Look at my new custom clear case!!!!

[Chooie]

<<That looks great! Got any plans to doll it up further? Neon lights... live tarantulas... ???>>

Erm, I don't even want to think about the mess a tarantula would make when it hit the 6,000 rpm blades on the 120mm fan... blech!!

 

[MagnusPAH]

EMI will only affect you in the long run. Besides there are contradicting stories concerning EMI exposure over a long period of time (years). Studies done a long time ago by scientists found that people living next to huge power nodes were found to have a higher degree of birth defects. However, recent studies seem to contradict this. So, the jury is still out as far as EMI exposure is concerned. If you want, just grab a piece of metal, tape it to the case, and ground it to the floor. Not sure if that truly works but it just seems logically. Anyone knows more than my remedial knowledge of physics taken from a few courses while in college?

 

[Crypticburn]

I'm making a clear case.... although it's not looking that nice

 

[Halz]

I am sure you have all seen the safty glass windows in hospitals and schools of the such. Particually in doors because they get moved around alot... Well, if this clear case could have wires similar, just closer togeather, all throughout the plastic in the case.. you should be EMI free and still have the same effect of a 'clear' clear case.

 

[Techru]

Well, I researched this wire mesh/laminated acrylic idea I had discussed on the Hard|OCP forum. After getting together with some engineers I found out that in order to get the EMI shielding to work, the wire mesh would have to have a density greater than a 1/4&quot; spacing.

So, that would be a lot of wires, and it would start to distract from the clearness, even though the wires are very thin.

On the positive side, the engineers got some literature out that showed some testing that was done(for some other purpose, not for computer cases) and it showed that acrylic (especially 1/4&quot;+) probably had just as good, if not better EMI shielding potential than sheet metal.

Now, I didn't understand much of it, and they threw out a bunch of lingo that went over my head. But they finally turned and told me it looked like it was a non issue, at least to them.

I don't know what that's worth (probably nothing) but I just thought I'd mention it, since it seemed to be such a concern.

 

[pyr]

wow.. seal it up tight, fill it with mineral oil, and put some of those floating plastic fish in there. that would be the sweetest thing ever.

 

[TonyG]

Very sweet case! I agree with pyr, fill it with mineral oil and add floating plastic fish,

 

[Train]

plastic fish?

how about some REAL fish, since your CPU would keep the water warm, you could get some colorful tropic fish in there! that would kick some major a$$

imagine taking that puppy to a lan party, people would say &quot;Man i just got fragged by a fish tank!&quot;

 

[pyr]

if real fish could survive in mineral oil that would be kewl, but since I doubt they can and with water being conductive and doing that annoying shorting thing on all the components there isnt much other choice. Besides, plastic fish would just look kewl. Its the whole wierd/cheesy thing.