Modding Materials For Box

Hello Everyone.
I am new at the mod scene.

[What Am I Trying To Do?]
I'm trying to make a case for my new-old computer.

I just want to know about the materials used to make cases.
I am looking for CHEAP, easy to handle, easily altered, and readily available.

Please give me some explanation because I am new at this and I don't
wanna screw up

 

welcome !
what mod do you want to do?

 

yup, it all depends on what you want to do. There are totally custom cases, generally made with plexi, acryllic, or aliuminum. Then theres steel, plastics, non-contemporary styles, etc.

So are you just modding, or building from the ground up?

 

Make a giant ipod!

Sorry, was just staring at my iPOD while looking at this thread

I think he wants to know whats a good easy material to start with, for a first project.

 

if your wanting to mod cheap, go for a cheapO case like a £20 one. and mod form there, windows, fan holes, lighting and so on.

 

yes . this things you can do with low price .

 

So yeah, just pic something and start with that. I did that with my current project, was just staring at my case and though "gee that would look great with this-and-this-and-this-and-that" So I broke it apart and started going nuts. I've learned a lot just from doing this, and it's given me a big interest in Eletrical Engineering.

- serial_

 

i would simply get a old cheap case, thats the best route if your entirely new to modding and building/making stuff. but if youve worked with metal before, get a cheapo case, and if youve worked with wood before, make a wooden case and paint it so it looks like metal. thats probably your best bet.

 

I haven't really "worked" with anything but I wanna start from ground up,
because small cases for some awkward reason seems to cost more than the bigger
cases.

I would like to build a case from ground up,
I was thinking of wood or acrylic

I'm not looking for anything fancy like windows, ligths and what not.
I don't necessarily need it to look good, but I would prefer it to be eye candy.
That is why I am trying to build ground up.

 

Meaning from scratch? If so i would say not many things fit those qualities unless maybe a wooden case. The easiest and most readily available i would think to be aluminum and easily altered in a sense if you have the right tools. Or are you just looking for something cheap to mod?