RGB lighting may be integrated onto fans, Liquid cooler pumps, RAM modules, or graphic card coolers, or they may be installed in the case itself as an RGB light strip. Non-RGB LED lighting started to replace earlier CCFL-based (mixed with single color LEDs) lighting, starting in the late 2000s and early 2010s. Since 2017, Computer hardware companies have started to offer some of their products with built-in RGB LED lighting, replacing earlier Non-RGB LED (single color LED) lighting. Today the business of 'modding' computers and their cases is a hugely profitable endeavor, and modding competitions are everywhere. One of the original case mods is the ' Macquarium', which consists of replacing the CRT screen in a Compact Macintosh case with a fishbowl.Ī new market for third-party computer cases and accessories began to develop, and today cases are available in a wide variety of colors and styles. Although this met the purpose of containing the components of the personal computer, many users considered their computers as 'tacky' or 'dull', and some began modifying their existing chassis, or building their own from scratch. This design is sometimes referred to be as a beige box.
When personal computers first became available to the public, the majority were produced in simple, beige-colored cases.
