Bourbon Barrel PC
By Andrew Gregory. Posted
This article was originally published as part of HackSpace magazine, which has since been incorporated into Raspberry Pi Official Magazine.
Whisky (or whiskey if you’re into the stuff from Ireland or America) is lovely to drink, but it’s even better as a coolant to take heat energy away from your overheating computer components.
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At least, that seems to be the thinking behind this absolutely perfect work from Josh Kroger, a 23-year-old mechanical and plumbing consulting engineer.
He’s combined a bottle of booze and an old oak bourbon barrel to create a PC enclosure with a beautiful cooling system. It’s fully functional, and the bottle really is plumbed into a working system.
You can see more details of the build on this imgur thread: https://imgur.com/a/hPqzYJa
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