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Whisky PC
Something little that one can do with the empty glass bottles. |
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| Author: |
Janos Marton |
 Published: |
03.02.2006 |
| Original article found
here at Metku.net |
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Fitting it all inside
Almost there
HDD and PSU already installed inside the bottle. Now comes the
tricky part on how to get the rest of the hardware components to fit.
Installation completed
The HDD and PSU panel were fixed in position with a
double-sided self-adhesive tape. First I wanted to fix them with screws to be
able
to replace them easily, but I could not do it because of the very limited space
inside and small „service window”.
Powered ON
Up and running
Posing
Posing
You may notice that the bottle cap is sitting on the table top
on all these images.
Better cooling
At this point the cooling was not good enough yet. After
half an hour the bottle was a bit warm so I disassembled it and glued an old
VGA card cooler into the bottle neck to help the air flow out. Furthermore I
drilled 6 additional holes at the side panel so now the fresh air can flow
into the bottle at the big hole on the back side and through these small
holes. I drilled out the bottle cap as well so at the first watch it seems
the bottle is original, untouched. These little tweaks improved the cooling
and the temperature came down. |
Fan installed to bottle neck
Additional cooling holes on the side panel
In use
Serving
Since that time my Whisky PC is still working well and quietly in the corner
of my living room. Perhaps I should start planning on
making a cluster of these... Combine the fun of emptying the whiskey bottles
with some good company and building a high
calculation power cluster. ;)
Janos Marton
Author
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