Bubble-Plexi Case Mod

sandv!per writes: "If you want to spruce up the front of your case a bit, and those lighted case badges don't seem like enough, check out Matt's guide on making a "bubble-plexi" mod." There are disclaimers and warnings all over the place about injuring yourself while attempting this mod, so have fun but don't bitch if you lose a thumb ;)

Case Mod Category

[Tyler Eaves]

Could we please get a category for casemods....so those of us who think the whole thing has been done to death can filter...

Case mods...

[Cmdr Taco (luser)]

...strike me as a bit, hmmm, useless. Unless, of course, it's for something necessary, like piping cooling water (or liquid N) for cooling. Sure, some of the blinking/neon lights are kinda cool to impress the friends and all, but my techno friends are generally more impressed by cool hardware/software implementations (real hacking) and generally consider the other trappings to be a bit frilly. The most impressive 'case mod' I've ever done was to actually install all the panels and properly close up the case on my wife's computer so it looked presentable. My own computers, on the other hand... hell, I can't even find the side panels, musta thrown'm out. I've got too much external hardware, ribbon cables, protoboards, etc, dandling out of most of them that I couldn't possibly even button up the case, let alone fancy it up with super-cool visual effects. oh, well, too each their own.

Re:Case Mod Category

[Kizzle]

I agree. There are many categories that we don't need anymore. Beanies, Compaq, linuxcare, and all the misc apple ones that could be lumped together, just to name a few. These could definitely be replaced with better ones.

function vs image

[Cheetahfeathers]

WTF don't we see some cases that go for function mods, rather than these ugly image mods? Something as nicely built as Apple's G4 towers, or as quiet and small as the cube of theirs. Most computers totally suck when it comes to easy of putting it together and taking it apart. Look at an SGI O2 as a hugely high standard when it comes to case design. You can take the thing apart and put it back together in under a minute.

Of course most of these are beyond the ability of a typical case modder, who is just out to make their ugly PC even uglier.

Oh well, a geek can dream, right?