I am currently working on building a computer that is inside of, what is basically, a custom made shadow box/ picture frame. I like the idea of letting the computer components speak for themselves. From the motherboard's complex circuits, to the simple exterior of a HDD, I have always felt it is such a shame to tuck these beautiful parts away into a computer case or worse, ruin them in a gaudy case that still just ends up under a desk. Art, is meant to be hung on a wall for display. And that is exactly the idea that I'm trying to bring to life. The idea seems simple enough but in practice it is taking a lot longer than I had originally intended. I told myself it should take around a week or so, once I had all my parts in the same place. Here it is, about 3 months later, and I'm still working away at it. Don't get me wrong I've been having a blast working on it, it's just been a little more involved than I had imagined.
Troth for the lights routed out, holes cut for fans. Ended up going with a different fan set up for better cooling.
Lights set in place to get a taste of what it is going to look when it's done.
I have more pictures of further progress, but haven't uploaded them yet. I should be able to load those up pretty soon. I took a look around this website and saw what kind of insane talent that some of these guys and realize that I'm not even close to that level, but I thought it was a pretty fresh idea. This is my first build and just wanted to post it around and see what you guys thought about it. Just let me know what you think.
Thank you,
Scott Y.