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XCM Black Light Cases Makeover Your Xbox 360 In Minutes

Sean Fallon — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:20:00 +0000

I hate to say it, but a stock Xbox 360 isn’t the prettiest gadget in home entertainment. Caking on makeup just masks the problem—what she really needs is a complete makeover. That’s where XCM Black Light cases come in.

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 colours 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]

Edelweiss PC Is Absolutely Stunning

Adam Frucci — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:40:00 +0000

Holy crap, is this an awesome looking computer. The Edelweiss, created by Pius Giger in Switzerland, is one of the coolest custom rigs I’ve ever seen.

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]

Hellboy Xbox 360 Mod Is Very, Very Red

Sean Fallon — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:50:00 +0000

Indeed, “Red” would undoubtedly approve of this 360 mod by Frank Gonzales. Designed to look like the Right Hand of Doom, this crusty case looks like it could deliver a serious beatdown.

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]

A Clockwork Orange Gets Overclocked

Sean Fallon — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:40:00 +0000

As you can see, modder David Penfold completely went balls out with the orange paint to create his PC homage to the movie A Clockwork Orange.

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]

Mac Mini Inside an Apple Disk II Case

Brian Lam — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:20:05 +0000

Thirty years ago, it would have been obscene to think a PC could fit into a case the size of the Apple II’s floppy drive. Now Charles Mangin’s Mac Mini lives in one.

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]

DIY Asteroid Case Mod Comes Straight Out Of Krypton, The Flintstones

Sean Fallon — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:20:00 +0000

If you are looking to spice up your PC case, the guys at Mashie Design have put together a simple set of instructions on how to deck it out in an asteroid motif.

All that is needed is some Styrofoam, Claycrete, and some paint to achieve a convincing texture that looks like it came straight out of space (or straight out of the stone age). [Mashie Design via Unplgged via Gearlog]

Cheese Wheel PC, Because…We Actually Don’t Know

Mark Wilson — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:52:00 +0000

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]

Double Case Mod: Xbox 360 and HDTV Mashed Up

Matt Hickey — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:00:56 +0000

It’s not often that a case mod involves modding two cases into one, but it’s not often you get to see an Xbox 360 stuffed inside an LCD HDTV. PvP LostKnight has done just that to save space, creating what’s perhaps the world’s first Xbox console console. Not only does it work but it looks really nice, something I’d put in my living room without having to make excuses to my parents when they come to visit. And it’s fully functional. [PSPMod]

Aftermarket Xbox 360 Case Reduces Noise, Heat and Design

Sean Fallon — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:20:00 +0000

If the Xbox 360 is simply too loud, hot and small for your taste, the Lian-Li PC-XB01 case mod can help. The case can silence the disc drive with sound-proofing foam and keep things cool with improved airflow, a single 120mm fan or optional water cooling system. Plus, it is four times the size of the 360–so you know it will take up that extra space you have been meaning to fill. A price point has not been made available, but we do know that you can get your hands on this hulking beast sometime this August. [Lian-Li via Xbox Scene via Hack a Day via Boing Boing Gadgets]

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

Sean Fallon — Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000

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. [Icrontic]