New case idea: Carbon Fiber?

[atomicbomberman]

Hmm.. nowadays people are drooling over aluminium case, but I'm just wondering why people haven't made a computer case out of full carbon fiber yet? I mean.. a carbon fiber car hood only runs like $500 and a computer case would use less CF then that, plus I'm sure people will pay $500 for a cool case that weights 1/2 as much as an aluminium case! =)

Anyway.. are there any technical difficulty to this idea? I mean.. other then the price problem.. is it even possible to make a case out of cabon fiber?

 

[Witchfinder]

Carbon fibre is likely to hold heat IN rather than dissipate it, all alluminium cases aren`t just a pretty face, the whole case acts like a heasink cooling the air circulating inside

 

[GiZzO]

carbon fiber is light, strong, stiff!... but isn't all that durable, scratches easy, don't hold paint well, and is brittle Case wouldn't be grounded, would be interesting too see parts of the case in carbon fiber. Carbon fiberdoes also reduce acoustics some which is a good thing, maybe on the door, bezel, top cover would be cool and most of the chassie made of a high grade aluminum, or steel.

Heat wouldn't be a problem, as most of us know aluminum cases for heat is mostly gimmic and don't really decrease your temps much cause the air passes through the case so fast anyways heat doesn't get absorbed by the case.

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