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Guru3D.com » Review » Guru3D Rig of the Month - April 2015

Guru3D Rig of the Month - April 2015

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 04/29/2015 07:11 AM [ 15 comment(s) ]

The Guru3D rig of the month April 2015 is a self built HTPC, but as you'd expect, not your average HTPC build. Thirty-one  year old Cristian from Italy modded and fabbed his own product out of two Lian-Li PC cases, and then he even 3D printed the power and reset buttons domes, the end result is what he calls 'Casper', the friendly ghost ?

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fantaskarsef
Senior Member



Posts: 12056
Posted on: 04/29/2015 07:40 AM
Decent looking build.

Certainly I'll have to figure that thing with the tubes, led and the aquearo out, now that I have one too. :D

Robbo9999
Senior Member



Posts: 1510
Posted on: 04/29/2015 07:49 AM
Take this with a pinch of salt, because I don't have direct experience building desktops, but I don't really understand this build. Is it me or is there a load of unused space in those two modded cases that have been joined together? Looks to me like it could be a lot smaller, with it being an HTPC and all!? Looks like a pretty good result & looks professional though, just not good enough to justify what looks like a load of free space in the two cases for an HTPC.

(I hope people don't mind my slightly negative tone, don't normally see much criticism in these Guru3d Rigs of the Month, but I do want to offset what I've said by saying it looks like a professional job, and it has a neatness (not the US meaning of 'neat' though!) to it.)

Fox2232
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Posts: 11373
Posted on: 04/29/2015 07:58 AM
^ OK-ish look. But not very impressive.

Edit: HH, there is nothing wrong with "Casper" mod. It is clean made, a lot of air.
It's just me, that I do not see anything extra other than having 2 cases there.

My way is to have overkill/wasteful air cooling. My case is ugly but effective. I cut away stuff I consider not good for airflow. Then it makes less noise and is cooler. I do not see how anyone around would like my case (and it is cheap as hell). So you are right that this one is not my cup of tea :)

Hilbert Hagedoorn
Don Vito Corleone



Posts: 40041
Posted on: 04/29/2015 08:04 AM
Guys,

ROTM April was deliberately selected this month as it was something different and out of the ordinary scope of builds we have had, and that can mean its not everybody's cup of tea, I get that.

But before some of you start all the bashing, ROTM are chosen for being something different, and different doesn't always mean 5K builds or sponsored build with plexiglass cutouts and branded logos and laser etched builds with copper tubing based liquid cooling. Something, different in this case is a custom modded HTPC. A Joe average build also can be nice right ?

For those complaining, by all means please mod something yourself and submit it to ROTM.

Robbo9999
Senior Member



Posts: 1510
Posted on: 04/29/2015 08:24 AM
Guys,

ROTM April was deliberately selected this month as it was something different and out of the ordinary scope of builds we have had, and that can mean its not everybody's cup of tea, I get that.

But before some of you start all the bashing, ROTM are chosen for being something different, and different doesn't always mean 5K builds or sponsored build with plexiglass cutouts and branded logos and laser etched builds with copper tubing based liquid cooling. Something, different in this case is a custom modded HTPC. A Joe average build also can be nice right ?

For those complaining, by all means please mod something yourself and submit it to ROTM.

I think it's interesting to hear people's views on what they like & what they don't, I don't think it has to conform to an overwhelming positivity - there'd be no point in a comment section then really. Rude negative comments should definitely be avoided though in my opinion.

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