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Handmade Vertex Pyramid Cases Entomb Your PC

Pyramid-shaped PC cases are nothing new, but these handmade Vertex-cases are a little snazzier than most—and will ensure that your PC successfully completes the transition to the afterlife. More »

In Space, No Alien PS3 Case Mod Can Hear You Scream

It's not that I don't enjoy an Alien PS3 as much as the next guy. It's just that I would have gone with the famed stomach scene instead. More »

CinematographHD: Two Monitors In One Incredible Case Mod

When a video editor became depressed looking at his laptop, he did the only logical thing. He went to the garage, whipped out the welding torch and cooked himself up a portable system that could store a five-drive RAID0 array and two 22-inch monitors. Video is captured via unspecified HDMI-wielding video card and project output occurs through a Blu-ray burner. We don't know what the whole honking system weighs in at, but we do know that this 10-minute spark montage build video puts Rocky !, II, III and IV to shame: More »

Special Edition DC Xbox 360s Are Hot In the Non-RROD Sense

Check out these four horsemen of the Xbox 360 apocalypse from ComicCon: one Watchmen, one DC Comics, one Gears of War, and one Terminator Salvation, all up for grabs as part of a contest from Warner Bros. These aren't just new cases, either, they're full-fledged Xbox 360 consoles. There's only limited info to go on right now concerning these custom consoles, so we have no idea whether or not the superheros and super powers splayed across the fronts of these Xbox 360s will be enough to combat the RROD that surely awaits each of them in the future. [Film School Rejects]

Cheese Wheel PC, Because...We Actually Don't Know

We're not sure what drives one to put a PC in a cheese wheel, but we're glad that such outlets exist for those who are so inclined. For what would man have done, say, 100 years ago if he wanted to run TurboTax from a pile of aging dairy product? He would have lived a sad life and died alone, his hands reeking of yogurt. [forum.modding via technabob]

If You Build a PC Case Out of Duct Tape, Geeks Will Come

We all know duct tape has a million uses—but did you know that the actual figure is a million and one? It's true—a bunch of geeks confirmed it when they succeeded in building a PC case entirely out of the sticky stuff. You laugh because it's stupid, but you have to be impressed with the amount of thought these guys put into the project. They even managed to keep all of the components and the structure itself secure using rolled up duct tape support beams. If you would like to do the same for some reason, complete instructions are available on the project site. UPDATE: Video added. More »

XCM Xbox 360 Casemod Glows Whether Console is Overheating or Not

Irresistible Xbox 360 red ring of death heatsink jokes aside, this glow-in-the-dark replacement shell from XCM is the bee's knees for gamers who like to do it in the dark. Even with the lights on the case is still pretty cool, as it sports a semi-translucent look, allowing onlookers to marvel at the melting electronics housed within. More »

Humidor Casemod Master Puts New PC In Tiny Wooden Box

Jeffrey Stephenson, the man who first looked at a cigar humidor and said, "I can turn that into a PC," has made another Art Deco PC out of wood. The G-metric Nano, which will be unveiled publicly at CES this year, is the smallest enclosure Stephenson could design that contained a VIA NX15000 Nano-ITX mainboard, 1GB of RAM, and a slot-loading DVD player. The case itself is hard Pennsylvania cherry, but Stephenson's signature inlay is done with walnut, mahogany, basswood and cherry veneers. The feet serve a dual purpose of adding style and hiding the fact that the large heatsink extends out of the box a tad. [Jeffrey Stephenson]

Compiano: Part Computer, Part Piano, All Insane

According to its eBay listing, this $20,000 piano "is not a piano at all" but a fully functioning computer with a hidden 26" Philips LCD TV/monitor and a 6.8 GHz processor. Modded from a 1904 Chickering upright piano, the maker argues that it is not just "the world's most beautiful computer," but "the world's oldest computer" and the "world's highest security computer" as well. The description indicates that Compiano smells of rich mahogany, but we think we smell something else: More »

Brilliant Casemod Takes Us Back to the USSR, 1961

To hell with all this newfangled modern-looking stuff like that iMac—let's go back to the heyday of the Soviet Union, circa 1961 when the Reds were making these Rekord TV sets. Enterprising case modders took out the guts of one of those old idiot boxes and inserted a completely current Athlon-packing Windows PC inside. We're digging that gorgeous wood finish on the outside, and its lusciously retro implications. More »

Mercedes Truck Case Mod Hauls Ass, Runs Windows

Joining a long line of modded brethren, this Mercedes truck case mod is one we'd love to take for a spin. Details are thin, but we know it has sweet features such as working headlights, integrated exterior controls and not one but two LCD screens built right into the cab. Hit the gallery below to see pictures of the production process, and by all means take your best guess as to what kind of hot cargo she's haulin'. [haha.nu via Gearfuse]

Skyscraper Photo PC's Case Made Entirely of Wood

We're big fans of master craftsman and computer constructor Jeffrey Stephenson's work, and now he's outdone himself with the Skyscraper Photo PC, made entirely of basswood and mahogany veneer. We've shown you some of Stephenson's work before, the beautiful Decomatic Model 12, and now it looks like he's outdone himself with this case mod with a flat panel display out front to show off your favorite pics or vids. More »

XCM 360 Hot Rock Case Warns Of Impending Doom

If you or someone you love has been affected by the Xbox 360's red rings of death, consider the new 360 Hot Rock case from the modders at XCM. This clear case mod comes with a temperature gauge and multicolor LED that goes from cool blue to flaming red as your console approaches the melting point. No price point yet, but the Wii version runs about $60, which is most likely what this creature will cost once it's available. More »

V8 Engine Case Mod, Safe at Any Speed

We should tell our greasemonkey brothers at Jalopnik about this engine case mod that looks like a big honkin' V8 engine. Some talented and creative guy took a couple of tower cases, strapped them together in a V shape, added chrome headers and engine-y doodads, and wow. Is that an ignition key? Ha. More »

A Real Beaver Case Mod

We've seen plenty of case mods, including some built to look like humans, but this is a one of a kind. This tale revolves around a case modder, a hunter and a taxidermist (sounds like one hell of a sitcom). This once-living stuffed beaver now houses a complete computer that includes a Core 2 Duo processor, 160GB hard drive, 1GB of memory and a mini-ITX motherboard. There definitely needs to be more real animal case mods. So loyal Gizmodo readers, ready your guns, knives and clubs and get modding. (This post has been deemed vegetarian and PETA approved.) –Travis Hudson More »

ChillTec Ultra TEC CPU Cooler: Borg-like Heat Pump for Your Processor

This is not your ordinary cooling fan. The ChillTec Ultra TEC CPU Cooler is a solid-state heat pump that's even capable of cooling below room temperature. Of course, it automatically monitors the temperature of the processor, turning the fan on and off, keeping it quiet most of the time and speeding it up when you need it most. More »

Jeffrey Stephenson's Decomatic Model 12: Wow

Check out master craftsman and PC case modder Jeffrey Stephenson's latest creation which he calls The Decomatic Model 12. There's really a PC inside there, and the case is made of white oak with a gloss lacquer finish. Those are actual chrome steel inserts inside those four supports, which are made of red mahogany. And oh yeah, that knob up front is a programmable USB input device. Sweet. More »

Clever Case Mod Puts PC Where It Belongs

There's something satisfying about this trash can PC case mod from a resourceful Chinese enthusiast, putting the PC right where it belongs. I can think of many a long night where I wanted to do much worse to the PCs I've encountered. Not that we're Mac fanboys or anything, but you never see a Mac shoehorned into a garbage can like this. More »

Scythe XCLIO A380: PC Case or Jet Engine?

This is one wild-looking PC case from Scythe Corp. in Japan, the XCLIO A380 ATX with an LED-lit 10-inch fan up front that looks like a jet engine. Don't be scared away by that fan's imposing size, though—at its lowest speed the thing and its side-mounted twin put out just under 28dBA of sound. Crank them up to 1000rpm and you can overclock to your heart's content, especially with the more-efficient and cooler-running Intel Core processors. More »

Boeing 737 Case Mod

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Triple-Decker Case Mod: Whoa!

Case mods get more and more sophisticated, and here's a skyscraper of a PC created by Ediejo, which started out as a mild-mannered Lian Li aluminum PC case and now it's been taken to the extreme. Take a look at the worklog that describes the progression of techniques to put together this monster. More »

Dead Letter Box: Mac G4 Put to Work

We have an old Mac G4 taking up space in the basement, and we were wondering whether to throw it out or to perhaps donate it to one of the schools nearby. Turns out, no school will take such a relic, but then we came across another idea shown to us in this photo found on Flickr, a G4 tower converted to a mailbox in Auckland, New Zealand. More »

WMD Case Mod: Jack Bauer Computing

Tell me where the bomb is! The guys at bit-tech tried to create a custom-build case that looked exactly like a bomb on 24. The result? Explosive chrome goodness. More »

Dodge Magnum Case Mod

Every once in a while our Gawker brothers at Jalopnik join in on the geekfest, and this time they showed us a case mod from PC Rides that wraps up an Intel Core Duo inside your choice of a Dodge Magnum, Dodge Charger or Dodge Viper SRT10 case. More »