To those saying "this is clearly meant for a car, not a PC!" Nope, this really was sold and marketed as a PC add-on :) Here's another look at the device: th-cam.com/video/fck8Sl75W-I/w-d-xo.html Not only was it created by Thermaltake as a desktop computer add-on, as stated both on the packaging and the websites shown in the video, but _standard vehicle head units are wider_ -- typically 7⅛" across. You can ignore their badly-Photoshopped image of the Alfa Romeo 156 center console on the packaging, which they stretched to fit the Xray and a Thermaltake Hardcano 12. twitter.com/lazygamereviews/status/1215664862577283073 Yes, the package says it's for "car expansion accessories," but that means things like the 12V DC adapters I showed in the video. English translation was not one of Thermaltake Taiwan's strongest points and there are plenty of other awkward translations on the package, too. Sure, you _could_ probably install the Xray in a vehicle. But that is not what it's designed for and I am not making up its intended purpose.
Curious how it would fare with Air compressors,heaters/kettles or something that works great on battery but usually triggers short circuit protection on an AC/DC test supply. I have a 12v hairdryer i can run from my power bank and a 12v kettle manufactured by the phone company (try the USB Jump-start powerbanks if you want that kind of power) or just get a small 12v battery
@@Themunit1 If i plug in a 200w device to a battery that can barely power it it might run a few watts lower for example if it has a motor that goes slower. But i still get it to run! AC/DC devices have a bunch of safety features that would panic if such a thing happened and many 12v devices (power tools) can easily use more power than a computer under normal operation. I would assume the fuse would pop before any damage took place but triggering a safety feature in the power supply is a real possibility. You want the full truck experience? you need the 24 volt version i know a trucker who blew a bunch of fuses trying to use a 12v kettle in a truck that was 24v(same plug used) Real gamers dont pause truck simulator they pull over and cook lunch with their Roadpro 12v frying pan use their commode and empty it out the window when going down a road with few witnesses
I would love to take this rig into a repair shop and tell them the “cup holder” is broken and then see their reaction when there is ACTUALLY a cup holder in it😂
I work for a computer shop that's been open for 39 years. I started just over a year ago. My boss had me going through old hardware my first week and I found one of these. It was hilarious and I went and offered it to a few of our employees who smoke 😂
I had that on my pc rig back in the day. And yes the cup holder did break. The 12 volt port on it was great though for plugging in my portable air pump.
@@nSpiraliArchitectb i used it mainly for charging my cell pgone before usb phone chargers but as a cupholder occasionally when the computer used to be on my desk and not on the floor. I still have the same computer case from forever ago and never removes it with all the motherboard swaps. Thermaltake armor series case, beast, 24"x24"x8"
@@evanallen5377 Ah gotcha. Interesting these are still out there being used. I had that case also for ages - finally switched to something smaller/more modern a few years ago. It's a good case.
i love their product desription on the website. When the first sentence you advertise your product with is "Don't laugh...ok you can laugh" you know its what you need in your life
"I'm telling you Bill, ya gotta get one of these things! And you know the best part? All that smoke just gets sucked right into the PC! No more coating the walls and ceiling, it's like it disappears in there..."
I even drilled a hole in the back of the ash tray, so it just gets hoovered into the case. I'll dust it once in a while, but it's nice not to have to empty that tiny cup so often...
@Matthew Hurren I feel like it's legally not an ash tray for the fire risk, given most computer peripherals are on, you know, a desk. I was half joking in a similar vein as the first comment though- smoking too near a pc is not a fantastic idea for longevity as the tar makes dust stick to anything with air going past it more quickly
Back when I was a tech, nicotine and tar mixed with dust caked on to everything was one of the biggest hardware problems we'd see. Heat sinks clogged, fans not spinning. Motherboards that didn't automatically shut things off when things started cooking. Fun times. Cigarettes don't just kill people, they kill PCs too.
This really looks like someone took the old tech support joke of the customer thinking the "CD tray is a cup holder" literally and some drunken exec greenlighted it.
not a joke. i mean, it was passed around a lot, but i worked hell desk for gateway during y2k. i took a call from a person who thought the cd rom tray was supposed to be a cupholder. i took a call from a woman who thought the mouse was a foot pedal. my personal favorite was the guy who swore up and down that the port on his modem for the phone line was too small for a phone line plug. i assured him that was not possible, and after a lot of searching, finally found some pictures of his specific modem. he was trying to plug the phone line into a sticker, which had the silhouette of a phone jack, which was right next to the actual phone port. it was a testament to my professionalism that i managed to keep a straight face while i assured him it could've happened to anyone until he was off the line before i broke down laughing.
Maybe it was the customers idea. "ok, so it's not a cup holder. But... What if it were? and a cigarette lighter too!". But Thermaltake? Come on, we expect better than that from them.
Don't go too far, i live in greece and this was a thing up to like 5 years ago when the eu more or less forced our lazy asses to ban indoor smoking for, you know the massive obvious health reasons
I think it's one of those things... if they call it an ashtray... the ash flies inside and damages something... someone could sue saying "I used as intended and damaged my PC". Since they call it a cup holder. A person can't claim that anymore.
@@MateusAntonioBittencourt Yup. Probably right on that one. Although, marketing & design are different beasts to be fair. This one does have that danger of waking the "lawsuit" nightmare if they followed the design narrative.
@@MedievalFolkDance I mean it probably is just a cheap car unit just shoved into a 5.25" drive bay mounting since i'm pretty sure a friend of mine had one of these in his car just a higher quality one.
I'd say it was intended to be an ashtray and at the last minute they realized what a terrible idea that was. The plastic insert was likely a replacement for a metal ashtray that originally went in there; I have one and the resting divot doesn't match the insert but would if a different insert was used that followed the indent.
This was supposed to fit into the raver/gamer/music producer culture of the late 90's and early 00's. Not sure if you've seen pictures of those old huge LAN parties, but you literally got just enough space for your rig and monitor, so it would have been nice to have a cup holder for your energy drinks and bottles of water, and most of them would have been smoking menthol cigs like a chimney while they were rolling. Makes total sense back then, not so much with the modern generation of gamer. Regardless, great video as always! Keep on being awesome!
3:00 "Ah, let me just bust out my car adapter so that I can charge my laptop off my desktop's cigarette lighter port." -Nobody Ever in The History of Time
In my younger days I dated a smoker that was also a BBSer. Her computer was pretty grungy. The mousepad was almost black except for the middle area were the mouse itself rubbed. I think it was themed for an old cartoon movie "The Maxx".
Guess I'm just young and, didn't hang out around smokers. I legitimately did not know how car cigarette lighters worked until I watched this video. Thanks for that, this oddware is kind of great. It's nice to see a weird accessory actually do what it was supposed to.
I had one of those years ago at one pc at our company, where it was used to power navigation devices or other car equipment for flashing or for device testing
this is for that cheap internet café computer somewhere in china where you're allowed to smoke and live there 24/7 while smoking a carton of cigs a day.
@@evilpimp2475 Well given their airs quality are smoke so yeah. In fact they can smoke inside the restaurant no problem, here in America, no business for them.
I also like that you took 12v dc from the computer power supply, converted it to 120v ac, then plugged in the transformer for the speakers which probably converted it BACK to 12v dc for the speakers.
Richard Uhlenberg Having lived in Taiwan in the early 2000’s, I can confirm this to be true. If the tower is on the floor, the “ergonomics” of the cup holder is perfect. People would spend hours smoking, drinking Taiwan Beer and playing Counter Strike or MMORPGs.
This guy couldnt figure you can light your cigarret and use the removable tray for the ashes until the end of the video. I wanna one so i can even dust my pc with a car vacuum cleaner!
Back in the day many IT professionals had to deal with the typical CD/DVD drive break because the user thought it was a cup holder. Thermaltake just went ahead and made a cup holder for the pc.
@@matrixmirage2148 Hey, don't dizz us! This winter might have been warm, but who knows if next year's is? And by then I'll be sitting nice and comfortable with my very economic dual purpose AMD card, while you snobs freeze!
Yeah, exactly! I think people kind of forget pre-USB when we had a bunch of proprietary car chargers for different things. This product actually makes a LOT of sense for that stuff.
Auto Pi either that, or if you have your wall charger in a position that is an EXTREME PITA like on a nightstand and the plug is buried behind your bed and requires a lot of furniture moving to get to it.
Someone from the legal department called and were like...."Ummm, do we really want to be liable for encouraging people to use this as an ash tray? Someone will inevitably never empty it, and eventually shove it closed with a smoldering cigarette butt inside? You all may as well get ready to close all of this up because the lawsuits from careless smokers are going to put us out of business."
Alfred Morency its an indentation to take out the small cup. The little cup itself doesn’t have it so it would be hard to balance a cigarette on it. You could take it out and dump the ash on the tray itself but it would make it impossible to clean.
I had forgotten completely, that I had one of these installed to power a small fridge on LAN-parties in the glory days... Makes me wanting one of these again, just for historical reasons :-). Thanks for reminding me of my younger days ;-) !
Important safety notes: 1) Despite the removable ashtray bit, there really isn't a way to clean this thing outside of complete disassembly if your jumbo gas station beverage springs a leak on the side. You can guess how I know that. 2) Modern PC cases don't have a lot of steel in them anymore, and so this may make your case tip over. You can probably guess how I know that, too.
Clint, seeing you having fun with this made me feel like I was there laughing about that Thermaltake thingy with you. Made my day better, this is wholesome! Cheers! :D
Well.. it doesn't work like that. It's not free power, it uses the power of that goes into to PC and is converted to 12V, then back to 110V / 220V (step up converter), it's actually quite inefficient.
This would have been perfect for a childhood friends dad, he was a journalist, gamer, chain cigar smoker and potentially alcoholic. He also had the largest CRT monitor I have ever seen on his desk, it was HUGE!
My guess is since the top of the drive has no cover, they put a cigarette in there once, the cooling in the case whipped up sparks and the who-... oh who am I kidding no one ever tested this thing.
@@kaydog890 the smaller removable cylinder that fits into the tray is 100% a removable ashtray that when removed exposes the actual cup holder. Please note the cigarette resting slots that line up with the inner cylinder, then note the condensation vent in the tray when the ashtray is removed. As long as they're using plastic designed for smoking (plastic with a high melting point) , the ashtray will be fine.
@White Rice people use it as a ashtray. I decided to actually look into it as you had me intrigued, mainly because the lighter burns around the same temp as a cigarettes average burning temp. Some online reviews/commenters state they do use it as a ashtray but some do and some don't stab the butt out in it (not a great ashtray then). I'm guessing it's made from some cheap plastic but a heavy burning coil of nichrome would damage it quicker then Ash (not sure about the butt though) . You should upload a video of you stabbing a smoke out in it seems as it's already melted. Does it have a composite stamp anywhere on the thing to indicate the plastic type the holder/frame is made from?. I couldn't find a material list for it but found a guy who modded his with a cigar prop to hold his cigars 🤣.
I don't want to go back to "The Good Ole Days" I just want to go back to a time where it was normal to install a cigarette lighter and cup holder in a spare bay slot in your computer tower.
I remember seeing a non thermaltake-branded one of these for sale at my local computer shop almost 20 years ago, and it was called a "smoking kit." The cup holder was billed as an ashtray.
@@ThomasBlithe If you're smoking near a computer that's the least of your worries. Everything inside is just coated with dust soaked tar and it gets really nasty after a while.
A buddy of mine had this.. protip: dont place a tube of mentos in the lighter hole at a LAN unless you want all your friends pissed at you for breaking the fuses
@@tomsyndicate3279 Maybe I misinterpreted what Ape Katten said. I'd previously read it as the mentos causing fuses to break in the building circuit, but I see now that it might have been referring only to the device circuit. What is throwing me off is the use of the plural friends and fuses, when there is only one fuse in the device and one friend owed the device.
I think I've gone through about 12 major upgrades since I first bought an X-Ray and it's been the only element I've carried through on every build. Pretty sure the first case it was installed to was a Lian Li PC-60b so seeing it in LGRs silver model was pretty nostalgic. Today it sits in my latest build just above a Plusdeck2 - All PCs should have a cig lighter and a cassette deck right? :)
The product is utter trash. It is flimsy and does not hold drink well. And when I reboot my pc, it closes by itself and it spills coffee all over my desk!! 0/5 stars!!
Had one of these in my giant tower when I was in college and gamed all night every night... used it to put my beer into... worked fine. Was more of a gimmick, could just put it on my desk..., but I was into gimmick PC stuff back then... before RGB was mainstream.... back when we put our own case windows and colored tube lighting into our towers.
Aledownload Far infrared is electromagnetic radiation, too. Granted, the heat given off is more likely from conduction than radiation, but the point still stands that heat is electromagnetic.
That whole "the cupholder really looks like an ashtray" thing makes me think this was marketed as a "12v accessory device and cup holder" to get around laws in some countries against advertising smoking paraphenalia
that is totally a covert ashtray, even has a groove for your cigarette to rest in. i'm willing to bet you are right about them marketing it to avoid legal issues
@@selfhelp9685 oh really? I'm not an smoker, and all ashtray Ive seen are made of metal or glass, so I had no idea that was possible. But I didn't mean it like it would burn, but more like slowly melting.
@@chrll there are plenty of plastics that can handle temps higher than a cig can put out, most ashtrays are plastic. just look at the ashtrays in gas stations and grocery stores next time you are out, if you find one made of anything but plastic id be surprised
This was one of those things I wasn't sure if I dreamed about or actually saw somewhere in real life. I was absolutely delighted to find out it wasn't a dream. It must be very practical if you're a smoker + coffee drinker working in a gritty environment with an expendable PC. 😆
Reminds me of the time I burnt my thumb on my car’s cigarette lighter. I didn’t know how it worked at the time and it wasn’t until after I asked myself “Is this thing working?” and touched the damn thing that I realized it was red hot. I put it on ice for an entire day and I felt it for like a week after.
I had one of these and used it all the time. I was a heavy smoker back, thankfully I gave up long ago. What shocked me was that cup holder. I'd completely forgotten about that. What a crazy thing it is, you have to see it to believe it exists haha
I'm glad someone else noticed that. 10 . amp . fuse. How many PC power supplies have a 12 volt rail rated for 10 amps? lol On the plus side you can actually get lower rated fuses in that spade form factor that you could just swap right in to make it safer. On the down side, I'm pretty sure the cigarette lighter wouldn't work any more without blowing the fuse.
Jeremy Levi probably most of them, a PC like that would barely use the 12v. I have an old power supply from a Athlon XP machine that has 14a on the 12v rail.
No person ever: Hmmm... How can I increase my systems heat to fire starting levels and have liquids dangerously close ThermalTeke: Hold my beer No Person ever: Eureka!
This is so you can reenact that scene from A Goofy Movie wherein Goofy and Max use a car cigarette lighter to heat up a can of soup. Y'know, while watching A Goofy Movie on your PC.
I love that you got excited over the novelty of the thing during the video. I mean it IS cool, certainly would've been a statement piece at the time. Even if the applications or population who'd actually buy this was limited, I still cant deny that.
I remember seeing these at Micro Center. I thought it would be a neat touch for a garage PC. Of course, I got a smartphone soon after and I had all of the torque specs, firing orders, and DIY tutorials I could ever want for my projects at my fingertips. Now, I want to build a garage computer again.
I remember when CD drives were a thing back in the day. I remember physical media too, alas, slowly but surely everything’s going digital. Sad, but true. Kids nowadays will never know what it’s like to collect your all time favorite games... I STLL have my copy of Chrono Trigger, and even to this day, 😘👌🏻 MASTAPIECE
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To those saying "this is clearly meant for a car, not a PC!" Nope, this really was sold and marketed as a PC add-on :) Here's another look at the device:
th-cam.com/video/fck8Sl75W-I/w-d-xo.html
Not only was it created by Thermaltake as a desktop computer add-on, as stated both on the packaging and the websites shown in the video, but _standard vehicle head units are wider_ -- typically 7⅛" across. You can ignore their badly-Photoshopped image of the Alfa Romeo 156 center console on the packaging, which they stretched to fit the Xray and a Thermaltake Hardcano 12. twitter.com/lazygamereviews/status/1215664862577283073
Yes, the package says it's for "car expansion accessories," but that means things like the 12V DC adapters I showed in the video. English translation was not one of Thermaltake Taiwan's strongest points and there are plenty of other awkward translations on the package, too.
Sure, you _could_ probably install the Xray in a vehicle. But that is not what it's designed for and I am not making up its intended purpose.
*Confusion 100*
The more you know
So, I can't fit a 5¼ floppy on my car? what a shame!
Do they still make these? Would it be possible to install in a modern PC?
Yeah, don't seem to ever recall seeing a car with 5 1/4 drive bays and with with molex connectors to boot
perfect thing for full immersion in Euro Truck Simulator xD
yeah, I can just imagine that "cup-holder" beeing filled up with cigarette buts after 2 hours :P
@@MrMorteh that's when you put one of those chip holder ash trays to use. Lmfao
Curious how it would fare with Air compressors,heaters/kettles or something that works great on battery but usually triggers short circuit protection on an AC/DC test supply.
I have a 12v hairdryer i can run from my power bank and a 12v kettle manufactured by the phone company (try the USB Jump-start powerbanks if you want that kind of power) or just get a small 12v battery
@@nullvoid564 it should max out at 120W
@@Themunit1
If i plug in a 200w device to a battery that can barely power it it might run a few watts lower for example if it has a motor that goes slower.
But i still get it to run!
AC/DC devices have a bunch of safety features that would panic if such a thing happened and many 12v devices (power tools) can easily use more power than a computer under normal operation.
I would assume the fuse would pop before any damage took place but triggering a safety feature in the power supply is a real possibility.
You want the full truck experience?
you need the 24 volt version i know a trucker who blew a bunch of fuses trying to use a 12v kettle in a truck that was 24v(same plug used)
Real gamers dont pause truck simulator they pull over and cook lunch with their Roadpro 12v frying pan use their commode and empty it out the window when going down a road with few witnesses
I would love to take this rig into a repair shop and tell them the “cup holder” is broken and then see their reaction when there is ACTUALLY a cup holder in it😂
thats a mf ashtray my boy
I work for a computer shop that's been open for 39 years. I started just over a year ago. My boss had me going through old hardware my first week and I found one of these. It was hilarious and I went and offered it to a few of our employees who smoke 😂
I had that on my pc rig back in the day. And yes the cup holder did break. The 12 volt port on it was great though for plugging in my portable air pump.
Ian Thomas I don't wanna know why you need a pc air pump...
Classic!
This is literally still installed in my tower to this day, I'm looking at it right now
Do you ever use it?
@@nSpiraliArchitectb i used it mainly for charging my cell pgone before usb phone chargers but as a cupholder occasionally when the computer used to be on my desk and not on the floor. I still have the same computer case from forever ago and never removes it with all the motherboard swaps. Thermaltake armor series case, beast, 24"x24"x8"
@@evanallen5377 Ah gotcha. Interesting these are still out there being used. I had that case also for ages - finally switched to something smaller/more modern a few years ago. It's a good case.
You are strange.
I hope you knew that already.
put a video of a walkaround on pls, i wanna see
I know several old women who would LOVE this for when they're playing solitare.
Hell, I want one. I'm 42 and male XD
@@Fractal_blip GLIF*
10:30 You are transforming 120V AC from the outlet down to 12V DC so you could later transform it back to 120V AC. Perfect.
The ridiculousness of it all is perfect 👌.
Just plug the PC into the inverter. Then you get that sweet sweet free energy.
@Wiseblood Yup. It's hilarious!
... And then transforming down to (presumably 12v) DC for those speakers. It all comes full circle
Only once tho
i love their product desription on the website. When the first sentence you advertise your product with is "Don't laugh...ok you can laugh" you know its what you need in your life
@MrMyopinionsmatter That's true!
Already on my wish list
"I've certainly done riskier things with fluids near computers over the years."
Shhhhh.
instructions unclear, dicc stuck in cd-rom drive 😳
@@RickR69 Delet that.
Singing in _Metallican_ : "You know, it's gross but true...!"
"you can just put anything in here, right"
@@RickR69 1, It wasnt an accident...
2, he liked it... ALOT...
"I'm telling you Bill, ya gotta get one of these things! And you know the best part? All that smoke just gets sucked right into the PC! No more coating the walls and ceiling, it's like it disappears in there..."
Cursed comment there at the end.
"Gawdangit Clyde, you stoopid sunnuvabitch! The lil' nerd fella at Circuit City said NOT to let smoke r' dirt git in the com-pewter!"
(＠_＠;) Oh no.
I even drilled a hole in the back of the ash tray, so it just gets hoovered into the case. I'll dust it once in a while, but it's nice not to have to empty that tiny cup so often...
@Matthew Hurren I feel like it's legally not an ash tray for the fire risk, given most computer peripherals are on, you know, a desk. I was half joking in a similar vein as the first comment though- smoking too near a pc is not a fantastic idea for longevity as the tar makes dust stick to anything with air going past it more quickly
"I've certainly done riskier things with fluids near computers over the years" Me too, LGR. Me too. 👀
God damnit I was going to comment this
Watercooling, right?.... Right?
“I’ve done riskier things with fluids near computers”
Were you at least using incognito mode?
scrolled down just for that comment, i knew it was here!
Haha, gross
Hardly matters, Google will watch with me either way :(
@@chris11d7 Secret Mode +VPN, dude.
@@chris11d7 duckduckgo is good enough for that kind of stuff
Back when I was a tech, nicotine and tar mixed with dust caked on to everything was one of the biggest hardware problems we'd see. Heat sinks clogged, fans not spinning. Motherboards that didn't automatically shut things off when things started cooking. Fun times. Cigarettes don't just kill people, they kill PCs too.
friend: hey man you got a light?
me, pulling out an entire pc tower: yeah bro just lemme find an outlet
Girl: hey, wanna light a candle to set the mood?
me, lighting candle with my Termaltake X-Ray like a man of true culture: M'lady
lmao
Just plug it in itself xD
Key Of Imagination it uses a ribbon cable tho.
@@LimeAtions you can solder wires to each ribbon cable pad
This really looks like someone took the old tech support joke of the customer thinking the "CD tray is a cup holder" literally and some drunken exec greenlighted it.
A drunken exec who needed a cupholder
And a cigarette lighter.
not a joke. i mean, it was passed around a lot, but i worked hell desk for gateway during y2k. i took a call from a person who thought the cd rom tray was supposed to be a cupholder. i took a call from a woman who thought the mouse was a foot pedal. my personal favorite was the guy who swore up and down that the port on his modem for the phone line was too small for a phone line plug. i assured him that was not possible, and after a lot of searching, finally found some pictures of his specific modem. he was trying to plug the phone line into a sticker, which had the silhouette of a phone jack, which was right next to the actual phone port. it was a testament to my professionalism that i managed to keep a straight face while i assured him it could've happened to anyone until he was off the line before i broke down laughing.
Maybe it was the customers idea. "ok, so it's not a cup holder. But... What if it were? and a cigarette lighter too!". But Thermaltake? Come on, we expect better than that from them.
I could absolutely see a PC cafe in some places in Asia where people still smoke like chimneys with one of these installed in every single computer.
I have a Japanese slot machine with an ashtray next to the coin dump, its on a hinge for easy empty
yeah people smoke like crazy in those places, can't walked into one without a sense of smoke
Don't go too far, i live in greece and this was a thing up to like 5 years ago when the eu more or less forced our lazy asses to ban indoor smoking for, you know the massive obvious health reasons
@@DimT670
Croatia still has smoking in bars
@@andrewkaminskas7721 I went to some arcades in Japan and there were people smoking.
The drink holder was defo designed as an ashtray. There's even a resting divot!
I think it's one of those things... if they call it an ashtray... the ash flies inside and damages something... someone could sue saying "I used as intended and damaged my PC". Since they call it a cup holder. A person can't claim that anymore.
@@MateusAntonioBittencourt Yup. Probably right on that one. Although, marketing & design are different beasts to be fair. This one does have that danger of waking the "lawsuit" nightmare if they followed the design narrative.
@@MedievalFolkDance I mean it probably is just a cheap car unit just shoved into a 5.25" drive bay mounting since i'm pretty sure a friend of mine had one of these in his car just a higher quality one.
@@michealpersicko9531 It does have that kinda late 80's removable center console ashtray vibe.
I'd say it was intended to be an ashtray and at the last minute they realized what a terrible idea that was. The plastic insert was likely a replacement for a metal ashtray that originally went in there; I have one and the resting divot doesn't match the insert but would if a different insert was used that followed the indent.
I had one of those, I used it to power an FM transmitter so I could broadcast my PC audio to radios around my house.
WOKE
That's really smart. Did it at least sound good?
@canal mixto frio .... connect to many radios at the same time, which is difficult for Bluetooth .... MONSTER MASH
"I've certainly done riskier things with fluids near computers over the years"
My LGR fan fiction is practically writing itself.
***bruh***
::insert a clip from Chris Pratt going whooooah::
You deserve more internet points for this one!
Comment envy
*grabs coat and leaves*
Perfect, if the lighter sets your computer on fire you can immediately put it out with your drink
Maybe the wax on the coil helps with that
This was supposed to fit into the raver/gamer/music producer culture of the late 90's and early 00's. Not sure if you've seen pictures of those old huge LAN parties, but you literally got just enough space for your rig and monitor, so it would have been nice to have a cup holder for your energy drinks and bottles of water, and most of them would have been smoking menthol cigs like a chimney while they were rolling. Makes total sense back then, not so much with the modern generation of gamer.
Regardless, great video as always! Keep on being awesome!
and we only drinkin BAWLS and zima
I lost it when he plugged in the calculator, seems like we reached Peak LGR
58008 :)
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Plug in a radar detector so cops don't stop you when over clocking
Dang good comment!
@@soccerguy2433 thanks!
Ha! Nice one
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3:00 "Ah, let me just bust out my car adapter so that I can charge my laptop off my desktop's cigarette lighter port." -Nobody Ever in The History of Time
Guatentee someone out there did just that! Haha
I actually used this to charge my phone. It came in handy since my charger's cable wasn't long enough.
Not only do I remember this, we sold a surprising number of these! People would plug in car lighting accessory things. No joke!
"I've certainly done riskier things with fluids near computers over the years." Yup - hodware was likely involved, too...
Finally I can burn myself every time I lose in CSGO
underrated comment, and you have a vodka shot every headshot
Hahahahaha
Best comment I’ve seen in a while dude🙏👍👌
아 ㅋㅋ 겜하다 자살마려우면 바로 담배피기 가능 ㅋㅋ
😂😂 Sitting here laughing my ass off xD this needs to become a meme thanks to you!
Oh yeah for when you want your beige 90's computer to go VIOLENTLY yellow with nicotine stains
Violently yellow lol
The way it should be really.
Smoke enough and it turns brown
In my younger days I dated a smoker that was also a BBSer. Her computer was pretty grungy. The mousepad was almost black except for the middle area were the mouse itself rubbed. I think it was themed for an old cartoon movie "The Maxx".
As it should be.
Guess I'm just young and, didn't hang out around smokers. I legitimately did not know how car cigarette lighters worked until I watched this video. Thanks for that, this oddware is kind of great. It's nice to see a weird accessory actually do what it was supposed to.
"I've certainly done riskier things with fluids near computers over the years."
Excuse me?
DEMONITIZED!!!!
Presumably a reference to liquid-cooling the components?
I hope
Soda. And water honestly.
Lmao
He fucked his PS3.
I had one of those years ago at one pc at our company, where it was used to power navigation devices or other car equipment for flashing or for device testing
Well that's interesting, someone actually had a real use case for it!
@@jonathanellis6097 so holding my beer isn't a real use case? Okay then.
@@LachskoenigIV not really that's what your CDROM tray was for!
That actually up makes sense, weird
this is for that cheap internet café computer somewhere in china where you're allowed to smoke and live there 24/7 while smoking a carton of cigs a day.
Smoking and living 24/7 while also smoking a carton of cigs?
So they're smoking twice at the same time?
@@evilpimp2475 Well given their airs quality are smoke so yeah. In fact they can smoke inside the restaurant no problem, here in America, no business for them.
Can't tell if these replies are sarcasm or they're being serious
non-filtered
@@inactiveaccount6884 extra non filtered, so non filtered its extra everything like tar and particulates
I also like that you took 12v dc from the computer power supply, converted it to 120v ac, then plugged in the transformer for the speakers which probably converted it BACK to 12v dc for the speakers.
can't wait to order my 5.25" candle lighter and cup holder!
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"Hodware oddness."
Sometimes it do be like that.
If you're from Bahston, anyway.
Damn, Jess beat me to it.
It sounds like he was trying to say "Oddware" but changed his mind at the first syllable into "hardware"
@@jessragan6714 This hahware is wikked smaht.
HODDware :D
that old photo of a keyboard covered in cigarette burns now makes perfect sense
sense*
You know what's more amazing than how ridiculous this is? The fact that you managed to make a 14 minute video out of it. Kudos.
"No drinks near the $4000 computer!"
"Hold my beer!"
Nice
Hold your beer? Are we already near the $4000 computer?
You: "hold my beer"
PC: "OK , can do."
LITERALLY
This needs installing in a Hot Wheels PC
Or a Barbie one, even.
This is a fantastic idea.
Yes! Hahaha
Cigarettes, beer, and hot wheels pcs... Something seems right.
Yes! Yessss!
9:28 "I've certainly done riskier things with fluids near computers over the years."
I hear ya buddy! I too had an internet connection during puberty.
Yeah, I was curious about liquid CPU coolers back then too.
@@byebye1813 *mineral oil cooling intensifies*
I just had a play boy
was gonna like but u at 69 and thats just great
yeah, I remember fantasising over having a Pentium II back then!! Putting it in the slot etc...
I like Clint's excitement when testing stuff, especially oddware that works in odd ways. He's got a mild case of the mad genius.
I've heard a lot of these wound up in internet cafes in southeast Asia.
I could see that for sure. Lots of those places you can smoke in.
Richard Uhlenberg Having lived in Taiwan in the early 2000’s, I can confirm this to be true. If the tower is on the floor, the “ergonomics” of the cup holder is perfect. People would spend hours smoking, drinking Taiwan Beer and playing Counter Strike or MMORPGs.
Do you think they would market them as ashtrays outside the Western nation's?
@@sherrardewingglaittli7174 sounds great
That makes more sense.
"Who was this designed for?" Me, it was designed for me.
David Mcguire same xD
This guy couldnt figure you can light your cigarret and use the removable tray for the ashes until the end of the video. I wanna one so i can even dust my pc with a car vacuum cleaner!
This device is boss for so many reasons.
Back in the day many IT professionals had to deal with the typical CD/DVD drive break because the user thought it was a cup holder. Thermaltake just went ahead and made a cup holder for the pc.
This oddware episode had me giggling, especially when he plugged in the calculator. This hardware is so absurd, thanks for the smiles.
This has to be the oddest ware thus far: A device designed to introduce an intentional heat source into the inside of your PC!
Not at all: what else AMD video cards are for? 😊😉
Not only that, it also encourages placing liquids next to your PC.
@@matrixmirage2148 Hey, don't dizz us! This winter might have been warm, but who knows if next year's is? And by then I'll be sitting nice and comfortable with my very economic dual purpose AMD card, while you snobs freeze!
Amen! But I'd still pick one up for the WTF factor alone.
@@matrixmirage2148 no that's Novideo and Shintel's job, AMD runs cold as ice
When you plugged that giant car adapter in to your computer had me laughing so hard. So ridiculous. I love it.
The funniest thing I've seen out of a tech channel in a while
Found New Hardware
Cigarette lighter.
Generic cigarette lighter.
Your cigarette lighter is installed and ready to use.
Unfortunately the win98 version of the driver does not support cigars yet, if you want to light a cigar you must upgrade to at least Windows 2000
I have heard some cigarette brands aren't supported in this setup, but were made to work in some newer revisions.
Yes, Marlboro support is limited to reds, 27s, and menthol 100s only. Lucky Strike, Nat Sherman and American Spirit are universally compatible.
My computer -> Cigarette lighter -> Eject
You have to eject your cigarette lighter before removing it to avoid damaging the hodware
This thing screams "I was designed to impress your stoner friends".
Taiwanese know the deal
ThermalToke
Well it impressed me so I'd say it worked
this is exactly why im buying one now, it impressed me
Imagine this in in internet cafe
Finally an end to all those guys who want to take cigarette breaks in the middle of raids.
I had one of those in the mid 2000`s was perfect for charging my old Nokia before usb charging cellphones was a thing..
Yeah, exactly! I think people kind of forget pre-USB when we had a bunch of proprietary car chargers for different things. This product actually makes a LOT of sense for that stuff.
@@me2olive How about wall adapters you plug in near your PC?
@@resneptacle He probably means if the wall charger was broken or lost you could instead at least use a car charger.
Auto Pi either that, or if you have your wall charger in a position that is an EXTREME PITA like on a nightstand and the plug is buried behind your bed and requires a lot of furniture moving to get to it.
Most chargers are on the floor. mutch easyer to have the cable on your desk at all times.
Still waiting on the Thermaltake 5.25” arm rest
That was probably meant to be an ash tray, and changed to a “cup holder” at the last minute
You can see the cigarette notch in the side of the "cup holder".
Certainly would have made more sence.
Someone from the legal department called and were like...."Ummm, do we really want to be liable for encouraging people to use this as an ash tray? Someone will inevitably never empty it, and eventually shove it closed with a smoldering cigarette butt inside? You all may as well get ready to close all of this up because the lawsuits from careless smokers are going to put us out of business."
Alfred Morency its an indentation to take out the small cup. The little cup itself doesn’t have it so it would be hard to balance a cigarette on it. You could take it out and dump the ash on the tray itself but it would make it impossible to clean.
There is a removable ashtray that sits in the "cup holder" on the one I got back in the day.
I had forgotten completely, that I had one of these installed to power a small fridge on LAN-parties in the glory days... Makes me wanting one of these again, just for historical reasons :-). Thanks for reminding me of my younger days ;-) !
I love LGR Hoddware videos!
Always a fun time.
How long till we get the “Hodware Oddness” shirt?
better go with a hoodie
Hawdware
Gamer: pc hold my beer
PC: sighs
Just going to fix it up a bit....
Gamer/Programmer: PC, hold my beer while I light up my dart, c**t
PC: Sighs
I really love your vids, they are so calming like being out in a forest or listening to talk radio, I don't even like old tech very much!
I wanna see Doug DeMuro talk about this PC's quirks and features.
Which gets sold to Hoovie then has Tarvish buys it
"THIS... Is a Compaq Presario 3020. I've borrowed this PC from LGR Computers, where you can find a large selection of cool and unusual computers..."
And now it’s time to give this computer a Doug Score.
Important safety notes:
1) Despite the removable ashtray bit, there really isn't a way to clean this thing outside of complete disassembly if your jumbo gas station beverage springs a leak on the side. You can guess how I know that.
2) Modern PC cases don't have a lot of steel in them anymore, and so this may make your case tip over. You can probably guess how I know that, too.
"hahdware"
Definitely a word in Boston.
Pure Hahdware oddness!
Bwahston
I read that in Bill Burr's voice
wicked awesome hahdware.
I heard hogware
Clint, seeing you having fun with this made me feel like I was there laughing about that Thermaltake thingy with you. Made my day better, this is wholesome! Cheers! :D
Today on Oddware: LGR burns his house down
"Hodware Oddness"
I swear that's the best LGR-ism since "[MONDAY-FRiDAY-WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY AT 12PM TURN. ON DESK LAMP?]" XD
10:39 Now plug the computer into that. Infinite power!
Stonks: ↑
Well.. it doesn't work like that. It's not free power, it uses the power of that goes into to PC and is converted to 12V, then back to 110V / 220V (step up converter), it's actually quite inefficient.
Woosh? Yes, must be a woosh. :P
@@SanderEvers you don't say.
If it takes 110v and steps it down to 12v it should be able to power 9 PCs. The maths checks out!
This would have been perfect for a childhood friends dad, he was a journalist, gamer, chain cigar smoker and potentially alcoholic. He also had the largest CRT monitor I have ever seen on his desk, it was HUGE!
I really like the way that the “cup holder” also has a little grove when you take out the circular tray, for resting the cigarettes. 🤪👍
My guess is since the top of the drive has no cover, they put a cigarette in there once, the cooling in the case whipped up sparks and the who-... oh who am I kidding no one ever tested this thing.
Go buy yourself a pack of cigarettes and a plastic ashtray and write back to us. It's not an ashtray.
@@kaydog890 the smaller removable cylinder that fits into the tray is 100% a removable ashtray that when removed exposes the actual cup holder. Please note the cigarette resting slots that line up with the inner cylinder, then note the condensation vent in the tray when the ashtray is removed. As long as they're using plastic designed for smoking (plastic with a high melting point) , the ashtray will be fine.
@White Rice people use it as a ashtray. I decided to actually look into it as you had me intrigued, mainly because the lighter burns around the same temp as a cigarettes average burning temp. Some online reviews/commenters state they do use it as a ashtray but some do and some don't stab the butt out in it (not a great ashtray then). I'm guessing it's made from some cheap plastic but a heavy burning coil of nichrome would damage it quicker then Ash (not sure about the butt though) . You should upload a video of you stabbing a smoke out in it seems as it's already melted. Does it have a composite stamp anywhere on the thing to indicate the plastic type the holder/frame is made from?. I couldn't find a material list for it but found a guy who modded his with a cigar prop to hold his cigars 🤣.
"I've done riskier things with fluids near computers over the years"
Let's just think about that for a minute.
I'm thinking custom waterloops that he's worked on.
🤣
"hoddwear oddness" would actually be the way they say it in Boston lol
Nope, you used too many R's. True Bostonians would say "hahdweah" instead of hardware.
Source: Lived near Boston for 20 years.
I don't want to go back to "The Good Ole Days" I just want to go back to a time where it was normal to install a cigarette lighter and cup holder in a spare bay slot in your computer tower.
I remember seeing a non thermaltake-branded one of these for sale at my local computer shop almost 20 years ago, and it was called a "smoking kit." The cup holder was billed as an ashtray.
I can just picture the ashes falling down into the case when the tray is closed
@@ThomasBlithe If you're smoking near a computer that's the least of your worries. Everything inside is just coated with dust soaked tar and it gets really nasty after a while.
Thermaltake: Noone can make weird accessories like we do
Some random company: Hold my beer
Thermaltake: Sure can do!
*Thermaltake
What a twist!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
A buddy of mine had this.. protip: dont place a tube of mentos in the lighter hole at a LAN unless you want all your friends pissed at you for breaking the fuses
so a ferrero rocher wrapper is fine?
So the fuse in the device doesn't handle it?
@@OriginalPiMan The fuse will burn out to protect against excess current, therefore disabling the functionality of the unit to prevent damage
@@tomsyndicate3279
Maybe I misinterpreted what Ape Katten said. I'd previously read it as the mentos causing fuses to break in the building circuit, but I see now that it might have been referring only to the device circuit.
What is throwing me off is the use of the plural friends and fuses, when there is only one fuse in the device and one friend owed the device.
@@OriginalPiMan it did indeed break the fuses in the building, causing a blackout
I think I've gone through about 12 major upgrades since I first bought an X-Ray and it's been the only element I've carried through on every build. Pretty sure the first case it was installed to was a Lian Li PC-60b so seeing it in LGRs silver model was pretty nostalgic. Today it sits in my latest build just above a Plusdeck2 - All PCs should have a cig lighter and a cassette deck right? :)
Unironically, my mom would've LOVED this in the late 90s, smoking cigarettes and drinking coffee playing freecell lol
What's the deal with moms playing freecell in the 90's
@noobenstein Or Candycrush for that matter.
@@DeadHandtheSurvivor Or Bejewelled.
“there’s more things you can do with this.”
Oh my god he’s going to try to run Doom on it.
YES
But most PC's already had a cup holder
Made by a company called SeeDea Rom.
Most PCs don’t have SeeDee ROMS anymore
@@marco_evertus I think they meant at the time this product was produced. They said, "had."
@@marco_evertus People just don't use cups anymore.
Nowadays, you only have cheap knock-offs by either Deave-D or Blur-Ay
The product is utter trash.
It is flimsy and does not hold drink well.
And when I reboot my pc, it closes by itself and it spills coffee all over my desk!!
0/5 stars!!
I owned this product for 15 years! love it!
I installed one of these as a joke in a friend's computer back in the early 2000s. It worked, and he loved using the ashtray as a cupholder
Had one of these in my giant tower when I was in college and gamed all night every night... used it to put my beer into... worked fine. Was more of a gimmick, could just put it on my desk..., but I was into gimmick PC stuff back then... before RGB was mainstream.... back when we put our own case windows and colored tube lighting into our towers.
„Has nothing to do with radiation ... Let’s hope“
the hard drive killer
Well the lighter does give off Thermal radiation when its hot.
@@thoughtsofglought Yes, but x-rays are electromagnetic radiation, "thermal" radiation is from "radiate", it is unrelated to that.
Aledownload
Far infrared is electromagnetic radiation, too. Granted, the heat given off is more likely from conduction than radiation, but the point still stands that heat is electromagnetic.
Man, like 99% of the charm of having a smoke break is getting up and stepping outside for some fresh air.
"This will absolutely light your..... lightable products"
It's finally happened. Clint has reviewed so much tech that he's run out of stuff and looped back around to fire!
Time for a Primitive Technology and LGR crossover episode
Clint* :)
Clint* :)
@K19 Damn auto correct, It was meant to say clint!
That whole "the cupholder really looks like an ashtray" thing makes me think this was marketed as a "12v accessory device and cup holder" to get around laws in some countries against advertising smoking paraphenalia
that is totally a covert ashtray, even has a groove for your cigarette to rest in. i'm willing to bet you are right about them marketing it to avoid legal issues
@@michaellesak6912 But, its made of plastic. Wouldn't be damaged by putting something hot? If it was made of metal, I would totally agree.
@@chrll It's the type of plastic you can use for an ashtray. When I use to smoke I had a plastic ash tray like that, it would not burn.
@@selfhelp9685 oh really? I'm not an smoker, and all ashtray Ive seen are made of metal or glass, so I had no idea that was possible. But I didn't mean it like it would burn, but more like slowly melting.
@@chrll there are plenty of plastics that can handle temps higher than a cig can put out, most ashtrays are plastic. just look at the ashtrays in gas stations and grocery stores next time you are out, if you find one made of anything but plastic id be surprised
This was one of those things I wasn't sure if I dreamed about or actually saw somewhere in real life. I was absolutely delighted to find out it wasn't a dream. It must be very practical if you're a smoker + coffee drinker working in a gritty environment with an expendable PC. 😆
How one would even come up with looking for a cigarette lighter/cup holder for PCs is beyond me. Hat's off to you!
I love how well it matches the aesthetics of the MEGALUMINUM.
He should keep it in there.
For real
bajavolvo I can’t not think of Persona 5 whenever hearing this phrase.
"Do not touch cigarette lighter when it's heated"
Well, then how am I supposed to use it?
I hope you are just to literal.
Another one of those "structions unclear dick stuck in [insert unexplainable place here]"
Reminds me of the time I burnt my thumb on my car’s cigarette lighter. I didn’t know how it worked at the time and it wasn’t until after I asked myself “Is this thing working?” and touched the damn thing that I realized it was red hot.
I put it on ice for an entire day and I felt it for like a week after.
@@Kalvinjj
Instructions unclear, dick stuck in 'structions unclear dick stuck in [insert unexplainable place here]'.
@@BLIGHTROT666 My brother did similar with a stove. "If the element isn't red that means it's cold, right?" *proceeds to put hand on hot element*
This is the most wholesome lighter review I've ever watched.
I had one of these and used it all the time. I was a heavy smoker back, thankfully I gave up long ago. What shocked me was that cup holder. I'd completely forgotten about that. What a crazy thing it is, you have to see it to believe it exists haha
ThermalTake: Overloading the 12v rail of PC power supplies since 2004
Superbun Even their heatsink were a sad joke in the early 2k.
I'm glad someone else noticed that. 10 . amp . fuse. How many PC power supplies have a 12 volt rail rated for 10 amps? lol
On the plus side you can actually get lower rated fuses in that spade form factor that you could just swap right in to make it safer. On the down side, I'm pretty sure the cigarette lighter wouldn't work any more without blowing the fuse.
Jeremy Levi probably most of them? 12*6.5 amp (as specified) =
Jeremy Levi probably most of them, a PC like that would barely use the 12v. I have an old power supply from a Athlon XP machine that has 14a on the 12v rail.
No person ever: Hmmm... How can I increase my systems heat to fire starting levels and have liquids dangerously close
ThermalTeke: Hold my beer
No Person ever: Eureka!
I mean. What if it was a British person wanting to keep their tea warm?
Obviously you hit the button when the computer freezes duh
You ever just, yk, water cool a pc?
@@03wavvy30 watercooling is probably safer than this though
@@CheapSkateGamer96 There is a trick you can do with some naked wires and a wall outlet.
This is so you can reenact that scene from A Goofy Movie wherein Goofy and Max use a car cigarette lighter to heat up a can of soup. Y'know, while watching A Goofy Movie on your PC.
I remember getting these in when I worked at Radio Shack. We all thought it was hilarious.
We actually sold that at the computer store I worked at back in 2007-2010, and one of my friends actually bought and installed in his main computer.
“Hahdware” is very Rhode Island of you, Clint.
Rhode Islander here, can confirm
_,,Got it in my hand right now, and _*_it's getting hah'd."_*
(Springfeel)
Bahston?
wait lgr is from rhode island i want to know if hes from warwick
@@jordanabad5957 From or currently lives?
I love that you got excited over the novelty of the thing during the video. I mean it IS cool, certainly would've been a statement piece at the time. Even if the applications or population who'd actually buy this was limited, I still cant deny that.
"Welcome to LGR Hodware Oddness, where we look at things that are Hod, Odd, and Obsolete!"
Hod, Odd and Obsolot
Oddsolete
I really hope this is how he does the intro for the next one of these. I'll literally die laughing ...!
This is one of the most LGR things that's ever been LGR'd. I love it. I'm buying one.
Henceforth, all such "devices" are to be known as "Hodware".
Hodware for odd hardware, Sodware for odd software.
Sounds like he switched to an aussie accent for one word there
That's what its known as in Boston.
Why do i feel like hes never gonna live that down
@@cmptar haadweah
I remember seeing these at Micro Center. I thought it would be a neat touch for a garage PC. Of course, I got a smartphone soon after and I had all of the torque specs, firing orders, and DIY tutorials I could ever want for my projects at my fingertips.
Now, I want to build a garage computer again.
I remember when CD drives were mistaken as cup holders.
And that bay reinforced that stereotype.
I worked in tech support for HP during the 90s. I never got one of those calls but I knew people who did.
I remember when CD drives were a thing back in the day. I remember physical media too, alas, slowly but surely everything’s going digital. Sad, but true. Kids nowadays will never know what it’s like to collect your all time favorite games... I STLL have my copy of Chrono Trigger, and even to this day, 😘👌🏻 MASTAPIECE
Today no one uses cd so you can just use it as cup holder
There is no way that rumor is true