There’s always a lot of interesting stuff to see at theComputextrade show, but the case mods are always my favorites. Vendors such asThermaltake, G. Skill, and ASRock invite the top modders to submit their greatest designs and then show them off to the world.
This year’s highlights included a coffee maker, a beer server, a variety of battle vehicles, and multiple gas station-themed cases. These are true works of art, made by dedicated craftspeople. Some of them barely look like the original chassis they are based upon, and others are more of a theming and building out of the aesthetic. Here are the most interesting and coolest case mods of Computex 2024.
Shell Gas Station on Thermaltake CTE C750
Thermaltake is a leader in case modding and, at its Computex booth, it showed off the finalists from its 2023 Thermaltake CaseMOD Invitational, all of which were based on its CTE C750 case. This gas station mod, my favorite of the Thermaltake mods, comes from French modderWael Kadri. There’s a greatvideo about the casehere.
Beer and Coffee Serving Cases
I really love these beer and coffee-dispensing cases from KM Studio. We saw them on display at G.Skill’s booth.
Moving Mirror front on Thermaltake CTE C750
On display at Thermaltake’s booth, this case mod of the CTE C750 comes from India’sMaulik Patel. It looks incredibly festive, but what you may’t see in the photos is that the mirror pieces on the front are motorized and periodically move to allow more airflow in. There’s also a peacock design on the right side. There’s a greatvideo about thison YouTube.
Claw Machine
It’s not clear to us whether the claw actually works in this claw machine build, but there’s a joystick and a claw. This design from BRO Cooling was on display at G.Skill’s booth.
Warrior Truck by JPModified
Making case mods that look like battle vehicles is always in style. This one comes from JPModified and was shown at G.Skill’s booth.
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ED-209 Case
If you’re able to’t have a Robocop case, why not an ED-209 case? This was made by RandomDesign and shown at G.Skill’s booth.
Turtle Case
This was at Enermax’s booth and designed to showcase a commitment to the environment.
Fallout Themed Thermaltake 300 Mod
Another Thermaltake mod: I think this is a Fallout theme, but I could be wrong. It’s made by Australian Modder Corey Gregory.
I’m really not sure what this is supposed to be, but it’s an amazing feat of design from WMP. This was on display at G.Skill’s booth.
Noguchi’s Hologram
The main feature of this mod is a holographic window with a dancing animation on it. Spotted at G.Skill’s booth.
Bumblebee Mods of Thermaltake Tower 300s
Thermaltake had a couple of different Bumblebee (from Transformers) themed mods at its booth. One comes from Mickee Lacerna of the Philippines and another from Justin Chu of the USA.
Jurassic Park Hatchling Case
This case shows raptors hatching. It’s made by Modding Cafe and was on display at G.Skill’s booth.
GT-R Nismo Racing Car Mod of Thermaltake Tower 300
Designed to look like a Nissan GT-R sports car, this hot red mod comes from Jess “JP Modified” Palacio whom we haveinterviewedin the past. We have been seeing his impressive work at shows for many years.
Gulf Gas Station Mod of Thermaltake Tower 300
Gas-station-themed mods seemed like a thing this year. Here, modder Timmy Parker (aka PC Workz) has made one that honors Gulf gas.
Palit GPU Mod by Mijinko Studio
Now this is not a case mod, but a GPU mod. Underneath there somewhere is an RTX Card. This dragon was the winner of a GPU mod contest by Palit and was designed by Mijinko Studio’s Chin Ku. Could it fit in your case? Probably not.
‘Holographic’ Case Mod of CTE 750
I’m not really sure how to describe this Thermaltake CTE 750 mod from Thai modderPonsaurd Romvilast. But you can see a videoabout it here.
LN2 Case
This case was used for overclocking demos at G.Skill and the actual motherboard was at the top with lots of Liquid Nitrogen (LN2) being poured over the CPU.
Very Gold Case
Lots of gold and lots of waterblocks. This was at G.Skill’s booth.
Avatar Case
On display at ASRock’s booth, this is supposed to be one of the machines from Avatar.
ASRock Gumball Case
I’m not sure what this is exactly supposed to be, but it looks like a gumball machine to me. It was on display at ASRock’s booth.
Project Alpha Concept Case
Technically not a mod but a concept case, Project Alpha was on display at G.Skill’s booth in both black and white varieties. It’s kind of house-shaped and has excellent air flow.
Gundam Case mod of Jonsbo MOD-3
We found this case on display at Jonsbo’s Computex booth where apparently it was made byIPASON, a company that makes and sells its own gaming PCs. The chassis is clearly based on Jonsbo’sMOD-3, but with a yellow and black paint scheme and a picture of a Gundam character on the window, along with the Anaheim Electronics logo. Anaheim Electronics is a company in the fictional world of Gundam.
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