Until today, the PC remains very standardized from the point of view of its design. Mostly black and plastic, computer towers have not moved in years. But technophiles offer creations that are reminiscent of automotive tuning.

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Modding is a practice that consists of customizing your computer, adding new features and a new design. We could bring this technique closer to automotive tuning. This is how Peter, a 30-year-old Dutchman, transformed his computer, or rather integrated it into his office, during the Cooler Master Case Mod Competition , a competition dedicated to computer transformations.

He designed a machine in aluminum and glass, as Apple's iMacs can currently be, except that here all the components are grouped inside the desk and only the screen remains. He called his baby the L3P D3SK .

At the component level, the man also put the package. Ten TB of storage and a 4.5 GHz i7 processor. A monster of power then. A liquid cooling system, capable of freezing a prime rib in less than five minutes, is also present.

For style, Peter has integrated 3 screens into his system to make his PC an ultra-modern surveillance station like Batman can have in his adventures. But before enjoying his toy, the hacker worked for seven months to complete his work.
The Taiwanese Lian Li has an extensive catalog which is constantly enriched with new models, from the most compact to the most imposing. The manufacturer of aluminum cases is of course taking advantage of a trade fair such as Computex to present some of its upcoming creations.

Lian Li's first desktop PCs, unveiled a few weeks ago, were as you can imagine the attraction of the manufacturer's booth, starting with the largest of them: the DK-02X.





With dimensions of 120 x 60 x 80.5cm (adjustable height up to 83.5cm), this is probably the biggest piece designed by Lian Li. Made of aluminum, except for the metal legs and From the tempered glass top, the DK-02X offers a large PC case in the form of a drawer capable of accommodating a system up to HPTX format (which includes all motherboard formats up to 10 PCI slots ), as well as a secondary system in mini-ITX format. Rather spacious, the drawer accepts tower coolers up to a height of 18cm and can accommodate the longest graphics cards and power supplies.

No less than 19 3.5 "slots are available as well as enough to accommodate an optical drive in slim format. Cooling is provided by 7 120mm fans, 3 of which are placed on each side of the desk and one behind the CPU area of ​​the card. - main mother. The front of the desk offers 3 additional 120mm slots which can, for example, allow the installation of a radiator for a 360mm water-cooling system. On the other hand in this case it will expel the hot air via the front of the drawer in the wall is perforated on the bottom. Enough to keep the user's knees warm even if the air should be distributed more or less over the entire width of the desk since the front part of the drawer is in fact a double hollow wall which acts as a tunnel.However, it is still possible to remove a row of 3.5 "bays and place the radiator on one side of the drawer.

A tray can be used to place the box and mouse. The latter is adjustable in height and can be folded down on the front. Finally, a small storage space is provided on the side of the desk to accommodate, for example, a keyboard, headphones etc. At the back of the desk, Lian Li has provided for the possibility of creating openings to pass cables and or install screen supports. These openings are offered in the middle, left and right.

In addition to the DK-02X, a smaller model is on the program:



The DX-01X is similar to the previous one except that it settles for 90cm wide and drops the secondary mini-ITX platform. It also loses a row of windows 3.5 "and is content of 10. 7 cooled by fans, as the DK-02X and it is possible to place a 360mm radiator at the front.