2005's most expensive tower of the year award

AndrewJ · 12-02-2005, 17:00

source: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatal...aca_2d000_2das

the bottom tower at a whopping

ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£768 or ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£898 with VAT.

SOSAGES · 12-02-2005, 18:15

been out for a while and isnt that good
stick with your naff alien ware

12-02-2005, 18:29

Doesn't seem that expensive to me!
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Oh wait that's just the case?

paulyoung666 · 12-02-2005, 19:27

surely a misprint

Gareth · 12-02-2005, 20:29

It's a Zalman, and it's Totally No Noise, and it really is that expensive!

Here's what it looks like on the inside...

paulyoung666 · 12-02-2005, 20:31

it wants to be made of gold for that price

Gareth · 12-02-2005, 20:31

You can read all about it and see why it's so expensive here

**Maggy** · 12-02-2005, 21:55

For a moment there I thought you were alluding to the Portsmouth Millennium Tower.Commissioned for the millennium and only this month in 2005 have they afixed the spire to it.Most expensive white elephant I've ever seen.This is the city that just finally knocked down The Tricorn only to replace it with this

I'm sorry for the size of the picture but frankly that's the largest picture I could find online of it complete.To judge the REAL horror of it just take a look of how it looked as it was being built here

I suppose IF it had been built in time and to cost no one would be complaining but hell it's been a blot on the landscape while it's been built.I suspect that in another 30 years they will be trying to demolish it just like the award winning Tricorn.

I'm glad I don't live in Portsmouth.I just live in Gosport where the council have decided they can't afford the Millennium project they built(Explosion) the local museum because they haven't got ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£85,000 to spare to keep it running.

Anyway back to your tower.Very swish!! and cheap by comparison.

Xaccers · 12-02-2005, 22:01

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Originally Posted by Incognitas

For a moment there I thought you were alluding to the Portsmouth Millennium Tower.Commissioned for the millennium and only this month in 2005 have they afixed the spire to it.Most expensive white elephant I've ever seen.This is the city that just finally knocked down The Tricorn only to replace it with this

I'm sorry for the size of the picture but frankly that's the largest picture I could find online of it complete.To judge the REAL horror of it just take a look of how it looked as it was being built here

I suppose IF it had been built in time and to cost no one would be complaining but hell it's been a blot on the landscape while it's been built.I suspect that in another 30 years they will be trying to demolish it just like the award winning Tricorn.

I'm glad I don't live in Portsmouth.I just live in Gosport where the council have decided they can't afford the Millennium project they built(Explosion) the local museum because they haven't got ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£85,000 to spare to keep it running.

Anyway back to your tower.Very swish!! and cheap by comparison.

Last time I drove past, the tricorn centre had been replaced by a large pile of brown dirt (quite an improvement too!)
At least the tower will be open in this millenium, unlike the dome which closed the night before the millenium started!

It just doesn't look right though, doesn't fit with Gun Warf.
And what the heck is the Jack (as in the metal thing you pick up while you bounce a ball) doing on a pole out in the water by Tipner greyhound stadium after the "Sails of the South"??

Now, back on topic, it's got wheels so that case must be good

danielf · 12-02-2005, 23:29

It does have low maintenance cost...

Quote:

Originally Posted by ocuk

- Permanent Life Cycle
- No Noise
- No Electro-magnetic Interference
- Low Maintenance Cost
- Various Options
- High efficiency Power-Saving PSU
- No Dust
- Stable System
- Recyclable Aluminum Case and Heatpipe

What case does not have low maintenance cost?

Graham M · 12-02-2005, 23:36

I would like one of those Asus Ventos cases slightly further up

keithwalton · 12-02-2005, 23:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by danielf

It does have low maintenance cost...

What case does not have low maintenance cost?

Rackmounted / blades tend to have a high service cost associated with them

shibby · 13-02-2005, 00:21

urgh living in waterlooville(just up the road from portsmouth) that tower is a waste of money.

no doubt someone can make there own silent pc lol at something like ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£100

Stephen · 13-02-2005, 01:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zeph

I would like one of those Asus Ventos cases slightly further up

Me too they look ace. would love the Blue one, for my next build.

Semi On · 13-02-2005, 01:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by keithwalton

Rackmounted / blades tend to have a high service cost associated with them

But a blade is a server with hard drives and CPU's (i.e. things that might require servicing), whereas danielf was referring to a computer case, which is just the shell that components sit in.

Unless I'm missing the point entirely.

Dunno about anyone else, but the only "servicing" my case requires is the occasional hoovering out of dust-bunnies.

EDIT:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zeph

I would like one of those Asus Ventos cases slightly further up

That thing is... scary.