit rpm is TOO HIGH. Stainless steel has poor thermal conductivity, and will not draw heat away from the drill bit very well. The drill bit cutting edge will go over temperature and soften and dull over.

This nice PDF chart should be printed out and put next to your drill press:

http://www.etec.wwu.edu/faculty/McKell/rpm%20ipm%2 0charts.pdf [wwu.edu]

It shows an allowable speed (surface feet per minute) of 30 for stainless steel. Note this is the same as for titanium.

Convert to rpm

http://www.maintenanceresources.com/ReferenceLibra ry/CNC/scratching.htm#sfm-rpm [maintenanceresources.com]

or here:

http://www.drillmasters.com/speedfeed.shtml [drillmasters.com]

using the formula RPM=SFM ÷ 0.262 ÷ DRILL DIA

and you end up with for a 1/4 inch hole 30 ÷ 0.262 ÷ .25 = 458 RPM

Thats about 7 revolutions per second.. pretty slow.

These reccomended RPMs/SFM are for factory production where time is money. I usually run at a lower RPM than (half as fast or less) because I am not in a hurry. The drill will last much longer the slower you go.

The second problem is the work hardening of stainless steel. If the drill bit is allowed to rub the surface without making a chip for even one revolution, the surface of the stainless will harden and dull the bit. You must press hard so that chips start forming immediately. If you must stop to raise the drill to clear chips for deep holes then raise the bit very quickly. Don't let the bit rub in the hole without cutting at any time.

Finally, the cutting lubricant: I use rubbing-alcohol+water mixture. It boils away in the drill hole to cool the bit, and does not leave an oily mess on the work.

Re:Drilling Stainless steel for the WMD mod...

[Anonymous Coward]

Thanks for those tips on drilling (I'm the creator of WMD BTW), very useful, but you are preaching to the converted :-).

I did use a top-spec cutting/drilling compound, drilled at 500rpm for everything, used cobolt drill bits - pretty much everything you mentioned anyway. The reason I dulled so many drill bits was through the sheer number of holes I ended up drilling - 500+, all through 2-5mm 304 2b stainless.

As you obviously know, it only takes the merest beginnings of wear on the bit and the next hole you

Re:Drilling Stainless steel for the WMD mod...

[deacon]

From the pics you showed, the quality of your workmanship is superb..

I was surprised you used a MIG welder instead of TIG on stainless, but it worked for you, is a lot easier to use, and is probably what you had available.

Anyway, great job!

Re:Drilling Stainless steel for the WMD mod...

[wilec]

I work as a technician in a health care enviroment, I drill a fair bit of stainless and every now and then a wee bit of titanium, granite or ceramics. I use a water/alcohol/baking soda slurry with all these efforts regardless of the bit type. I picked up the baking soda trick up from another coworker a while back. I suspect the baking soda may help with the thermal properties, I know it helps reduce the mess by reducing runnoff. And I always do it slow and hard :)

Thanks for the PDF chart and other links.

Mat

Re:Drilling Stainless steel for the WMD mod...

[deacon]

I will have to try that.. The alcohol does dissapear quickly.

Thanks!

Re:Drilling Stainless steel for the WMD mod...

[deacon]

I only like technical parties.

:)

nyud.net link

[yet another coward]

http://gadgets.fosfor.se.nyud.net:8090/the-top-10- weirdest-case-mods/ [nyud.net]

Good job, CowboyNeal. :P

[antdude]

I was wondering why my site got hammered. :) So, it was CowboyNeal's fault forgetting the link. Heh.

Most of my submitted stories are also on AQFL [aqfl.net]. ;)

About the "miss kanna" mod

[darksith69]

...is some sort of manga figure. But why do you have to see the panties?

Oh man, what age is he? Doesn't he know what they are for? It's not like they are going to bite you, anyway...

But why do you have to see the panties?

[stoyan]

Well, DUH!

They fogot my favorite!

[kronocide]

The ElectriClerk [ahleman.com], a retro build inspired by the computers in Brazil, including old typewriter keyboard and freznel lens, and made for a game Chtulhu Lives! It's a fully functional Macintosh, and does it ever look sweet.

Case-mod Rules

[evilviper]

I'm sure everyone else will chime-in with theirs as well, but personally, I have just one STRICT rule for case-mods:

1. The mod-case must not be any larger than a standard PC case. Otherwise, where's the challenge?

"Ooo look, here's my 'replica house' case-mod... I took a house, and stuck a computer inside it!"

Case-mods have nothing to do with the PC anymore, and are just standard art works. Build an R2D2 model, put a motherboard in it: casemod! Buy a car, put a computer in it: casemod!

R2-D2 mod.

[Cyno01]

Hey, i know the guy who did the r2-d2 case. Heres his original worklog [pimprig.com].

Titanic PC Case

[httpamphibio.us]

Years ago when I was working at a computer store in Seattle we got some flyers for some new computer cases, I can't remember what the company was, but it was a major one. Anyway, the scene from Titanic with Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet on the front of the ship was on the front of the case, a three dimensional circular badge about two inches in diameter... unfortunately we didn't order any.

Laptop Mods not to be Underestimated

[wehe]

Because laptops sales will outperform desktop sales soon, laptop and notebook moddings [repair4laptop.org] should occure in this top ten list, too. Often they are more difficult to modify and need special modding techniques for laptops [repair4laptop.org]. To me my weirdest laptop hacks are these fun moddings: laptops made from bread and chocolate as well as virtual hacks [repair4laptop.org] (some of them have been slashdotted already).

Re:Link?

[ad0gg]

its "WTB [Link]". Then you get spammed by farmers with "you buy [Arcane Crystal] 12g k?" for the next 10 minutes.

Re:Link?

[Fireye]

Being an alchemist on horde Cenarion Circle, I paid about 10-12g per crystal, and transmute it into arcanite. Arcanite sells for about 17-20g, depending on how many are available that day. I actually gave up arcanite transmutes to do my own Water --> Air transmutes, which give me a net 10g profit.

Re:Link?

[ad0gg]

On Crushridge i was buying crystals for 12g and then transmuting(paying 5g for the transmute) and auctioning off the bars for 30g. Had that going on for about a month till people realized they could do the same and price of arcanite bars normalized to around 18g.