My new computer case(s)

When I discovered that you could buy liquid cooling systems in the city I live in, I knew I had to have one.

Unfortunately, it couldn't fit in the case I have now. So I had to buy a new one. After looking for a while, I happened upon this case - YY-0221 and this case - Chenbro NetServer. I decided that I would buy the YY case, since it was less expensive and available in Aalborg.

The case now looks like this.

Unfortunately, it seems Coolerkit have stopped responding to my enquiries, so I'll have to find somewhere else to buy the pieces for a watercooling rig.

At some point I'll want to make the case look a bit more fancy, so I've been looking at various options:

• It'll probably get clear sides
• I considered installing an LCD display, but they are darned expensive, and I don't have that much use for it anyway...
• I want to use its leds for a multicloured binary clock. Originally, my friend Henrik was going to do the controller, based on a Xilinx FPGA, but since he hasn't got the time, I may do it myself, using a Basic Stamp, with help from Henrik for the board layout, etc.
• The inside will be lit up with various flashing diodes
• I was a bit tempted by the Asus CUSL2 "Black Pearl" motherboard, since it's black. But since I'll probably upgrade my CPU to an Athlon from AMD, at some point, it would be a waste.

The next case will probably be based on a case for 25 mm machine cannon ammunition.

That one will probably feature military-style toggle switches, and an analog meter, showing CPU load.