Is real case modding dead?

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I was talking about case modding today in work with some of the younger staff, was recalling this very forum being packed full of random tips and tricks for modding cases "back when I were a lad we couldn't buy these things off the shelf" :cry:

I should try and dig some old photos out, think it was a user called gordeyhand(?) possibly that had a lianli I always wanted at the time, he was a dab band with a Dremel too :p

....cold cathodes, bay busses, even the dawn of, dare I say it, the blue LED :eek:
 
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jaybee said:
Yes it's died out along with overclocking sadly I feel.
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Overclocking I get, but modding, is it just a lack of need or creativity? Suppose I only started in order to quieten my deltec fan down, get a case window and mess with airflow really.

Some of the case stuff the nerdforge team have done aesthetically is mind-blowing, but in saying that I've kind of answered my own question. I think it's the combination of needing to do something to solve a problem and wanting it to look good or different that I miss.
 
As the years go by 8 turns into nothing :cry:

I'd love that setup now tbh, never did any water-cooling and there seems little point these days.

I knew somebody who made a setup out of a fish tank... as you can imagine that didn't end well :rolleyes:
 
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I suppose it's a shift from sort of, cottage industry beginnings to fully fledged business now. I do miss it, I spent hours checking out what other people were doing back then.
 
I managed to pickup a old ABIT Athlon XP board so I'm thinking an old school case modded build may be on the cards

I think I only had an 3200, the mobile chips were meant to be great overclockers though, tempted to try and source one for the Abit... and era accurate case though Likely a struggle.
 
Hewligan said:
I don’t think it died completely, but it is definitely less prevalent. I did a few: started with an Alienware R10 or R11, modded for water cooling setup with a radiator in the foot and the top. Was still totally choked for airflow. Then i moved onto a DeepCool CL500 which i modded to hang a 1080 radiator off the back panel, with air pass throughs dremelled. I also bought a mod someone else made - fitting a CPU/GPU loop into a tiny case, since sold on. I followed Revoccases who made single slot coolers for A2000 to make a tiny 1L dedicated GPU build (now you can basically buy this off the shelf), and of course the Petricor Skyreach 4 Mini insanity which has seen him fit a 4090 with internal loop into a <5L case. I guess it lives on more on the small form factor side, but even there it is definitely fading.
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Yeah I think there will always be people customizing and innovating, but never the scene that it once was, do miss it I can't lie :(
 
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