Now this is a computer case!

Now here is a case I could love. It's more a piece of furniture. I think ones like this are the future of computing, not those flashy lit up ones. This was featured in the CPU magazine as a mad reader mod. Simply beautiful!

Now that's different Mixed feelings on whether or not I'd get one, but I do like it.

VERY KOOL, I cant believe noone has thought of it before!!! it's this type of thinking that could keep the desktop going strong for a long time to come yet! or like you said, become part of the furniture! we have seen it happen with tvs/monitors etc, why not the most important part - (that always seems to be hidden away!) where do I get my hands on one of them!!!

And a serious lack of air flow obviously. You wouldn't want to use that for any serious gaming and/or ocing without water cooling since it sadly lacks anything to see good intake to keep the newer higher end hardwares cooled off.

The one thing more important on the Antec 900 used here over the blue led lit case and cpu cooler's fans is the great intake seen in the front with a pair of 120mm fans seen. The top has a large 200mm fan that lets all hot air out instead of trapped in by the optical drives. And the average 120 for exhaust resulting in low temps overall.

The rear of the case there looks like a single 80mm exhaust fan uncer where the supply sits providing the only real cooling for what would otherwise be a great looking case. The designer forgot to take a few things into account there.

yeah I think this case is more important as a "showcase design" for what can be achieved (in terms of looks) in the future. I'm sure a great looking case like this can be built whith the consideration of the air flow and cooling dynamics that required in todays systems.

The styling seen there is more of a contemporary not gaming or custom style. As far as a front fan already being present the view is blocked by what looks like a front panel that swings open for the drive bays as well as the power and reset buttons there. The styling would have to be altered a good deal to show what a gaming version of the case would look like.

Wooden cases aren't a new thing, there are a few companies that build them:

http://suissacomputers.com/index.htm
http://www.spotswoodcustomcomputers.com/

And there's numerous HOWTO's if you google for them.

Or wood look: http://www.casearts.com/wood.html

There are all kinds of case modding as well as custom cases made from different materials. The key is to make sure that there is also propering grounding inplace as well as working by atx standards for drives as well as mounting the board and hardwares installed.

Heres is the article for that case from www.pcpoweruser.com

As you can see it has watercooling and everything you could want to keep your system cool.

And the specs are first rate on everything else.


While many modders blend form and function when building their PCs, Nick 揋reen Sabbath?Falzone also strove for another combination of disparate concepts. 揑 felt this case to be the ultimate fusion of technology and tradition,?says Falzone. Thus was born the Yuugou, a Japanese name that translates to 揻usion.?

To that end, Falzone relied on a mix of traditional and high-tech tools and chose both wood and aluminum for the Yuugou抯 frame. When working with the system抯 Koa and maple portions, Falzone shied away from newer equipment and techniques. 揟here is absolutely no glue in any of the wood pieces, and I can take every part of the wood apart if I wanted to,?Falzone tells us. 揈verything is held in with custom-designed joints that I cut out using my Japanese hand tools.?

Falzone swapped his traditional tools with an end mill when he began work on Yuugou抯 metal parts, which include the interior panels. He opted for 3/16-inch aluminum alloy 5052, which is a tough, corrosion-resistant aluminum that often appears in equipment for marine use. After milling the panels and other parts, Falzone had the fans, panels, and several pieces of metal mesh powder-coated.

The Yuugou includes several fans, as well as a watercooling system that handles the graphics card and the CPU. Falzone built the large, Hardware Labs Black Ice GT Xtreme 360 Radiator, which uses three 120mm fans, into the bottom of the case.

A case of this caliber ought to house a decent PC, so Falzone stocked the Yuugou with an Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 CPU, an Asus P5N32-E SLI 680i motherboard, 4GB of Corsair Dominator DDR2-1066 memory, a BFG 8800 GTX watercooled video card, and a BFG PhysX card. The Yuugou represents the end of an era in Falzone抯 modding career, he tells us. 揗y next case will be more of a sculptural work of art that I hope will be the next level for me.?

Not my style but really nicely done