Eeek, don't these have major EMF/RFI shielding issues? Starting with
not being FCC certified, moreover simply not being very safe (in that
the contents of a PC *belong* in a faraday cage, no?)... although I
plead partial ignorance, I wanted to ask. Most geeks will not argue
about the coolness factor, but are they safe? Also, acrylic is so
brittle! Gah...
Dealnews had a special yesterday, for $24 (plus shipping, after rebate)
you could get a tower case with window and 400W PS, yada yada:
http://dealnews.com/articles/51958.html
My question: what is the cheapest way to *quietly* make a system cool?
I'd love to [eventually] get a nice watercooler, in fact I've been
thinking that one nice watercooling system might be adapted to cool a
handful of systems or even a small cluster? Is this safe? I suppose
for multiple systems, a failover would be appropriate. And on this
note, does anyone know exactly how harmful *not* using a case at all
might be? If the metal box is indeed as important as I think (for
protecting both ourselves and our computers) then said water-cooled
minicluster might be housed inside an old washing machine or something.
Maybe I should just plan on building it inside a used, working fridge?
= ) Can I put the storage array in the freezer? Sheesh, maybe the
whole thing should be built in a box-freezer...
and if I may tell a short story: last summer (at the burning man, where
I got to help set up network op's) I met a fellow who had been doing
research of some sort in Antarctica -- he said that it was so
consistently cold out, that they just placed their stack of computer
hardware IN THE SNOW. No box, or anything; it was so cold that the
machinery would not melt any, and ambient humidity was pretty much 0.0%.
Sounded neat, and struck me as amazing, that you can keep working
consumer-line gear in the snow, then brush/blow it off when you leave.
I don't recall all the details, although I think it was just their WAP
and router/switch, the networking gear with no moving parts.
Fun. Well, ciao!
shanti,
Ben Barrett
On Fri, 6 Jun 2003 10:16:06 -0700
Cory Petkovsek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| Look what I found for you hardware junkies:
|
| http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2733756163&category=31507
|
| Crystal Acrylic Case+500W Dual Fan P.S+4 Fans
|
| $150, 12 avail, buy it now.
|
| Cory
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