Clear Case Roundup 207
The Cheat writes "Interested in making your computer the envy of all the other computers on the
block? What visitors to oooh and ahhh when they enter your room? The latest trend
in computer case solutions can do just that. AnandTech took a look at three clear
cases in a recent roundup,
each certain to make you more popular, right? Maybe not, but at least they look
cool."
These are certain to.. (Score:4, Funny)
Come on, you're a /. reader... (Score:5, Funny)
Sean
Re:Come on, you're a /. reader... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:These are certain to.. (Score:2)
EM problems (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:EM problems (Score:2, Informative)
Re:EM problems (Score:2)
Re:EM problems (Score:2)
but i've heard of stories like "my tv reception turned to **** when my neighbour used his computer without case panels", though mostly i would say that if that occurs theres something wrong with the tv cabling too(possibly with antenna too, piece of wire doesn't exactly make a fine receptor )..
crap, i used to run for like 1,5years without any case.. and watched tv on that too(wintv card), opening / closing another computer wouldnt make any difference, heck i guess my older 'backup' m
Actually... (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Actually... (Score:3, Funny)
Hmmm... (Score:2)
I'm not going to hop on the marketing bandwagon (Score:2)
A light and durable case is more important to me than one that you can see into. If I want to see my ribbon cables and motherboard, I can leave the side off.
Re:I'm not going to hop on the marketing bandwagon (Score:1)
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Re:I'm not going to hop on the marketing bandwagon (Score:3, Insightful)
The other ClearCase (Score:1, Redundant)
Re:The other ClearCase (Score:2)
I was especting to see a "ClearCase is a registered trademark...." disclaimer.
Re:The other ClearCase (Score:2)
Re:The other ClearCase (Score:2)
No, but this is a clear case of misunderstanding here on
No EMI (Score:5, Insightful)
There's a reason for all the EMI shielding in a case! And the reason? Search google
I have to wonder what the FCC says about these cases...although for Home use I don't believe there is much in terms of requirements.
Re:No EMI (Score:2)
Where? (Score:2)
Apparently you made that up?
Come on. Back it up with a link please.
Re:Where? (Score:2)
Come on. Back it up with a link please.
I got it from people that are knowledgeable in electronics and regulations. I really can't quote specific FCC regs any quicker than you can find an aluminum cased power supply that has the FCC mark on it.
Re:No EMI (Score:2)
Re:No EMI (Score:2)
Re:No EMI (Score:2)
Time to get those physics bells retuned. A changing magnetic field does generate an electric field, as a changing electric field generates a magnetic field. In fact, that how light goes through a vacuum. At least according to Maxwell [wikipedia.org].
Especially low frequncy magnetic fields (say 60Hz) have no trouble going through 1/8" aluminum sheets. An iron sheet will really attenuate those kinds of fields. You can test this if you like (as I have) with a 1' sq
Re:No EMI (Score:2)
Re:No EMI (Score:2)
The short answer is: too many. Every time you do that, you may be spoiling someone's radio or TV reception.
Come on, be nice to your neighbors: keep the case closed as much as practical, don't play your stereo at top volume, and don't buy plastic cases for GHz machinery.
What's the point? (Score:5, Interesting)
Are there any neat things you would like to see in a case?
Re:What's the point? (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:What's the point? (Score:1)
Other than that, does anyone know how easy it is to keep these things clean?
Re:What's the point? (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:What's the point? (Score:2)
Although I'd like a clear case, I don't think that they'd be too good for overclockers. Acrylic is not very thermally conductive. Worse than steel, much worse than aluminum.
Re:What's the point? (Score:2)
Re:What's the point? (Score:2, Funny)
I can see that these would be cool---for someone who's never seen an iMac
Yep, and it will always be that way until someone(company) decides to pay someone to design a cool case instead of painting the box a different color and calling it 'edgy'.
What I want in a case?
Sound deadening material.
Britney Spears.
Handles.
Wheels.
The wheels are optional.
Re:What's the point? (Score:3, Funny)
I would love to see a giant wad of cash in my case. Then I'd use it to buy a laptop.
One URL... (Score:1)
It's a safe bet (Score:5, Funny)
(damn, did I forget my humor tags?)
Lack of EMR Shielding? (Score:3, Insightful)
WARNING: This product is meant for education purposes only. It is unknown how much protection it provides EMR (electromagnetic radiation), if it provides any protection at all.
This warning trails all of their clear case descriptions... Anyone have any definitive info on this?
Re:Lack of EMR Shielding? (Score:4, Funny)
Think about it... do you want the type of people who want clear cases breeding? Sure, you could argue that they aren't likely to breed anyway, but this is just an extra precaution.
Stupid EM misconceptions (Score:3, Insightful)
The main reason there are regulations is not for health concerns, but to make sure that stuff will work in proximity to other stuff (Except of course hospitals or airplanes, where health concerns and electrical systems are closely related). If y
Re:Lack of EMR Shielding? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Lack of EMR Shielding? (Score:1, Insightful)
Given that most geeks have their PC cases open all the time anyway:
A clear case cannot give worse shielding than no case at all ...
Re:Lack of EMR Shielding? (Score:1)
If an area is completely covered by a conductor (such as a metal case), the electric field in the conductor will cancel to 0 (unless, of course, you have an electric field coming in through the conductor in an insulated wire (such as a power cord) leaving only the electric field created inside the metal. By this phenomanon, a case will be EMR shielded. However, plexiglass is an insulator, and would not provide this shielding. There aren't any definitive studies on
Re:Lack of EMR Shielding? (Score:1)
It might suck for the human, too.
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--Dan
Anecdotal evidence (Score:2)
He decided it would be really cool if he made the case entirely see-through (as many of these cases are.) So he completes the case, and goes home one evening. We had a storm that night. He comes back the next day, and as he's about to pick up the case, a huge (think RA2 Tesla trooper huge) arc goes across his motherboard. IT TURNED THE MOTHERBOARD BLACK.
Needless to say,
Re:Lack of EMR Shielding? (Score:2)
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It probably won't make you go blind or sterile, but it will probably annoy the hell out of some neighbor trying to listen to the radio somehwere.
Guaranted (Score:1)
And just a touch more cancerous!!
Seriously, these things are neat, and when they make a model that doesnt' need cleaning after a days use I'll gladly irradiate myself.
...but what I really want... (Score:1)
...is a completely clear notebook. :)
RF Transparent, too (Score:1, Redundant)
The review even mentions a problem with one case's "EMI Shield". Um, no, that thing isn't stopping any EMI, sorry.
So I'm sure that at least a few modder kiddies have had to stop using their case to stop messing with Mom and Dad's TV, wireless phone, 802.11b setup, etc (especial
Re:RF Transparent, too (Score:2)
interesting ideas, yes (Score:3, Interesting)
They already do (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:They already do (Score:2)
The problem with that is that
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popular at work (Score:4, Funny)
Re:popular at work (Score:4, Funny)
Douglas! (Score:1, Offtopic)
Ah the life of a case modder.. (Score:3, Funny)
Any case modder I know doesn't really have a life, other than Lan Parties.
other clear things (Score:4, Funny)
You know what this means? Now you have to clean whatever dirt a solid case/hood would have hidden... I guess this doesn't matter too much to people who buy new hardware every four months though...
Re:Clean Case (Score:2)
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Staring at the inside of a computer (Score:3, Funny)
It'd be so cool if there were transparant laptop case. Now, that's cool Better yet, transparant CD/DVD drive casing so that you can spot the laser. Imagine how cool it is to have that sort of laptop in the dark!!!!!!
Black Light, some lava lamp should be a must have!!!!!!
mod
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Any cool looking Notebooks out there? (Score:2, Funny)
I want something with lexan and neon and tubes and bubbles and shit.
Re:Any cool looking Notebooks out there? (Score:2)
why put your money there (Score:4, Insightful)
Whoop-tee-dee you have LCD's on your fan, I can push twice the fps you can and will procede to hand you your ass in tournament play. Just a thought.
Re:why put your money there (Score:5, Insightful)
Because not everybody cares for larger HDD space (ok so those people are rare, but the point remains)
Because for some people 2 ghz is indeed fast enough (a lesson that that many tech companies have to learn still)
Because they can.
Re:why put your money there (Score:2, Insightful)
For most people, 600 MHz is fast enough.
Re:why put your money there (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:why put your money there (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:why put your money there (Score:2)
Well, to use your example
Re:why put your money there (Score:2)
Re:why put your money there (Score:2)
I certainly wouldn't buy a fully transparent case as it has little appreciable RFI / EMI protection properties. It wouldn't be legal
Re:why put your money there (Score:2)
I laugh at your clear case! (Score:5, Funny)
Sorta Simpsons (Score:2)
oh... wait
Gotta love those dust bunnies (Score:2, Interesting)
You want to pimp out your case? Just take a drill with different size drill bits, and create a funky crop circle on the front, or side, or whatever. Cheap solution.
Re:Gotta love those dust bunnies (Score:2)
EMF Shielding, what's that? (Score:1, Redundant)
Dust? (Score:3, Informative)
Not for me but whatever floats your boat.
With a clear case..... (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:With a clear case..... (Score:1)
Better Throw In Some Bounce (Score:5, Insightful)
What about static electricity? Acrylic just loves to build up static. Even small amounts of static electricity, too small to be felt by human touch, will still turn expensive, delicate chips into expensive sand.
Yeah, they're pretty, but it looks like they'll probably also shorten the life of your 1337 g4m1n6 r1g.
Schwab
Re:Better Throw In Some Bounce (Score:3, Interesting)
Just don't drag your case across a carpet, or touch an component after the case, unless it is a metal grounded part.
Dust bunnies (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Dust bunnies (Score:2)
Another thing to clean, no thanks (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Another thing to clean, no thanks (Score:2)
Put one of those negative ion generators inside. It'll zap all that dust, and just imagine how all those negatively charged particules will enhace your computer's functionality!
clear cases? no, thanks... (Score:2)
They'll look dumb later on (Score:3, Funny)
Just remember, 10 years from now your cool modded case with its dual Athlon 2600s is going to look like a funny piece of crap.
Re:They'll look dumb later on (Score:2)
I have one... (Score:5, Informative)
I like the way it looks, which is important since it's sitting in front of me whenever I do any computer-related work at home.
I probably wouldn't buy one again though, because it's a hassle to keep clean, and I haven't found a way to keep the cabling looking neat since there's nowhere to hide the excess. Also, because the expansion card mounting bracket is Lucite like the rest of the case, it's kind of fragile. I think Soyo makes a case with a metal bracket, but they hadn't released it when I got this one.
I haven't experienced any EMR issues either for the internal components or the external ones.
Dont just go clear... (Score:5, Interesting)
It's practical. (Score:2)
How about a little less noise? (Score:2, Interesting)
I count five --albeit cool looking --fans in this case! This doesn't include the power supply fan(s) nor the CPU fan. What ever happened to the ideal of the nice quiet machine? Where's all the innovation on shutting the damm thing up?
It reminds me of the first beta-Itanuim machine I saw. The machine had eight fans and spun them up in pairs to avoid pulling too much power. The thing sounded like an
A note to case builders . . . (Score:2)
I have a big problem with all these "cool" cases though. My computer currently acts as a file server, and I have a Raid0 array for some IO-intensive work I do. This means I have 7 hard drives. This produces a HUGE amount of heat.
I know I'm not the only one with this many hard drives, and I know I'm not the only one who is conc
Re:I'm new to Linux (Score:1)