what's your weirdest computer idea?

[DimasRMDO]

Building a bad-ass gaming system without mechanical or moving  parts:

- no fan

- no pump

- no HDD

- no drive

 

-> passive cooled

 

And now I'm building it. Propably there is a relay somewhere in the PSU and the water in the heat pipes is moveing, but that's ok for me

Damn, PSU fan????

 

Edit:

Oh right, there's a silent one....

[flibberdipper]

Put a small, super quiet, 25,000BTU air conditioning unit in a computer so that during the summer you can keep your room cool if you don't have an air conditioner in your house.

 

Power button of computer in my chair, so it turns on when I sit down.

You'd have to come up with something ingenious since you'd turn it off (if it was a momentary switch), and if it was an on/off switch, if you were to get up twice, on the second time your PC would turn off.

[Thorium19]

Probably making a car into a full on simulator with surround sound 3d speakers, monitors where there should be windows and have rumble pads on the seats, steering wheel and so on.

[mustafaali61]

Mine was to maybe do a d-frame style build, but spherical, and suspend the parts with bungee cords in the middle. Never happened. These can be theoretical!

This would be so cool, especially if you go very minimalist with it

[flibberdipper]

Probably making a car into a full on simulator with surround sound 3d speakers, monitors where there should be windows and have rumble pads on the seats, steering wheel and so on.

Oh my god that would be sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cool. Keep the brakes hydraulic and so on, keep power steering and we have a winner.

[Thorium19]

Oh my god that would be sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cool. Keep the brakes hydraulic and so on, keep power steering and we have a winner.

and link up the dials to the actual speed, revs etc. In the game, make the coolant temperature dial show the system temps and the fuel dial show the system load and It'll be perfect

[flibberdipper]

and link up the dials to the actual speed, revs etc. In the game, make the coolant temperature dial show the system temps and the fuel dial show the system load and It'll be perfect

But have it so in sims you can have the coolant temp and fuel levels representative of their actual values.

[Thorium19]

But have it so in sims you can have the coolant temp and fuel levels representative of their actual values.

definitely. It'll need a custom Linux which you can get around using the steering wheel, gear lever and pedals, so no need for a keyboard or mouse at all.

[ComradeBunny]

I've always dream about this smooth-edged, aluminium finished exterior case with LED strips running down each side of the case.  

The LEDS would light in such a way that it would like a pulse of light traveling down and over the whole LED strip of the case in a smooth fashion.

Beyond that, I've always dreamed of a better desk and chair 

[Nexxus]

I wanted to put a media center/emulator PC into a ps2/ orginal xbox case. I could probably do it but I lack the tools to make clean cuts for the rear IO

[Guest]

Building a bad-ass gaming system without mechanical or moving  parts:

- no fan

- no pump

- no HDD

- no drive

 

-> passive cooled

 

And now I'm building it. Propably there is a relay somewhere in the PSU and the water in the heat pipes is moveing, but that's ok for me

You need fans to get air through the passive heatsinks, you'll only get good temperatures with good airflow. Maybe a 200mm at lowest RPM?

[Stefan1024]

You need fans to get air through the passive heatsinks, you'll only get good temperatures with good airflow. Maybe a 200mm at lowest RPM?

Well you need a giant heat sink but it works. Look here

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/342534-finished-full-passive-powerful-workstation-gaming-rig-who-said-it-cant-be-done/

and here

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/351134-the-silent-cube-pushing-passive-cooling-to-the-limit-with-dual-gtx-980-update-1-38-kg-heat-sinks-ordered/

[Guest]

Well you need a giant heat sink but it works. Look here

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/342534-finished-full-passive-powerful-workstation-gaming-rig-who-said-it-cant-be-done/

and here

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/351134-the-silent-cube-pushing-passive-cooling-to-the-limit-with-dual-gtx-980-update-1-38-kg-heat-sinks-ordered/

I am impressed. You must have a lot of money laying around.

[Stefan1024]

I am impressed. You must have a lot of money laying around.

Not that much...  But I will sell the first one when I'm finished with the second. Interested?

[Guest]

Not that much...  But I will sell the first one when I'm finished with the second. Interested?

Spent all of my money on my current build but if I win the lottery I'll buy it.

[Stefan1024]

Spent all of my money on my current build but if I win the lottery I'll buy it.

Haha ok^^

[flibberdipper]

definitely. It'll need a custom Linux which you can get around using the steering wheel, gear lever and pedals, so no need for a keyboard or mouse at all.

You can actually use controllers and such with this one program (Joystiq?) on Windows.

[Mohenjo]

an entire computer built into a computer mouse that uses hdmi and is directly connected to the computer. 

[Oasis]

I wanted to mod my case so that I could slide my old iPhone 4S into it and use it as a fan controller somehow.

[IndaLight]

When I was 11 I followed a pc build guide to shove a pc down to a xbox 360 case....... Made 100 dollars.

[waggythegeek]

an entire computer built into a computer mouse that uses hdmi and is directly connected to the computer.

I assume you man the monitor?

That would be amazing.

[Swndlr]

pc cooled solely by wale sperm

[waggythegeek]

I wanted to mod my case so that I could slide my old iPhone 4S into it and use it as a fan controller somehow.

Is it bad that i see ready player one references everywhere?

Also, if you figure out his go do that with a Windows phone, let me know.

[waggythegeek]

pc cooled solely by wale sperm

Oh...

[DimasRMDO]

Oh...

Quite shocking isn't it.....