case mod

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case mod - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  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.