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Transparent PCBs Trigger 90s Nostalgia (hackaday.com)
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[–] rafoix@lemmy.zip 54 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I’d love a transparent AM5 motherboard.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 29 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Bruh a transparent AM5 motherboard in an all white case?

[–] MrWafflesNBacon@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I would like a transparent AM5 motherboard in an all transparent case

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 27 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Vibe.

[–] reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Yes. Gimme electronics that look like this any day.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Get incarcerated.
You'll get transparent devices in there :)

[–] reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago

But they won't be as colourful and fun, which sucks.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm actually kind of surprised you can't get transparent IEX compatible PC cases. No glass panel just all transparent acrylic.

[–] reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 3 months ago

That would be pretty cool. But I'm sure there's either a good reason or a good excuse for it.

[–] rafoix@lemmy.zip 14 points 3 months ago

MB manufacturers are leaving money on the table. They can pair it with a transparent GPU and sell it as a combo.

$$$

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 20 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Pretty sure it would just be copper color. Lots of overlapping layers (6-8) in a MB.

Ref: https://www.gigabyte.com/FileUpload/Global/WebPage/16/article_12_ud3_clip_image004.jpg

[–] rafoix@lemmy.zip 11 points 3 months ago

A sheet of shiny copper is also pretty cool.

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 21 points 3 months ago (3 children)

The late 90s to early 2000s PCs I remember were that god awful beige color that I absolutely hated. It was fucking horrible.

Like in my mind, I associate that particular color of beige to dinosaur tech that's not worth having around.

[–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Dude, tell me this case doesn’t look sick af

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Well that is hilarious. The fake 5.25 floppy drive bay covers are an especially nice touch.

[–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Agreed. Also like the key switch. I think it’d look great decked out with some brown Noctua fans too

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Oh man, Noctua fans fit perfectly with this ironic high performance/vintage garbage dynamic! Good call.

[–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I still keep my actual ancient 5.25" floppy drive from my first 286 DOS box installed in a spare bay in my current PC tower. The drive hasn't worked in ages, but as a chunk of my first PC is still part of my current one it means that, in a Ship of Theseus sense, I've been using the same computer for 30 years.

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I love that. I still have the very first computer I ever bought, a Power Mac G4 I keep saying that some day I'll modify the case to house my current PC.

My favorite feature of that case was the latch you can see on the side, you pull the latch and the entire side opens downward, no screws. .

[–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

You could swap one screw from that case into your current one. It wouldn't be obvious to anyone else, but you'd know it was there!

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Nope, still hate it.

[–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

To each his own I guess. Personally I love the retro look

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 4 points 3 months ago

I still remember having to flip down the latch on the 5.25 drive as a kid trying to play some sesame street game.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

I would hate that case.

[–] Gonzako@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I kinda prefer 2010s cases before they all just turned into squares

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 0 points 3 months ago

Yeah, it's ugly.

[–] poweruser@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 3 months ago

Plus it was usually yellowed and sticky with nicotine tar

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

Only cheap machines were still beige by the early 2000s. Dell, for instance, switched to their dark gray clamshell around 2001.

[–] Spes@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Only available for 2 layer Flex PCB, not 4 layer.

[–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Enjoy the laptop, Cool!