Beautiful Wooden PC Cases 153
mrbill submitted linkage to a site offering to sell what appear to be very beautiful wood PC cases combining wood, glass and silicon into something a hell of a lot prettier than that beige box. Something tells me these wouldn't win the recent Intel sexy case contest, but they sure are sharp.
Re:What's the deal with the new submission style? (Score:2, Insightful)
Price is nuts.... (Score:5, Insightful)
There is also a media box selling for $35,000. It's nice work, but I think the guy overestimates the financial worth of his craft.
These are not for you. (Score:4, Insightful)
It would be a status symbol. Nothing else.
Awww, C'mon! Televisions and Radios . . . (Score:5, Insightful)
Old-style radios also came in elaborate wooden cases.
These olde beasts had vacuum tubes, which used high voltage and put off substantial amounts of heat. They didn't have (or need) cooling fans.
Worries about fire are overblown. Or maybe overheated? Ehhh, sorry.
Stefan
Re:Neat, but not practical (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Neat, but not practical (Score:3, Insightful)
The claim that a case needs to be made out of a conductive material is basically a hoax perpetuated to sell aluminum cases.
Too fancy for something with such a limited life (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Neat, but not practical (Score:2, Insightful)
The manufacturers may claim a lot of booyah like "aluminium is better for cooling" and all that jazz, but it's just hot air (no pun intended). Cases these days depend on airflow, not convection from the cases material. Hence, it doesn't matter at all whether the case is made of aluminium, wood, solid steel or pink plastic.