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"QUANTUM SHOT" #208


Outfit your humble PC for world domination

Extreme computer "case modding" community has some truly talented designers, who are as passionate about their PC cases, as MI6 wizards were about James Bond killer gadgets. In some cases (pun intended), the end product has truly radical looks and some wicked innards ready to unleash a gamer's fury upon the world...

Here is an update of what's going on in Ukraine, for example:
DPK modding community 2007 competition entries:


"Virgil" by Valery Zhuk


"Age Reincarnation", by Alexander Kolesnikov


'Mirtus Communicus" by Artem Novikov


"R2D14m" by Pavel Rafalovich


"Recycle Your Computer" by Alexey Chistov


"Me Lady" by Artem Zheleznyak


"Wheel Case" by Alexander Kolesnikov


mod by Alexander Brikov


"Charged!" by Alexey Chistov


mod by Vogdan Suk
(images credit: dpk.com.ua)

On the other side of the ocean, American case-modders are going nuts, too:

WMD
Weapons of Mass Destruction can now be a feature of any office, if you so desire.
The whole project is documented here





WMD II:



via Gadgets Fosfor. They have another interesting weird mod list.

Probably the best case modding company

Best Case Scenario certainly rocks.
Here is the "Matrix Regenerator"
(there is something living inside of it...possibly)





They also have very cool Alien case mod

Fusion Mods has a nice thread devoted to this art:





Tumbler Batmobile PC:



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Everybody has seen "The Microwave PC":


(image credit: Engadget)

Neatorama has compiled the ultimate case mod catalog, featuring plenty of "household appliances" PC mods, for example. Some of my favorites:

"The Skeleton Case Mod":


(image credit: http://www.extremetech.com)

best case is no case:


(image credit: bit-tech.net)

and Stained Glass computer case:




(image credit: BoredStop)

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Check out some photos from the recent Computer Case Mod Show:
(images courtesy Shutki-mozga.ru)












(images credit: Shutki mozga)

Send us tips on other computer mods you like.

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16 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

So where's one with a hamster habitat? Avi needs it!

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Blogger High Power Rocketry said...

These mods are so sick man!

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey dude. I like your blog. It doesn't even look like a regular blogspot blog! Can you please give me some pointers because I want to change the site design for my blog, Pariah's Guild (www.pariahs-guild.blogspot.com)

Also would you you be interested in doing a link swap? THX

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Very nice, Now that gives me an idea... Thanks, P

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Blogger Jocelyn Plums said...

Is that a jug of nerd urine in the 5th to last picture?

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Dude, put your shirt on.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

These are amazing computer cases.
I thought that I was the only one
to do something like this.
I made a case out of purple heart
wood.

thanks from tony

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Blogger Unknown said...

wow that is a very long list of cool cases, I wish I had done some of them. I have a few photos of some cool cases here, or the customers thought so anyway, thanks for taking a look

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Blogger Unknown said...

How do you end up shirtless at a case mod convention??

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Anonymous gnuyocir said...

Must be hot in there, would some body please turn up the AC?
I agree, totally sick cases, I want one.

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Anonymous Brad Fallon said...

How do I Import Unreal tournament 3 mods from my computer to my Playstation 3?

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Anonymous Jonathan said...

Wow. Some of those are awesome! I especially like the Bat-mobile one. An inside pic of that would be interesting to see, cant believe everything fits in there! I reviewed a more mainstream cases on my tech blog
, but nothing of this magnitude.

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Anonymous low energy pc said...

A custom case ca be ordered in a variety of materials including steel, plastic or even aluminum. Steel is the most common material found, however, because the price tends to be a lot less and it is very easy to work with when you want to add paint or brushed on art to your case.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Did anyone realize that "R2D14" is a dryer drum?

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Anonymous Robert Duran said...

computer enclosures are cooled depending upon the application and the extreme temperatures, there are solutions to cool an enclosure to -30 degrees and there are solutions to heat the enclosure to +60 degrees Celsius. Air conditioning units are also available, however they have moving parts than do wear out over time, there are options to maintain a ambient temperature inside the cabinet even if the external temperature range is to variable.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

These cases are the 5th degree of an unreal Dark Masonry Order.

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