ITT: sexiest hardware you've ever seen
>>59309543
>Plexiglass case l
>>59309543
So when does it get up and walk away?
>>59309543
Fuck that is nice
>>59309560
fuck off autist
>>59309543
helloreddit
>>59309543
>>59309588
More like software, if you know what I mean.
>>59309576
Worst yuru.
>>59309543
>core rope memory
>>59309605
>>59309576
Oh the irony, bitch
>>59309560
Lols
>>59309605
Yuck
>>59309543
>no ability to add disks
>only PCIe slots on case are for a single GPU
>1kW PS for a single CPU/GPU
ffs my dual Xeon E5-2660v2 and dual GTX 980s doesnt even use 1kW
>>59309823
it's that stupid "muh gamer muh overkill for upgradeability" and then they trash it for an itx faggot up your ass build,
>>59309823
>>59309905
>seriously criticizing that was built purely for looks
kek
>>59310021
>you cant criticize a system which cant even boot
>you cant criticize a system whos builder didnt even know how to size a power supply
>muh leds
>>59309576
>post weeb shit
>calls other autistic
Not surprised
>>59309543
>Not having the special edition aluminum dominator rams
Holy shit they fucked up big time here
>>59309543
Can imagine how hard it would be to sleep with that thing in the same room?
>>59309640
God damn that is elegant.
That looks like an industrial refrigerator with a glass door.
Zotac GeForce GTX 630.
>>59310308
I love this case, have it myself.
Faggots
>>59309640
I thought this was a joke somebody did to be funny. Then I saw
>Apollo guidance computer
>MIT
Imagining people depended on THAT to survive.
>>59309543
ESI Juli@
>>59310488
loser lmao
>>59309543
Well lick my dicc and fucc my ass, that's nice.
Nokia N9
>>59310021
yeah shame it's a bad attempt at it too, I'd take that in win tempered glass case over "BATTON DOWN THE HATCHES"
On the right
>>59310686
Please explain
>>59310878
>such a tiny case that you have to remove drive bays just to fit a motherboard
>nehalem series chips
0/10
>>59311092
Not that guy, but drive bays are useless these days.
>>59309543
I don't normally like that color but god damn is that beautiful.
>>59311176
lol ok
>>59311372
>He doesn't have a separate PC for his storage needs
Kek, have fun clogging up your main rig.
>>59309605
QUEEEEEEEEEEEFPPPPFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFBRAAAAAAAAPPPPP
>>59310050
This Lmfao
>>59311416
>his computer is weak enough that he just cant run 50+ VMs at once
>clogging up
stay retarded anon
>>59311769
>not having a seperate NAS, virtual host, desktop & laptop
Why even live?
>>59311844
>>not having a seperate NAS, virtual host, desktop & laptop
You dont understand what hyperconverged is do you? Or what PCIe pass through is? Also enjoy your downtime when you need to apply software updates which require reboots to your shitbox NAS.
>>59311533
SHUT THE FUCK UP RETARD, YOU'RE NOT FUNNY AT ALL, STUPID OBESE LOSER, JUST FUCKING KILL YOURSELF, I SINCERELY WISH YOU TO DIE IN AN ACCIDENT SOON, OR AT LEAST SOME FAMILY MEMBER, AND IF ITS IN FRONT OF YOU BETTER, SUFFER AND FUCKING DIE, U FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT, NO ONE LOVES YOU, JUST FUCKING DIE ALREADY, DIE RETARD, DIE
>>59310598
Shit pretty much just needed to do simple math the astronauts already had to do in their heads. For what it was it wasn't that bad at all, lots of active spaceflight really isn't that computationally expensive.
>>59309543
why is your definition of sexy so gay
>>59310896
He has it, too
the new ways may be more cost effective but you can't say the old ways weren't/aren't some bitchin' pieces of engineering nonetheless
>>59311891
Fuck off kid. I'm a sysadmin, all these things should be separate things.
Also I don't need to reboot my NAS because it is FreeBSD
>>59312092
>kid
which is why my SSDs alone likely cost more than everything on your desk?
>I'm a sysadmin
>But dont have a lab at home
>Or can manage to setup clusters
>Just some gayming shitbox
cry more
>>59311891
enjoy your downtime for everything when the main host inevitably fucks up somehow
>>59312747
>hey guise, I know more about storage than companies like EMC, VMware, Nexenta and everyone else
>>59312795
you're not any of those
you're a poser playing pretend sysadmin trying to one-up another pretend sysadmin on an anonymous imageboard like anyone gives a fuck and it's even that special on this board to be able to waste a lot of money on something
kill yourself
>>59309543
functional good design
>>59310529
shit
>>59312840
>faux-wood and smoked glass wraparound panels will never be fashionable in computing again
What a time to not want to be alive.
>>59312989
both are poorly expandable trash you contrarian pile of shit
>>59312998
>>59309543
I love clear cases and green PCBs.
>>59309823
also
>No I/O shroud.
>>59313086
I want to crowbar it.
>>59313099
You're just upset because its appearance is commensurate with performance.
Why do you think Lamborghini never engineers a perfect driver's car and then stuffs it into a 90s econobox frame, the car equivalent of what half of the posts in this thread will inevitably be?
>>59313142
>its appearance is commensurate with performance
I.e., it's a dog?
>>59313162
it's a black wolf on the prowl, on the hunt for data to sink its definitely-not-gaming fangs into and sysadmin it into submission
Jayz2cents ryzen build is pretty sexy
>>59312693
You're the idiot that is putting everything in one computer.
>>59313190
He should know better than to cool with urine.
What if it springs a leak?
>>59313228
>I still dont know why hyperconvered exists
>>59313231
>his pee is dark yellow
Drink some water for once in your life you fat neckbeard
>>59313228
>>59312693
>>59312092
Don't argue, guys. You both sound like children.
>>59309543
I'd be too scared to actually use it for fear of getting a single fingerprint on it.
>>59313308
Just wear white gloves 24/7. It will keep your case pristine and attract compliments from /co/.
>>59309588
tip lel
>>59310050
>post weeb shit
Anime website my man
>>59313539
Drink bleach, shit for brains.
>>59313582
>angles
It's shit, go play Call of Duty kiddo
>>59313608
you're shit my man
>>59309588
best post ITT
>>59314055
Because "boring" can look good. I find the Nzxt 340 elite god like. It's very minimal, and allows you to use your internals to make your build stand out a bit more if you so choose to. Other people may find that case boring, but nobody is going to compare it to some super tacky gaming design that can't look good no matter how much you play it up or down.
>>59314055
i think ibm/lenovo workstation cases strike a good balance, being interesting enough not to be bland, but not so much as to be distracting
>>59314086
That case is ugly as fuck, anon
Their Thinkstation lines actually look good
>>59314110
never seen that one before
the front panel looks like it's installed sideways
>>59309543
>turn on desk lamp
>go blind
>>59309543
>"technology"
>Posts a shelf made out of aluminium
>>59313142
>Turn on computer
>It flies away
>>59314086
Same, but I've always preferred the Intellistation cases. Trouble is, they're much more narrow, so if you're upgrading to modern hardware (like the taller CPU coolers), it's a challenge
Pic is mine
>>59314071
it's alright but the problem with windows is there's generally just nothing to see, desktop PCs are boring and empty on the inside
it's also just plain too bland, to the point that it's pretty much on the polar opposite of a spectrum where the best designs meet in the middle, being muted and professional but still tool-like and striking when you actually put your eyes on it
>>59314110
shit's just a generic mesh case with a thinkstation logo and garish red highlighting, the big gaping windtunnel aesthetic was a mistake
the newer thinkcentres are kind of weird as shit with those angled vents but they've got a decent shape to them overall, there's something about that look I just love
grown really partial to their higher-end westmere era pedestal thinkservers though, seriously considering grabbing a td230
>>59313142
>appearance is commensurate with performance
>>59310878
Nice job fucking the paint where the rivets were.
>>59309543
I found the build thread if anyone wants to see more.
https://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=315349
>>59309573
I read that as noice
>>59310648
I'm partial to the Audiotrak Maya 44+ PCI. Read a review on it some years ago and have wanted one ever since but they were pretty much impossible to find here in the States.
I'm partial to the SGI Indy. Wish I still had mine.
>>59314413
they can show up on ebay from time to time for as low as $70 BIN if you really want to relive it
wouldn't mind a nice R5K one to use as a tryhard document processing box
>>59314468
Mine was formerly a part of a large ad/marketing firm's imaging setup. I got it free when I worked there. We closed one of our satellite offices and all of us in IT got to take away some of the old machines. I took a complete Indy setup (monitor, keyboard, mouse, camera w/256MB RAM and 24bit XL graphics), a SCSI JAZ/CDRW combo box, an HP Netserver E40 w/PPro 200/512K, Dell XPS450, and a bunch of neat IBM PC machines (including a dual PPro 200/1M IBM PC365 w/512MB of RAM)
>>59314468
Is this the way to be a good Python developer?
Alienware
>>59309543
Why can't I hold all these Dell Poweredge m1000e blade chassis!?
>>59310529
This looks sooo 2004
>>59313231
That's not even a pun.
>>59314536
oh yeah I've seen you around, that was some good shit
I already have an R4K/200 in need of resurrection desu, but none of the matching peripherals or a decent drive to fit in it
>>59313002
I actually used an old TeleType machine at Paul Allen's computer history museum in Seattle. Pretty crazy shit they have up there
>>59314588
I'd love to visit some day, and build my own place just like it too.
The CDC 6500 they just got working is some real good shit.
>>59313142
>Why do you think Lamborghini never engineers a perfect driver's car and then stuffs it into a 90s econobox frame
I'd buy that.
>>59315123
*tips fedora*
Thread's over, kids
>>59311986
that shit cray
>>59315592
Damn I want a computer who looks like a fridge
>>59313231
if he springs a leak then he can just put inflow into his mouth and dick in reservoir
infinite piss to cool his PC
>>59314729
Like the looks but hipster tax is just too high.
Found some shitty Nagra cable that friend gave me years ago and I sold it on ebay for $120. It's insane.
>>59315123
>Hey man do you know what engine this car has
>BRRRRUMM PSSSTH BRUUUUM PSSHT
>It's a 3.0L V6 with sequential turbos. Have I told you how fantastic the sequential turbo is?
>Here, let me show you at this highway merge
>BRRRRRRM PSSSSHT BRRRRRRRRRRM
>Anon can you please just shut the fuck up and drive me home.
On the other hand, with the non sleeper meme lambo, you just drive home slowly with neither person saying a word. The vehicle speaks for itself.
>>59315811
I wouldn't say a word about the 1990s econobox Lambo either.
>>59313142
>appearance is commensurate with performance.
Ever heard the phrase all show and no go? Its like a guy I know who shows up to a kids cancer cruise that I do with his yellow camaro with lambo doors and a fuckhueg wing.
>>59315123
If I had absurd amounts of money. I'd do something boneheaded like put a ZR1 running gear in a mint condition Buick LeSabre.
>>59315572
It's called a sleeper, faggot.
>>59315880
Given a large budget, I'd contract someone to outfit a comfy early 1990s car with modern powertrain and electronics, optimized for, in that order: safety, silence, power.
And by sleeper, I mean sleeper, it should have ZERO indications. Steel wheels without caps, no special markings, nothing.
Maybe even a rusty exterior.
My dream car.
>>59315908
>Safety, silence, power
>Here's your Chevy Lumina with Google self-driving EV kit. Do you still want the steering wheel?
>>59315950
The range of EV is still too limited.
Will switch to EV as soon as mainstream models reach 800 km on 1 charge.
>>59315908
I want to drive this
>>59315908
>>59315980
But have it run like this
>>59315980
Decent. I'd take it in ash gray with less flashy rims.
>>59316116
That is sexy
What is it?
>>59315908
No rust, you don't want to look poor. That gets you checked out by cops and targeted by thieves. You want to look like a boring librarian or something, in a 5-10 year old camry or subaru. Your car shouldn't be so nice people think you have money to burn, either, which once again gets you targeted by cops and thieves.
>>59316116
9/11 never forget
>>59316455
KEK
>>59316455
The day that ended privacy.
I like the comfyness of the old IBM PCs right before the turn of the milennium.
>>59310598
People used to depend on pointed sticks to survive, you wuss.
For me the Level 10 special edition still the best looking case ever.
>>59318621
I see the appeal, but the actual functionality of it blows big time.
>>59313190
reddit: the case
My motherboard is pretty fucking hot.
>>59312847
I really enjoy the juxtaposition of that beastly looking machine and that dainty wallpaper. What kind of keyboard is that? Also what are the things right above it? Are they part of the keyboard? Looks really cool but I have no clue what I'm looking at.
>>59316455
Fuck i've been laughing like a spastic for the past minute
>>59309552
>It just runs a little hot
>It's not really a benchmark system
>Muh aesthetic approach
>>59312063
That's Cray
>>59312847
Oh the joy of being a 16 years old first worlder and having mommys card at your disposal.
>>59312063
veeger
>>59319152
Where do you even find a dfi lanparty in 2017..
>>59313549
>>59320287
Irrelevant what the site was made for 14+ years ago according to someone who isn't even here anymore.
Take your shit to /a/!
>>59320384
he must /b/ lost
>>59313142
Understated, elegant looks
600 horsepower
>>59309543
>>59310488
>>59310878
>>59313190
Modern PC cases looks so bad. The late 2000s to 10s will be sad to look back on.
>>59315993
>American muscle
Trash tier
>>59309543
Unmatched simplicity and elegance in such an unassuming package ready to unleash unrivaled general and purpose oriented performance at milliseconds notice. The fastest of the shelf tech on the block...
It simply is.
>>59320502
>Italian Muscle is more like it
>>59314413
>>59314468
Between similarly-sized old non-x86 workstations (you know, SGI Indy, Sun SPARCstation, DEC AlphaStation, etc.) which has a better hobbyist scene?
>>59316455
Well played sir
>>59320914
>no ty
>>59314536
>dual PPro 200/1M IBM PC365
I envy you, anon. I used to dream of a setup like that. Have you found any use for it? Do you have photos?
>>59320993
Because Bugatti's are shit. Seems legit
>>59321056
They are ugly-cute, though.
>>59319593
I'm pretty sure the thing on the left comes with the keyboard, no idea what it actually does other than look ugly. the other one is presumably a DAC/media controller.
>>59321146
http://web.archive.org/web/20081204011816/http://wolphbite.com/blog/?p=62
>>59321084
Because that's a relevant reference.
>>59321285
You are not suggesting that the car in your picture looks better than >>59321084, are you?
>>59321084
All day long
>>59321285
The Veyron looks like shit no matter what you do with that fugly base body.
As far as contemporary ones go, I'll take a Koenigsegg or a Pagani over any american super car any fucking day.
>>59321318
You'll need a larger hook
>>59321320
This
>>59321329
based
>>59321332
>You'll need a larger hook
If you insist. How about I suggest to you that it looks like a (comparatively) poor man's McLaren F1?
Well well well, bugatti can try but they will never get to Koenigsegg level of engineering
>>59321329
hnnng
>>59321418
>>59321423
hive mind
>>59321423
>>59321418
Nice Volvo
>>59321320
That car looks annoyed that those men are trying to get it out of bed.
>>59321418
>>59321423
>sweedcucks
>engineering
>>59321358
I'd say that's a legitimate comparison. Although looks can be deceiving. McLaren is a meme compared to the historical significance of Bugatti. You're not suggesting form over function? Last time I checked Bugatti is faster. As you know, a race isn't over until the finish line.
>>59321477
That fucking thing has more edges than bismuth. There are more corners on this body than in a fucking maze.
>all this /v/ tier garbage
disgusting
>imagine this company made laptops today
>>59321021
I got all of those machines back in 2002. The pic was my work area from back then (Pic was taken in Jan 2002). Two of the IBM machines and two HP Netservers are sitting under the table the Indy is sitting on. One IBM machine (PC 300GL) is sitting on a shelf next to the keyboards. I was using it as a sampler by running Win98se and some sampling software who's name escapes me at the moment running through an SBLive w/hacked ASIO drivers from an Emu audio card.
>>59318793
>>59320483
name 14 better looking cases you dumb fucks then JESUS
>>59320958
good question... I'd figure both SGI and Sun pizza boxes have a good hobbyist community.
>>59309543
If I had one of those it would end up looking filthy in a week.
>>59309543
>not a seasonic psu
>>59321021
forgot to answer the question in >>59321673:
I used the PC365 as my primary Linux machine for a few years. Back then I was running Mandrake and it was great! I eventually upgraded it when I ran across a pair of P2-333MHz Overdrive processors at a local pc recycling place. The had bins full of pulled processors and I found one and was going to put it to use in the HP E40, but then found a second one. Best $10 I ever spent.
>>59313061
iso.. mmmmmmmm
>>59312063
I like the one with the seats. I'd love one for my livingroom
>>59315908
>sleeper
You people are fucking regards it's hilarious
>>59315592
>>59321477
Lamborghini are the worse looking cars I ever seen man.
I can't believe nobidy has posted EDI yet
what are you gay?
>>59321691
14? Go fuck yourself kid.
>>59321661
Wasn't Olivetti bought by IBM?
>tfw Thnkpads are Olivetti's legacy
>>59317077
This is sexy as fuck
>>59320442
>not considering the curb weight
Moron
>>59314576
HP C7000 is far better
>>59320112
Well you can't.. The p55/x58 boards was the last models DFI made for the Lanparty series. 7 fucking years ago.
Amazingly the 1. gen i7 platforms still perform pretty fucking well, never had problems running anything (tho mostly just game anyway).
The DFI p55 pop up now and again on ebay, but they are kinda rare now. The x58 versions are on there all the time, but they suck and look awfull.. Better go asus or gigabyte for x58.
>>59322617
I shouldn't like this.
>>59314536
You need to tell mom the basement ceiling is caving in from piss, famalam
>>59315950
Lumina APV is my next PC case
>>59321896
i don't know who that or what it's from
>>59322774
Mass Effect. Pretty damn good series if you ask me. Beat it a few years ago.
>>59322820
i haven't played many modern games
>>59322837
You should check the series out. It's got a strong "Star Wars" vibe to its universe and story. It's an RPG developed by Bioware, which are the same developers who created kotor.
>>59322879
never been huge into star wars either, haven't even bothered watching the new episode
>>59322928
You don't really have anything to lose. Pirate it, and if you like it, buy it. Mass Effect 1 has a score of 91% from metacritic, Mass Effect 2 has 96% and Mass Effect 3 has 93%.
>>59322973
damn, nice scores
>>59322975
What time period is this? Those innards look ancient.
>>59322975
front looks like a slightly larger than usual jew nose
>>59323003
So that's what the live demo is for. It smells out shekels for you. That's actually pretty cool.
>>59315980
Get one of these.
Dodge Shadow ES Turbo. Actually... Any of the old turbo4 Chrysler cars will work but your best bet is to get at least a Turbo II variant 'cause it has an intercooler. Anywho, these cars are notorious sleepers and can be built out to run 10's without nitrous with ease. Anyone that frequents the local drag strip knows that when one of the chrysler turbo 4 cars shows up you had better pay attention.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zABEdxQo08U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL_0tS-nnDs
(another angle on the same race) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYuo5pUqnZ8
>>59322708
>tell mom
You mean my wife???
The kitchen was directly above my area. The guy that installed the water line to the fridge fucked up royally and ended up flooding the basement. I just never got around to replacing the ceiling tiles.
>>59312834
That IS really fucking sexy.
>>59320958
>>59321701
SGI hands-down beats the shit out of everything else for a home user. More accessible commercial titles, far more accessible free software titles thanks to Nekoware, a far more active and dedicated hobbyist community, IRIX, the list goes on.
Slowlaris, HP-sUX and probably VMS too are only really good as server or development platforms to a hobbyist, and Tru64 is fuckin' dead, probably at least partly due to everyone with an Alpha to sell wanting a mint for them.
>>59310598
As opposed to modern silicon rope core memory and logic was immune to the ionizing radiation of deep space. I would have more trust in it than some random microcontroller some EE fag thought would work.
>>59310598
>Imagining people depended on THAT to survive.
yeah? it's not like it's going to fall apart or anything
>>59323812
>Tru64 is fuckin' dead
Hey, you could always run Windows NT. :^)
>>59326665
The only sexy part of that are the internals
>>59320442
>weighs 5840 pounds
>>59314578
well it was released in 2000 so i suppose it was ahead of it's time ;)
>>59309543
Everything is chrome in the future!
>>59326611
:^) indeed
There isn't a fucking lick of Alpha software on NT that I've heard of, what the fuck Microshit and DEC were thinking trying to push that on $30,000 systems people weren't buying to use as a glorified 486 is beyond anyone's guess.
>>59309543
Not the ugliest gaymen thing that I've seen.
But it's still a transparent side window muh LED toy. I admit to having one of these too, but classy or sexy it is not.
It's more like intriguing until you get bored of it.
A great design, though the screen could have been better even at the time.
>>59314086
Classic IBM cues there.
IBM were always good at physical design, I had 360PL, white and ribbed for her pleasure. Then theres the Thinkpad of course.
I actually think the classic PS/2 line looked good, particularly the towers. I'd love to see the big drive-bay filling front mounted power switch make a comeback.
I'd take IBM styling cues over Apple ones every time.
>>59309543
will look like shit in a couple of days when it gets dusty
>>59326729
>the only sexy parts are the ones that matter
>>59309543
Fingerprint magnet
>>59327214
Except 99% of this thread is about the case anyway
That needs a custom liquid reservoir with mercury around it that looks like it's circulating.
>>59327244
no, this thread is about sexiest hardware. shut up you stupid fuck.
>>59327354
>scroll up
>99% of posts are just about sexy cases
woooaaahhh
>>59327372
>ITT: sexiest hardware you've ever seen
read. and when did 99% mean barely half? hows it feel being an ignorant moron?
>>59327408
how does it feel to be that mad over pictures of computers
>>59327452
I'm honestly not mad. I just cant stand stupid fucks like you that argue unnecessarily while being in the wrong.
>>59327452
it makes me warm and fuzzy
>>59322820
Mass Effect is a trash series from an even more trash company, enjoy the new shittier rehash of the previous one coming soon.
>>59316212
Why would thieves target a rusty car? Explain your logic, queer.
>>59327563
Old rusted cars don't have alarm systems and the radio is much easier to remove
>>59317077
I have that exact case about 6 feet from me as my LAN party build. Needs more cooling though.
I know they run hotter and I know it looks lame as fuck, but I want to get an acrylic case for my next PC but the only ones I can find all have data schematics and aren't not build with modern PC builds in mind. Does anyone know where I could find something modern and acrylic? I want a full acrylic case and not a side panel.
>>59313048
ugly helmet
>>59327787
>2017
>stealing car radios
Not even the niggiest nigger thugs are THAT desperate.
>>59309543
mine?
>>59310529
Agreed, my dream is to build a pc in a g4 cube case
design in general started dying in 2007
not to say there weren't good designs from 2008-2010
>>59328973
>tfw normies killed design
Anytime I show a normie god tier hardware their first response is "it looks old xd"
But show them any generic HP or Dell glossy plastic shit case they think its fine because its "modern"
Its rage inducing
>>59322973
got myself a copy of the first one
only been playing a little bit but so far it feels more like a point and click adventure than an RPG or shooter as i figured it would be
>>59321477
t. James May
>>59309543
nigga plz
>>59309640
>>59309543
>>59330135
>early
shit's like three generations in
>>59327082
Oooh, that wallpaper and theme!