case mod

case mod


   [from `case modification']

   1. Originally a kind of hardware hack on a PC intended to support
   {overclocking} (e.g. with cutouts for oversized fans, or a freon-based
   or water-cooling system).

   2. Nowadays, similar drastic surgery that's done just to make a
   machine look nifty. The commonest case mods combine acrylic case
   windows with LEDs to give the machine an eerie interior glow like a
   B-movie flying saucer. More advanced forms of case modding involve
   building machines into weird and unlikely shapes. The effect can be
   quite artistic, but one of the unwritten rules is that the machine
   must continue to function as a computer.