Steampunk cases

[007ELmO]

Hi,

I'm developing a "1940s" section of my house, and some steampunk PC cases I see people mod look outstanding (keyboard/case/etc):

Are these available for purchase anywhere? I notice the keyboards are available, not sure how "usable" they'd be, but a steampunk case would be nice to fit in with my 1940s office area!

My office:

Thanks,
ELmO

 

[dave_the_nerd]

I think most of the stuff in those photos was one-off custom made stuff.

 

[aigomorla]

not to mention the top and bottom pc's are full custom watercooling, with copper pipes!

 

[MrTeal]

not to mention the top and bottom pc's are full custom watercooling, with copper pipes!

I get the design element, but those pipes exposed on the outside and designed to look like handles sends a shiver up my spine. Hopefully the actual loop doesn't run through them.

To the OP, you could probably get a case like that commissioned, but those custom cases likely involved an insane number of hours to get to look like that. High-end modding is something you do if you're really passionate about it, and have a lot of time on your hands. It's not quite as steampunk, but have you considered buying an old desktop radio and using that as a chassis? It might be considerably less labour intensive than getting a standard ATX case and trying to make it look oldschool.

 

[aigomorla]

im pretty sure there is coolant running though it... lol..

so yeah.. your nightmare on someone grabbing them and pulling them will be catastrophic.