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Summary
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A YouTuber built a working cardboard PC case that runs the CS2 without thermal regulation.
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This required precision assembly, custom switches, and surprisingly solid transit performance.
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It requires a $300,000 industrial CNC to do this, so it’s not exactly a cheap DIY alternative.
Cases are in an odd place with PC builds. Technically, getting one is a good idea; it keeps your equipment dusty and dirty, helps with airflow, and just sometimes looks pretty cool. However, you don’t need computer case to run a computer, the question becomes: How much material can you save before the PC case becomes more of a hindrance than a help?
If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to make a PC case using cardboard, one YouTuber has nailed it, and it actually works pretty well. However, if you’re looking for a way to save money on your next PC build, you’re out of luck.
It took $300,000 worth of machinery to make this cardboard computer case
Buying a regular one doesn’t seem so bad now
As mentioned by Hackaday, this was a great project idea mryeester on YouTube. Mryeester saw people making cardboard boxes that looked pretty scratchy, so they tried to find one that actually looked good and worked well. To achieve this, they sent the plans to someone over at Cardboard Wizard, who used a $300,000 Kongsberg C64 industrial CNC machine to fabricate the work. Well, we haven’t seen it stack up, and it already costs a lot of money. Excellent.
Mounting all the hardware on the cardboard required some clever drilling and screwing, and they even spent some time creating a secret power-up sequence that required pressing nine mechanical switches in the correct order. Once everything was built, the cardboard box did surprisingly well; it was solid during transit and the hardware did not regulate thermally during gaming Counter-Strike 2. So there you have it; If you have a spare $300,000 Kongsberg C64 industrial CNC machine sitting around, now you have a great way to put it to good use.
