• anlumo@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    So, pay extra to get the smallest components possible for a desktop PC, and then mount them spread out on a giant wall.

    • nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 year ago

      I get what you’re criticizing, but it wouldn’t have the same aesthetic if there was a giant motherboard in there.

      I like it. I wouldn’t want to keep it clean, but I like that someone else built it.

  • c10l@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I just hope you don’t live somewhere even half as dusty as where I do!

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      1 year ago

      I feel like this might be easier to dust. Right now if I want to clean my PC I have to open it and hit it with compressed air. This one you can just blow clean whenever.

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        1 year ago

        It’s still being exposed to orders of magnitude more dust, which provides more opportunity to destroy components. Increasing the frequency of cleaning also brings with it its own risk of destroying components.

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          1 year ago

          All that dust is going to do, is to block airflow at worst. If you take proper care of it, it’ll be fine.

        • dontwakethetrees (she/her)@lemmy.world
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          As long as your dust isn’t conductive (such as metal dust from a machining shop) it really isn’t a real concern. Most of the time if dust kills something: its caked on, thermally choking components, and often mixed with something else like tar from cigarettes.

          Exposed and on display like this, the owner is probably going to be meticulous about air dusting it often.

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      1 year ago

      Or wire strippers, a crimping tool, and terminals. Then you can make all your own custom stuff at will.

      • Asifall@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Oh boy making an atx power cable sounds like a good way to raise your blood pressure.

    • Aasikki@sopuli.xyz
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      1 year ago

      Not necessarily. I mean, it’s fully built in the picture and definitely doesn’t look like spaghetti. If you cable manage the peripheral cables well I think it’ll still look nice.