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Is there case for 2 computer in one?

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Shide1

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I was wondering if anyone makes a case for putting to totally seperate computers in one case.
I guess it would have to have space for 2 mobos w/all cards,2 powersupplies. As far as drives you could have different ones so that is not a problem.
 
Don't think I've every seen one. Personally I wouldn't want one. You could build one though. Some people build some pretty cool cases out of oak or Lexan.
 
With the heat produced by one machine, why would anybody want two in the same case? For servers, where there are often many processors in the same 'case', they need special cooling. Some servers need special rooms just to get the air outside the servers cool enough... Is this acceptable to the company?
 
AFAIK there are non commercially available.

Several people on the cool case galery on the hardforum have done this. Heat is not a big problem as someone else said. 200 CFM in and out would keep a dual comp case within 5C of ambient. 200CFM is easy to get.
 
The closest thing to that that I have seen is something by compaq. they make a little rack, more like a cabinet on wheels, that can fit 2 (3u i think) servers and there is also room for a raid array in it.
 
i saw a thread about some com that make a rendering box with 4 comps in it
can't remember what com it was but the box had 4 mobo, dual cpu/mobo, 1 gig ram/mobo, 1 hdd/comp, 1 psu/comp
 
I was trying to say that it isn't something that is commercially viable (heat being one reason). You could keep adding fans and solve most heat problems, but this isn't something that many people are willing to buy (noise).

Anyone could put their cardboard monitor box over two computers and call it a dual case😉. What reason does this company have to want a dual case?
 


<< I was trying to say that it isn't something that is commercially viable (heat being one reason). You could keep adding fans and solve most heat problems, but this isn't something that many people are willing to buy (noise). >>



Wow like 4 panflo L1A's... thats a lot of noise...




<<
Anyone could put their cardboard monitor box over two computers and call it a dual case😉. What reason does this company have to want a dual case? >>



I won't even go there on the cardboard comment, thats just stupid.

A lot of reasons. Maybe they need 2 low cost servers running, but they may not be rackmount compatible. They want them in 1 case to save space. Or a programmer needs a INTEl and a AMD system in 1 box for writing x86 assembly code. Or a graphics developer needs 2 systems on his desk going at once but has no space for 2 cases. There are a LOT of reasons 😉
 
Putting two of everything in one box requires almost the same space as putting the same components in two boxes. Yes, you can remove two pieces of thin metal (one side wall on each case) and save yourself 2% of the space.

If they are desktops, they can be stacked. If they are towers, they can be placed flush and adjacent. If they are servers, anyone could build a simple rack to hold them both.

Programmers needing two computers (working on one at a time) may find a mouse/keyboard/monitor switch is more space saving. That is: why use two mouses, two keyboards, and two monitors if space is at a premium and one of each is enough?
 
now what i would find useful is a PORTABLE solution...

im a pentester and often times need both linux and 2k running at once doing 2 different things.. now since i travel for this, we use laptops... would be nice to have a Thicker laptop with a single display that contained two individual cpu's... VMware is nice, but not as effective as two seperate laptops...

then they could create a FN function combo to switch between the 2 on the single screen...

 


<< now what i would find useful is a PORTABLE solution...

then they could create a FN function combo to switch between the 2 on the single screen... >>



Thanks, that is one good use for it! I certainly couldn't think of any reason for desktops though. A similar combo (hardware switch) works on desktops, I see no reason why laptops can't make a software switch to do the same thing.
 
Now I wouldn't mind a case that could support two separate computer systems in a single case. I don't see how it would be hard to do actually. Mount one mobo in the standard position and the other on the opposite side of the case, upside down. It would have to be a double-wide case to support the cards, but that's fine. Put it on rollers and include a built in KVM unit on the front of the tower and call it good!
 


<< Here you go .....Save up your pennies ! >>



Cool case! At $1050, too bad it isn't smaller than my two towers sitting next to each other though...
 
Thanks guys. You have been a big help. The company prob wanted something a bit cheaper, but I will run this by them. They want about 200 of the cases.
 
you could buy a cube case with redundant powersupplies, and whip out the dremel and a drill and put the other board on the other side...
 
The company i'm interning for uses the compaq server mentioned before. They use node 1 as the main server with node 2 as the backup. They both share the same raid array. I think its a great idea, it saves the trouble of having all of those componets in seperate cases. But wow is it loud and its a PAIN to setup. Pretty sweet to see 10 or more 36gig scsi drives wirring away.
 
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