Edelweiss PC casemod goes above and beyond insanity

Sure, these days, it can be pretty hard to get super-stoked over a casemod... after all, they're basically a dime a dozen. We're always impressed with the crazy ones though, and this one over at Million Dollar PC -- the Edelweiss (possibly named after our least-favorite song and flower), really takes the crazy and turns it up to 11. We're not even sure what's going on, to be honest, but we can assure you of this much: we're really, really fond of it. Two more shots after the break.

[Via Case Mod Blog]

[Greg @ Jun 27th 2009 1:19PM]

the sound of musicccccccccc

[iLoveApple @ Jun 27th 2009 2:09PM]

I guess this Edelweiss PC will be good for pirates then?


DAYUMN!

[Sue Smith @ Jun 27th 2009 11:25PM]

yea didnt a car company come up with this concept with cooler colors and more contour edges?

[IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII (BarCODE) @ Jun 28th 2009 3:08AM]

It looks like the BMW designed ThermalTake case that was on display at CES 2009.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/bmw-designs-pc-case-for-thermaltake/

[IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII (BarCODE) @ Jun 28th 2009 3:12AM]

From the Makers Website:
http://www.million-dollar-pc.com/messages/mdpc-edelweiss-message.gif

[igosl0w @ Jun 28th 2009 3:44AM]

it's ok. i got something in the works that will make this look like an antec case.. hopefully it can be finished this year.

[themovielife @ Jun 29th 2009 9:47AM]

Really uncool, Engadget. Really uncool.

[Erb @ Jun 27th 2009 1:22PM]

Look! It's moving. It's alive. It's alive... It's alive, it's moving, it's alive, it's alive, it's alive, it's alive, IT'S ALIVE!

[paezbak @ Jul 1st 2009 5:28PM]

Dude, ure okay?

[Austin @ Jun 27th 2009 1:23PM]

Pure awesomeness =D

[rsm @ Jun 27th 2009 1:25PM]

Totally cool...

[Tutti @ Jun 27th 2009 1:25PM]

I buy it kktybye

[Leksa @ Jun 27th 2009 1:30PM]

this is madnas!!!!! i love it

[Mel @ Jun 27th 2009 2:17PM]

No, this is SPARTA!!!11!1

[jon @ Jun 27th 2009 1:29PM]

Too bad they hooked up the H2O cooling in series. Hopefully they sent it to the CPU first.

[Will @ Jun 27th 2009 4:01PM]

That hardly matters. Water's got such a massive specific heat capacity that it might go up a couple of degrees from cooling the entire computer, and that'll have very little effect on how much heat it can take off of each component. As long as the radiator can take off as much heat as the components add under full load you'll be fine, regardless of the order.

[jon @ Jun 27th 2009 5:31PM]

Considering the size of the radiator and the compromised airflow, I'd guess the last link in the chain(whichever chip that is) runs hotter than I'd be willing to accept if I put this much into a build.

Some people would rather win the show than the race.

[mrrross @ Jun 27th 2009 6:01PM]

agreed

[igosl0w @ Jun 28th 2009 3:52AM]

Will is correct. The temp change is dependent of the radiator. Temp change from cpu to video to video to on board chipset won't matter.. This system will still be cooled. Just think how long it takes you to boil water. And that's a direct heat source isolated into one area. This is various heat sources in multiple areas of moving cooled water. Water flow is just fine on this system. Not to mention we don't even know how strong his pump is.

[ml2 @ Jun 28th 2009 9:42AM]

almost all watercool is done in series.
it doesn't make a difference.

[g3n3tix @ Jun 27th 2009 1:29PM]

Very nice. Love the individually braided cables.
I think it's inspired by the very one you posted before (BMW case)
http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/bmw-designs-pc-case-for-thermaltake/

[Mic2000 @ Jun 27th 2009 1:59PM]

Same thought here

[Joshua Walters @ Jun 27th 2009 3:01PM]

I knew I had seen that somewhere before. Just didnt realize it does look almost identical to the BMW case.

[maveric101 @ Jun 27th 2009 4:55PM]

yeah i thought of that too, i guess this person didn't want to wait/pay for it. it's a very cool idea, and this one is very well done.

[WhattheRuck @ Jun 27th 2009 1:33PM]

Does this blend drinks to!! If so I will have a shake!

[Super Haole @ Jun 27th 2009 1:31PM]

It looks like a sewing machine.

[unzarjones @ Jun 27th 2009 1:44PM]

My thought. Singer case mods.

[Jared @ Jun 27th 2009 3:02PM]

But sewing machines can be awesome too

[Smoke_me_a_Kipper @ Jun 29th 2009 8:23AM]

Well add a foot pedal and I'm sold.

[dinryu @ Jun 27th 2009 1:32PM]

This is a very impressive case. Looks like easy cleaning and it'll make use of the surrounding air to cool. I would totally buy it.

[crescentdavid @ Jun 27th 2009 1:33PM]

any pc that has a cooling tower is awesome, by definition.

[cj100570 @ Jun 27th 2009 1:37PM]

Amen! That is case mod nirvana.

[__smooth__ @ Jun 27th 2009 1:43PM]

beautiful

[Bash @ Jun 27th 2009 1:49PM]

*nerdgasm*

[ijyt @ Jun 27th 2009 1:50PM]

"We're not even sure what's going on, to be honest"

Lol Mac users.

[Greg1221 @ Jun 27th 2009 2:05PM]

I build computers and that is a damn confusing tower I don't think it has anything to do with them using a mac which they probably don't even do.

[Levi @ Jun 27th 2009 3:03PM]

I liked it [+]

[Rocky @ Jun 27th 2009 3:43PM]

Greg hasn't been around Engadget very often, judging by the last part of that run-on sentence.

[mrussell93 @ Jun 29th 2009 12:49AM]

i own a macbook pro hahaha WTF right lol im a mac user, how ahaha right. what ever

[Matt @ Jun 27th 2009 1:52PM]

Wow, that's absolutely beautiful.

[JayC @ Jun 27th 2009 3:42PM]

looks like it's taking up too much space.

[[e-mail] @ Jun 27th 2009 2:02PM]

It haz 24 SSD drives? That would be totally awesome! ^^

[Rey @ Jun 27th 2009 2:03PM]

Dibs - I called it

[Diesel @ Jun 27th 2009 2:15PM]

...as some others have commented on already...it's a thermaltake level 10...like..still awesome and all, but would have been way cooler a few months ago..

[darkmax @ Jun 27th 2009 2:13PM]

Did they design the Transformers in the new movie... namely Devastator?

[Phil Perman @ Jun 27th 2009 2:18PM]

The irony is with all that hardware being cooled by a single 120.3 radiator, the cooling isn't actually going to be that great.

[Bluecold @ Jun 27th 2009 2:20PM]

CAPTAIN:
Edelweiss, Edelweiss
Every morning you greet me
Small and white clean and bright
You look happy to meet me
Blossom of snow may you bloom and grow
Bloom and grow forever
Edelweiss,Edelweiss
Bless my homeland forever.

CAPTAIN, MARIA, THE CHILDREN AND CHORUS:
Small and white clean and bright
You look happy to meet me
Blossom of snow may you bloom and grow
Bloom and grow forever
Edelweiss,Edelweiss
Bless my homeland forever

JAWOHL!

[jlopez_15 @ Jun 29th 2009 3:27PM]

+1000 for working a song from The Sound of Music into a case-mod topic. That's got to be a first.

[Brian @ Jun 27th 2009 2:23PM]

Probably inspired by the BMW/Thermaltake Level 10 case. Integrated cooling tower is sweet. Overall nice mod.

[Jon Benson @ Jun 27th 2009 2:24PM]

Come on guys. Work it out. Edelweiss Microscopes... It is a mod of a microscope. The white, the tower. It works.