A modern, Danish case for your modern, Danish computer

Wooden computer cases? We've been there before, but few offer the simple elegance of this "Modern Danish-styled PC enclosure" photographed by slipperyskip at Collectors Weekly -- who jokingly indicates it wouldn't look out of place on the set of Mad Men. We think an integrated ash tray is a necessity before it could make the cut at Sterling Cooper, but it does appear to have plenty of room on top for scotch glasses. The case is said to be 85 percent complete, and hopefully some of that last 15 percent includes actually putting some hardware in the thing. Pretty as it is, an empty case won't do you much good.

[DDVX Posted Jul 25th 2010 11:19AM]

Interesting I guess. Can't decide if I would really want that though.

[grummy Posted Jul 26th 2010 2:07AM]

@DDVX

Urban retro style, it has niche market. Should come with funky wide rim 3d glasses

[TehSilentWolf Posted Jul 26th 2010 2:21AM]

@DDVX

let me get my CD out of my computer.... oh wait

[enGadget iGadget Posted Jul 26th 2010 2:46AM]

Mother Earth called and she told me to fucking stop cutting her trees and pretending to be some tree-hugging, eco-whore.

[j3ff Posted Jul 26th 2010 7:27AM]

@TehSilentWolf
Also let me turn on my computer, plug in usb/sd/esata/etc to my front drive bay... oh wait

[Rndlf Posted Jul 26th 2010 10:56AM]

@DDVX

I didn't know IKEA made computer cases...

[Techtrino Posted Jul 26th 2010 11:21AM]

@Rndlf
IKEA? You do know IKEA is from Sweden right? Bang & Olufsen is Danish

[Dafrety Posted Jul 26th 2010 12:08AM]

I really love this. I wish I could build nice things. My prefab case is sturdy but isn't particularly attractive.

[cdf74dc9 Posted Jul 26th 2010 12:09AM]

Extremely hot machine vs. woods. Wood cracks so machine win.

[Pearl Jam Posted Jul 26th 2010 1:08AM]

@cdf74dc9

Only if you stick your MBP running at 120 degrees in there!

[uckApple Posted Jul 26th 2010 2:23AM]

@Pearl Jam

Whoa, wait..

Arent macs perfect?

[Garion Posted Jul 26th 2010 6:23AM]

@cdf74dc9 Ever wondered what they used to make TV and radio cabinets of in the old days? Yeah, exactly.

[Ceyran Posted Jul 26th 2010 10:36AM]

@Garion

But that was a tv/radio, a cpu alone makes more heat than those two combined so its a non-argument.

[DocDoom Posted Jul 26th 2010 12:11AM]

Fire Hazard.

[barry99705 Posted Jul 26th 2010 12:14AM]

@DocDoom Why is it when people make wooden cases for computers someone says it's a fire hazard? You do know when tv's and radios were still using vacuum tubes they were made of wood. Tubes will get much hotter than a modern computer. Nothing in a modern computer gets hot enough to catch wood on fire.

[fel Posted Jul 26th 2010 12:55AM]

@barry99705
Exactly. The components themselves get hot enough but theyre touching heatsinks which disperse the heat, not wood.

[engadgetcomexcludeengadget Posted Jul 26th 2010 1:59AM]

@fel The lowest temperature wood ignites at is around 550 degrees Fahrenheit, though most require a lot more heat such as oak is 900 degrees. The hottest part of a computer should be the GPU, and that shouldn't be going over 250 degrees. I think it'll be fine.

[Son Of a Gun Posted Jul 26th 2010 2:11AM]

@fel These are the same people that write in to Myth Busters with absurd Urban Legends they've read about on some underground tech blog...

[fel Posted Jul 26th 2010 3:24AM]

@engadgetcomexcludeengadget
aight. I didnt know the temp at which wood burns, assumed the 90C of a hot GPU would be enough to do it.

[Ken J Posted Jul 27th 2010 11:25AM]

@DocDoom

Yeah because making an enclosure out of petrochemicals is somehow safer?

[HansImGlueck Posted Jul 26th 2010 12:15AM]

It needs cigarette burn marks as well as coffee mug and beer bottle rings!

[Prevacator Posted Jul 26th 2010 12:16AM]

PSU mount on top?

Fail.

[Dafrety Posted Jul 26th 2010 12:22AM]

@Prevacator
Huh? Having the PSU on top is standard practice for almost all of the tower cases I've ever seen.

[mauriceh Posted Jul 26th 2010 12:25AM]

@Dafrety :
Look closer.
This is a case with bottom mount PSU , turned upsid down.
The giveaway is the location of the card slots.

[Prevacator Posted Jul 26th 2010 12:27AM]

@Dafrety
For pre-builts perhaps, but if you ever look at tower cases you can buy yourself for custom-builds, they absolutely aren't "commonly" on-top. It's inefficient cooling when you're drawing already warmed up exhaust air to cool your PSU.

It's more efficient putting it on the bottom, with the fan facing down and drawing air from the bottom opening of the case; making its cooling completely independent of the rest of the system. It draws its own air, and exhausts out the back. It's its own cooling loop.

[kojo87 Posted Jul 26th 2010 12:41AM]

@mauriceh
what on earth are you talking about? thats a top mounted PSU if I've ever seen one.

[Mustangsamjr Posted Jul 26th 2010 12:55AM]

@Prevacator Exactly the back looks like an old Dell case.

[atebit Posted Jul 26th 2010 3:48AM]

@mauriceh thats a normal ATX style case, PSU on top, mobo inputs on the left, slots below that. You probably think its upside down if you've been around BTX cases, and even then you'd be kinda wrong.

This looks like you just slide your tower in the opening, not a real wooden enclosure. how the hell would you install anything without a side cover. The front needs to open to access optical drives and card readers. This looks like a pain

[bebop Posted Jul 26th 2010 4:41AM]

The problem is indeed that this is a box, not a case. Not only is there no access to the CD drive ... as far as I can tell there is no way to get at the power button! LOL

[Awall1987 Posted Jul 26th 2010 12:25AM]

I'll wait for the ikea model

[Mr Oos Posted Jul 26th 2010 12:38AM]

Good call on the Mad Men shoutout, Tim, but I think Don Draper would go for a darker maple-type finish.

[fel Posted Jul 26th 2010 12:53AM]

and its not just ashtrays that are missing, wheres the liquor?

[Mr Oos Posted Jul 26th 2010 12:55AM]

@fel

Needs a nice bottle of Jameson on it.

Half-empty.

[Mustangsamjr Posted Jul 26th 2010 12:52AM]

While neat, it looks really simple to build and the back looks like it came of a old Dell.

It doesn't seam worthy of a post.

[JeremyBenthem Posted Jul 26th 2010 12:55AM]

People who want a hide a computer like that need to get help, and then an All in One PC/iMac

[Adeptus Posted Jul 26th 2010 12:55AM]

Modern? Looks more 70's/80's style to me.

[slipdisc Posted Jul 26th 2010 1:10AM]

@Adeptus Try circa 60's

[unzarjones Posted Jul 26th 2010 12:57AM]

Horror! Brings back memories of ugly 4H Club lamp stands and homemade speakers.

[Mr Oos Posted Jul 26th 2010 1:15AM]

@deedeedee

The real question is, who in THEIR right mind thinks THEY'RE able to determine what is, and what is not, "2010."

[GeneralThade Posted Jul 26th 2010 1:27AM]

This would overheat like a mother-effer.

[nefnet13 Posted Jul 26th 2010 1:31AM]

How do you get to the optical drives?

[LegoGuy23 Posted Jul 26th 2010 1:34AM]

It looks like a chicken coop. lol

[slipperyskip Posted Jul 26th 2010 1:35AM]

It's a poorly written post that doesn't tell the whole story.Too bad.

[R94N Posted Jul 26th 2010 2:03AM]

@slipperyskip Yeah, it's too short.

[slipperyskip Posted Jul 26th 2010 2:37AM]

@R94N Maybe. It shouldn't have been posted anywhere until it was finished. My fault for putting it up on a backwoods antique furniture site. Slow news day I guess.

[arkweld Posted Jul 26th 2010 1:36AM]

Not for someone who likes optical discs of any kind.

[DeanSp Posted Jul 26th 2010 2:54AM]

As nice as this may look, I just can't see it being easy putting a PC together with a case like that....

[mai9 Posted Jul 26th 2010 1:37AM]

it's perfect! A case that looks like a table. Now I only need another table to put the screen.

[bloozie Posted Jul 26th 2010 1:55AM]

Nice architectural look to it. I would buy this over the lot of gaming towers out there. Make this in bamboo and I'm in.

[R94N Posted Jul 26th 2010 2:02AM]

Eew, no thanks. I love Danish furniture normally (Ikea...) but..just no.