{"id":553,"date":"2007-04-14T23:20:28","date_gmt":"2007-04-14T15:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/8-computer-casings-not-like-any-others\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T11:48:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T03:48:58","slug":"8-computer-casings-not-like-any-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/8-computer-casings-not-like-any-others\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Computer Casings Not Like Any Others"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most PC cases are designed to disappear under a desk.<\/p>\n<p>These do the opposite.<\/p>\n<p>This gallery rounds up eight computer casings that lean hard into personality, novelty, and pure visual weirdness. Some are custom mods. Some are loud on purpose. A few look like they were built by people who refused to accept that a computer should look like a plain beige or black box, which is also what makes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/40-great-computer-desktop-mods\/\">computer desktop mods<\/a> so fun to browse.<\/p>\n<p>Not every design here is practical. That is part of the charm.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"the-communications-addict\">The Communications Addict<\/h4>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/computer-casing\/cases1.jpg\" alt=\"The communications addict\"><\/figure>\n<h4 id=\"the-childish-but-still-evil\">The Childish-But-Still-Evil Stereotype<\/h4>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/computer-casing\/cases2.jpg\" alt=\"The childish-but-still-evil stereotype\"><\/figure>\n<h4 id=\"the-wtf\">The WTF?<\/h4>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/computer-casing\/cases3.jpg\" alt=\"The wtf?\"><\/figure>\n<h4 id=\"the-drinking-addict\">The Drinking Addict<\/h4>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/computer-casing\/cases4.jpg\" alt=\"The drinking addict\"><\/figure>\n<h4 id=\"the-star-wars-fan\">The Star Wars Fan<\/h4>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/computer-casing\/cases5.jpg\" alt=\"The Star Wars fan\"><\/figure>\n<h4 id=\"the-late-night-player\">The Late Night Player<\/h4>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/computer-casing\/cases6.jpg\" alt=\"The late night player\"><\/figure>\n<h4 id=\"the-wanna-see-all\">The Wanna-See-All<\/h4>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/computer-casing\/cases7.jpg\" alt=\"The wanna-see-all\"><\/figure>\n<h4 id=\"the-space-cadet-kit\">The Space Cadet Kit<\/h4>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/computer-casing\/cases8.jpg\" alt=\"The space cadet kit\"><\/figure>\n<p>These are not minimalist builds, and that is exactly why they still make an impression.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/computer-casings-with-attitude\/\">9 computer casings with attitudes<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eight unusual computer casings that ditch bland box design for personality, novelty, and pure hardware weirdness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3396],"tags":[1920],"topic":[4521],"class_list":["entry-content","is-maxi"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.8 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - 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