n00b2.0 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Hey guys! First post! And all because I broke a heater, and got a great idea! Ha! I broke my heater, electricity gets to it, but it doesn't heat. Thought about taking it apart, and fixing it...then saw it sitting beside my computer, and an idea struck me! Why not "fix" a little computer (or even a beast of a machine?) inside the heater? It has vents all over it already. It even as a fan built in already. A power supply that pulls in up to 2000Watts. And loads of slots at the bottom for USB's, HDMI, etc. Mount this behind or near a TV, and you have a handy little server, noiseless (hopefully), and virtually invisible. I got the idea from episode 3 of season 9. And it would be so much prettier in a photo frame. But this is still going to be fun to try! Only problem I can see with this idea, is a graphics card. I saw this problem when I was watching this episode. I wanted to do this to my main machine too. But the frame would have to be insanely thick! The motherboard in the episode has on-board graphics. But I want a decent graphics card. So I can play games too. Is there a way of putting the graphics card in the PCI-e slot, without having it at a 90degree angle to the motherboard? (In b4 "stupid question" ;) ) Also, does anyone think this is worth even trying? Any ideas for it? Through anything you got at me! Haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01000010 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 yes there are cables that exten the pci slot, its used in crazy bitcoin machines. Here is a quick link -- http://www.amazon.com/PCI-E-Express-Riser-Flexible-Cable/dp/B004XD74MC It was the first one I found so look for cheaper and stats before you buy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n00b2.0 Posted November 21, 2012 Author Share Posted November 21, 2012 That is perfect! Exactly what I was hoping for! yes there are cables that exten the pci slot, its used in crazy bitcoin machines. Here is a quick link -- http://www.amazon.co...e/dp/B004XD74MC It was the first one I found so look for cheaper and stats before you buy On a side note, are bitcoin machines worth it? Everything I've heard so far is that they are not even close to covering the cost of running the machine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01000010 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Depends on if you pay for power, and your secondary use of the machine. I guess if you did not pay for power and build a rig it would take 4 or 5 months for it to pay for itself. Then you could test wpa keys at like 200000 a second with pyrit pretty easly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01000010 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 (edited) Ok back to the case idea -- I am looking for something to stick my file server in. Its a mini itx atom board with no fans, 10 hard drives, and a laptop power supply. So any idea of something cheap and cool looking would be greatly appreciated, also i would love to see pic of other peoples odd case mods! Edited November 21, 2012 by leapole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n00b2.0 Posted November 23, 2012 Author Share Posted November 23, 2012 Ya, I would love to see weird, and whacky ones too. I had this idea because the day the heater broke, I had seen this: http://thechive.com/2012/10/12/epic-diy-coffee-table-with-built-in-computer-20-photos/ You could do something like that? Show off the motherboard, and sexy inerds of the machine, and hide the hard drives under the wood (or show them off, whichever suits)? I really love the server in a photo frame, and will definatly do that one day. Im even thinking of having multiple frames, with different parts in different sized frames, if possible. Shouldn't be a major problem to implement.... shouldn't. Haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01000010 Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 hhmm table idea is great, just got the wires to worry about then but i could just snake them under the carpet or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry99705 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Ya, I would love to see weird, and whacky ones too. I had this idea because the day the heater broke, I had seen this: http://thechive.com/...uter-20-photos/ You could do something like that? Show off the motherboard, and sexy inerds of the machine, and hide the hard drives under the wood (or show them off, whichever suits)? I really love the server in a photo frame, and will definatly do that one day. Im even thinking of having multiple frames, with different parts in different sized frames, if possible. Shouldn't be a major problem to implement.... shouldn't. Haha I don't think he used stout enough wood for that.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.