I like to think that even the hardest of the hardcore PC gamers—even the ones that feel the need to jam all of their words full of numbers and "X"s—aren't hopeless nerds. But walking into a person's house and seeing a PC case that looks like a self-contained rave can do more damage to their reputation than a pair of taped-up horn rims and a pocket protector ever could. It's one thing to cut up your case and add some custom options, but buying one of these hulking, neon beasts off the rack is unforgivable under any circumstances.

 

XCLIO ATX Full Tower Computing Case $109
You can't deny the importance of a good fan, but that thing looks like it would be a better fit under the Hoover Dam. At full power it cranks out "only" 32.1dB and will probably blow any tiny pet that walks in front of it clear across the room.
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Xion II $65
The vents on the bottom are reminiscent of the Alienware cases (which I'm not explicitly putting on this list, even though they catch a lot of crap for looking like spaceships), but the big fake chrome X on the top looks more like it belongs on a Walmart hubcap than a computer case.
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Raidmax Aztec $79
I'm not sure if you guys know this, but I wrote my college thesis about the elements of Aztec design and I can tell you with 100% certainty that there is nothing Aztec about this hunk of crap. That's not at all true, but man is this thing ugly. I also hate when cases have huge doors blocking the front. It's just something else to get snapped off in the dark.
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A-Top Gladiator $59
This another case that obviously took some inspiration from Alienware, but then they stepped it up a notch and slapped a suit of armor on the front. Normally, I'm all for armor, but that piece of plate mail won't be deflecting arrows and swords nearly as often as it'll be fending off spilled energy drinks or other fluids that may come shooting onto it during some, ahem, intense computer usage.
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Xoxide Mad Warrior $99
If you don't see something extremely wrong with this thing then you might as well trade in your manly parts right now. That mural belongs on the side of some scumbag's van, not under your desk.
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Logisys Janus $59
Janus, eh? Great name. No, really. Logisys Xectum was taken? Atrocious name aside, the gawdy graphic on the front of this hideous beast looks like it could've been pulled directly from the tribal band tattoo found on every meat head currently bro-ing it up at spring break.
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Thermaltake XaserV Damier V6000+ $129
It has not one, but seven different colors of horrible flashing lights to choose from, plus two huge, honking knobs on the front. The result is something that looks like a tiny Johnny Rockets restaurant, only instead of dancing waitors and chili cheese fries, it's filled with hard drives and other computery-type stuff.
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San Hawk Technic Viper $80
Presumably, it's supposed to look like the head of a snake, but it looks more like a vacuum to me. The formed plastic could actually look like the Predator's mask if it didn't look like such a cheap piece of trash that, for all we know, could've been assembled by a nine-year-old in a tiger cage.
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GMC R-4 Bulldozer I have no idea
Growing up, I had a fascination with firetrucks, but at no point did I ever get excited about garbage trucks and that's what this heap looks like. But hey, the optical drive opens downward! That counts for something, right?
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