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Also - when did light shows start on the cases? I will be in the market for a new PC soon and I cannot find cases that aren't glass, aren't oddly shaped and that aren't stuffed full of LED fans.
I cannot wait for beige boxes to become a nostalgia fuelled trend.
Aroogah-
They've been around a while on gaming PCs. I don't get it either, looks shit imo.
Plenty of options though. Case I got was
https://www.fractal-design.com/products/cases/meshify/meshify-c/black-tg-dark-tint/
Which had options for a dark glass side and a metal one when I bought. -
The thing is they are available but usually cost more. RGB shit is the lowest common denominator, you have to pay extra to have something plain.
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I'd say mid-late 2000s to be honest! Every time I see them my mind goes straight to this:
duncs
zooeyzooey
mmccarthy
Inclined to agree. There's a big push in PC gaming for being able to run things at mega high settings at 60fps, but if you just want to run games and have equivalent performance to console you can get away with a much more modest build.