There are so many home made HTPC alu cases out there has anyone ever made one out of copper or even brass? i was just looking at this site http://www.metalsontheweb.co.uk/asp/home.asp and i wonder if anyone has made cases out of these metals?
i remember visiting a site once where a person had made 3-4pcs out of copper tubing. dont think they were htpc's tho.....
Wouldn't a case made of copper or brass be rather heavy? Depends on the kind of case, of course. But still. It could end up looking quite good though, if you gave it a nice polish.
also, very expensive, but if it was made out of copper and given loads of really fine fins down the side, the case could work as the world's best heatsink-- you could use a heatpipe from the processor HS to the case to conduct the heat away...
Cold Dog over at Pheaton Forums is making a custom cube LAN case out of 1/8" copper plate. http://www.pheatonforums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2509 Take a look.
