News - Cubitek casts a spell on cubes

[HEXUS]

Uses some magic to turn a chassis into triplets.

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[kalniel]

Shame about the price, but otherwise I'm surprised no-one really did this before. Makes perfect sense.

[Funkstar]

How are these cubes [sic] connected to the main system? the cables could end up being quite unwieldy.

Oh, and those are not cubes!!

In geometry, a cube is a three-dimensional solid object bounded by six square faces

[kalniel]

How are these cubes [sic] connected to the main system? the cables could end up being quite unwieldy.

Just shove em down the back like you do for hi-fi separates

[iworrall]

I can see people using just the mobo case for a mod, using an external USB or eSATA optical drive for installs.

[jim]

Shame they look so hideous

[mycarsavw]

They've taken a Thermaltake Level 10 case and made the modules into cubes.

Interesting, I think.

[duc]

It's not something new, IBM released the Aptiva S-series in 1999, with the drive bays in a separate module via SCSI cable to the tower back.

[c.ruel]

I really like the idea. Would be good for watercooling I would imagine as you would free up alot of space in the "main case" To mount radiators on the front and top.