PC in Motorcycle Pannier?

[avzanzag]

Wouldn't it be cool to have a PC that you could pick up and mount right on your bike for transport? There are a number of hard case panniers that even look a bit like mid towers, and if anyone could make something like this work, LTT can. Linus even has a bike to test them on!

Which would be easier, modifying an existing pannier, or modifying a beefy PC case to fit with a mounting system?

I'd love to see this happen, I think it's exactly the kind of wacky thing LTT does so well.

[Christophe Corazza]

A bike ride can be very bumpy and a desktop is not really made to be transported continuously. I can only imagine the amount of reinforcements you need to add to protect the GPU from snapping right off the motherboard’s PCIe slot. A heavy or bulky CPU cooler is also problematic for the same reasons. The use of an HDD is a no-go as well.

 

You should consider adding decent dust/mud filters to keep the inside of the case clean when riding the bike.

 

Nevertheless, it would still be a nice a fun idea though.

[LogicalDrm]

Anything with fans... yeah nope. You'd need quite shockmount system to give it chance.

[Froody129]

I'd like to think this is what the original designers had in mind when laptops started being sold  

[Sfekke]

4 minutes ago, Froody129 said:

I'd like to think this is what the original designers had in mind when laptops started being sold  

Considering their size back then, hell it might have been on the table but back then solid storage wasn't feasible

[dizmo]

IIRC Linus doesn't have the type of motorcycle you can attach a pannier to

[Count_Nibbles]

Ive transported a PC on my bike before but I used a crapton of rope but it was attached to the top box with tie down straps and rope. 

 

0/10 would reccomend due to crappy weather and roads

 

PC survived though

[Peskanova]

the main problem with computer on cars /bikes is  movement, that can kill your pc faster than a lighting storm, you are hitting constantly all the joints , the only way i think is dumping all with some kind of rubber on the joints and all around the pc  

[Christophe Corazza]

1 minute ago, Peskanova said:

the only way i think is dumping all with some kind of rubber on the joints and all around the pc  

 

Even that might not be enough I'm afraid. A graphics card or a bulky/heavy CPU cooler can simply snap off the motherboard.

[Peskanova]

well you can use a evo 212 that is easy to remove and remove de gpu also (dont care about applying new thermal paste) but the screews from the mobo to the case can kill it too, all screws & joints are fatal to bumps , metal with metal hiting constantly  

[Mira Yurizaki]

1 hour ago, dizmo said:

IIRC Linus doesn't have the type of motorcycle you can attach a pannier to

It's an SV650 from what I could tell. You can get a rack system for it (http://www.svrider.com/forum/showthread.php?t=246481)

[Christophe Corazza]

18 minutes ago, Pangea2017 said:

How about no openings while riding a bike and a motor or you removing a panel with a rubber grommet when the pc is started?

For bumps it would help to use a pcie riser and water cooler or light air cooler 

Building everything reinforced in a way it could still move/swing would reduce the impact for example with rubber blocks below the gpu mounts.

 

Other approach would be to look at how rugged PCs are build and mimic it.

 

True, these are all good ideas. I haven't said that it was impossible, haven't I?