New Generation of Cases?

mikeb55121 writes "In my never ending quest to build a bigger and better computer i have come across this new design of computer case that is prety intresting to me and possibly any one else out there who build their own computers. This case is very unique because it is shaped as a "T" and the manufacture says that it ends cable clutter and has very good airflow." The aesthetics aren't bad, and the concept is solid. It'll be interesting to see if this catches on. I kind of doubt it.

Re:Offtopic, but...

[Anonymous Coward]

Tivo makes a nice case. You might have to rip out some extra parts, but it is a nice case.

Re:An old lesson from Apple

[sql*kitten]

I just had to cart a PC up 3 flights of stairs and down the hall to my dorm room. Moving my PowerMac was a lot easier because of the handles. PC makers still have a lot to learn from Apple IMO

If you can afford both a Mac and PC, surely you can afford a butler to do all that lifting and carrying for you?

What?!? I can't hear you.....

[Anonymous Coward]

Let me shut off my wind tunnel [g4noise.com] so that I can hear you.

Re:aesthetics

[Anonymous Coward]

Yes. I think it's beautiful, and would be proud to lug it home in my Pontiac Aztec.

About time

[TerryAtWork]

I've opened many a case in my time and I figure some of these case designers missed their calling, which was to design traps that guard Pharaoh's tombs.

one perfect shape

[g4dget]

Oh, come on, everybody knows that the one perfect shape for a PC case is this [impress.co.jp].

Besides, it goes so well with the one perfect shape for furniture [eero-aarnio.com].

Here is a mirror...

[Anonymous Coward]

...in case it gets /.ed. [bldrdoc.gov]

Re:Apple G4

[lederhosen]

Yeah!

In 50 000 years evolution will make it
possible to use their input devices...

AHEAD OF TIME!!!

Finally we know...

[Anonymous Coward]

what the designer of the AMC Pacer is doing for a living now....

I don't normally care about case mods

[scumdamn]

but I want that case!
That thing is beautiful. For some reason it just caught my eye and that was it. If you have more money than sense, I appeal to you: Purchase me this case! I am not strictly opposed to giving sexual favors for it!
HEAR MY PLEA! I WANT THIS CASE!
Thank you

Re:An old lesson from Apple

[ozmodier]

True that. but if you have a mac, can't ya just have your boyfriend carry it around for you.

This reminds me of the crappy CompUSA case..

[SensitiveMale]

that has the motherboard mounted on a fold down door.

While it looked cool and functional on my mac the PC case sucked because the IDE and floppy cables were too short to reach when the door was all the way open.

So every time I had to open the case i had to disconnect my hard drives and floppy.

Just another instance of the PC makers half-ass following Apple's lead and getting it all wrong.

Re:Pretty Cool

[Anonymous Coward]

Not to mention the fact that your motherboard is crushed under the weight of your big fat CPU heatsink.

Re:An old lesson from Apple

[shepd]

>PC makers still have a lot to learn from Apple IMO

You mean Apple learned from PC makers [oldcomputers.net], right? Apples loves to bring back really OLD ideas and pretend they're new and cool...

Re:An old lesson from Apple

[Anonymous Coward]

Wow, you're right!

If it wasn't for the apple logo, I wouldn't be able to tell them apart: mac [apple.com] vs. compaq [oldcomputers.net]

And the mac doesn't even have a monitor or floppy! IT SUXXORZ!

Re:one perfect shape

[demi]

I have to get one of those chairs just so I can sit in it and cry "I am not a number! I am a free man! [songweaver.com]"

Re:About time

[Reziac]

I once bought an otherwise-nice AT midtower that had apparently been designed by the high priest of some ancient god of war. Despite otherwise-excellent design, there is no edge inside that isn't both razor-sharp and angled so as to best rend passing flesh.

I covered every interior edge in that case with duct tape. Then sold it to a cheapskate client when he upgraded from a 386 to a 486. Figured that'd be the last I'd see of it. *BEEP*!!

Anyone care to guess how many times I've had my hands inside that deadly case since then??
Lessee... upgraded motherboard (2x), HD, modem; removed sound card; replaced fans (3x) ... that's 8 trips to the dungeon in all. And when I next upgrade that client's system, it'll be to a new ATX system... so the bloodthirsty case will, alas, follow me home, in the usual manner of used components.

The moral is, if a computer or any part thereof requires a blood sacrifice, there is no getting rid of the curse. It WILL come back to haunt you.

Re:An old lesson from Apple

[Rolo Tomasi]

Forgive me if I'm missing something here, but the entire case is aluminum (Lian Li PC-68), inside and out. Everything is connected to part of that case and thus to the aluminum.

So your CPU, your graphics chip and all the chips on your mainboard are in full contact with your case, with no air in between, i.e. using thermal grease? Uhh huh, yup ... must have been one hell of a soldering job, connecting microscopic wires to all those 500+-ball BGAs ...

It also has three fans plus the one on the power supply. Now you're going to tell me fans are a misconception too?

Take some reading lessons. I didn't say that. Or are you trying to divert attention by making ridiculous comparisons on purpose?

Say what? Air is an electrical insulator, and only to relatively low voltages. Vide, e.g., lightning.

What are you, some kind of troll? Nobody was talking about electrical conductivity. But since you brought this up, it shows your lack of general knowledge. Relatively low voltages, yeah, about 25 kV/cm. Air is coincidentally also one of the best electrical insulators.

It is most assuredly not a thermal insulator. Put your hand near a cold window in Winter and see how much insulation you get.

Ok, you're definitely a troll. A simple experiment: put your hand in 212 degree hot air. Then put your hand in 212 degree hot (i.e. boiling) water. After that, hold a 212 degree hot metal bar in your hand. Then tell me which material has better thermal conductivity.

Re:Two Observations

[ctr2sprt]

Ob/.CaseMod: Where would you put the window and the neon lights?

In the trash, where they belong.

(I have too much karma!)