Wired Case Mod Roundup

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Posted by michael on Friday September 12, 2003 @08:30PM from the computers-should-be-used-and-not-seen dept.

tpurcell writes "With the popularity of case modding, here is Wired's round-up of some more extreme mods. From a V8 engine to a 3 burner coffee pot, make way for some great cases."

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Here's an extreme case mod idea by Dancin_Santa · 2003-09-12 20:33 · Score: 5, Funny

Small, light, inconspicuous, and doesn't have any extraneous crap sticking out of it.

Oh, the iMac G4? Damn, I thought I had a surefire winner there!
1. Re:Here's an extreme case mod idea by cosmo7 · 2003-09-13 01:14 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Remember to switch opinion when the idea is adopted by the mainstream, cf: the mouse, WIMP interface, multiple monitor support, track pads, not beige, USB, etc.
coffee machine by product+byproduct · 2003-09-12 20:34 · Score: 5, Funny

Now the cd-rom drive REALLY doubles as a coffee cup holder.
Still waiting... by PakProtector · 2003-09-12 20:35 · Score: 5, Funny

...to see Gabe and Tycho make a computer inside someone's hollowed out skull. Any PA fans in the house?

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"Qua!?"
1. Re:Still waiting... by jade42 · 2003-09-12 21:55 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Hmmm, but the question is: who's skull should it be?
  
  I have it! John Romero's.
  
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2. Re:Still waiting... by paulcammish · 2003-09-12 23:14 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  ...who's skull should it be? I have it! John Romero's.
  You have John Romeros skull?!?!
  I think he might be wanting that back...
3. Re:Still waiting... by EkiM+in+De · 2003-09-12 23:57 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Removing their skulls will make no difference; the SCO execs seem to be rather headless at the moment anyway.
  
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  Patriotism is the opium of the masses
4. Re:Still waiting... by gmhowell · 2003-09-13 03:47 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  I think he might be wanting that back...
  
  Why? He doesn't carry anything useful in there. He could be reprogrammed with a small computer to say things like:
  
  I'm hungry.
  I'd like a cup of tea.
  Look at the tits on my girlfriend.
  I'm gonna make you my bitch.
  
  A very simple computer at that.
  
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  Jesus was all right but his disciples were thick and ordinary. -John Lennon
Caffeine Machine by perttu · 2003-09-12 20:44 · Score: 5, Funny

Do the dual P-III CPUs produce enough heat to keep the coffee warm ?
1. Re:Caffeine Machine by LordLucless · 2003-09-12 20:56 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  You're right, should swap over to AMD.
  
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Took so long it was obsolete... by tinrobot · 2003-09-12 20:47 · Score: 5, Funny

The shiny aluminum one is my favorite...

SPECS: 350-MHz Intel Pentium II, 256 Mbytes RAM, 4-Gbyte Ultrawide SCSI hard disk

COST: $84 in scrap aluminum, abrasives, screws, and LEDs; $1,800 in computer components

TIME: 100 hours over two years

By the time he finished it, the computer was obsolete. Right on!
1. Re:Took so long it was obsolete... by Bios_Hakr · 2003-09-13 00:35 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Hope that thing was ATX compliant...
  
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  I'd rather you do it wrong, than for me to have to do it at all.
2. Re:Took so long it was obsolete... by The+Almighty+Dave · 2003-09-13 01:57 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  He should have made the case first. Then the computer components would have cost him less than a couple hundred dollars.
3. Re:Took so long it was obsolete... by mesach · 2003-09-13 04:52 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  WHAT? that thing was obsolete the day he bought it. C'mon you know better than that.
  
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Re:Funny by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-12 20:57 · Score: 3, Funny

Yeah, you're right! The GeForce FX was hillarious!
Okay, now take it a step further.... by ChrisHanel · 2003-09-12 21:00 · Score: 5, Funny

I've seen case mods done inside a Millenium Falcon, Ice cooler, Vending Machine, and now an *ATARI*? I bow to the almighty mod gods with one request:
A mod done inside a Commodore 64/128, please! Extra points for turning a VIC-20 tape deck into a firewire drive. :)

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Caffeine Machine also Refrigerates by serutan · 2003-09-12 21:20 · Score: 5, Funny

It gets better. According to the Caffeine Machine website the CPU refrigeration system also cools a compartment big enough for a 6-pack of Mountain Dew. Sah-weet!
Re:Marketing by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-12 21:44 · Score: 1, Funny

Who would be stupid enough to pay an extra several hundred dollars for a computer just to get a cool case?

--Steve Jobs

P.S. It's "iTunes Music Store" not "Apple Music Store" you idiots.
Shiny Aluminium, 350 MHz, $1800???? by Nova+Express · 2003-09-12 22:45 · Score: 2, Funny

SPECS: 350-MHz Intel Pentium II, 256 Mbytes RAM, 4-Gbyte Ultrawide SCSI hard disk

COST: $84 in scrap aluminum, abrasives, screws, and LEDs; $1,800 in computer components

$1800 for a 350 MHz Pentium II? Did you perchance ride a short bus to school every day?

"The horrible beige box drove me to it." Uh, I know this may come as a shock to you, but there's a cure for that now. And it is a hell of a lot faster than 350 MHz...

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1. Re:Shiny Aluminium, 350 MHz, $1800???? by parkanoid · 2003-09-13 01:45 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  That particular system has been around for a while, at least two years I would say - saw it linked from overclockers.com forums first. Add the two years it took him to make it, and you're back in the PII era.
  
  I personally find it offensive that you refer someone creative enough to create an original, extremely cool and quite functional (aluminum is far better for transferring heat into the outside air than steel) case from $84 worth of junk, as "riding the short bus".
Re:Funny by TeknoHog · 2003-09-13 00:47 · Score: 2, Funny

a FlexATX sized mobo stuffed inside an old vacuum cleaner.
Did it use Windows for suction?

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Shit! by Cpt_Kirks · 2003-09-13 01:29 · Score: 3, Funny

These all make my portable mini-itx box, built into a $5.99 Kmart tool box (painted beige, of course), look kinda lame.

Of course, my oldest son still insists it's the coolest thing I've ever built.

D'oh!
This is the legacy of the bongheads by ymgve · 2003-09-13 02:43 · Score: 3, Funny

1970: "Bet I can make a bong out of that!"

2003: "Bet I can make a casemod out of that!"
Re:Ummmmm... YEAH by Andrewkov · 2003-09-13 03:21 · Score: 3, Funny

Um, how old was this guy when he say Alien? I mean, that wouldn't have been a movie I would want my kids to see.
Yeah, good thing he didn't turn out weird after seeing Alien as a kid!
I can't wait! by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-13 07:05 · Score: 1, Funny

I've got this old Celeron 733Mhz / MoBo just laying around doing nothing.

I'm going to go mod my XBOX and put a PC inside of it!!1!!one! It'll be awesome!