20 Weirdest Case Mods We Could Find

Comic-Con, computer encasement modifications (or case mods) are one of those areas where being a huge nerd intersects with being an artist. Of course, the work is less about displaying your ability to cram the basic components of a PC into just about anything and more about displaying your total lack of any other hobby and/or ability to talk to girls. Hence, case mods!

1.
Leela

We could make some sort of cruel, mean-spirited joke about how this guy has never met a girl, so he had to build one, but we’re a little worried that this might actually be an accurate state of affairs. The thumb is actually a thumb drive, because this wasn’t nerdy enough.

leela

In most Western countries, this isn't a crime.

2.
Beaver

Yes, that image is real. It is not Photoshop. A beaver did, in fact, have a processor, RAM, and other computer components rammed up its butt and wired so that it could be a computer and presumably somehow impress girls. We’re not sure how.

beaver

Beaver is also a slang term for a woman's junk. Write your own caption.

3.
Animatronic head

Because computing should never be lacking in sheer terror, the animatronic head hooked up to this PC actually works. Whether it screams “Kill me and release me from this never-ending agony!” or just chants error codes to help you debug your Linux homebrew remains unknown. All we know is that you should always, always turn it off before you go to bed.

animatronic head

It's either a Moloch or Joan Rivers.

4.
Wall-E

You know, we could pick on the relentless dorkiness and lack of contact with members of the opposite (or same!) sex that resulted in this insanely detailed mod, complete with an arm that feeds Wall-E the disc when you need to load a DVD, but we were too busy being overwhelmed by the cuteness. Yes we were! Oh yes we is!

wall e

It works really well for the first half of your session then becomes derivative.

5.
Vase

Yes, that is, indeed, a PC tucked in a vase. No, we do not know what NVidia, who apparently paid for this desecration of a Ming vase replica, was thinking hiring somebody to put a computer in a vessel you pour water in. This is probably what the Queen of England uses to “download some internets”.

vase

Finally, something your wife wouldn't beat you for purchasing.

6.
Model Ferrari

OK, modding your case to be an alien or a rock or whatever is one thing. Making it a toy car is just a whole new level of pathetic we’re not sure should ever have been explored. Moving on.

model ferrari

Vroom! Vroom! There goes my chances of getting laid!

7.
Too Many Fans

Ever have your PC overheat? No? Well imagine it did. Wouldn’t it drive you crazy? You guess? Well it would. Did ever wish you could solve that problem once and for all? Anyway, this guy apparently did. And this problem solving ability, combined with a single-mindedness that bordered on autism, birthed the fan case. Now he just has to deal with fifty fans that could drown out a jackhammer.

too many fans

This easily has twice as many fans as the WNBA.

8.
Kratos

That’s really what we want in our PC: every time we see it, we’ll be reminded of the proud and noble Kratos, warrior of the gods, the Ghost of…hey, wait a minute, didn’t this guy kill his family in cold blood? And everybody who annoyed him? Isn’t his solution to everything to stab? …this thing better not be animatronic.

kratos

At least the Leela guy made his into a chick.

9.
Glowing Cube

We guess that for some case modders, life just isn’t the same unless technology looks like the way people from the 1920s thought it was going to? We bet this was inspired by a classic of science fiction like “Freejack”.

glowing cube

By the time this was built it was already obsolete.

10.
The Living Room INSIDE Your PC

So some crazy guy, who builds both PCs and dollhouses, decided to build a little visible living room inside his PC. Why, we don’t know. We bet it has something to do with his being Russian, though. Also his being scary.

living room inside pc

Probably bigger than the apartment of most WeirdWorm writers.


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Comments

  • Kevin

    Who wrote the captions for this article? They really seem a bit condescending especially from somebody writing for a site called Weird Worm. Do you even know your audience? Nerds are not the pathetic losers that they have been portrayed as in oh so many movies. Get with the times dude, nerd is the new cool.

  • http://twitter.com/JonnyPaula Jonathan Paula

    I have to agree with Kevin – I found the tone of this article to be unneccesarily negative. Many of these mods are really cool pieces of art, and yet the author seems to think anyone who enjoys a hobby is a life-less loser… shame.

  • unimportantbob

    I agree with Kevin and Microwave Man, this dude's too insulting to write on geek topics.

  • anon

    the author is a f*cking douchebag

  • Steve

    This author is absolutely terrible and has no business writing on a website with the very target audience he goes out of his way to insult. Many of these case mods require much forethought and planning. Its amazing how easily someone can bash it over the course of an article that looks like it took 10 minutes to write.

  • taq

    WTF ,,,, really stupid author …. Agree with Jonathan ,,, these modes are pieces of arts ,,,

  • euphoriajoca

    I am really sorry about this. I know how do you guys feel, I am nerd myself.

    I spoke with author about this article.

  • http://www.pdfcontent.com adhi

    haha.. thats real wall-e… not animation…

  • Davis John Davis

    Wow… you must feel soooo cool to have just written all those tired, condescending comments about all those mods. Let's see your effort, cocksmudge. Or better yet, let's have a look at how you spend your leisure time and declare that to be a no-life-waste-of time as well

  • http://www.abnormaltech.com Abnormaltech

    I like the SNES case mod. Inserting the cd from the top and it compact too. Hope one day this type of case can be bought off selves.

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/LJMDPO4URXA4NSRAMXWQDBRXG4 Daniella

    It's so weird but I find it fascinating as well. I could fool my sisters at home with these. :D

  • Matt

    Oh and by the way, the beaver case mod was done by a woman. And she tells you how to make one yourself: http://www.instructables.com/id/Compubeaver—%3E-How-to-case-mod-a-beaver—in-29-e/
    Suck it

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