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TJ: I found the ultimate PC case - www6.tomshardware.com/howto/20040115/ - now I wonder if my bank manager will laugh at me if I try to take out a loan for £1600 for a couple of those...

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Haku Orange Whip? Orange Whip? Three Orange Whips., Fri 9 Jul 2004, 16:09, archived)

I thought the case was that big cardboard box

until I hit page 2

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RedHouse over yonder, Fri 9 Jul 2004, 16:14, archived)

hehe

the thing's just one hossin' heat sink, weighing in at 25kg!

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Haku Orange Whip? Orange Whip? Three Orange Whips., Fri 9 Jul 2004, 16:16, archived)

Reminds me

of my last job where I had to design a PC in an industrial airtight box and wasn't aloud to use any fans inside.

I just made a huge heatsink and bolted it onto the inside of the case and used the whole box as a heatsink. Weighed a ton but worked, totally silent P4 2.6Ghz. Left after that so I don't know if it survived more than a week. Doubt it myself, the temp got pretty high in there...

(Gype, Fri 9 Jul 2004, 16:15, archived)

they probably opened it up after a couple of weeks to find a puddle of metal and components

my 2 PCs are in silent cases from www.quietpc.com, they aren't exactly lightweight either, really quiet but still not quiet enough for my needs so I'm building a wooden box round them with more padding on the inside (with enough airflow so they don't melt)

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Haku Orange Whip? Orange Whip? Three Orange Whips., Fri 9 Jul 2004, 16:19, archived)

Yeah,

but they sold two of the fuckers to a customer (a big oil company) so they probably had him knocking the door down after two weeks. That was half the reason I left, bloody cowboys.

(Gype, Fri 9 Jul 2004, 16:22, archived)

cool

/coat

acherly ... a colleague about seven years ago had a sparc or HP workstation with a massive great heatsink and a liquid cooling system that was silent apart from a very occasional baby-belch gurgling noise

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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 9 Jul 2004, 16:16, archived)