The Ultimate Case for a Pirate- This is a Monster!

Sleepy_Sentry · 13-October-06, 10:24 PM

Lian Li PC-343B Modular Cube Case - Black

This case manufactured (but not designed) by Lian-Li features 18 external 5.25 drive bays! It would be great for installing 18 DVD burners and duplicating DVDs to sell in high school bathrooms and dark alleys.

It can be preordered for $334.99 and will be released on October 23.

Pod_Man · 13-October-06, 10:39 PM

YARRRRR!!!! Thats pretty sick. (not that im a pirate or anything..

) Yeah the RIAA will probably record the credit card numbers of anyone that buys one

It would be sooo expensive though, 335 for the case, and then the fact that a lot of new mobos only have 1 ide channel...you'd need so many controller cards

But o man if you did hook it up...

Gzim · 13-October-06, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Pod_Man


	YARRRRR!!!! Thats pretty sick. (not that im a pirate or anything..) Yeah the RIAA will probably record the credit card numbers of anyone that buys one It would be sooo expensive though, 335 for the case, and then the fact that a lot of new mobos only have 1 ide channel...you'd need so many controller cards But o man if you did hook it up...

Just need some (NATIVELY) SATA dvd burners...

FunkyStickman · 13-October-06, 10:49 PM

SCSI, man, SCSI! 16 devices on one ribbon!!!

Pod_Man · 13-October-06, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by FunkyStickman


	SCSI, man, SCSI! 16 devices on one ribbon!!!

AGLE AGLE AGLE AGLE AGLE

Hmm...if i can get a loan on this...i think i could finance my new conroe rig pretty darn quick

(No, nobody mentioned adobe anything. Nothing to see here. Move on.)

Pharaoh · 13-October-06, 10:57 PM

I like that case.

I'm in LOVE. but broke.

Its a good thing my wife loves me for more than just money.

Sleepy_Sentry · 13-October-06, 11:05 PM

Making a rig with 18 DVD burners would be pretty sweet...

I can get 17 of these dvd burners for around $500. I would need to also buy a second power supply or maybe a third for all the drives. I could probably get a bulk discount on the DVD burners though.

Does anyone know of a good place to get server motherboards?

For the DVD burners, why not just get a bunch of PCI IDE controller cards? I would need 4 of them.

I have a Pentium 3 1 GHz and 256 MB of RAM for it laying around. This motherboard would be perfect. It supports my Pentium 3 and have 5 PCI slots!

Hak Foo · 13-October-06, 11:25 PM

I know, silly to pick on a $330 case for this, but why put the PSU on the other half of the case than the mobo? This means you have to get an extension unless you have the exact right combo of mobo and PSU.

I had a smaller "double-wide" (8x5.25 on one side, 2x3.5 on the other) and it had that problem... the PSU was in about the same place, and it meant when I replaced my ECS K7S5A (socket at the very top) I needed an extension.

Hibiki · 13-October-06, 11:26 PM

Erm, those bays aren't for DVD burners, no sir! Um, they're for, er, WATER COOLING GEAR! Yeah, those bays are for big 'ol resevoirs, LCD screens for temperature data, and flow indicators!

Yup, nothing like good 'ol watercooling when overclocking your C2D. You need all that cooling so that your C2D will be fast enough to compress all those movies and tracks into MPEG-4 and MP3 over lunch. Then you can stick 'em in one of those hard drives in one of your 5.25" hard drive silencers or burn 'em with your 4 burners.

Oops, er, forget that last part.

Nerdz · 13-October-06, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by FunkyStickman


	SCSI, man, SCSI! 16 devices on one ribbon!!!

Can you say 4 Terabyte Server

(if you use all 250Gb Drives) 8Tb if you use 500Gb Drives..

But who has that kinda of money...? Hell you might as well get top of the line equipment and phase change cooling!.

Pharaoh · 13-October-06, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Hak Foo


	I needed an extension.

you could splice the wires you have now.
Just get some 12 gage stranded wire, 14 or 10 may work for the short
distance, then solder them? You could stelth most of the system that way.

Hak Foo · 14-October-06, 01:47 AM

However you implement it, it's still a matter of making cables longer. And for those of us who like PSU warranties, extension cables are the way to go.

GrandpaNoob72 · 14-October-06, 03:24 AM

I saw the case tonight, and all I could think of was putting MNPCTech's blank bay covers on each and every one of those 18 drive bays... $361 shipped...

HouseHold Six would kill me in a second over that...

Gzim · 14-October-06, 12:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hibiki


	Erm, those bays aren't for DVD burners, no sir! Um, they're for, er, WATER COOLING GEAR! Yeah, those bays are for big 'ol resevoirs, LCD screens for temperature data, and flow indicators! Yup, nothing like good 'ol watercooling when overclocking your C2D. You need all that cooling so that your C2D will be fast enough to compress all those movies and tracks into MPEG-4 and MP3 over lunch. Then you can stick 'em in one of those hard drives in one of your 5.25" hard drive silencers or burn 'em with your 4 burners. Oops, er, forget that last part.

Yep, because if you buy a case that big, you already don't have any taste, so get some more blinky things!

ranger1033 · 14-October-06, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by GrandpaNoob72


	I saw the case tonight, and all I could think of was putting MNPCTech's blank bay covers on each and every one of those 18 drive bays... $361 shipped... HouseHold Six would kill me in a second over that...

I am with you i would not mind having that case to go along with my 2 UFO cases, definitely would be something i would really consider on sending it to MNPCTech's for some awesome theme and paint job with those blank bay covers, now if i only had the cash to do it..

Hibiki · 14-October-06, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Gzim


	Yep, because if you buy a case that big, you already don't have any taste, so get some more blinky things!

Possibly, but I'm a mid-tower kind of guy so I can't say that I have the same viewpoint as some other folks that would put some serious consideration into buying big cases. Who knows what kind of art they see in something like that?

I wouldn't be surprised that a modder with some tools, skill, and a hell of a lot of inspiration could turn that case into a work of art.

Iateronmly · 14-October-06, 08:56 PM

Meh - ultimate case for a pirate yes. But I want to see the ultimate case for us ninjas!

GrandpaNoob72 · 14-October-06, 09:10 PM

The ultimate case for ninjas would be so stealthy that you wouldn't even know where to find it, lat...

joecoin · 15-October-06, 12:03 AM

That case does indeed have SCSI written all over it. Definetly not for the artsy type, more utilitarian than anything else.

Interesting that Xoxide uses this phrase "Designed by a crack squad of Norwegian super-nerd engineers with the intent on creating the ultimate modular case, perfected and manufactured by the king da pimp of cases,".

There's that word "pimp" again.

Here's a ninja case:

http://www.morexintl.com/product/itx_3677.php

BigAkita · 15-October-06, 02:03 AM

That case is just damn beautiful. Pure computing perfection like that just gives me a woody. Luckily, I've got a hot wife to take care of those problems..

13-October-06, 10:24 PM		#1 (permalink)
Sleepy_Sentry Apex Tech Maniac	The Ultimate Case for a Pirate- This is a Monster! Lian Li PC-343B Modular Cube Case - Black This case manufactured (but not designed) by Lian-Li features 18 external 5.25 drive bays! It would be great for installing 18 DVD burners and duplicating DVDs to sell in high school bathrooms and dark alleys. It can be preordered for $334.99 and will be released on October 23. Last edited by Sleepy_Sentry; 13-October-06 at 10:29 PM..

13-October-06, 10:39 PM		#2 (permalink)
Pod_Man Apex Master Tech	Re: The Ultimate Case for a Pirate- This is a Monster! YARRRRR!!!! Thats pretty sick. (not that im a pirate or anything..) Yeah the RIAA will probably record the credit card numbers of anyone that buys one It would be sooo expensive though, 335 for the case, and then the fact that a lot of new mobos only have 1 ide channel...you'd need so many controller cards But o man if you did hook it up...

13-October-06, 10:49 PM		#4 (permalink)
FunkyStickman Linux Warrior	Re: The Ultimate Case for a Pirate- This is a Monster! SCSI, man, SCSI! 16 devices on one ribbon!!!

13-October-06, 10:57 PM		#6 (permalink)
Pharaoh Apex Tech God	Re: The Ultimate Case for a Pirate- This is a Monster! I like that case. I'm in LOVE. but broke. Its a good thing my wife loves me for more than just money.

13-October-06, 11:05 PM		#7 (permalink)
Sleepy_Sentry Apex Tech Maniac	Re: The Ultimate Case for a Pirate- This is a Monster! Making a rig with 18 DVD burners would be pretty sweet... I can get 17 of these dvd burners for around $500. I would need to also buy a second power supply or maybe a third for all the drives. I could probably get a bulk discount on the DVD burners though. Does anyone know of a good place to get server motherboards? For the DVD burners, why not just get a bunch of PCI IDE controller cards? I would need 4 of them. I have a Pentium 3 1 GHz and 256 MB of RAM for it laying around. This motherboard would be perfect. It supports my Pentium 3 and have 5 PCI slots!

13-October-06, 11:25 PM		#8 (permalink)
Hak Foo Apex Elite Tech	Re: The Ultimate Case for a Pirate- This is a Monster! I know, silly to pick on a $330 case for this, but why put the PSU on the other half of the case than the mobo? This means you have to get an extension unless you have the exact right combo of mobo and PSU. I had a smaller "double-wide" (8x5.25 on one side, 2x3.5 on the other) and it had that problem... the PSU was in about the same place, and it meant when I replaced my ECS K7S5A (socket at the very top) I needed an extension.

13-October-06, 11:26 PM		#9 (permalink)
Hibiki Apex Tech Maniac Supreme	Re: The Ultimate Case for a Pirate- This is a Monster! Erm, those bays aren't for DVD burners, no sir! Um, they're for, er, WATER COOLING GEAR! Yeah, those bays are for big 'ol resevoirs, LCD screens for temperature data, and flow indicators! Yup, nothing like good 'ol watercooling when overclocking your C2D. You need all that cooling so that your C2D will be fast enough to compress all those movies and tracks into MPEG-4 and MP3 over lunch. Then you can stick 'em in one of those hard drives in one of your 5.25" hard drive silencers or burn 'em with your 4 burners. Oops, er, forget that last part.

14-October-06, 01:47 AM		#12 (permalink)
Hak Foo Apex Elite Tech	Re: The Ultimate Case for a Pirate- This is a Monster! However you implement it, it's still a matter of making cables longer. And for those of us who like PSU warranties, extension cables are the way to go.

14-October-06, 03:24 AM		#13 (permalink)
GrandpaNoob72 Eleven-Bravo Sitrep Writer	Re: The Ultimate Case for a Pirate- This is a Monster! I saw the case tonight, and all I could think of was putting MNPCTech's blank bay covers on each and every one of those 18 drive bays... $361 shipped... HouseHold Six would kill me in a second over that...

14-October-06, 08:56 PM		#17 (permalink)
Iateronmly Smooth Operator	Re: The Ultimate Case for a Pirate- This is a Monster! Meh - ultimate case for a pirate yes. But I want to see the ultimate case for us ninjas!

14-October-06, 09:10 PM		#18 (permalink)
GrandpaNoob72 Eleven-Bravo Sitrep Writer	Re: The Ultimate Case for a Pirate- This is a Monster! The ultimate case for *ninjas* would be so *stealthy* that you wouldn't even know where to find it, lat...

15-October-06, 12:03 AM		#19 (permalink)
joecoin Apex Tech Fanatic Supreme	Re: The Ultimate Case for a Pirate- This is a Monster! That case does indeed have SCSI written all over it. Definetly not for the artsy type, more utilitarian than anything else. Interesting that Xoxide uses this phrase "Designed by a crack squad of Norwegian super-nerd engineers with the intent on creating the ultimate modular case, perfected and manufactured by the king da pimp of cases,". There's that word "pimp" again. Here's a ninja case: http://www.morexintl.com/product/itx_3677.php

15-October-06, 02:03 AM		#20 (permalink)
BigAkita n00b-ass reviewer	Re: The Ultimate Case for a Pirate- This is a Monster! That case is just damn beautiful. Pure computing perfection like that just gives me a woody. Luckily, I've got a hot wife to take care of those problems..

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