The most awesome looking PC cases...EVER.

[Viin]

Edit: Does anyone sell the Plus version of that?

I am not seeing a big difference. What am I missing?

More cooling (for the HDDs mostly) and the Plus version has the hidden wiring run. And think it's not that much more expensive.

[NiX]

This is the best Zalman case it isn't pretty but it is awesome. And it can be yours for about a grand and a half.

"Semi-permanent use"? Wat?

[schild]

I like the outside AND inside of the new TNN cases more: http://www.zalman.co.kr/ENG/product/Product_Read.asp?idx=186

[apocrypha]

http://slipperyskip.com/page23.html

Those are proper awesome.

[Rishathra]

This is the best Zalman case it isn't pretty but it is awesome. And it can be yours for about a grand and a half.

"Semi-permanent use"? Wat?

As in "leave it on and running for years" I think.

[Ironwood]

...T&A thread. With about the same probability of real touching

Tell me what you want to touch in the T&A thread and I will get you a price.

I'll hit you up with a PM after I put together my shopping list.

[stray]

Pfft.

This is the most awesome case ever:





And if someone already posted it, whatever. It's that awesome (the monitor is overdoing it though).

[schild]

Edit: Does anyone sell the Plus version of that?

I am not seeing a big difference. What am I missing?

More cooling (for the HDDs mostly) and the Plus version has the hidden wiring run. And think it's not that much more expensive.

I just got the 1000GS. You can run the wires on the opposite side of the plate, I didn't because I didn't notice while plugging everything in but I will when I get a new graphics card. It's a pretty fantastic goddamn case (short of the fact I burnt out my power supply, but I replaced it with a Zalman

[Righ]

Wow, or you guys could just buy a Mac.

Mac cases are the closest thing, yes, but you'd have to rip out $2,000 in electronics. Suppose I could troll craigslist or Ebay for a broken mac.

Plenty available, they go for under $100.

[schild]

Wow, or you guys could just buy a Mac.

Mac cases are the closest thing, yes, but you'd have to rip out $2,000 in electronics. Suppose I could troll craigslist or Ebay for a broken mac.

Plenty available, they go for under $100.

And I've just learned that the mobo screwholes don't line up with the spots on a mac case. Nice.

[Righ]

Yeah, that should be simple hack though. I think that he fact that the peripheral ports don't match a standard AT mobo would require some creative mods.

[Trippy]

Something like this would work:

http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=3387

There's also apparently issues with getting an ATX power supply to fit in there properly.

[Sheepherder]

[01101010]

Wat?

sidebar: My gf actually has three of those 12gal Eclipses.

[schild]

It's mineral oil.

[Chimpy]

http://www.hardcorecomputer.com/ProductCategoryDetail_catDesktop_productReactor1.aspx

I think that one looks better than the aquarium one.

[Sheepherder]

It's mineral oil.

Indeed.

Electric companies use a refined version as a coolant and an interface medium for heat sinks in high voltage transformers and switches.

[IainC]

http://www.hardcorecomputer.com/ProductCategoryDetail_catDesktop_productReactor1.aspx

I think that one looks better than the aquarium one.

It's also 3k for a distinctly ordinary PC or 9 grand for the XXTR33m version.

[Merusk]

http://www.hardcorecomputer.com/ProductCategoryDetail_catDesktop_productReactor1.aspx

I think that one looks better than the aquarium one.

Soo.. if I spend 12 grand on this liquid-immersion cooled super PC, it still only lasts about 3 years before it's totally obsolete, right?

[Chimpy]

The thread is about looks, yo!

[Sheepherder]

Soo.. if I spend 12 grand on this liquid-immersion cooled super PC, it still only lasts about 3 years before it's totally obsolete, right?

Their base machine is $3000.

Also, a real pro would make their own with a heat pipe and condenser/heat sink system suspended from the top of the enclosure.  Which, despite marketing by computer cooling specialists, is not actually all that complex.

[Merusk]

Soo.. if I spend 12 grand on this liquid-immersion cooled super PC, it still only lasts about 3 years before it's totally obsolete, right?

Their base machine is $3000.

I realize that. I went through their customize tool adding shit and wound-up with a computer that costs 12 grand.  (Granted the (3) 24" monitors didn't help)  So, yeah.. why?

[NiX]

I like how only their 10K model gets 4GB of RAM.

[Righ]

Dude, that's worked for Apple forever. Want another $30 worth of memory? Then buy the EPIC version for only $1000 more! You can literally charge more just to free people of having to tick an option when you're aiming at the sort of market that "Hardcore Computer" is.

[Simond]

Buy what? This is the case geek version of the T&A thread. With about the same probability of real touching

http://www011.upp.so-net.ne.jp/kat2/pc/ern005/ekana.htm 
Semi-NWS...sort of. Maybe.

[Chimpy]

That is both awesome for the artistry, and creepy for the whole...well...thing actually. 

[Sheepherder]

I realize that. I went through their customize tool adding shit and wound-up with a computer that costs 12 grand.  (Granted the (3) 24" monitors didn't help)  So, yeah.. why?

Why was I able to price a $9000 Dell XPS system?

Or: this argument would have merit if there was any fucking sanity at all in bleeding edge computing.

[Merusk]

You were? For a Dell?     

I really need to just start selling shit to stupid people.

[Righ]

I realize that. I went through their customize tool adding shit and wound-up with a computer that costs 12 grand.  (Granted the (3) 24" monitors didn't help)  So, yeah.. why?

Why was I able to price a $9000 Dell XPS system?

If you choose all the options including software, you can price a $16,000 Dell XPS.

[Venkman]

To paraphrase Robin Williams*

A $16,000 Dell XPS is proof that you have too much money.

* He was talking about cocaine at the time, and I believe I heard this recently cited on NPR.

[Sheepherder]

Samsung SSDs in RAID 0

Load your operating system, business applications and games faster than ever. With no moving parts, solid-state drives have near 0ms data access times.

Yeah...  If you know what a SSD is, and what RAID-0 is, you're probably stabby at the moment.

[Tarami]

You mean apart from the 800 MB/s read/write speeds you get with quad-striped SSDs? SSDs in RAID isn't pointless, it may be a waste on home computers (who am I kidding, it's awesome), but it's certainly not pointless.

Edit:
A few words fell out.

[Goreschach]

I like how for 9 grand they can't even be assed to go for Intel ssds.

[dusematic]

I though that this one would appeal to schild since it looks like his T-shirts.

lol. legit funny.

[Sheepherder]

You mean apart from the 800 MB/s read/write speeds you get with quad-striped SSDs? SSDs in RAID isn't pointless, it may be a waste on home computers (who am I kidding, it's awesome), but it's certainly not pointless.

For the low price of $1400 for a whopping 320 Gb of storage.

Comparatively, you could take that $1400, get a terabyte of storage at 100 Mb/s and a pallet of beer to soothe you during those long grueling load times.