# Best looking PC case?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-looking-pc-case/218123>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 10, 2003, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-looking-pc-case/218123 "2003-12-10T09:14:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![skeptic\_ev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@skeptic\_ev](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skeptic_ev)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-looking-pc-case/218123/21 "2003-12-11T14:24:25Z")

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The coolest case I’ve ever seen was a tower (not a mini-tower–lots of bays!) made of brushed steel with a “door” of green-tinted glass. VERY sleek. (Plus it had some USB ports in the front, and a temp gauge.) If I ever build my own machine, that’s the case I want.

I think more manufacturers are focusing on the looks now because PCs are ubiquitous. They’re not just for geeks anymore. I, personally, spend a lot of time in my computer room, and I would like that time to be an all-around pleasant experience. (No, two of the PCs in my computer room haven’t had open cases for weeks. You must be thinking of some other **skeptic\_ev**.) Aesthetics is a big part of it. I could throw a sheet of plywood on two sawhorses and use it as a fully functional dining table if I wanted, but would I? Not unless I had to.

OTOH, I don’t really care that much about what my car looks like.

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