using lego for a case

Jaz · 29 Dec 2008 at 23:21

I'm building a Mini ITX system using the ATOM. However, i resent having to pay £50 for a case pushing my total cost to over £200.

Since i have a tonne of lego i was thinking i could use that to build a case. Any reason not to?

CliffyBiro · 29 Dec 2008 at 23:22

Heat and airflow would be the only factors I imagine.

bobbydigital · 29 Dec 2008 at 23:26

http://www.poseidonguild.com/legos/index.php

This guy has never seemed to have a problem

Nitrojan · 29 Dec 2008 at 23:27

Haha classic

TheCenturion · 29 Dec 2008 at 23:39

the only probelm, is it could melt if ambient temperatures are too high,

vincent1989 · 30 Dec 2008 at 07:31

awesome, just make sure there are plenty of holes to allow heat to escape and post pics up here

PhillyDee · 30 Dec 2008 at 11:12

anant_shah94 said:
the only probelm, is it could melt if ambient temperatures are too high,

I hope that was meant toungue in cheek . . . .

UltimateBadger · 30 Dec 2008 at 11:33

Just go for it - and post some piccies?!

You're not using duplo are you?

pennywise · 30 Dec 2008 at 11:37

It's harder than it looks, I tried it once and got about halfway through before getting bored. You'd need to decide where to put fans, how to attach the hardware to the lego (whether you want to drill holes in it or not), and how to lay it out to make it as small as possible. I just got bored with this and bought a proper case which turned out to be miles better... if only my hardware would work now :mad:

Swi1ch · 30 Dec 2008 at 14:22

Instead of building a case with the lego, why not sell the lego?

Richiev4 · 30 Dec 2008 at 14:25

Swi1ch said:
Instead of building a case with the lego, why not sell the lego?

Sell the Lego - Are you mad - Lego is too much fun

4T5 · 30 Dec 2008 at 14:28

anant_shah94 said:
the only probelm, is it could melt if ambient temperatures are too high,

Comedy Gold has been placed in this thread, Kudos to you whether you meant it or not

Schnippzle · 30 Dec 2008 at 22:07

anant_shah94 said:
the only probelm, is it could melt if ambient temperatures are too high,

nice.

Geckovich · 12 Jan 2009 at 00:46

Dear God, this is genius, I now have a project on my hands.

I will incorporate not just lego, but technic.

This may take some months work (no free time + hiding the fact I'm playing with lego from the missus) but if it ever comes to any state of completion I will post pics.

BringTheRain · 12 Jan 2009 at 00:53

Geckovich said:
Dear God, this is genius, I now have a project on my hands.

I will incorporate not just lego, but technic.

This may take some months work (no free time + hiding the fact I'm playing with lego from the missus) but if it ever comes to any state of completion I will post pics.

HaHa i was just thinking that, you could motors,pistons etc etc Getting carried away

jammir · 12 Jan 2009 at 05:27

i saw one made out of lego bricks on a auction site once

Benimaru · 12 Jan 2009 at 13:30

HA HA a lego case classic, keep at it mate it would be awesome and maybe when your finished post sum pics

MikeHunt79 · 12 Jan 2009 at 13:57

Ooo, Lego case, that would be great...

You could easily mod it for watercooling too!

The tricky part would be getting the motherboard holes in the right place, perhaps you could use a motherboard tray from an existing cheapy case?

bobbydigital · 12 Jan 2009 at 14:15

Could just drill small holes in the bricks and use some washers, nuts and bolts to secure the motherboard. Or I'm sure some lego bricks come with the holes in the middle but might be hard getting the right size blocks to match the rest of the lego.

vincent1989 · 12 Jan 2009 at 14:19

ignore that bit

just make some sort of retention device that goes over the corners of the mobo to hold it in place |_|sort of thing (the mobo slots into the gap)