# Gob Smacking PC Mod **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 19, 2005, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gob-smacking-pc-mod/313113 "2005-07-19T07:05:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gob-smacking-pc-mod/313113/1 "2005-07-19T07:05:34Z")
Okay, this isn’t just simply some guy who cut some holes in a case, stuck a bunch of lights in it, and called it a mod. Heck, it’s not even a sheet metal case that he built from scratch. Nope, [this is hard core](http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=76374). He’s using **really** sophisticated stuff to make the case. The gear he’s using is way newer than anything we had at Amalgamated Moron Manufacturing or at school. And [check his water cooling set up!](http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=76374&page=30&pp=20) I’m drooling here! ---
**Author:** ![VegemiteMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/df788c/32.png) [@VegemiteMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VegemiteMoose)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gob-smacking-pc-mod/313113/2 "2005-07-19T07:15:17Z")
Wow. That is serious modding. It’s not even modding really, it’s creating. My favourite (it still cracks me up) is [this mod.](http://articles.pimprig.com/featured_pimprig/the_caffeine_machine.php) ---
**Author:** ![RandomLetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8edcca/32.png) [@RandomLetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandomLetters)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gob-smacking-pc-mod/313113/3 "2005-07-19T12:22:09Z")
Well, if you are cheap, you can always go with [Teh Box!!1](http://hlatlas.com/misc/tehbox.html) as a case “mod”. Or for a more freaky box, how about [The Case That Must Not Be Named.](http://www.stonehill.org/casenotnamed/) ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gob-smacking-pc-mod/313113/4 "2005-07-19T14:48:10Z")
Oh, my word. That thing is _gorgeous_. I am so lusting after it. Someday, I’m going to win a lottery and be able to afford hiring people to build stuff like that for me.\* \*Hey, a girl can dream, can’t she? ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gob-smacking-pc-mod/313113/5 "2005-07-19T18:54:17Z")
Duuuude. I’m on page 20, and the level of workmanship there is _amazing_. Must weigh a ton, too. _SHINY!_ ---
**Author:** ![Available\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@Available\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Available_Jones)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gob-smacking-pc-mod/313113/6 "2005-07-19T20:38:41Z")
That IS darned amazing, but I like PC enclosures that go beyond “the box.” In the back of this month’s Maximum PC magazine, a dude built a model of Bender, the robot character from Futurama, and stuck his motherboard in it. CDs and DVDs go in through his teeth to the optical drive in his head! That’s what I call a case mod. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gob-smacking-pc-mod/313113/7 "2005-07-19T20:54:45Z")
Well shit. I never knew before today that I was going to have to buy a CNC machine. Now I know. I need one.