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"Y2k Bug", and Others Proves PCs Can Be Art
the_raptor pointed us to a pretty impressive case mod called the y2k bug. In addition, the site features
several other cases
that will job your jaw. Besides inspiration, the site features practical advice, like why not to window mod hard drives.
I'm glad I don't have something this nice. I'd feel so bad every time I kicked it across the room.
At least it'd probably get better distance than normal, what with wings and all.
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"practical advice, like why not to window mod hard drives."
I can think of a good reason not to window mod your hard drive, lest one not know what RMA stands for... Besides, why risk lessening the life of a drive by breaking the clean room sealed environment? The link was /.ed before I could peep it but I'm a little disturbed that window modding a hard drive and practical advice are in the same sentence here... I'll stick to modding things without 105 million transistor microchips, things that don't have parts that rotate at over thrice my truck's redline, and things that don't convert 550 watts of power.
Apparently he picked the Dung beetle to use as his inspiration...
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The cool case gallery is also a good site for impressive cases. To see some sweet ones do a search and just set the rating high. My all time favorite has got to be the Hellraiser case that's modeled after the puzzle box from the Hellraiser movies
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No, it whould have to be 42, since "What should my case look like?" is the ultimate question.
they can be a part of the fashion cycle.
In 10 years when there's no such thing as an ugly beige case, someone will start selling marked-up ugly beige cases calling them "retro".
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is another man's waste of time. Frankly, i find case modding to be a waste of time. Oooh, look, i can put neon lights and a clear window in my case, im so l33t. Please. case modders are the computer equivalent of rice boys.
That said, i think that what this guy does are so far from your average case mod, that the light from case mod will take one million years to reach them.
This guy is doing what apple does, desigining and fabircating a very very good, premium case that looks effing amazing. Is it "art"? eh, maybe. it certainley looks like sculpture. But i dont think this can be anyway contrued as just a case mod.
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I feel the same way. I hate the "cut a window in the side, stick in neons" case mods, especially since EVERYONE is doing it now. It was fine when it was the one kid at the lan party that had the window, now you go to a lan party and its like "Dude! Awesome computer! When are you putting in a window and neons?" "Im not." "Dude, you HAVE to! It would be SO AWESOME!" "uh..."
These mods are original. Not everyone might like some of them, but at least they are different. I especially like the 1940s radio HTPC case.
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For idle times, the wings should be low; at full capacity, the wings should be highest. Maybe if you over clock it, the wings flap. :)
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A case is more than just a box holding your computer components in. Apple has known this for years. The compact G4 Cube was designed in such a way as to allow natural air convection to eliminate the need for a fan. The G5 is designed literally inside and out to maximize cooling through individual parts of the interior. Some components must be close together, others far apart, and at all times cooling must be kept in mind if you want it to run more than three days.
Cool cases look like regular cases with windows and neon. Cooler ones look like insects with glowing eyes. Really cool cases combine form and function, in the same way the best architecture does. Why not integrate a water-cooled case with a small Zen water bubbler outside? Or a super-slim case that can be mounted on the wall with an LCD monitor attached? Or a true "media PC" that looks, acts and works like just another stereo component? Or a kids' PC with rounded and rubberized edges and a color-changing chameleon skin?
These are the sort of mods that really show a person's skill -- both technically and artistically imaginative. You don't have to be as radical as the above suggestions to be a great case modder, but you should know that it takes more than neon and windows to make a case mod into art.