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Fosfor Gadgets' Top 10 Weirdest Computer Case Mods

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the microwaves-and-gingerbread-houses dept.

Ant writes "DiggFosfor Gadgets' Top 10 Weirdest Computer Case Mods: 'Computers come in many different flavours, but apparently that ain't enough for everybody. Case modding -- the modification of a computer chassis - has become a big hobby for thousands of enthusiasts around the world...'" Update: 12/23 13:20 GMT by Z : The dangers of night posting. Added link.

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  1. Link? by darkitecture · · Score: 4, Insightful


    A link would be nice...

    1. Re:Link? by ad0gg · · Score: 2, Funny

      its "WTB [Link]". Then you get spammed by farmers with "you buy [Arcane Crystal] 12g k?" for the next 10 minutes.

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    2. Re:Link? by whoda · · Score: 4, Funny

      Just wait until next week when they dupe the story. They'll get a link in then.

    3. Re:Link? by DigitumDei · · Score: 5, Informative

      I submitted this story yesterday (with the link). Seems they prefered the submission without the link over mine. ;)
      http://gadgets.fosfor.se/the-top-10-weirdest-case- mods/

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    4. Re:Link? by NitsujTPU · · Score: 4, Insightful

      This is slashdot... nobody follows the link anyway.

    5. Re:Link? by ad0gg · · Score: 2, Funny

      On Crushridge i was buying crystals for 12g and then transmuting(paying 5g for the transmute) and auctioning off the bars for 30g. Had that going on for about a month till people realized they could do the same and price of arcanite bars normalized to around 18g.

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  2. Link to the article please? by arb · · Score: 4, Funny

    I know most Slashdotters don't read the articles anyway, but how about a link for those of us that do? ;-)

    1. Re:Link to the article please? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

      Looks like http://gadgets.fosfor.se/the-top-10-weirdest-case- mods/

    2. Re:Link to the article please? by bobdotorg · · Score: 4, Funny

      I know most Slashdotters don't read the articles anyway, but how about a link for those of us that do? ;-)

      Don't worry - it will all even out in the end: the dupe will have two links.

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  3. Shurely theresh shome mishtake? by Max+Romantschuk · · Score: 3, Funny

    No link, Googling came up empty. The are editors still hung over from last night's Christmas party? ;)

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  4. Link by b0wl0fud0n · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here's the link: http://gadgets.fosfor.se/the-top-10-weirdest-case- mods/

  5. Little hard to get in there... by RevDobbs · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't see this providing easy access to the, uhm... "components".

  6. I used to do this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ... And I am still using my last built one. I build them for reliability and performance now, unlike before, when I was building just for looks(and to show off my e-penis power) Even though some of these case mods are very odd, doesn't matter, as long as they are reliable and cheap-decently priced. The only people who focus on doing so are what we so gracefully call "n00bs" in computer games, but I must admit, at least they are taking a road to understand IT, unlike many people I know. I forever will suspect we will be a proud 'deviant' few who understand and take interest in computers, contrary to popular belief that everyone will know about how to use computers.

    Cheers,
    Happy Holidays

  7. WMD Mod by LordLucless · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wouldn't want to be the geek caught lugging that WMD mod to my local LAN party.

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    1. Re:WMD Mod by Billly+Gates · · Score: 2, Funny

      Nah

      I think it would be cool to lug that thing in the airport hidden in a bag to fly down to the latest quakecon or doomcon convention! Wouldn't you agree?

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    2. Re:WMD Mod by gmby · · Score: 2, Funny

      I guess they found out how to have safe sex after all.

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    3. Re:WMD Mod by Jearil · · Score: 2, Funny

      I want one. That case mod is the bomb.

  8. not trying to troll about digg but.... by Bootle · · Score: 2, Interesting
    So I usually sidestep the digg-vs-slashdot debate by stating that I believe the two sites cater to different-enough niches in the tech-news market. Digg can't kill slashdot, because it can't aim at it....

    Having said that, this story has been the top dugg article at digg all god-damned day. Yes, they also successfully provided a link to the damn article as well.

    /. is gonna be in serious trouble if they keep following digg, and so poorly and late. I imagine this is not the first 'digg-dupe' and i doubt it will be the last.

    Digg (or any site) can't have a monopoly on cool tech links, but they are really starting to get the drop on /. more and more...

    1. Re:not trying to troll about digg but.... by gatzke · · Score: 2, Interesting


      But the comments at digg are even more pathetic than here at /. We have plenty of retartds and trolls, but they seem to have an endless supply of high schoolers and nothing else.

      I like the story system over there for promoting articles, but the comments and community have a long way to go.

  9. I might do that by i_should_be_working · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The microwave one is actually very convenient. I'd love it if I could get to the innards by just grabbing the screen and pulling.

    Seems relatively easy too, compared to other case mods.

    1. Re:I might do that by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative
      Alternative desktop background picture
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      Photos by Mikko Jokinen, taken at Assembly '03.

      Some more details: It's actually no regular PC, but a PowerPC system called Pegasos. The system has a PowerPC 750CXe @ 600MHz, Radeon RV100 gfxcard, HDD (just about visible inside) and a slot DVD-drive (accessable from the above, not visible in the pictures). The display is a LCD screen modded to the microwave door. It's running MorphOS operating system.

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  10. Looks sorta familiar.. by Bob+Cat+-+NYMPHS · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Where did I see this? Hmm, let's look at the /. writeup again...

    Ant writes "DiggFosfor Gadgets' Top 10 Weirdest Computer Case Mods:

    What does that 'Digg' part mean? ;)

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  11. Nothing innovative here, move along by t0qer · · Score: 3, Insightful

    A few weeks back slash had an article on weird USB drives. My comment for that is the same for this one, you can carve space out of ANYTHING and turn it into a PC case.

    Case modding is like, the car with a lawn on it. The scene is mostly filled up with cheesy ricer neon mods with everyone trying to see who can make the weirdest case possible.

    I think the last great innovation I saw in a case was on the blue apple G3 tower. I hate macs, but man, the swingout motherboard on that case was sweet. Actually, the shuttle cases and form factor were pretty innovative, but they are sort of hard to work on being such a cramped space.

    Cases can be an extension of ones personality, but between the toilet bowl case, and the manga bit boobie girl, you have to wonder whats goin on in these folks minds.

    Anyways, I hope folks stop going nuts over these lame cases. It's getting old.

  12. Top 5 Story types by tronicum · · Score: 4, Funny
    I even asked before the story was visible to non subscribers what information was inside the story. I did not find it yet.

    Top 5 Slashdot Storys types

    • Dupe (....as previously mentioned....)
    • Media Hype (a study from FOO says BAR....)
    • Unfunny Funny Stories (FOO laughs his as about ...)
    • No information storys (Foo Foo Foo Bar)
    • Global Foo (....a law in Northern Alaska)
    1. Re:Top 5 Story types by Elad+Alon · · Score: 3, Funny

      And dupes.

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    2. Re:Top 5 Story types by mj_sklar · · Score: 2, Insightful

      I know you're joking, but what's wrong with global stories? So you don't live there, and it doesn't concern you, but someone lives there, and it for sure concerns them, and given the large amount of users on Slashdot, some of them probably live there too. If you don't like it, don't read it.

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  13. I followed the link... by myheroBobHope · · Score: 2, Insightful

    And I wish I hadn't... I'm ok with most of the fluff posts as I find them vaguely interesting. These mods are all really stupid. Most of them have already been posted on Slashdot before too... It's basically a no link dupe, amazingly enough.

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  14. #1 - The Miss Kanna PC by xkenny13 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Here's a link to "The Miss Kanna PC", the anime case mod that made the #1 spot:

    http://sae.cside.com/sae/kat/pc/ern005/ekana.htm

    This page includes construction details and lots of pictures of the building process. Looks like quite an amazing amount of work went into this...

    1. Re:#1 - The Miss Kanna PC by datafr0g · · Score: 2, Funny

      Pretty cool but I can't help but wonder where the Turbo button would be on this thing if it were built in 1992...

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    2. Re:#1 - The Miss Kanna PC by InsaneLampshade · · Score: 2, Funny

      Well, it would obviously have to be in the same place Chii's "switch" is. ;)

    3. Re:#1 - The Miss Kanna PC by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 4, Funny
      > I can't help but wonder where the Turbo button would be on this thing if it were built in 1992...

      It's still there, you just can't find the damn thing.

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    4. Re:#1 - The Miss Kanna PC by Fred_A · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Not that much work apparently since it isn't a case. It's just a lifesize plastic anime girl with PC components bolted to its back.

      If it hadn't been made for a magazine, it probably would have been much more creative. As it is, it's just a sculpture in front of some hardware.

      Very disapointing IMO.

      Has anyone made a realdoll case yet ?

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  15. I have a unique case mod by CrazyJim1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I forgot to buy a case... So I carved out holes for the video card, and mouse/keyboard out of the cardboard box my motherboard was sent in. I don't leave the thing on overnight in case of fire though.

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    1. Re:I have a unique case mod by Egregius · · Score: 2, Funny

      A friend of mine has built a server by nailing all the components onto a simple piece of wooden plank. The server is also called 'plank'. He said: "Who needs a metal case anyway?". So we replied: "Those that care about electromagnetism damaging our components."

      So now he has chicken-mesh over it.

  16. Remember? by The+Angry+Artist · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why is everyone complaining over the lack of a link? Everyone knows a true Slashdotter doesn't need the link to make comments.

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  17. Dirty minds by ElVaquero · · Score: 3, Funny

    I wonder where all the ports are on that manga girl mod..

  18. If you like casemods, you'll love this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    There are tons of wierd and wonderful casemods on this site
    http://www.mini-itx.com/

    They have a steady stream of people sending in photos of their work.

  19. Site is down. by aywwts4 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Looks like their servers are on burning in flames. Too bad they didnt run linux.

    (Sorry, this linkless submission very well stood the chance of being the first to lack this post)

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  20. Wait till Nano-ITX comes out.... by PhotoBoy · · Score: 2, Informative

    Nano-ITX is looking to be a very small package (12cm x 12cm) so we are likely to see some even more abitious case mods over time. Most of my favourite case mods are where people mount Mini-ITX boards in classic games consoles like the NES.

  21. my favorite ... by scharkalvin · · Score: 2, Funny

    is the R2D2 case. What detail! Someone must have freeze framed
    Starwars frame by frame and blown up all the images of R2
    and then measured the photos. Bet that case could win a scale
    model contest.

    The toilet case was real shitty. (sorry about that chief!).

  22. The New "Slashdot Interactive" by Rick.C · · Score: 3, Insightful
    We're listening to you, our loyal Slashdot audience. You said, "Stop Slashdotting small, defenseless sites, you big meanies!" And so we have.

    Here's the deal: We publish a story without any links and you get to search for TFA. (Of course, many Slashdotters who never read TFA will see no difference, but it does cut down on the mindless link clicking by those who are just bored.)

    This new Slashdot feature is available to both subscribers and non-subscribers, but subscribers get to start searching first!.

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  23. Drilling Stainless steel for the WMD mod... by deacon · · Score: 4, Informative
    On page 5 of the wmd mod link

    http://www.bit-tech.net/modding/2005/10/19/wmd_g-g nome/5.html

    the fabricator notices that he keeps dulling his drill bits. There are two reasons for that.

    First, drill bit rpm is TOO HIGH. Stainless steel has poor thermal conductivity, and will not draw heat away from the drill bit very well. The drill bit cutting edge will go over temperature and soften and dull over.

    This nice PDF chart should be printed out and put next to your drill press:

    http://www.etec.wwu.edu/faculty/McKell/rpm%20ipm%2 0charts.pdf

    It shows an allowable speed (surface feet per minute) of 30 for stainless steel. Note this is the same as for titanium.

    Convert to rpm

    http://www.maintenanceresources.com/ReferenceLibra ry/CNC/scratching.htm#sfm-rpm

    or here:

    http://www.drillmasters.com/speedfeed.shtml

    using the formula RPM=SFM ÷ 0.262 ÷ DRILL DIA

    and you end up with for a 1/4 inch hole 30 ÷ 0.262 ÷ .25 = 458 RPM

    Thats about 7 revolutions per second.. pretty slow.

    These reccomended RPMs/SFM are for factory production where time is money. I usually run at a lower RPM than (half as fast or less) because I am not in a hurry. The drill will last much longer the slower you go.

    The second problem is the work hardening of stainless steel. If the drill bit is allowed to rub the surface without making a chip for even one revolution, the surface of the stainless will harden and dull the bit. You must press hard so that chips start forming immediately. If you must stop to raise the drill to clear chips for deep holes then raise the bit very quickly. Don't let the bit rub in the hole without cutting at any time.

    Finally, the cutting lubricant: I use rubbing-alcohol+water mixture. It boils away in the drill hole to cool the bit, and does not leave an oily mess on the work.