Police Interceptor PC Case Mod (1 Viewer)

[Anthony Martino]

Been toying with ideas for my next PC Build and though it would be cool to go with a Police Interceptor theme on the lighting.

I'd get an all black case and black motherboard, maybe add some lettering on the side of the case that says POLICE in white lettering (it'd be cool to have that actually cut into the side panel of the case as a separate window so the letters light up)

Then I'd use a combination of white, red and blue lighting inside the case to give it the proper look. Would want some of the lights to have a strobe effect, others flashing, etc. But would need to set them up on a controller because I wouldn't want them flashing all the time.

Would also get a Police Interceptor badge to affix to the front of the case like they have on the cars:

Although the below would be cool if I had a CPU I could overclock to 4.6Ghz....

I haven't really found many mods out there that went this route, but here's others I did find with a similar concept:

This one with the front flashers was pretty cool, gotta find out what he used for those lights

 

[pltrgyst]

Ah. And what does this lighting do for the computer?

I must confess -- I've bought well over 10,000 computers in my personal and professional lives, and never once thought about lighting for other than power indicators and the human workspace.

Is this to be a decorative theme for all the machines in your house -- microwave oven, vacuum cleaner, water heater? (I don't think I want to see the toilet.)

Why not apply this lighting theme to that newly repaired dull grey car, instead? Imagine the adventures you could have with local law enforcement!

Or invent LED earrings, body and tongue studs, etc., and get rich. The possibilities are endless...

 

[Anthony Martino]

Ah. And what does this lighting do for the computer?

I must confess -- I've bought well over 10,000 computers in my personal and professional lives, and never once thought about lighting for other than power indicators and the human workspace.

Is this to be a decorative theme for all the machines in your house -- microwave oven, vacuum cleaner, water heater? (I don't think I want to see the toilet.)

Why not apply this lighting theme to that newly repaired dull grey car, instead? Imagine the adventures you could have with local law enforcement!

Or invent LED earrings, body and tongue studs, etc., and get rich. The possibilities are endless...

Well, one could argue the same for poker chips. Why do you need fancy inlays and edge spots and so forth, you just need a round plastic disc to make your bets with. It's about personalization, customization, making something unique that stands out. People have done all sorts of case mods like the Dr Who Tardis, a Fallout 4 Apocalypse themed case where they made the components look rusty like they had been through nuclear fallout, etc.

 

[Trihonda]

@pltrgyst In Anthony's defense, it may not be quite MY thing to customize a PC like that, but I'm not passing judgment, because he's right, most rational people think us chippers are whacked at spending $2 per chip, just we can select edge spots, colors, inlays, etc... People are like "who the eff cares"... We each have our "thing"

You go, @Anthony Martino



Now, just like law enforcement, make sure your PC accurately reflects the social demographic of your community. It needs to have some diversity. Put on different colored parts, and some lower quality parts to even out the high-end (well off) components. Now, the low-end components will be more prone to performing below your expecations, but the high-end ones will take up the slack. Also, make sure your put a camera on your PC to document any misconduct. Heaven help you if your computer shoots an unarmed computer of color.

 

[Anthony Martino]

lol, now I'm picturing a bunch of old beige PC's from the 90's carrying signs and protesting my PC for being too fast

 

[Anthony Martino]

Here's some of the elaborate ones out there, mine will be simpler in comparison

 

[Psypher1000]

Ah. And what does this lighting do for the computer?

Nothing. It's just a hobby for some people. I've seen all sorts of case mods. Auto engines, saddles, K.I.T.T....as you said, "The possibilities are endless."

 

[Trihonda]

Nothing. It's just a hobby for some people. I've seen all sorts of case mods. Auto engines, saddles, K.I.T.T....as you said, "The possibilities are endless."

Maybe he might try his hand at... oh, say doing a "poker table" PC mod?

 

[Anthony Martino]

Maybe he might try his hand at... oh, say doing a "poker table" PC mod?

I'd have to team up with @T_Chan to make that happen!

 

[Psypher1000]

a "poker table" PC mod?

Like, instead of a shufflemaster, put a blu-ray drive?

 

[pltrgyst]

The comparison with custom poker chips doesn't hold, because sets of poker chips are intended to be used by many players -- they have an anticipated audience.

Those pictures of systems are impressive, in some strange, pointless way, like overclocking, or building a lowrider. But who else is going to see your customized pc? Are there pc personalization competitions somewhere? A related publication, print or on-line? Some sort of national competition?

(Or is their sole purpose to give me an opportunity to rag on Anthony? : )

 

[Anthony Martino]

The comparison with custom poker chips doesn't hold, because sets of poker chips are intended to be used by many players -- they have an anticipated audience.

Those pictures of systems are impressive, in some strange, pointless way, like overclocking, or building a lowrider. But who else is going to see your customized pc? Are there pc personalization competitions somewhere? A related publication, print or on-line? Some sort of national competition?

(Or is their sole purpose to give me an opportunity to rag on Anthony? : )

 

[Psypher1000]

But who else is going to see your customized pc?

People take their rigs to LAN parties/game competitions every weekend of the year. Some are purely built for function while others are primarily for show.

To answer your question more directly, competitions such as this exist. Old link, but it's an example nonetheless.

 

[pltrgyst]

Anthony, that must be a regional competition held in Blue Ball, PA.

I'd love to see the eyeglass prescriptions and opthalmologist bills of people working in that environment...

 

[Trihonda]

The comparison with custom poker chips doesn't hold, because sets of poker chips are intended to be used by many players -- they have an anticipated audience.

I respectfully disagree. Your applying your standards of worth to the argument, as if the qualifier of "how many people it's intended to be used by" is relevant to my point. My point is that each of us has their different hobbies. If someone likes skydiving, and wants to personalize their parachute, or if someone likes cars, and wants to have a custom interior or paint job, or if someone likes collecting coins, and has a nice custom display case... It's just a hobby.

I'm not telling you how to feel about Anthony's hobby, like it, don't like it, whatever. I'm just arguing that we all have our hobbies, and that I wouldn't pass judgment on one hobby, when we all partake in a hobby that could be seen by most normal people as weird & unnecessary.

 

[pltrgyst]

People take their rigs to LAN parties/game competitions every weekend of the year. Some are purely built for function while others are primarily for show.

To answer your question more directly, competitions such as this exist. Old link, but it's an example nonetheless.

LAN, as in local area network, or something else?

Wow, what a strange subculture. Makes cosplay look normal by comparison...

 

[Anthony Martino]

LAN, as in local area network, or something else?

Wow, what a strange subculture. Makes cosplay look normal by comparison...

are you full yet?

 

[Psypher1000]

local area network

Correct, although they aren't called LAN parties any more, really. That was a term that died 10-15 years ago. Now they're just PC-fests, conventions, etc.

As for cosplaying, many folks cosplay at the same events that hold the game competition. PAX Prime in Seattle, for example. They had the League of Legends North American championships there a few years ago (maybe they still do?) - many cosplayers were there for the convention; many gamers were there for the competition; some were there for both - cosplaying as their favorite character while playing.

 

[Anthony Martino]

I love me some cosplay chicks. That being said, it's painfully obvious what Larry is up to here

 

[pltrgyst]

I respectfully disagree. Your applying your standards of worth to the argument, as if the qualifier of "how many people it's intended to be used by" is relevant to my point. My point is that each of us has their different hobbies. If someone likes skydiving, and wants to personalize their parachute, or if someone likes cars, and wants to have a custom interior or paint job, or if someone likes collecting coins, and has a nice custom display case... It's just a hobby.

I'm not telling you how to feel about Anthony's hobby, like it, don't like it, whatever. I'm just arguing that we all have our hobbies, and that I wouldn't pass judgment on one hobby, when we all partake in a hobby that could be seen by most normal people as weird & unnecessary.

Ummm, the argument clinc is down the hall.

But I do not think this is a hobby. A hobby is an activity done regularly for enjoyment. As described, this is a one-time effort.

And if we classify this as a hobby, I wouldn't be able to rag on Anthony any more for doing it, and that is not acceptable. Ipsi dixie.

Now if he were to whittle a pc case from the trunk of a single ancient oak, that might be a hobby. As long as it didn't float, because then it would be ... a duck, and we'd have to burn him.

(Maybe I shouldn't drink "bourbon" from some part of Kentucky called "Traverse City, Michigan" with lunch when I'm up here in DC...)

 

[Anthony Martino]

When I build my new computer I'm pulling you over with it first Larry!

 

[Trihonda]

When I build my new computer I'm pulling you over with it first Larry!

Does that make you an internet cop?

 

[Anthony Martino]

Does that make you an internet cop?

Cyber Police, this guy will tell you all about them

 

[pltrgyst]

When I build my new computer I'm pulling you over with it first Larry!

I'll take the ticket, as long as you don't have Phil Collins blaring from your speaker.

 

[Anthony Martino]

I'll take the ticket, as long as you don't have Phil Collins blaring from your speaker.

His mashup with Bones Thugs N' Harmony on 'Home' was da bomb

 

[Anthony Martino]

Haven't built my mod yet, waiting on some stuff to be released by manufacturers (Corsair has some new programmable RGB LED fans that will look amazing in the Silverstone Primera case that just came out)

Anyhoozen, I picked up the NZXT Hue + for my wife's computer and messed around with the settings to create some different effects. She loves purple so her case already has purple/UV lighting inside, but it looks like I'll be able to make my Police Interceptor mod a possibility in the future.

Excuse the mush of cables at the bottom, was too eager to start playing around after setting this up so haven't tidied up the wires just yet.


Red/Blue flashers

White/Blue Flashers

Purple to Please The Wife

She also loves Christmas so you can also do that

I'm more of a Halloween fan myself

There's a gazillion settings so you can choose all sorts of colors, combinations, effects like pulsing, breathing, fixed, marquee, etc. The device also has two channels so you can have one channel of light strips doing completely different effects and colors than the other.