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danthegeek
03-31-2007, 01:24 AM
I was wondering around ebay and saw this. lol

Gerbil cage PC (http://cgi.ebay.com/Custom-Computer-Case-GerbilPC-2GB-RAM-320GB-HD-Radeon_W0QQitemZ330101407646QQcategoryZ140075QQssP ageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)
xRyokenx
03-31-2007, 02:14 AM
Alright, someone invite that person to this forum. +rep, that's an interesting case that you've found...
xmastree
03-31-2007, 05:03 AM
Nice, but he doesn't really address that question about adding new hard wear (sic). I can't see how you would use any expansion slots.

It's still really nice though.
progbuddy
03-31-2007, 10:28 AM
I was wondering around ebay and saw this. lol

Gerbil cage PC (http://cgi.ebay.com/Custom-Computer-Case-GerbilPC-2GB-RAM-320GB-HD-Radeon_W0QQitemZ330101407646QQcategoryZ140075QQssP ageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

LOL. That's the second funniest thing I've ever seen. And I know funny.
rendermandan
03-31-2007, 03:37 PM
just when you think you've seen it all....
public_eyesore
04-01-2007, 01:29 AM
it would be pretty cool if someone made a case with a cage as the side panel(it would be plastic not metal). With tubes and stuff going through the case. AND A REAL HAMSTER or a gerbil, but hamsters are so much cooler.
Bucko
04-01-2007, 01:45 AM
it would be pretty cool if someone made a case with a cage as the side panel(it would be plastic not metal). With tubes and stuff going through the case. AND A REAL HAMSTER or a gerbil, but hamsters are so much cooler.


Lucky someone has then and you can buy it online.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/habicase.shtml
GT40_GearHead
04-01-2007, 03:35 AM
pour hamster...mhahahahaha
xmastree
04-01-2007, 04:10 AM
Lucky someone has then and you can buy it online.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/habicase.shtml
Yeah, right. Check the date... :rolleyes:
Bucko
04-01-2007, 04:23 AM
As an April Fools day joke, they got in very early as it's been on there for months.
xmastree
04-01-2007, 04:28 AM
Well, considering that it's obviously a photoshop job, and you get 3.14159 geek points for buying it compared to about 250-300 for a $20 shirt, I don't believe it's real.

"supports up to 7 expansion slots" - With that big tube in the way?
"6 total drive bays" - Erm, minus four for the dome thing.

Nope, I don't buy it.
Bucko
04-01-2007, 04:43 AM
The fact that when you click on checkout it says it's an April Fools day joke leads me to believe the same thing, I was just stating it had been there for months.
Ticien
04-02-2007, 12:54 PM
Actually I have 2 extra cases at home, and my girlfriend has a hamster...she saw something like that online and wants to build a case into a hamster cage...lol we might actually do it after the big move....thought it would be funny to attach a hamster wheel to a 120mm fan housing so when the hamster ran on the wheel it spun the fan blades..
GT40_GearHead
04-02-2007, 01:39 PM
I can already hear it ! HAMSTER COOLING !
xRyokenx
04-02-2007, 02:22 PM
I can already hear it ! HAMSTER COOLING !


Or even better, HAMSTER POWERED! Just slap one of those suckers on a wheel hooked up to a turbine or something and you'll get about a half watt of power... you could hook a couple LEDs to it and have a cool blinking pattern, who needs WoW anyway? jk :D
Ticien
04-02-2007, 02:38 PM
lol...it would amuse me to no end to be able to run a computer with a hamster in a wheel
GT40_GearHead
04-02-2007, 03:02 PM
yeah and if the hamster don't wanna run no more, ZAP the living **** out of it :D jk of course :D:D: :banana:
xmastree
04-02-2007, 03:30 PM
lol...it would amuse me to no end to be able to run a computer with a hamster in a wheel

It can be done...

<thinks back...> Remember the unidyne mod? Well that guy has a site showing some of his other work. One of them is a PC built into a standard power supply, and fitted into an otherwise empty case containing a disco ball.

You could put a hamster wheel in there instead.

Found it:
http://slipperyskip.com/page7.html
Ticien
04-03-2007, 09:23 AM
that is really funny....might be something to try...
ShockMods
07-14-2007, 01:15 AM
omg this is so funny. I'm th builder of the GerbilPC and I just Googled it and it came up aith 496 results. The GerbilPC will be featured in an upcoming PC World magazine under case mods, and it's ranked as the 2nd best case mod of all time on extremetech.com . I would have never expected so many people to love it.....
Ironcat
07-14-2007, 07:07 AM
Yeah, we were all gah gah over it in April too if I recall...
ShockMods
07-14-2007, 11:52 AM
I understand, bigger and better things happen. I tried to sell it on three sites, after all. It only took 3 months for me to be tired with it.
GT40_GearHead
07-14-2007, 04:37 PM
man that was one sick idea, i loved it ! i even had a few ideas for the little dude in there :D look on page #2 :)))
ShockMods
07-14-2007, 05:07 PM
yeah we're actually planning something like that. The GerbilPC has been sitting in a corner collecting dust for about 2 months, but we're gonna bring it out and do a few more mods to it. It going to be like your idea, but reversed ;-). The fan will spin the gerbil. We're doing another cool mod to it as well, but I won't say anything about it until it's done....