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History.

The difficult path from the case to the USB flash drive / Sudo Null IT News

This is something that should be of interest to those who spend most of their free time at the computer. The same tuning, but not automobile, but computer.

It is human nature to strive to transform, at least at the everyday level, reality. For example, motorists cherish and decorate their cars, do some bells and whistles on them, bikers try to stand out with a painted helmet, and sometimes a whole suit.

Changing the appearance of computers is called PC-modding, or simply modding (from the English word modify — modify, transform), and the people who do this are called modders.

Have you ever wanted to make something with your own hands, something beautiful and incredible in your own way? Then modding is exactly what you were looking for. Modding is changing the standard parts of your computer (mouse, keyboard, DVD-Rom, etc.).

Modding is inextricably linked with Overclocking, and owes its birth to it.

Warning: PHOTO too many .

Cycle:
Part 1: Overclocking: The evolution of overclocking.

Start

Most of the pictures are photos. Therefore, there cannot be one format for all.

The main rule of modding: don’t start doing something if you can’t finish it without surgery.
Mistakes can cost a lot of money, you can screw up the monitor, or even the entire computer. The simplest mods are the replacement of LEDs on the keyboard, mouse, system unit, etc. You can also add your own, well, in general, whatever you want, it will be. The drawing on the body is also modding.
Real modders don’t stop there, a successfully completed project is a reason to start a new project.

the sad fate of the monitor

A short story

Nobody knows when it all started. No one also knows where it happened and who did it first. It is only known that it was a very, very long time ago, when the cases were small and nondescript, and additional fans, and even more so regular places for these fans, could only be found in the most expensive «semi-server» cases, processors were still increasing frequencies, and their dissipated thermal power grew accordingly, the coolers drove the same hot air through the radiators, and since no one has yet canceled the laws of heat transfer, the processors definitely did not want to be cooled by such air. Something had to be done. In those days, many were engaged in overclocking, and I did not want to leave PC covers aside.

And then someone came up with the idea to cut a hole in some part of the case, and equip this hole with a fan so that the air in the case is updated faster. The moment when this unknown person picked up a hacksaw can be considered the moment of the birth of modding. Then the human craving for beauty and the desire to make it cooler than others worked.

In 98-99 the first modding sites appeared. In addition to modding guides, they often hosted case galleries, which raised the desire to make things cooler than their neighbor to a completely new, international level. The «global competition» of modders has begun… Since that time, modding abroad began to develop very rapidly.

Now it is extremely popular there, many professionals and amateurs are still doing it. There are also many competitions.

The history of modding in the CIS is much shorter. In October 2001, PC.Pervertz was created, the first modding site in Russian (later this name was changed to the more serious ModLabs.net) and then other modding sites appeared, including MODDing COMmunity. It wasn’t until a few months into the site’s existence that people stopped going there just to look at the curiosities and started actually doing modding. The peak was in 2004, after that moment modding began to become popular.

It’s very hard to count how many sites dedicated to modding are on the Web now, there are hundreds of them. In large «case galleries» the number of cases reaches a thousand. Modders have even formed their own slang, quite extensive for such a narrow field of activity. Online stores selling accessories for modding have been opened, primarily the so-called kits, that is, various “Do it yourself, but according to the scheme” kits.

Of course, there are exclusive offers, but the set of basic modifications does not change. This is a window cutting kit (acrylic / plexiglass window, cutting stencil, rubber molding seal), a neon lamp for lighting inside the case, various cooler speed controls, monitoring systems, transparent fans (including those with built-in LEDs), grills (fan grills — grills for fans), ultra-bright LEDs, LCD text displays, round loops.

Unfortunately or fortunately, the chronology ends here.

Jargons

dropsy — computer water cooling system
«grill» — decorative protective grille for fan
«Christmas tree» — mod with excessively bright and multi-color illumination
«body, case» — computer case
«cooler» — a device for cooling the processor or video card. May also be called a conventional fan …
«mod» — the same as modding, any addition, homemade computer-themed
«modder» — lover of modding
«modding, modding, modding» — technical improvements and modernization of the computer.
«pornography» — the state of the desktop / body innards of the average user
«rounding» — packaging of power supply cables into bundles or an individual additional braid of each wire, such a mod in which the wires are assembled into a bundle and wrapped with a luminous or fluorescent material. Many different options
«reobas, fanbass» — a panel that allows you to control the speed of rotation of fans
«shopmod» — a case stuffed with ready-made accessories for modding in the absence of any «handmade» and creative zest

What is modding? I think that if you catch a dozen different and unfamiliar people engaged in this type of activity in the vastness of the network, then each of them will give their own definition of their occupation. Modding can even include the installation of case fans in their native places. But still, most modders believe that the main task of modding is to give your computer and its peripherals a unique, unique look by … yes, by anything — from simple painting and drawing faces on the case wall to crossing the system unit with a food processor.
Well, as for the combine, I may have turned it down, but here is a hybrid of a PC and a coffee maker, created by a craftsman from some developed capitalist country — a thing quite well-known on the Internet.

Non-standard cooling systems, in general, can also be called modding. That is, modding is an activity, the purpose of which is to make the case, monitor and various peripherals as non-standard and beautiful as possible, different from the appearance of a standard white ATX Miditower box or the same white brick, for example, a printer, as well as actions aimed at improving functionality of all the above devices.

But modding is by no means an exotic hobby of single enthusiasts who are ready to cut or paint something day and night. Now there are entire companies founded by modders that work only for modders and produce only products for modding. I’m not even talking about online communities of modders who periodically arrange offline lan-parties, where they demonstrate who modified what during the reporting period — now this is the norm.

LAN-Party (LAN-parties)

a very fun and useful pastime of real computer scientists, the essence of which is that a group of people with computers and a local network between them gather in some room for a while for moral and aesthetic pleasure by playing network games and sharing software, movies, music. Here there is an exchange of experience and showing each other their mods.

You can make your computer non-standard and beautiful without even imagining what a dremmel looks like and how oil paint differs from gouache, and gouache from automotive paint. There would be money. But more on that later. Now let’s take a closer look at the arsenal of modders, as well as the most typical tricks for giving your PC a custom look.

Computer cases, as you know, are usually painted in gray or white, black, orange and blue are much less common. I think that there is no serial case painted in the colors of your favorite football team, or it will take a very long time to look for it. If you ask for a case in an ordinary computer store, painted, for example, like a zebra or like a tiger, then at best you will be politely sent somewhere else (the worst case is a car with flashing lights and orderlies). But «does not exist» for a real modder is not an obstacle, but rather an order akin to «Attack!» Doesn’t exist — so let’s do it!

Now there are two branches — amateur and factory.

Directions in modding

First you need to understand what genres and large fan groups currently exist.

  • post-apocalyptic — the creation of computers that supposedly survived a nuclear war or other global catastrophe. Stylizations for the S.T.A.L.K.E.R game universes are very common. and Fallout:

  • high-tech and cyberpunk — the creation of ultra-modern cases. In recent years, Tron and Tron: Legacy 9 fashions have gained popularity.0002

  • steampunk — stylization of electronic devices under the era of steam and Victorian England. It is carried out using wooden, leather and brass elements; this style is also characterized by numerous gears and copper tubes depicting parts of steam engines. This is probably the most popular modding.

  • thematic modding — making a case based on the work of a musical group, a computer game, a book, etc.

  • advertising — the creation of a mod using the components of a particular company, which, as a rule, acts as a sponsor. In this case, the company’s logo and its corporate colors are usually played up; relatively recently, there was an article on Habré

  • embedding — installation of computer components in an unusual case (household appliance, piece of furniture, toy or even a stuffed animal)

  • HTPC (Home Theater Personal Computer) — creating a virtually silent computer for use as part of a home theater. In this case, passive cooling is often used

  • ghetto is a deliberately sloppy production of a mod using various junk. However, sometimes this is just a rough and ugly casemod, even if its creator did not plan exactly the “ghetto modding” style

What happens?

If PC cases were the first, now modding is almost everything.

About the PC. What do they do with them?

Cut out windows:

Repaint:

Airgraphy:

Gravit

Palled with film:

install water cooling systems (yes this-Modding):

Add ventilation openings (Belucchers, Bluchael blowhole):

Braiding (“rounding”) of power supply cables:

Backlight:

Installation of carrying handles:

Power supply modifications are very popular. After the body, this is perhaps the second element in terms of the number of various mods. What can be done with it? Well, firstly, this is the “round” of wires described above, cutting through windows of various shapes and lighting them, replacing the fans inside the PSU with low-noise and beautiful ones, of course, painting. They look very nice, for example, completely made of transparent plastic.

Peripherals

What about mice and keyboards? These are the things that are one of the most visible parts of a PC.

The number of modders in this area is simply uncountable. Countless variety of transformations. They change the appearance, shape, cut out holes, change diodes at keyboards, repaint, stylize in all possible ways.

It is better to look once than to write a sea of ​​»water».

From steampunk

Hi-tech and cyberpunk

Just miscellaneous

But peripherals are not limited to this. There are moddings for flash drives, speakers, monitors, and much more. Mobile phones are also no exception to the rule, laptops, game consoles, but the tablet movement is a new trend of the times.

More pictures

So the story comes to companies.

Companies, modding, gaming

We are witnessing both a constant increase in the quality of homemade mods and the entry of serious companies into this market. Firms offer their services to those who do not want to redo it themselves or want to get a truly professional quality. Mostly it’s gamers. The most modest solution is cases modified by the manufacturer, i.e. almost serial. But there were and are giants in this area, although firms but approached this with enthusiasm.

Thermaltake Level 10

This company approached modding everything they produce with a rather interesting approach. Under this series is a huge number of dissimilar PC devices. All the splendor has appeared since 2009.

Cases, mice, keyboards, various coolers are released under this series. Modding these boxes exist, but there are not many of them.

Original

Modding

New spin: “Razer. For gamers. By gamers.»

Of course, you can remember the Fatal1ty, Republic of Gamers series, but only Razer is really alive. This company has occupied its niche of factory modding. Whoever and how would not relate to her, but this is a new round of factory «beautiful pieces of iron». This is one of those companies that deserves a separate article. From 1998 to the present day, they have not lost their gloss. Although not in cases, but there are laptops.

Iron

Instead of afterword

Modding is as much a milestone in history as overclocking. They went in parallel, developing and acquiring new «followers» and enthusiasts.

Unlike Overclocking, Modding has a great chance of development — both among enthusiasts and in company circles. The current modders, without knowing it, buying mice from firms are already falling into this world. The only pity is that there are not so many «purebred» modders among gamers. And there are a lot of buildings with a normal appearance. Only one thing is clear — the number of modders is huge, there are also enough beautiful mods, it’s a pity only the modding scene passes by the habr. After all, the history of each modding is the history of the life of both the person who makes it and the piece of iron itself.

Fashion is a must for everyone!

8 Custom 3D Printed Computer Cases

3D printing has taken over the minds of crafters, and it’s no surprise that 3D printed computer case fashions are gaining popularity as 3D printing is a great way to quickly customize. We went in search of the most impressive specimens.

Flux

Author: Femke Töhle

What’s cool. Quite a lot, isn’t it?

What was printed? The design is reminiscent of the Beijing National Swimming Complex. The aluminum framework is processed on a manual lathe. Most of the plates installed inside are either laser cut or 3D printed.

Where to find? On the project page.

The Vesper

Author: Reddit user Makirole

What’s cool. He looks like he has spread his wings and is ready to fly.

What was printed? «Wings» — on SLS made of nylon.

Where to find? On this page.

The Tank

Author: Adam Owen

What’s cool. This is a remote controlled tank with a built in PC. Well, what else to say?

What was printed? Almost everything.

Where to find? Here are the downloads and the project page.

Black Heart

Author:

Soul-i-Doll Looks like a wireframe model, all fully printed.

What was printed? Top and bottom case. And, of course, the key.

Where to find? On this page.

Node

Author: Complx

What’s cool. We like the modular approach, where the volume is formed by relatively small details.

What was printed? Whole body structure.

Where to find? On the project page. Alex Banks We like modernism: straight edges and rounded corners. Like a retro toaster.

What was printed? Full body.

Where to find? Project page on bittech.net.

Reaper N1’s (Dark Side)

What’s cool. We love this intricate look and flawless execution.