Case modding is a phase I believe. I went through that phase big time. My first case was blue all over, with silver plating on the front. I custom modded a very nice-looking window on the side, and installed a red cathode inside. I even decked it out with those round ribbon cables. Then came the massive amount of fans.
I started hating it after a while, and now my new PC is a Beige case. That's it, beige. I went from this (except mine had a different window, and was blue, but same except for that)
to this:
Maybe it's just me. My brother had that first one I posted (different window and more fans) and recently upgraded to this:
I just got tired of looks and went all-out performance. I guess that's how I ended up with a FX 5900 Ultra.
-Lasereth