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    A Clockwork Orange Gets Overclocked

    Absurd Liquid-Cooled Desk Computer Is a Tribute to Mod Excess

    Toaster and Bento Box PCs Make Working Lunches Easier
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE
    06/11/09

    In reply to A Clockwork Orange Gets Overclocked
    While I think case mods like this are amazing, I always am a little disappointed when I see someone had sponsors or "professional" help. I've been modifying cases for my own computers lately, and everything is being done by me, except for the new WOPR case I'm building, where I needed someone to do vinyl letters for me as they would look horrible for me to do myself. But any metal/plexi cutting, painting, polishing, etc... is done by me. Yeah, they in no way look like the cases you see here, in the way of complexity, but I think they are a little more honest b/c I spend a month+ on them between paint drying and waiting for parts to arrive. Just my 2 cents.
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    Image of tok3ninja tok3ninja
    06/10/09

    In reply to A Clockwork Orange Gets Overclocked
    No floppy drive..


    What kind of high end machine these days doesn't have a floppy drive? How else are you supposed to load Wolfenstein 3D for proper benchmarking?!

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    Image of Xeno Xeno
    06/10/09

    @tok3ninja: You download it on your 36.6 modem.
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    06/10/09

    @Just a simple Xeno:


    36.6? please - if you were hardcore you'd be rocking 56k. noob.

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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    06/10/09

    In reply to A Clockwork Orange Gets Overclocked
    I'm torn. On the one hand, that thing could probably eat my kids. Which I don't have. So this thing could eat my children from the future....


    On the other, if I were gonna go that hardcore for a system, I think I'd cut back on the CPU, or maybe drop off one of the GeForce's, and up the storage on that thing. I mean, what does he use it for? What kind of workflow that requires this kind of processing power is satisfied with 240GB of storage space?


    Or, it's just for the "wow" factor.

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    Image of emergeoriginal emergeoriginal
    06/10/09

    @OCEntertainment: if he/she/it has something like this, they probably have the means for some external storage.


    i have two laptops and two desktops and the max in any of them is 320gb, though i have a couple buffalo backup drives to store everything in.

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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    06/10/09

    @emergeoriginal: But attachments negate the purpose of having a desktop computer in the first place. Plus it will be slower if it's USB-based. Actually the whole discussion of what component to ditch to make room in a case this big illustrates how over the top this machine is..
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    Image of CaptainHoratioMcCallister CaptainHoratioMcCallister
    06/10/09

    In reply to A Clockwork Orange Gets Overclocked
    Just makes me think of Orange Julius, and the old SNL skit with Sylvester Stallone.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE
    06/10/09

    @CaptainHoratioMcCallister: Where he tries to sell the vending machine! Oh, I wish I had that sketch.
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    Image of CaptainHoratioMcCallister CaptainHoratioMcCallister
    06/10/09

    @SafetyMachete_GitEmSteveDave: Yeah, I was just looking for it but it appears nobody has ever bothered to upload that particular skit.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE
    06/10/09

    @CaptainHoratioMcCallister: They have, but it always gets taken down. I can't even find a torrent of the SNL show.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    06/10/09

    In reply to A Clockwork Orange Gets Overclocked
    dude, where are the benchmarks?
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    06/10/09

    In reply to A Clockwork Orange Gets Overclocked
    "Win" is my only description of this contraption.
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    06/10/09

    In reply to A Clockwork Orange Gets Overclocked
    It's funny how the colors of the real world only seem really real when you viddy them on the screen.
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    Image of r1v3t3d r1v3t3d
    06/10/09

    In reply to A Clockwork Orange Gets Overclocked
    Ewww... His balls were out while modding his computer? What the hell for?
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    06/10/09

    @r1v3t3d: To teabag every single component for territorial marking. The key is to make sure that you are electrically grounded.
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    06/10/09

    In reply to A Clockwork Orange Gets Overclocked
    Does the DVD Tray open/close button say "In-Out"???
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    Image of Jestermeister Jestermeister
    06/10/09

    @nutbastard: I'd say the DVD burner would say "In-Out" and the cd-rom drive would say "The Ol' In-Out"
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    06/10/09

    @Jestermeister:


    *Standing Ovation*


    Take a bow, sir.

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    Image of ganyapr ganyapr
    05/20/09

    In reply to Absurd Liquid-Cooled Desk Computer Is a Tribute to Mod Excess
    I wonder how would a laser mouse or optical works on this table? I hate mouse pads...
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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    05/20/09

    @ganyapr: How about a track ball?
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    Image of josephcamp josephcamp
    05/20/09

    In reply to Absurd Liquid-Cooled Desk Computer Is a Tribute to Mod Excess
    Anyone else notice theres absolutely no storage available in this "desk"
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE
    05/20/09

    @Joseph Camp: RTFA, there's 600gb of storage IN this "desk".
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    Image of josephcamp josephcamp
    05/20/09

    @AtConsumeristPanel_GitEmSteveD...:I meant for pencils and paper and other crap you need to store ....wasnt talking about digital storage...
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE
    05/20/09

    @josephcamp: Isn't that what e-paper is for?
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    05/20/09

    In reply to Absurd Liquid-Cooled Desk Computer Is a Tribute to Mod Excess
    I'd be slightly more impressed if the desk actually held a computer cooled by liquid through immersion. True, you'd have to abandon the HD's for SSD's, but it would be so much cooler.
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    Image of josephcamp josephcamp
    05/20/09

    In reply to Absurd Liquid-Cooled Desk Computer Is a Tribute to Mod Excess
    Finally...I can run windows pipes screensaver @ 90 frames a second!......In all seriousness I thought the see thru case and blue lights look died back in the 90's
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE
    05/20/09

    @Joseph Camp: It did. However, the see through desk w/a computer inside and blue lights will die in 2012(It's what the myans were warning us about).
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    Image of toreil toreil
    05/20/09

    In reply to Absurd Liquid-Cooled Desk Computer Is a Tribute to Mod Excess
    Amazing!!! I bet you could get brilliant airflow over that thing if you leave both sides of the desk open and shove 3 or more fans on either end
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    Image of Fourthletter Fourthletter
    05/20/09

    @toreil: You don't need airflow if it's liquid cooled........
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    Image of Kalamaty Kalamaty
    05/20/09

    @Fourthletter: Incorrect btw, even liquid cooled systems should have some air flow over the north and/or southbridge. And as Drakino points out, the radiators have fans as well.
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    Image of EqualOpportunityCrasher EqualOpportunityCrasher
    05/20/09

    @Kalamaty: That's why PopMech should've just filled the desk with mineral oil. Wouldn't have to worry about a thing and silent running.
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    05/20/09

    @EqualOpportunityCrasher: Except destroying their hard drives and the fans on the PSU and Video Card.
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    Image of Grinning Kestrel Grinning Kestrel
    05/20/09

    @AtConsumeristPanel_GitEmSteveD...: Mineral Oil is non-conductive, the HDD would have no problem at all. The PSU fan would be fine, and if you have a GPU modified to be able to be liquid-cooled, there's no problem there, either.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE
    05/20/09

    @GrinningKestrel: I wasn't talking about conductivity. You will be getting oil INTO the HDD through it's pressure equalizing vent, which is not good, as they are NOT designed to be running in an environment where they meet resistance, which oil would present. Also, as the oil slowly enters, the heads splashing into it would create bubbles, also not good for a sensitive piece of equipment. As for the PSU and GPU, if they have fans, fans are not meant to run in conditions where there is constantly heavier than normal resistance. This will burn them out, which is not good, so you would need to remove them, and some computers/PSU/GPUs will throw errors if a fan isn't present.
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    Image of EqualOpportunityCrasher EqualOpportunityCrasher
    05/20/09

    @AtConsumeristPanel_GitEmSteveD...: I've seen computers modded in such a fashion, it's why I brought it up. You could always create a bay with your harddrives that was separate from the rest of the computer. That way, if one fried or you wanted to swap them out, it would be really easy. As for GPU and PSU fans, you could always isolate them. Plus, I'm sure you could find people who have the know how to trick the card and PSU into thinking the fan is there when it's gone.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE
    05/20/09

    @EqualOpportunityCrasher: The answer is an SSD. SSD's don't have a vent hole, so they would work perfect. From what i understand, it's the passthroughs for all the cables that are a pain.
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    Image of Mike Daly Mike Daly
    05/20/09

    In reply to Absurd Liquid-Cooled Desk Computer Is a Tribute to Mod Excess
    This is actually a great space saving idea. I would love to be able to have my computer INSIDE my desk
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    05/20/09

    @Mike Daly: Personally I would prefer a desk with drawers...


    Seems kinda silly if you end up having to walk across the room every time you need a pen, stapler, paperclip, notecard, blank cd, etc...

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