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Ugliest Piece of Kit You've Seen.

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Seeing that hideous new G-Skill ram with the Thermaltake "Ram Orb" on it gave me the idea for this thread.
Post pictures of the "Ugliest" piece of kit you've seen.:eek:
 

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anything made by asrock.
 

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Agreed . . . .
Or any motherboard manufacturer that thinks its OK to produce sickly custard coloured boards. There can be no justification surely.:confused:
 

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Hardware color is important?
Oh noez I never look inside my case.
 

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Hardware color is important?
Oh noez I never look inside my case.

Your kidding ?
Maybe you joined the wrong forum ?
 

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WTF - That is truly hideous.:wtf:
I have never seen that before.
Do you think anyone ever bought one ?
 

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That thing is truly hideous... I hope nobody got payed for designing that!
 
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I hope not :wtf:

Maybe it could be modded into a gpu cooler otherwise its bin fodder.
 

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All fan case mod - - - - WHY ?
 

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Not the worst thing in the world but still fugly...



 

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Not the worst thing in the world but still fugly...




I dunno I kinda like the look of that case in a weird way... apart from that random bit on the top...
+1 on all asus vento cases tho :rolleyes: also thermaltakes new xaser red/black case is pretty fugly imo
 

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Trust a Herefordian to like something that looks like a petrol can.
 
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more the fact that they really sell these in that color than anything else

sadly enough heres the name ATOP Decorative AT-AP101-GR Green SGCC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case decorative? to who?
 

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Only when they're exploding!

True true!
How about the asus silent square pro cooler, that looks disgusting imo, just a massive orange block:


Oh yeah and stock intel boards...:shadedshu (except maybe skulltrail!)
 

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True true!
How about the asus silent square pro cooler, that looks disgusting imo, just a massive orange block:


Oh yeah and stock intel boards...:shadedshu (except maybe skulltrail!)

I have that cooler :p
 
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:D is it any good?

Very quiet and it cooled my X2 6000 quite well but it didn't fit on socket 775 even though it said it does.
 
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:wtf::slap: I have this case. It's not ugly, just looks a bit "industrial". Best case I've ever owned BTW

+1

This case rocks. Even if it was neon pink, its so beautiful to work with and cools so well I wouldnt care.
 

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Very quiet and it cooled my X2 6000 quite well but it didn't fit on socket 775 even though it said it does.

That sucks cause it would look soo good on my DFI board.....



The worst I've seen .....

The goblin on the PoV 9600GT LOL
 
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