Introducing The Caseless Case

News Reader · Post by **News Reader** » April 17th, 2009, 16:00

Introducing The Caseless Case
How is this for a "minimalist" case! This is basically an acrylic motherboard tray that has slots for your hard drive, optical drive, a space for your PSU, a built in handle and not much else. Imagine taking that to your next LAN party.

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Publish Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:04:00 CDT
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buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » April 17th, 2009, 16:05

Hmm, that would be fantastic as a test bed type thingie for computer shops/companies.

For Lans? lolololol, transportation is an issue, and having your parts exposed is likely to get them broken. Not to mention people can go nicking.

And then there's airflow, I wonder if stuff runs cooler if it's just got access to ambient air or if stuff in cases is better with a couple of 120mm fans front and back to shunt the air through and carry the heat away....

Post by **Dog Pants** » April 17th, 2009, 16:23

I think airflow works better if it's flowing. Carries the heat away faster.

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » April 17th, 2009, 16:23

Also worth noting that nothing is plugged in there. The PSU is disconnected, which means a bitch-load of ugly wires. Also, no case support for PCI/Graphics cards. That's a lot of pressure to be putting on the connectors on the mainboard.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » April 17th, 2009, 16:36

Good enough as a testbed, wouldn't use it for much else though.

and IME, machines cool better when the side's on, and fans push air over things, like they're meant to.

Post by **HereComesPete** » April 17th, 2009, 18:39

Yeah, imagine taking that to your next lan party, and never seeing any of it again. Stupid [H] writer.

Post by **FatherJack** » April 17th, 2009, 20:15

Or you get to the LAN party, and it's raining.

Fred Woogle · Post by **Fred Woogle** » April 18th, 2009, 13:16