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Offline unknownD3VIL  
#1 Posted : Friday, April 16, 2010 8:56:56 PM(UTC)
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Post some pics of the craziest builds you have ever seen ... like...
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#2 Posted : Friday, April 16, 2010 9:44:49 PM(UTC)
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Offline RyuGTX  
#3 Posted : Friday, April 16, 2010 10:38:01 PM(UTC)
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Post some pics of the craziest builds you have ever seen ... like...

You know... A while back, I was reading an article or something about a big LAN party that was sponsored by a few big companies. I think Nvidia was one of them. Anyways, I'm not sure if it was a competition or what. But they found a guy with the saddest looking pc and gave him a brand new one.
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#4 Posted : Saturday, April 17, 2010 10:52:46 AM(UTC)
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Ryu, if that was true i think everyone would bring their crappiest build :P lol. But its nice hes got a new computer now :P.

 

Also Super Dave... LOL
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Offline AKwyn  
#5 Posted : Saturday, April 17, 2010 11:00:11 AM(UTC)
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unknownD3VIL wrote:

Post some pics of the craziest builds you have ever seen ... like...

That's not crazy, there have been many guys who used a cardboard box as a computer.

Now I've seen somebody made a case that was entirely made out of case fans, now that's what I call crazy.
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#6 Posted : Saturday, April 17, 2010 3:36:35 PM(UTC)
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I wonder how the airflow was in that case :P


Were they functional? If so, what sort of PSU(s) did he need?
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#7 Posted : Saturday, April 17, 2010 3:56:14 PM(UTC)
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Probably not all the fans were plugged in or active, it was probably just the case of fans and a few needed to cool it was plugged in and active.  There was that HDD case too :D.
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#8 Posted : Saturday, April 17, 2010 4:59:18 PM(UTC)
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I wonder how the airflow was in that case :P


Were they functional? If so, what sort of PSU(s) did he need?

Since it was made in 2003 or 2004. I'm guessing he'd be using a 750W power supply, and I'm also guessing that he daisy chained the fans using molex cables. Here is a link to the case I'm talking about.

http://www.peteredge.orconhosting.net.nz/casefan.html
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#9 Posted : Saturday, April 17, 2010 6:23:33 PM(UTC)
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Thanks for that link.

Two best quotes:

"covering over 95% of the case AND THEY ALL WORK!"

"it's a bit noisy"

If you look at that second picture you can see how he mounted the motherboard -- very precariously. Props to him for the creative case design.
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Offline Xolso  
#10 Posted : Saturday, April 17, 2010 7:15:14 PM(UTC)
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#11 Posted : Saturday, April 17, 2010 7:23:00 PM(UTC)
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LOL Xolso, im going to guess and say that's not a working build... I think its just the case cause where would you store the beer? :D, but if it is a build, that's sweet :) lol

 

Here are some nice looking ones :D http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.10/makeover_pr.html
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#12 Posted : Saturday, April 17, 2010 7:24:48 PM(UTC)
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Microwave computer:

 
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#13 Posted : Saturday, April 17, 2010 7:32:40 PM(UTC)
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I remember reading about this one... :D

Also put a few GTX 480s in there and maybe it can really be a working microwave too(Cooking part only)... :D
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#14 Posted : Sunday, April 18, 2010 1:20:09 AM(UTC)
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Offline RyuGTX  
#15 Posted : Sunday, April 18, 2010 1:37:35 AM(UTC)
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Inspector wrote:

Ryu, if that was true i think everyone would bring their crappiest build :P lol. But its nice hes got a new computer now :P.

 

Also Super Dave... LOL

 

Whether if it was a competition or not, it was out of the blue. I want to say that Jen-Hsun Huang (co-founder of Nvidia) just walked around, found the worst looking build, and upgraded him. But my memory of reading this was really foggy. Either way, it was a huge Lan party event and you don't bring your worst rig to an event like that.

 
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