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Same ole' same ole'... im getting bored with it

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Now that every computer case maker in the world has flooded the market (well, at least newegg has a lot) with cheap windowed, fan holed, flashing led'd, CCFL'ed, bling bling cases starting at $30.00, its really starting to get old.

When I hear someone say "build and customize my own computer" it basically ads up to getting a barebone system, getting UV glowing calbes, a CCFL or two (hell, maybe even five), some loud annoying fans, and installing windoze on the whole mess.

At newegg, the cheapest Mid-tower ATX case with some fan holes, was a slightly ricey raidmax. had 6 fan holes, window, brushed aluminum cdrom faceplaces with pexiglass infront of that, and a really sparkly blue paint.

I know im not getting old. I just bought a subwoofer for my car. Old people dont buy subwoofers for their cars.

The most interesting mods that I have seen, have been on mini-itx.

What are some other good modding showcase websites? Maybe its just me, but damn! Everybodys "customized" PC looks exactly the same.
 
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No one replied with hot jucy links? Hmm... Maybe I am getting old ;).
 
I dont know but more and more people are getting into making there own computers, i would have never thought i could create a computer 2 years ago... but i guess what i'm saying is taht since so many people are being introduced to computer "customizing" that they are all pretty much doing the same thing because its all pretty basic... i think you look to the people have been doing the whole computer "customized" that are new and very interesting, just check out the Worklog section... i wish i have their ability to do what they do but i lack that for now...so i guess ill stick with the "lame" old mods... :(
 
I used to spend every spare minute and dime I had on things like that. But, I have a problem: Battlefield 2 and a P.O.S. Car to keep me busy.

I remember back when computers didnt even have such a thing as a case fan. HDD and Power led's on the front panel were the most exciting feature of the light-brown cases. Back when a gaming PC had a 386, with 5 megs of ram, a 9600 baud modem, and a 1x cdrom drive.

I guess its time for me to cash in my paycheck and get to work...
 
daglesj said:
Well if everyone has gone bling..then why dont you go beige? ;)
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I was trying to stay beige, but it started getting hard to find a nice, plain, beige case that I liked. Oops. Now I have a black case. OTOH, Dell, IBM, etc. have gone black, so perhaps it's just the new beige, and beige is now retro.
 
I dont know about you, but I"m the only one that i know in real life that has a "custom bling bling" case. Everyone I know has an OEM pc.
 
Actually I don't either. I know a lot of people with PCs they either built themselves or I built, but so far no one with a "bling-bling" setup. They're all in relatively plain boxes though. Hell, except for my dad I'm the only person I know who's ever actually done any modding. He's got superior Dremel skills (compared to me) thanks to the massive train layout he's building in the basement, so he helped me upgrade the cooling on my bro's new case one xmas. Aside from my iMac (see sig) it's all been wiring & cooling mods though. Then the only bling I've got in my rig is a few blue LED fans. I wanted adjustable and temp controlled fans, and the LED ones were on sale at the time. You can't see them unles it's dark though, then there's a bit of a blue glow coming out of the grills.
If I ever do any "serious" modding, it'll probably be more like building a case from scratch. I'll probably get a case to chop up for a mobo backplate, slots, and drive cages, but other than that it'll be made of hardwood. Or maybe I'll get lazy and just carve a replacement front panel and put a "veneer" on the rest of the case.
 
I've got blue LED fans(adequate CFM + damned quiet = good), but my case is un-blingy as possible.
I mean, honestly, does this case look like it's anything special when it's closed?
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a47/Necessary_EvilsMARDUK/MARDUK/Complete/MardukFront.jpg

Open, on the other hand, it houses a beast. http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a47/Necessary_EvilsMARDUK/MARDUK/Complete/Open.jpg


Personally, I tend to laugh at the blingy cases with windows and lights. Typically, they're not nearly as powerful as their cases would like to suggest.


I prefer the systems that speak for themselves without trying to draw attention to themselves.
 
Yes indeed, I've seen no end of 'mad modded cases' that look like something from StarTrek crossed with War Games and inside.........a Duron 1.3! :rolleyes:

I prefer the wolf in sheeps clothing approach myself.
 
Marduk:
That's the same case I've got lol. Dual 246's too. My vid card isn't quite so powerful though- 6800GT. At this point, I doubt I'd upgrade even if I have a PCI-e board.
It's not exactly a stealth machine even if it is sort of plain though... cases of this size tend to suggest dual cpu server/workstation machine.
BTW, if they'll clear your procs you can relocate the middle fans to the other side of the plate behind the drives if you need to. I needed more space for the SCA adapters on these cheap refurb SCSIs I'm using. I picked up a pair of 36GB 15k.3s and a 73GB drive for <$100 ea.
I actually replaced the center fans as well. Those deltas are too f'n loud. I've got a pair of blue LED temp controlled fans in the middle with the leads stuck to my CPU heatsinks.
 
well, that would be true...but think of how many people go around with the Antec/clones housing gimpy systems ;)


I'm using one of the deltas as a 5V, but replaced the rest with Coolermaster's blue LED 120mm.

25mm thick, 43CFM (approx what I'd get if I volt-modded any other similarly sized fans), and most importantly, 23dba each.


I'm looking into quiet 92mm fans for it as well.

It's amazing how quiet this powerful of a system can be if you do it right :)



I thought about putting the 120s on the other side of that wall, but I don't know what it'd get me; I've got the cables routed in such a way that there's not too much stress on the sATA connectors.


anyway...back on topic.
 
i think some people go way to far in lighting their cases when they put more than 2 lights in their case. it sort of reflects how ricers put 100000 strobe lights and a crapload of underbody neons on their car just to ' buy' attention.
heres the lighting on my case, the glow is from an xbox to usb adapter but i took it out a few days ago. so no more lighting for me :)

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Furious, I like your PC! Whenever I see pics of it I think of the film 'Deliverence' for some reason. :) :D
 
Well, my case lighting is now green, all of them including keyboard LEDs.

I am sick of blue LEDs
 
what does it matter really if you're tired of other people's stuff? you're not the one that has to look at/use the thing all the time

i'm sick of the crap they play on MTV all the time but it's what the masses tune in for, so they're gonna keep playing it. same with pc's, companies are gonna cater to the market. sadly tho i think we'll see more change in the pc market before i see the headbanger's ball back on MTV again :(


not to be an ass but there's always the canned response:

"if you don't like what other people are doing, then do something creative yourself"
 
It matters. I am me, and I usually only care about what my brain is thinking. My brain is thinking "Case window, blue led fan, bling bling.... <Yawn>".

It does not really matter at all what I am tired of.
you're not the one that has to look at...
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Actually, I dont Have to look at it, if I close my eyes or turn my head the other way. But, I actually do have to see quite a few of these "computer ricers". A lot of my friends and kids I know, want to "build and customize" their own pc. All it adds up to is a case window, a shiney heatsink, and some other ricey show-off parts. Some of them are fast (Fx55, 2 gigs of ram, Radeon X800) and deserve the attention that 15 flashing CCFLs give, but im getting bored with it.

You talk as if I am living in china. I dont. Im proud to be an arrogant bastard :D. On Mtv, you can delete the channel from your Tv's memory. I wish I had the option to delete things from my brians memory.

For me, its like going to a car show. But, instead of a variety of old and new sporty hotrod cars and shiney show-off cars, everybody is showing up with the same model and year of honda civic, with very similar paint schemes, lights, or wings, and either an AMD or Intel engine. I would get bored of it very quickly.

Oem PC's. Some of them are qualified as computer-rice. Windows, 8 blue LED fans, the typical stuff. Hell, I think i am getting old. I started to unhook the exhaust on my 4 cylinder diesel just to see what it would sound like, but I didnt want to...

not to be an ass but there's always the canned response:

"if you don't like what other people are doing, then do something creative yourself"
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Nope. Not ass-ish at all. Im not overly concerned with what other people are doing. Im just getting very bored by what is considered a "customized" pc, and decided to bitch about it. That quote is somewhat true. Im plotting and scheming up my own project . An entire case made solid of flashing CCFL's (no, im just kidding ;)).

Next project of mine... Hmmm... Im thinking oak.
 
Wood PCs are already trendy amongst scratch builders... you're not thinking very creatively here :p
 
I was trying to stay beige, but it started getting hard to find a nice, plain, beige case that I liked. Oops. Now I have a black case. OTOH, Dell, IBM, etc. have gone black, so perhaps it's just the new beige, and beige is now retro.
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Please tell me this is a joke. I mean, not wanting to be flashy or showy is one thing, but beige was the worst abomination to happen to computers. It doesn't have to be sexy, but old computers look like PoS. Thank God everyone is moving away from that junk.
 
Empyrean said:
Please tell me this is a joke. I mean, not wanting to be flashy or showy is one thing, but beige was the worst abomination to happen to computers. It doesn't have to be sexy, but old computers look like PoS. Thank God everyone is moving away from that junk.
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Hey, bet your rig doesnt have a button with 'Turbo' on it and the cool number 66 in big yellow LEDs! :p
 
daglesj said:
Hey, bet your rig doesnt have a button with 'Turbo' on it and the cool number 66 in big yellow LEDs! :p
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I had one that did but the light on one of the 66 broke and all I had was

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Me, myself, I'm not really into the whole mod-your-case-and-show-it-off thing. I believe that computers have a purpose and I'd rather spend my time customizing them to serve that purporse more efficiently than trying to make my comp look like it deserves its own spot at Hot Import Nights. It's cool to look at other people's mods every now and then, but I got to agree with bob. Just too much of the same old shit.
 
bob said:
Now that every computer case maker in the world has flooded the market (well, at least newegg has a lot) with cheap windowed, fan holed, flashing led'd, CCFL'ed, bling bling cases starting at $30.00, its really starting to get old.

When I hear someone say "build and customize my own computer" it basically ads up to getting a barebone system, getting UV glowing calbes, a CCFL or two (hell, maybe even five), some loud annoying fans, and installing windoze on the whole mess.

At newegg, the cheapest Mid-tower ATX case with some fan holes, was a slightly ricey raidmax. had 6 fan holes, window, brushed aluminum cdrom faceplaces with pexiglass infront of that, and a really sparkly blue paint.

I know im not getting old. I just bought a subwoofer for my car. Old people dont buy subwoofers for their cars.

The most interesting mods that I have seen, have been on mini-itx.

What are some other good modding showcase websites? Maybe its just me, but damn! Everybodys "customized" PC looks exactly the same.
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Bender mod...pretty cool
 
I guess I partially agree. I don't enjoy it when someone's has a Radeon 7500 and Duron 1.3 in a crappy steel case, but my Lian Li case has an Athlon 64, 1 gig or RAM, ONE blue LED fan, and two red CCFL tubes. I installed the switches on the front for turning off the CCFL's so as not to distract my fellow LAN party addicts, and I think it is tasteful without going over the top. Other people seem to like it also.

If you are basing on internals too I lose. I don't have PCI-e, 6800 or 7800 graphics, and dual channel RAM. Point being it runs fine for what I play (not much lately, though). Whether in your opinion it is blinged out or not, I have no idea. I have many of the same likes as you; there's a BMW motorcle poster, two street rod posters, and some framed shots of my own of different cars in the room right now.

Someone criticized Crimson Sky's work in another thread here. I was taken aback that his work was not considered case modding in someone else's opinion. I think he is the highest form of this hobby (along with Mashie, QTip42, and others like them), so everyone seems to be drawing lines in the sand at different points. What's a mod? When does it cross the line? I think that these are all points that everyone sets in their own mind. I cannot do what they do; I accept that and deal with it. So I am happy that I have what I have, and it runs well. It is not full modded, but it is different and mine, and I think that's what everyone wants. Even if a million people have the same case as I do, hopefully mine is unique. If it doesn't meet your criteria, I'm sorry but I am happy and do not care that you don't approve.

Everyone has opinions, and there's my $0.02. Hopefully I don't offend anyone, as I don't post often! :eek:
 
Hey, bet your rig doesnt have a button with 'Turbo' on it and the cool number 66 in big yellow LEDs!
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I can only wish I was that cool.

But really, I understand the sentiment of not wanting to jump on the latest fad bandwagon. And the silliness of a flashy case with a crap system.

The importance of a computer being put to function over form...

It is just that for so long form was totally ignored. So in a way, nothing has been more 'played out' than the beige. Heck, two of the computers in my house now are beige, with beige monitors, beige printer, beige keyboard..... Damn you 1998!

So, being able to build a black system is a miracle to me. I went with black over some random color just because it is pretty calm overall. But an all beige system is like having all white walls; you start to go insane after a while ;)
 
Empyrean said:
Please tell me this is a joke. I mean, not wanting to be flashy or showy is one thing, but beige was the worst abomination to happen to computers. It doesn't have to be sexy, but old computers look like PoS. Thank God everyone is moving away from that junk.
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Blasphemer! I've been working with comps since I was knee high to a grasshopper and never have I disliked the beige. Only reason I have an Antec P160 is because it was 3 things: cheap, had the hard drives kicked sideways, and it was the least flashy case that wouldn't have to be shipped to me. I wish I still had a good beige tower case instead too :( .

In all honesty I can understand people doing it, but when it becomes so bland and generic I don't see a point. The only mods I will ever make are to improve the performance of the machine. The funny thing is my room mate is even worse than me about it. He got all upity when I came home w/ the P160 lol. I really enjoy some of the crazy ideas I see being put together in the worklogs section though. What some of those guys come up with blow my mind. Also a lot of the window work I see some people doing is nice.

Well that was a random rant that spewed forth from my fingertips. I guess in short I agree with bob on this one heh.
 
I never liked the whole bling case mod scene.

I'm modding an apple G5 case right now, but it is going to still look like its a G5 from the outside when I'm done. That, I feel, is different.

For the record, I think the invention of Blue LEDs is the worst thing ever. Blue is everywhere. You can't buy HT equipment without a damn blue LED now. You have to have your HT equipment behind an opaque door to even watch a movie in a dark room these days.
 
MikeDeuce said:
Wood PCs are already trendy amongst scratch builders... you're not thinking very creatively here :p
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Excuse me? Wood is a material, not a design. The old beige days were made of metal and plastic. CrimsonSky's mods are all made of metal and plastic. The whole point of the thread is not what it is made out of, but what you do with it.

Wood is a fun/refreshing starting point right now because, although there are more on the boards than there have been in the past, you can do so much more with it (much more easily) than you can starting with any traditional case. If he made a standard mid tower out of it, IMO, that wouldn't be much better than just going out and buying something.

Do a google search for "wooden puzzle box". Imagine if someone made a computer case that you had to solve the puzzle to turn it on, access the CD drive or front usb ports, or open the case. Style, function, beauty, and conversation all in one. That would be cool. Besides, it's never been done before.

/rant


 
I'd like a nice case made from a good piece of rosewood or light oak.

Dont know about its thermal capabilities plus you would have to guard against warping.
 
daglesj said:
Well if everyone has gone bling..then why dont you go beige? ;)
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Hah i did. I have an Antec SuperLanboy but a beige monitor and beige keyboard and mouse. It gives the system a more serious and pratical look instead of a circus look. Case now are starting to look like habitrails lmao. Hamster cages!


habitrail1b.jpg




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Ohh here's a habitrail SFF LMAO

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MikeDeuce said:
Wood PCs are already trendy amongst scratch builders... you're not thinking very creatively here :p
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Im not really trying to be creative. Wood looks nice, and its not all bling-blingy. But wood is a material, not a design. Im being slightly more creative using wood. There are far more metal cases and plastic cases than wooden cases.

Aside from that, I can only think of cardboard or fiberglass.

But this isnt about me or my crazy ideas, at least not yet.
 
zone_86 said:
Hah i did. I have an Antec SuperLanboy but a beige monitor and beige keyboard and mouse. It gives the system a more serious and pratical look instead of a circus look. Case now are starting to look like habitrails lmao. Hamster cages!

Ohh here's a habitrail SFF LMAO
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That is some damn funny and original comedy! I had my ass laughed off. I know newbies to computers are really interested in making "computer rice" because everything is new to them. But C'Mon, what happened? It seemed only a few years ago that case windows and LED's were new.

Beige isnt bad. I never cared for the 1980s brownish colored cases. Like the color of my commodore.
 
zone_86 said:
Hah i did. I have an Antec SuperLanboy but a beige monitor and beige keyboard and mouse. It gives the system a more serious and pratical look instead of a circus look. Case now are starting to look like habitrails lmao. Hamster cages!


habitrail1b.jpg




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Ohh here's a habitrail SFF LMAO

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ROFLCOPTER, thats freakin funny . lol there should be an air conditioning kit in that ' SFF' so the tubes would help vent the cages more :p
 
i feel ya bob, unfortunately im a total hypocrit

my case has an ocz modstream with the blue glowie cables, 2x uv cathodes and an abit fatal1ty which glows read

*slaps himself*

and 5 whiney antec fans (not glowing though.. so its ok)

i think the blue + red combo looks nice, but thats just me really
 
I guess you could get some quality wood veneer and cover a case in that. My dad used to run a boat building business and he could take a plastic table and cover it so you'd think it was real wood till you picked it up.

Its really thin stuff so you can cut it with a craft knife, glue it on and then stain or varnish.
 
Quite frankly i'm suprised not one has attempted an actual Habitrail PC mod :D
 
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