Our Geeky Xmas Tree

xSamhainx

xSamhainx

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Since both me and my fiancee are total pc/gamer geeks, we decided to make our first tree a tribute to our computer obsession.

We sacrificed an old Nvidia 4600 card, a linksys card, old ram sticks, and several old pentium processors and other various pc parts for decorations. The crowning jewel being a multicolored, 120mm fan on top for the star. I spliced it together w/ a 12 volt dc converter and plugged it in the wall, seems to work pretty good!
 

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It was really quite fun putting together! I used a dremel to cut up the various parts, there's a lot more general circuitry pieces that i cut out of motherboards n stuff as well. Got some cheap ornaments and put chips and stuff as the centerpieces, interspersed w/ regular red and silver bulbs id have to say that it worked out pretty good ='.'=
 

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Pretty cool Sammy. I'm kind of envious actually, I wish my girlfriend was as much into pc\gaming as your fiancee is.
 
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Extremely festive in a completely nerdy way--especially liked the nvidia snowflake. I'm just grateful my spouse doesn't want to make ornaments out of old shell casings or something.
 
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The fan is really cool, espcially since you got it running. Any problems with it falling off because of the vibrations?
 
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You, sir, are a true geek.
 
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I would use noctua for fan. Its more silent and with better airflow. They used wind tunnel to design it and it comes in nice brown tree trunk matching colors. A true austrian gift for fans (of fans).
 
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:) Leave it to Sammy. Merry Christmas little geek paws. ;)
 
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A true geek you are,I could have used some of those for my own PC.
 
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Well, what could I say.. it's beautiful :).
 
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Very nice indeed. The only thing missing is a ribbon ... a rather long ribbon that says:

Code: 
01001101011001010111001001110010011110010010000001000011011010000111001001101001011100110111010001101101011000010111001100100001

(Binary for "Merry Christmas!"):biggrin:
 
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fatBastard() said:
Very nice indeed. The only thing missing is a ribbon ... a rather long ribbon that says:

Code: 
01001101011001010111001001110010011110010010000001000011011010000111001001101001011100110111010001101101011000010111001100100001

(Binary for "Merry Christmas!"):biggrin:
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We have a winner! Come on up and get your "Geek of the Year" award. ;)
 
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OK, I'm impressed! Your tree is a work of art, Sammy! You really should alert the media, because it's newsworthy.

My wife, who is quite artistic, made comments like, "It's beautiful!...very nice!...very creative!...I like that!"
 
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thanks for all the compliments!

No, we're not having any vibration problems w/ the fan, it really worked out well. It's mounted on a piece of bent-to-90deg 1/4" threaded rod, into the top of the tree post (it's artificial of course), fastened at the top & bottom w/ a nut & rubber grommet between the fan and rod. The fan blade itself does give off a very slight hum, but that's really not a problem, in fact it's strangely soothing.

Been batting around some ideas for geek garland for next year, thinking maybe something w/ cables & rj45 connectors or something of that nature.

Merry Christmas everyone ='.'=
 
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This really made my day...seeing such inspiration during these hectic times reminds me of what xmas is all about. Spending good time together. Nice job Sam!

Merry Christmas everyone! :)
 
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