Going Case Less

[DeEmanon]

Anyone have their mother board and all else out of the case? Ie mouned to a table or on a wall?

 

[mickey megabyte]

i used to, a long time ago, when i was even poorer than i am today. for a while my mobo, drives etc lived in a cardboard box, then i had the inspiration to stick everything in a car tyre.

it's not a great idea though, as your hardware is open to all sorts of dangers eg spilling coffee, short circuits, kids, pets etc etc

 

[Sub Styler]

Not any more, I used to have a system built into a small bedside chest of draws. Motherboard in the middle draw, psu in the bottom draw and drives in the top draw, I extended the cables from the PSU myself with solder and heat shrink, and cut a groove in the bottom of the top draw for the drive cables. This was when a 500Mz celeron with 256mb RAM was considered a decent set-up.

 

[Hopalong X]

MM

A coffee spill might be a bit inconvenient with this set up.

Of course with this set up I could recharge my pacemaker while surfing the web!

 

[panais]

i used to, a long time ago, when i was even poorer than i am today. for a while my mobo, drives etc lived in a cardboard box, then i had the inspiration to stick everything in a car tyre.

it's not a great idea though, as your hardware is open to all sorts of dangers eg spilling coffee, short circuits, kids, pets etc etc

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I like the second in the carton
The hard disk is upside down.

 

[PooMan UK]

Sadly I think this connecting them together thing isn't gonna take off

 

[Hopalong X]

WOW! A Super Computer!!!!

 

[PooMan UK]

The power supply ain't much better

 

[panais]

Sadly I think this connecting them together thing isn't gonna take off

WOW! A Super Computer!!!!

Correction.
WOW! A Super Mess!!!!

 

[Thorsen]

Sadly I think this connecting them together thing isn't gonna take off

lol. I am sure all of those Mobos are fine....

 

[Airbot]

 

[Hopalong X]

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That will be interesting when the front lower case fan kicks on.

Though anyone wearing a hat like that is just asking for Chuck Norris to come find them.

 

[mickey megabyte]

the same person?

 

[DeEmanon]

though, is it a good idea to stick it in, a drawer? and do people do WOW, ?

 

[mickey megabyte]

i think it's best to stick it in a proper case. you know it makes sense.

 

[DeEmanon]

yeah but it gets boring...

 

[seavixen32]

This one's even got a built-in shortcut to the trash can.

 

[patio]

 

[pparks1]

Open air designs don't necessarily cool well. Cases are designed to promote airflow and pull cool air over warm components and get the warm air out of the box. Having components in the wide open doesn't provide them with the airflow over the components and thus they can actually run warmer when they are wide open. I guess you could put a 20" box fan in front of the whole table and blow cool air over the entire thing.

 

[smarteyeball]

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Some people will do anything for a blowie...

though, is it a good idea to stick it in, a drawer? and do people do WOW, ?

You can stick it anywhere ( ) provided it's grounded and adequately cooled.