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We Love the Weighted Companion Cube Case, Not Sure If It Loves Us Back

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Scott Dacus is such a big fan of Portal his ringtone is the game’s theme song, “Still Alive.” However, an even bigger fan of the game commissioned Scott to build this case as a gift for his wife. We think this man is a genius or headed for divorce court—either way, he’s our new hero!

Weighted Companion Cube mod

The Weighted Companion Cube took about 60 hours to complete, and Scott says he didn’t face any major problems during the build. For his next rig, he plans to work on a grander scale—re-creating an IBM mainframe, with operational tape-to-tape reels!

Weighted Companion Cube - Back
 The Weighted Companion Cube sports all the ports a media center PC needs­—the only thing it can’t do is offer you delicious cake!

Weighted Companion Cube - Drive bay
 Although we’d never recommend this, the Blu-ray drive is held in place with four refrigerator magnets­—with no apparent adverse effects to the rig.
 

For submitting this month’s winning entry, Scott has won a $250 gift certificate!

For another take on a Weighted Companion Cube mod, check out Magnus Persson's Weighted Companion PC over at Mod Shop.

COMMENTS
avatarBit outta date

Probably a bit outta date for a response-

I'm the 'bigger fan' in the article (my wife loved it btw :D )

Theres pretty much nothing behind the areas of the cube where the magnets are except the blue ray drive itself. The hard drive and mobo are a good bit away. I'm sure there could be 'some' negative effect but likely only if a part were failing anyway.

I find it strange they say '4' in the article, since you can see 3 on the faceplate itself, theres 3 more embedded on the cube itself for it to hold onto. (The cube is entirely made of plastic).

We've been using it as a media pc for the past few months and other than getting used to vista, its been great. Runs 24/7 and acts as our skype phone base.

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avatarawesome

How did he think of how to set up the magnets, and how did he set it up to where nothing gets magnetized?

Nothing so pink has ever had me in this much awe!

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 "Nothing so pink has ever had me in this much awe!"

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