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> have you ever thought that the real problem was that the front and back of your computer are backwards? I do, actually! I thought I was alone in that. I hav
by jolmg 7y ago
> have you ever thought that the real problem was that the front and back of your computer are backwards?
I do, actually! I thought I was alone in that.
I have my PC with the back facing the front. I actually flipped it to stop it from overheating from having the vents be against the walls, but I really like the easy access to the ports. It also makes opening the side panel easier, since they tend to be made to slide towards the back.
- recursive 7y agoYou seem like you understand how to read twitter. Can you help me out? I don't see the quote you provided anywhere on the linked page. What I see is this. > so I was looking for a MicroSD to M.2 adapter (shut up, it exists, and I have reasons to want it) and I found something way more cursed: M.2 (SDIO) to SD card slot! It sounds like a reply to something, but I can't tell what, and then below it are a bunch of replies, none of which seem to be related to each other. I think I have a twitter learning disability.
- jolmg 7y agoYeah, I don't understand the structure that well either, but those below don't seem to be replies. To see the actual replies, hit "Show this thread" or "See replies" below the image.
- aidenn0 7y agohttps://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1224206741602062336.html https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1224206741602062336.html
- reportgunner 7y agoThis is what I see when I click the link [0], the text is right there. What do you see when you open the link ? (no sarcasm or offence intended) 0: https://imgur.com/a/CkrGGDR https://imgur.com/a/CkrGGDR
- recursive 7y agoThat is what I see also. But the text "have you ever thought that [...]" is not there. I later found out that you can click "Show this thread" to see it. But don't confuse it with "← Thread", since that will show you a bunch of Trump and celebrity stuff.
- smitty1e 7y ago> the real problem was that the front and back of your computer are backward If this is truly a source of friction, why bother with the case? Why not go au naturale?
- frostburg 7y agoDust, noise, thermal and electrical danger.
- jolmg 7y agoLack of horizontal realstate, inability to drill and screw it into the wall (it's not my wall).
- yjftsjthsd-h 7y agoWell there's only one solution, then;) http://i.imgur.com/rnEHOTD.jpg http://i.imgur.com/rnEHOTD.jpg ...oh, it's not your ceiling, either? Well then I'm out of ideas:)
- andrewflnr 7y agoThat was... less glorious than I was hoping for. I think a PC built as a mobile would be pretty cool.
- solstice 7y agoPerfect to reduce vibration and other sounds for podcasting
- jolmg 7y agoThat's a huge tower of a heatsink. The motherboard seems to be bending from the weight of it. Am I seeing 2 fans attached to the sides of the heatsink?
- frostburg 7y agoI use a FT05 case for one of my desktops; besides being excellent thermally, having the motherboard rotated 90° with the rear i/o facing upwards is nice (also no gpu sag).
- CarVac 7y agoI built a custom case with a rotated motherboard like this, with a huge furnace filter on the intake and 8 fans (well in excess of what's needed for cooling) to clean my room air.
- yjftsjthsd-h 7y agoPeople like you are why hackers/engineers have a reputation. Bravo:)
- solstice 7y agoPics please
- CarVac 7y agoVery old photos; I've replaced all the hardware you see except the SSD, wi-fi card, and the power supply. https://imgur.com/a/u1Ti7 https://imgur.com/a/u1Ti7
- solstice 7y agoVery cool, thank you! How's the noise after you switched the fans?
- CarVac 7y agoI switched first to Gentle Typhoons, then the new Noctua NF-A12×25. The cheap-o original fans were quiet at low speed but hardly moved any air, and at high speed they made tons of wind noise; I think the airfoils were stalling or something. The Gentle Typhoons were reasonably wind-noise quiet even at high speed, but made a high-pitched hissing from the bearings at all speeds, and a groaning rumble from the motors at low speed. The Noctuas are much quieter at 1000 rpm, almost inaudible relative to the 4 hard drives, and make fairly innocuous white noise at high speed.
- lpghatguy 7y agoDoes that mean your power button is facing the wall?
- jolmg 7y agoYup, but it's OK. I hardly ever use it.
- marcosdumay 7y agoSet the computer to start on a keyboard press. I lived for years with a desktop with a broken power button. Didn't miss it.
- Hello71 7y agounfortunately, that wastes a good deal of power in the modern age of USB keyboards...
- eropple 7y agoHow many watts does your USB keyboard draw?
- LeonidasXIV 7y agoDepends how many devices are plugged into it via the soldered on USB to m.2 adapter, obviously.
- Hello71 7y agonone, but the USB controller is expensive
- mariuolo 7y ago> I lived for years with a desktop with a broken power button. Why couldn't you replace it?
- rfrey 7y ago
- egdod 7y agoI used to have a case that had stuff reversed this way. The cables came out at the front, and a cover could close over them to make it not look ratty. I think it was made by Lian Li.
- Polylactic_acid 7y agoThis is a semi common issue with VR. There are products available that extend the displayport and usb connections to the front of the case.
- woliveirajr 7y agoNever thought that the solution to my problem of "this cable is 4 inches shorter than it should" would be just making my computer face the wall and never minding about the power button. I'm sure I'll be able to just drill and put another power button on the top of it... And CDs and DVDs? Don't remember last time I used some. Thanks HN!!!
- mcpherrinm 7y agoThere's another adapter you can get to solve the power button issue! There are PCI slot brackets with power and reset buttons. https://www.highspeedpc.com/ATX_Power_Bracket_p/atxbracket.htm https://www.highspeedpc.com/ATX_Power_Bracket_p/atxbracket.h...
- yjftsjthsd-h 7y agoWhat is that supposed to be for? I only see > Also great for isolating problem case switches! ... Which implies that that's not the primary use they envisioned.
- JonathonW 7y agoExactly what it says in the first line: motherboard power control without a case. Their main product appears to be an open-air ATX "case", which basically amounts to a motherboard mount, a fan mount, a rail to support PCI cards, and a mount point or two for hard drives, without side walls and without a power button. So they also sell a power button mounted onto a PCI bracket, to slot into an open slot on the case's PCI rail.
- AstralStorm 7y agoThat thing is called a test bench.
- he_is_legend 7y agoI have one. I have a PC tower case with extra cages for holding hard disks - 4 cages with 4 drives each fill the front of the case. However that meant moving the slot where the power switch and front USB connectors were. I didn't need the front USB headers, and I also didn't want to cut a hole in the case, so moving the power switch to a empty PCI bracket in the back was the perfect option.
- Swizec 7y agoHuh? My computer had important (usb) ports on the front top of the case as early as 2005. Do they not make PC towers like that anymore?
- jolmg 7y agoThey do, but some people may want more USB ports, some an ethernet port, some a DisplayPort display port[1]. A keyboard and mouse is something you'd typically connect to the back, but I can see some people liking the ability to conveniently reconnect them to a laptop. Of course, you can buy a USB hub, you can buy a USB ethernet NIC (though it still probably won't go as fast as the back one), but you can also just flip the box. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22429795 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22429795
- Wowfunhappy 7y agoSee, I totally agree with your reasoning, and I would do that with my computer, except... ...the back of my computer is ugly. It matters! My computer is a pretty large fixture in my apartment, and I want my home to look nice.
- ethbro 7y ago> ...the back of my computer is ugly. https://www.homedepot.com/s/Spray%2520paint?searchtype=text&NCNI-5 https://www.homedepot.com/s/Spray%2520paint?searchtype=text&...
- reportgunner 7y agoYou could hide the computer behind a painting.
- tfehring 7y agoSounds like a good idea in theory, but then you need to reach all the way to the back to access the PCIe card mounted in your optical drive bay.
- klyrs 7y agoHahaha do you remember when humans used to put data in through the front of the computer?
- lazylizard 7y agoSome boards have power n reset buttons at the back too.
- myself248 7y agoYeeeeeeeeeeeears ago, a company called Cyber Research made a "backwards PC case" with both the slots and drive bays facing the same side. They used to advertise in PC Computing and Byte and stuff, if I recall correctly. If I had a bunch of time I could probably find 'em on Archive.org or something. Their logo was very distinctive, a 3d-head sort of thing which I remember resembling the middle of the "little brain / big brain / universe brain" meme.
- maxerickson 7y agohttps://news.thomasnet.com/fullstory/reversed-pc-chassis-makes-cabling-easier-5831 https://news.thomasnet.com/fullstory/reversed-pc-chassis-mak...
- graphitezepp 7y agoSomeone once wanted to play a music CD on my computer. You seriously think I bothered to buy a CD reader for this thing?