Old hardware as wall art?

[TubsAlwaysWins]

You guys think it is a bad idea to use old hardware as wall art? I have a OLD server (Dual Pentium 3's and 1.75Gb of DDR1, SCSI HDD interface making it nearly impossible to find drives for). Its not the most efficient thing and the fan is screwed up so it rattles alot when in use. I think it would look ok on a wall. Just wanted your thoughts

[Murasaki]

If I had a bunch, I'd cover the entire wall with them. 

[KaminKevCrew]

There's a super high end audio shop near me that actually has some wall art made with old hardware. There is some server hardware, and I think there's also a laptop motherboard. They also took apart a hard drive and used the read/write heads, as well as the platter. It's pretty darn spiffy looking. They mounted it on (I think) half inch plate glass, which wouldn't have been cheap, but it really does look awesome!

[Murasaki]

Just now, KaminKevCrew said:

There's a super high end audio shop near me that actually has some wall art made with old hardware. There is some server hardware, and I think there's also a laptop motherboard. They also took apart a hard drive and used the read/write heads, as well as the platter. It's pretty darn spiffy looking. They mounted it on (I think) half inch plate glass, which wouldn't have been cheap, but it really does look awesome!

pics pls.

[TubsAlwaysWins]

Just now, ModuleLFS said:

If I had a bunch, I'd cover the entire wall with them. 

 

Just now, KaminKevCrew said:

There's a super high end audio shop near me that actually has some wall art made with old hardware. There is some server hardware, and I think there's also a laptop motherboard. They also took apart a hard drive and used the read/write heads, as well as the platter. It's pretty darn spiffy looking. They mounted it on (I think) half inch plate glass, which wouldn't have been cheap, but it really does look awesome!

Cool

[Peepnbrick]

In my opinion, only certain components would look good hanging from a wall. CPUs (especially old ones with the pins still on the chip), HDDs (maybe), but things like motherboards would just seem out of place.

 

Now if you got a nice looking shelf, then things would fit a little better. You could stand a GPU up on it, arrange a bunch of hard drives.

 

Of course, if you covered the entire wall with motherboards, then it would look amazing, but it's really all or nothing for me.

[KaminKevCrew]

Just now, ModuleLFS said:

pics pls.

I will next time I head over there. I'll tag you if I do post some photos.

[swordsman247]

3 minutes ago, TubsAlwaysWins said:

You guys think it is a bad idea to use old hardware as wall art? I have a OLD server (Dual Pentium 3's and 1.75Gb of DDR1, SCSI HDD interface making it nearly impossible to find drives for). Its not the most efficient thing and the fan is screwed up so it rattles alot when in use. I think it would look ok on a wall. Just wanted your thoughts

Yeah you can do some pretty neat things with pcbs after you remove the caps and such. I used to glue them into patterns on cardboard and hang them in my room.

[TubsAlwaysWins]

1 minute ago, Peepnbrick said:

In my opinion, only certain components would look good hanging from a wall. CPUs (especially old ones with the pins still on the chip), HDDs (maybe), but things like motherboards would just seem out of place.

 

Now if you got a nice looking shelf, then things would fit a little better. You could stand a GPU up on it, arrange a bunch of hard drives.

 

Of course, if you covered the entire wall with motherboards, then it would look amazing, but it's really all or nothing for me.

Well since it is a rack mount server I could just take some L brackets and put them on the wall to mount it, along with some other way to secure it

[KaminKevCrew]

Just now, Peepnbrick said:

In my opinion, only certain components would look good hanging from a wall. CPUs (especially old ones with the pins still on the chip), HDDs (maybe), but things like motherboards would just seem out of place.

 

Now if you got a nice looking shelf, then things would fit a little better. You could stand a GPU up on it, arrange a bunch of hard drives.

 

Of course, if you covered the entire wall with motherboards, then it would look amazing, but it's really all or nothing for me.

I disagree with the motherboard point, but that's also highly dependent on the actual motherboard. I think that the older motherboards, where there are fewer components, tend to look more interesting, because you can kind of fool yourself into thinking that you can kind of understand what's going on. Plus, it's cool to see the translucent solder mask on old boards. I don't think that any modern boards would be too interesting though.

[Peepnbrick]

Just now, TubsAlwaysWins said:

Well since it is a rack mount server I could just take some L brackets and put them on the wall to mount it, along with some other way to secure it

That might look nice. I suppose what I'm trying to say is that having a motherboard by itself might not look too sleek, but if it had some sort of frame, then things are improving.

 

I'd definitely want to see a picture if you do it.

[TubsAlwaysWins]

1 minute ago, KaminKevCrew said:

I disagree with the motherboard point, but that's also highly dependent on the actual motherboard. I think that the older motherboards, where there are fewer components, tend to look more interesting, because you can kind of fool yourself into thinking that you can kind of understand what's going on. Plus, it's cool to see the translucent solder mask on old boards. I don't think that any modern boards would be too interesting though.

You want pics of the server im talking about?

[8uhbbhu8]

I love seeing old hardware mounted to things.  My plan is to eventually build a coffee table or desk with a glass top and sides that have working components in and lighted up.

[TubsAlwaysWins]

6 minutes ago, 8uhbbhu8 said:

I love seeing old hardware mounted to things.  My plan is to eventually build a coffee table or desk with a glass top and sides that have working components in and lighted up.

 

8 minutes ago, Peepnbrick said:

That might look nice. I suppose what I'm trying to say is that having a motherboard by itself might not look too sleek, but if it had some sort of frame, then things are improving.

 

I'd definitely want to see a picture if you do it.

This is what I have to work with

[8uhbbhu8]

4 minutes ago, TubsAlwaysWins said:

 

This is what I have to work with

0.o gimme gimme gimme!!!!!   take it out of the case, mount the mobo to a blacked out board,and take the drives, paint em to match something and mount em too

[Peepnbrick]

5 minutes ago, TubsAlwaysWins said:

 

This is what I have to work with

I like the complexity of the board, and at least it's not an ugly old brown/beige color. That could look pretty cool if you've got a good spot for it.

[TubsAlwaysWins]

2 minutes ago, 8uhbbhu8 said:

0.o gimme gimme gimme!!!!!   take it out of the case, mount the mobo to a blacked out board,and take the drives, paint em to match something and mount em too

See Im not sure if i want to take out the board though. I kinda want to keep it original. It might not be a bad idea to take everything out and do like anatomy of a server

[NumLock21]

They make great table art.

 

[TubsAlwaysWins]

Just now, NumLock21 said:

They make great table art.

 

Lol I could put it in my desk

[NumLock21]

Just now, TubsAlwaysWins said:

Lol I could put it in my desk

 

 

[TubsAlwaysWins]

Just now, NumLock21 said:

 

 

Holy Sh*t its beautiful

[NumLock21]

5 minutes ago, TubsAlwaysWins said:

Holy Sh*t its beautiful

There's even a prettier one. Can't seem to find that pic anymore. Forgot what it's called.

edit: Found it

 

[8uhbbhu8]

1 hour ago, NumLock21 said:

 

 

 

57 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

There's even a prettier one. Can't seem to find that pic anymore. Forgot what it's called.

edit: Found it

 

OMG These are literally the exact desks I was talking about!!!

[SLAYR]

4 hours ago, 8uhbbhu8 said:

 

OMG These are literally the exact desks I was talking about!!!

People have also made them out of old cpus.

[8uhbbhu8]

16 minutes ago, SLAYR said:

People have also made them out of old cpus.

 

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