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This project shows you how to get started on modifying the case of your desktop
PC??”preferably after its warranty has expired. The project shows you the tools
you typically need, gives you examples of a couple of simple projects, and then
leaves you to exercise your imagination and do-it-yourself skills.
There are two main reasons to modify your PC??™s case:
Practical To make a component fit that wouldn??™t otherwise fit. This project
explains how to create the space for and mount a larger fan to keep a PC cool.
Aesthetic To make your PC??™s case look better (or worse, or simply more interesting)
than the manufacturer made it. For example, enthusiastic ???modders???
have created cases made of wood, of see-through acrylic (with lights inside),
and of other materials. Others have created a PC that looks like a weapon of
mass destruction, a PC that looks like a gingerbread house, and even a PC that
looks like a toilet. (If you want to see some of these, look at http://gadgets
.fosfor.se/the-top-10-weirdest-case-mods/.) This project shows you how to cut
a hole in the side panel of the case, and then put a transparent panel over the
hole, so that you can see the inside the computer while the side is on.
This project doesn??™t cover modifying laptop PCs. You can of course attack them with the tools
described in this project??”but unless the laptop is unusually roomy inside, you will be able to
achieve little change without inflicting damage.
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