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.

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[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {mod}{overclock}]