"Case-Modding started out as a hardcore PC enthusiast’s hobby to improve upon their system appearance, usability, flexibility or just to personalize them. Back then when the notion first started, everyone’s personal computer looked just about the same as anybody else’s system. There was hardly any ‘personal’ in the term ‘personal computer’. Besides that, DIY casings then never did have the optimal airflow characteristics needed by the hardcore overclockers. Combine all these reasons and you know why the case-modding hobby came into existence.
Some of you might be inclined to say that the above-mentioned scenario was applicable few years ago considering the wide variety of pre-modded casings these days with cold cathode lamps, neat side-panels and other fancy gizmos incorporated to the designs. These may glorify your PC, but they don’t personalize nor match your ideal setup, which is why case-modding is still a thriving hobby and it’s getting better with numerous add-on kits and accessories related to the hobby being easily available.
Case-modding has always been a very personal thing and although it is shared and discussed in online communities such as in our very own Case Mod Clinic, it has never really been brought up to the national level for community awareness – until Intel organized the first ever Case Mod competition in Singapore on Saturday, 21st February 2004. And of course it was held in none other than the atrium of the IT Mecca, Sim Lim Square."
hardwarezone
Mar 2, 2004, 09:30 AM
