You can fit lots of modern hardware inside—and prop your monitor on top.
I would totally use a retro style beige case for my next build…
I just recently adopted an old gateway PC with this intent in mind. I’m excited about it.
FINALLY! A return to sensible PC design!
…I’m going to put a raspberry pi inside.
Just keep in mind the longer you have one the yellower it gets
Oh no, I was really happy having thought we had moved past the beige 😬
Black is the new beige.
But why into blue LEDs?
Because blue LEDs are a MIRACLE, dammit!
Meanwhile I’ve got a ryzen 7800/radeon 6800 system housed in a full sized beige tower that I’ve had since like 1998.
I’d love to see something like this in a tower format, and with regular 5.25" bays with faceplates rather than these faux floppy drives.
I’d pay a somewhat unreasonable amount for that.
I hope the fake floppy drives are just covers for external 3.5" bays. Maybe something hotswapable even
Something like a 5 ¼" archival SSD would be really cool. Just a solid storage chonk, that you can forget in a drawer.
Pipedream, I know.
SSDs are not suitable for long term storage. Modern consumer grade SSDs are only rated for 1 year of data retention without power. Only SLC flash is suitable for long term storage, but those are very expensive and low capacity.
The “and prop your monitor on top” thing: I kinda wish there were more modern PC cases that could stand being horizontal. Most are designed to be towers.
I’ll wait for the beige tower
With this design you have a few fans closer to your ears. That will also sound retro. Not 100 percent convinced.
Just being able to fit a modern GPU inside makes it top-tier.
I’m going to guess that an old mid or full size tower could fit a modern GPU. With a bit of dremelling on the back you cold probably make it work. My son has been mulling such a mod.
AAAHHH
I NEEEEED IITTT
Does it play Tokyo Drift as a boot sound?
I always wanted a beige tower big enough to need wheels.
I shouldn’t want that and yet I do.
finally, an NEC PC-108
