I miss early 2000s LAN parties.
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I was the idiot that always brought the full tower and the biggest 14" CRT.
It was stupid, until people realized that I had brought all 1000mhz.
Leave some pussy for the rest of us...
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ThinkGeek or somewhere used to sell one of these things that also had staps to carry it on your back. I always wanted one, but at the same time I didn't have any friends who also had PCs to have anywhere to take it for actual LAN parties. I'd just join them at the game cafe that used to be here. Used to carry around a usb drive with my configs for games I played at home because the cafe computers would always just get reset to defaults.
I'm actually curious... What are these called? I want one for boxes this shaped.
Modern version:
Some SFFPC cases even have handles.
That's an A4-sfx right? What's the bag you're using?
Not mine, sorry. It's a random example from the internet.
I got myself one of these sexy little boxes. Holds a full ATX board, 2 5.25 bays, 2 hot swappable 3.5 bays, and two internal 3.5 bays.
Coolermaster HAF XB Evo. Really wish they'd do a redesign of it to remove a bunch of vents that don't have dust covers. That and some better cable management
I can SMELL this image ❤️ Stale pizza, sweat mixed with dusty air, the smokers who just got back in, food trampled into the floor, empty beer cans…
The ravers had warehouse gigs but we all ended the same - bleary eyed and smelly people having the time of their lives, regrettably packing it up and reentering the real world. I miss LAN parties.
Unironically, what is that kind of strap called? I have a (much smaller) PC begging for one.
Searching "PC tower carrying strap" brings up numerous options on Google. Looks like you can pick one up for ~$20.
I, too, want to know what that strap is called... For a friend
Weird, I was just thinking about my PC strap that I have no idea where it went.
I think I used it more for taking parcels to the post office than I did my PC tower. The thing was surprisingly useful.
If I wanted a portable MS-DOS PC I'd either build one using PC-104 in a smaller case or I'd just build myself a WeeCee.