That's the DVD player, modded to look like it's spinning one of the original LPs.

More DVD player, now with more lights!

And more lights...

And the internals. Inside is a Core 2 Quad CPU and a RAM cooler to counter overheating. [Case Mod Blog via Technabob]

There's also an mp3 player, movie player and an FM radio receiver. The video out is also intact, meaning this little guy can be used to play on the big screen.

Games in action below:

To answer your question, yes, this mod is very similar to one we've featured before. This one is cleaner, boasts more features, and plays Game Boy games too, so it gets the nod today. Nice work.

Oh, and the answer to the headline question, by the way, is unicorns. They would exist. [Ben Heck Forums via technabob]

There's a painstaking amount of detail inside the scene, including intricate housewares such as a vase, flowers, the newspaper, and a gumball machine (?!). Anyone with this much time on their hands must also spend hours thinking of the perfect way to get away with murder.

But I do love how the circuit board nearly blends in as wallpaper if you don't pay close attention. I'd like to see this turn into a trend...I think. [Modding.ru via Technabob]

The case itself is black and it includes a pre-cut window. LEDs inside can be set to stay put on one of seven different colors or cycle through the full spectrum. There is also a matching AirTube wind tunnel which serves as a light-up replacement for the fan shroud. Everything you need to swap cases is included, so it shouldn't take more than 15 minutes or so to get the job done. [Extreme Mods and XCM via Technabob]

I don't have any details as to the components in this thing, but really, who cares? This is more of a piece of art than anything you'd sully by playing Solitaire on. [MDPC via TechEBlog]

As a fan of the comics and the movies, I definitely dig Gonzales' work. Speaking of that, his Gears of War mod wasn't half bad either. [Joystiq via Kotaku]

Inside this annihilation orange box beats an Asus Rampage II Extreme motherboard, an Intel Core i7-940 chip, 6GB of 1,600MHz Corsair DDR3 memory, three GeForce GTX 280s and three Intel X25-M 80GB SSD drives in a RAID0 setup. With a name like "Overclocked Orange", you can expect that Penfold pushed the hardware to the max as well—like the Core i7 running at 4.0 GHz.

Suddenly I have the urge to add A Clockwork Orange to my Netflix queue and toss my pathetically weak computers out the window. [Bit-tech via Technabob via Geeky Gadgets]

Specifications
* Monocoque chassis laser-cut from 1.6 mm Aluminum
* Powercoated in 1 of 3 colors
* Flex ATX Power Supply included : Sparkle Power SPI270LE with 80 Plus certification
* Cross-Flow Cooling system featuring a push-pull design with one fan on the base and one at the rear of the enclosure. Uses Scythe Kama-Flex 80 mm fans.
* 1 hard drive suspension system that accomodates a single 3.5" or 2.5" hard drive.
* 1 Slim DVD bay on the base that will handle laptop DVD drives. A Slim-SATA adapter cable is included.
* Side-mounted ports for easy multimedia connections
o 2 X USB 2.0
o 1 X IEEE 1394 (Firewire)
o Audio In and Out
* Removable panels. With varying degrees of effort, all panels can be removed using a supplied hex key tool
* 3 connected LEDs reflect hard drive activity and contribute to the aesthetic
* 1 Bulgin vandal-style LED switch for Power On and aesthetics
* Motherboard : Fit Micro-ATX motherboards. Smaller motherboards such as ITX will likely fit but have not been tested.
* Dimensions :
o Sides attached at a 52 degree angle to the base panel
o 10.24" (H) x 16 " (W) x 16" (D)
o 26 cm (H) x 40.6 cm (W) x 40.6 cm (D)

Kinda cool for a small computer—but if you are willing to spend $400 on one you had better hurry. They are being sold through Etsy, so you know stock is limited. [Etsy via Geeky Gadgets]

The whole process has been thoroughly documented, and each piece of the mod was cut out with the utmost care. Check it out, this is amazing work. [English Russia]

If you are so inclined, details on how to build something like this yourself are available in the following links. [Gathering and TBCS]

One tattoo artist/case modder molded this Alien PS3 out of super heated epoxy putty—a material that required a few sacrificial burns before becoming immortalized as a 1979 horror flick creature.

Apparently the material cools to become as hard as metal, so it's impossible to remove it from the PS3's case. Can you imagine the face on some Sony tech who opens a box to find this system for repair? Well I can. And it's hilarious. [Cyberpunk Review via technabob]

I was just reading about the development of the Disk II. Randy Wigginton and Woz worked on it for a few weeks, only finishing up the control software (which negated the need for fancy hardware controllers by using software to read and write the sectors in the right spot) hours before presenting it at CES in 1978. They stayed up all night after setting up the booth to get it done. When they finished, they tried to made a back up copy. And they accidentally overwrote the data disk with the blank. Less than a few hours before the show floor opened, they rewrote the entire control system.

[Flickr via Macrumors via Technobob, Apple2history.org]

The first thing you notice about this mod is its size—it's 8 feet tall, and weighs over 400 pounds. The project apparently took a year to complete, and it shows. Not opportunity for modification is pass up, with everything from the power button (a discreet brass valve) to the air intake (an old church floor vent) gets a neo-Victorian overhaul. While it looks like a wooden mainframe, its guts are pure high-end gaming. The dual Nvidia 8800 GTX system is watercooled throughout, keeping noise to a minimum. This is Steampunk done right—as actual art, not as a fashion statement. Check out gallery below for a few more pics, but definitely click through to Dana's full Flickr set to see the Frankenstein in all its glorious detail. [Dana Mattocks]

I don't know about you, but I'm gonna go do some push ups. [Modders Inc]

[Icrontic]

[Technabob]

[Ironmods Thanks Tom!]

Longtime buyer, first-time seller "Compianos" says that the piano he used for the mod is an "upright grand"—I have always considered those two styles to be mutually exclusive. Besides that, we have some doubt as to the 6.8 GHz processor which he says runs Windows XP Media Center Edition with 1GB RAM and a 500 GB hard drive. And there is an air of desperation in his alternative payment suggestion: "I will consider a trade of an automobile + cash." He does, however, make a very reasoned appeal to "wives":

"Afraid you cannot afford it? Think again. Look at all the toys (cars/boats/RVs) your husband owns, pick one (with a clear title) and make me an offer. He'll understand, especially when he sees it. Don't you deserve it?"

Just like the iMac, this is an all-in-one computer, and all you have to do is add mouse and keyboard and you're off and running. Design details have been faithfully executed throughout, and there are even motion-sensitive LEDs that flicker when you move the thing around. Check out those old-timey toggle switches on the side, too. Just to find an old box like this must have been a difficult task; you don't know how lucky you are, boys. It's a masterpiece, yet another reason to make us glad the Reds didn't decide to push the button down.



Behold the spec list:
AMD Athlon(tm) 64x2 Dual Core Processor3800+
Kingston 1024MB RAM
400GB HDD
NVIDIA GeForce 6100nForce
Creative Audigy Soundblaster 7.1
Behold TV M6
Samsung DualHinge 17" TFT LCD monitor
LiteON DVDRW
wireless keyboard&mouse
[DarkRoastedBlend via Technobob]

Machine Specs:
• Mainboard: Asus nForce Socket AM2
• CPU: AMD Athlon64 X2 4200+
• RAM: Corsair 1024MB XMS2 PC6400
• GFX: Asus GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB
• DVD: LG DVD burner
• HDD: Western Digital 250GB
• PSU: Xilence 420W
• SND: Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer

The Skyscraper Photo PC is modeled after a 1931 Hammond Gregory clock (pictured above), a mantle timepiece that mimicked skyscrapers of the Deco era.

On Stephenson's PC, that's an 11.3" LCD up front, which he scavenged from an automotive ceiling-mounted DVD player. There's a Via motherboard inside with a fanless 1GHz C7 processor, 1GB of RAM, a 120W picoPSU power supply and it even has a CompactFlash adapter.

It's just gorgeous. [Slippery Skip]

UPDATE: Here's a size comparison shot:

Look at that. It's a drag racin' PC mod that's not exactly authentic but still looks fast even when it's sitting still. We especially like those Corvette flags up front. Bravo. – Charlie White

V8 Engine Computer Case [TechEBlog, via Gearfuse]

Compubeaver: Nastiest Case Mod Ever [Gadget Lab]

What we really like is its low noise levels, just 20dB at its lowest 2000rpm speed, clearly into church mouse territory and almost as quiet as not using a fan at all. We thought our 28dB CPU fan was nice and quiet, but that's as loud as the Ultra gets at its highest speed.

Plus, it looks like a Borg hive, doesn't it? This $130 cooling fan looks cool enough to warrant a place in a PC with a transparent door and lots of lighting. – Charlie White

Ultra's heat-pipes salve your CPU [Slash Gear]

We're big fans of Stephenson's work, and have long admired his craftsmanship and innovation in previous works such as his Microphone PC, his Humidor NX, and his whimsically toaster-like DECOmputer. Look at this pic of the back of the Decomatic:

With a bit of the moo-laa, perhaps you could convince Jeffrey to build one of these for you. This latest creation made its debut at CES earlier this month. Bravo! – Charlie White

Product Page [Jeffrey Stephenson]

Now if someone would just design a brick wall with a Motorola Q sticking out of it, I'd have the perfect case mod for my Smartphone. – Charlie White

Paper Bin Case Mod from China [Barbaria]

There's plenty of room inside for drives and such, with a standard complement of drive bays, with five 5-inch bays and a 3.5" bay, along with seven 3.5" shadow bays. Of course, there are external connections for a couple of USB 2.0 ports as well as a FireWire port, too. Shipping next week in Japan for $130, we're hoping this radical-looking case might find its way across the big pond sometime soon. – Charlie White

Scythe XCLIO A380 ATX case [Newlaunches]

This Boeing 737 is not going to find itself rolling down a runway anytime soon, but it might elicit a smile or two while carrying out its ground-based computing chores. This bulbous-looking case mod has an AMD FX-55 processor and GeForce 7800GT graphics card on board, and took modder Brian Carter six months to complete.

Up front in the nose are two hard disks, and you plug it in via the tail-mounted power supply. The DVD drive is nestled inside the wing, and even though it's far too corpulent to be realistic, Carter added well-placed details such as navigational lights, interior lights and backlighting for the logo on the tail.

This case mod was good enough to win the third annual Case Mod Contest at ExtremeTech. This guy certainly knows what he's doing. Remarkable. – Charlie White

The Boeing 737 Case Mod [ExtremeTech, via Born Rich]

It's a liquid-cooled tour de force, with its top and bottom floors stuffed with liquid-cooling paraphernalia, with two cooling loops, one for graphics and one for the CPU chip set. The guy has obviously spent thousands of hours putting together this highly-detailed machine. It's hotrodding for the 00's. – Charlie White

The Extreme Lian Li by Ediejo [bit-tech]

The perfect mailbox for fanboys the world over, it serves as proof that a Mac G4 can finally be useful for something. We're just wondering if this old blue and white Mac will hold your letters for an extra week or two, showing you a spinning beach ball before you can retrieve them from within. – Charlie White

Apple G4 converted to roadside mailbox [boingboing]

The naughty bits: water cooling, a countdown-style LED, slide out motherboard, a set of vandal-resistant switches, two power supplies, and lots and lots of man-hours.

Check the link for detailed photos of each grueling step of the process.

WMD Part II [Bit-tech]