{"id":1211239,"date":"2026-02-21T08:17:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T08:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/BzCkXtqYMPyWekFfn5tuX6"},"modified":"2026-02-21T08:17:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T08:17:51","slug":"computex-2025-made-me-realise-i-have-no-time-for-extravagant-pc-parts-just-give-me-a-simple-solid-design-and-function","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/computex-2025-made-me-realise-i-have-no-time-for-extravagant-pc-parts-just-give-me-a-simple-solid-design-and-function\/","title":{"rendered":"Computex 2025 made me realise I have no time for extravagant PC parts, just give me a simple, solid design and function"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>I&#8217;m a staunch defender of the dull, the drab, the plain, the &#8216;oh yeah, I didn&#8217;t notice that.&#8217; And nothing has reminded me of my proclivity towards all things seemingly mundane than Computex 2025 and all the resultant ooh-ing and aah-ing over extravagant tech.<\/p>\n<p>I know, I know, tech shows are <em>supposed <\/em>to be gaudy and extravagant, and they are just so every year, but these consumerist fever dream pills never get easier to swallow. In fact, as I get older, it gets more difficult.<\/p>\n<p>What am I talking about? Everything from AIO shelves for displaying figurines, a million-and-one screens attached to things that don&#8217;t need them\u2014<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/cooling\/this-ginormous-caricature-of-a-cpu-cooler-screen-just-about-sums-up-computex-2025-i-think\/\" target=\"_blank\">giant CPU cooler screens<\/a>, cases with <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/pc-cases\/if-you-ever-wanted-to-stick-a-screen-inside-your-pc-case-lian-lis-just-shown-off-something-surprisingly-affordable-for-you\/\" target=\"_blank\">built-in screens<\/a>, bendy cooler screens that <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/cooling\/lian-lis-new-water-cooler-with-a-curved-and-motorised-screen-is-basically-pointless-but-youre-still-going-to-want-one\/\" target=\"_blank\">move around for seemingly no reason<\/a>\u2014and just about as many convoluted PC case designs.<\/p>\n<p>Now look, I&#8217;m not denying there&#8217;s something impressive about a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/pc-cases\/this-incredible-monster-hunter-wilds-pc-custom-build-has-something-your-rig-doesnt-an-rtx-5070-ti-gpu-sword\/\" target=\"_blank\">Palico PC case with an RTX 5070 Ti built into its sword<\/a>, but it&#8217;s impressive in the same way that lifelike wax sculptures of people are: They&#8217;re eye-catching and quite the creative feat, but you won&#8217;t catch me slapping one down in the home office.<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s just the <em>good <\/em>PC cases. Don&#8217;t get me started on the likes of those <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/pc-cases\/inwin-unveils-all-singing-all-dancing-trophy-inspired-case-that-also-looks-a-bit-like-my-morning-brew\/\" target=\"_blank\">coffee cup-shaped monstrosities<\/a>. Sometimes I feel like a lot of time could be saved by just pulling aside designers early on and asking, <em>Why?<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-video\" data-nosnippet >\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\"><iframe data-lazy-priority=\"low\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZLV2uteVe0A\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Listen, I&#8217;m not judging. Everyone&#8217;s tastes are different, and I&#8217;m not saying I&#8217;m right\u2014but I am right.<\/p>\n<p>It didn&#8217;t take me long to find some things I do like the look of at this year&#8217;s Computex, though. Upon discovering <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/pc-cases\/noctua-finally-cracks-the-case-market-with-a-fan-equipped-chassis-that-can-substantially-reduce-noise-and-now-i-want-an-all-noctua-rig\/\" target=\"_blank\">Noctua has created its own PC case<\/a>, I had my boring equivalent of a normal human being&#8217;s excitement: &#8216;Ooh, a Noctua case for an all-Noctua build. I hope it&#8217;s very plain and brown.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>I wasn&#8217;t disappointed. It would look great under my plain and brown (but very stylish!) desk. Noctua gets it, y&#8217;see.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:3840px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"CouUzBDrer8PZqxjw58CaB\" name=\"\" alt=\"Noctua x Antec PC case\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/computex-2025-made-me-realise-i-have-no-time-for-extravagant-pc-parts-just-give-me-a-simple-solid-design-and-function.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2160\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Future)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I also did find something shiny that I could get behind, this being the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/graphics-cards\/pny-and-palit-have-stolen-my-heart-at-computex-with-their-clean-and-shiny-rtx-50-series-graphics-cards\/\" target=\"_blank\">PNY Iron Core series of RTX 50-series graphics cards<\/a>. But that&#8217;s primarily thanks to the underside of the design being very plain\u2014just a flat, shiny surface, not too much going on other than the RGB arrow, which I suppose I can put up with if I must.<\/p>\n<p>I wasn&#8217;t free from having my nostalgia muscles massaged, either. <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/pc-cases\/this-retro-pc-case-has-a-big-red-button-and-a-turnkey-and-it-hits-me-square-in-the-chest-with-nostalgia\/\" target=\"_blank\">Silverstone&#8217;s new retro PC case<\/a> got me longing for a time long past\u2026 but that&#8217;s hardly the same as an endorsement of a design on its own terms, is it? And anyway, it&#8217;s a <em>beige, &#8217;90s themed PC case<\/em>\u2014the whole point is it&#8217;s kind of plain.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:3840px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"kteczFwfAEHKqJapa3WwnA\" name=\"lian-li-rotation-psu.JPG\" alt=\"Lian Li rotation PSU\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/computex-2025-made-me-realise-i-have-no-time-for-extravagant-pc-parts-just-give-me-a-simple-solid-design-and-function-1.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2160\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Future)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It&#8217;s not all minimalist designs that got me almost-but-not-quite riled up this year, either. No, I was pleasantly surprised to find my favourite design improvements to be on the most boring component of them all: the power supply.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fancy-box\">\n<div class=\"fancy_box-title\">Computex 2025<\/div>\n<div class=\"fancy_box_body\">\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' >\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"knvPATyGKfKgytpytqVHnW\" name=\"101.png\" caption=\"\" alt=\"The Taipei 101 building and Taipei skyline in Taiwan.\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/computex-2025-made-me-realise-i-have-no-time-for-extravagant-pc-parts-just-give-me-a-simple-solid-design-and-function.png\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"pinterest-pin-exclude\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Jacob Ridley)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"fancy-box__body-text\"><strong>Catch up with <\/strong><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/tag\/computex-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Computex 2025<\/strong><\/a><strong>: <\/strong>We&#8217;re on the ground at Taiwan&#8217;s biggest tech show to see what Nvidia, AMD, Intel, Asus, Gigabyte, MSI and more have to show.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The first of these was a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/power-supplies\/fear-not-rtx-50-series-owners-because-asrocks-new-psus-have-extra-thermal-sensors-to-shut-off-overheating-gpu-power-cables\/\" target=\"_blank\">PSU with thermal sensors<\/a> that can help shut off overheating GPU power cables, which will be an extra level of security for high-end RTX 50-series graphics card owners. But if that isn&#8217;t quite exciting enough for you, we also saw a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/power-supplies\/lian-lis-new-rotation-psu-has-a-power-connector-that-swivels-and-i-too-have-been-asking-why\/\" target=\"_blank\">PSU with a power connector that swivels<\/a>, allowing you to orient the entire power supply in different directions inside your case for more versatile cable management.<\/p>\n<p>Who needs anything more than that? Not I, that&#8217;s who.<\/p>\n<p>Admittedly I am someone who is currently sitting with a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fractal-design.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Define-R4-Window-PS.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Fractal Design Define R4<\/a> under their desk\u2014a veritably plain slab of a chassis. So no surprises there. But come on, would you <em>really <\/em>take a side-panel LCD over a twizzly PSU connector?<\/p>\n<p>Oh, you would\u2026 Well, I stand by it anyway.<\/p>\n<p>The only real debate occurs for me when I see something like <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/pc-cases\/hytes-latest-case-is-a-bold-and-colorful-break-from-todays-obsession-with-angular-and-understated\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hyte&#8217;s latest bubbly case<\/a>. It&#8217;s kind of minimalistic, but equally\u2026 strange. Good job Hyte, you got me. I can&#8217;t fit this one into my neat and tidy dichotomy.<\/p>\n<p>Bubbly cases aside, I think my black-and-white thinking holds pretty firm across the other products we saw this year. Now choose your side\u2014the right one, or the wrong one\u2014and prepare for Computex 2026.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/computex-2025-made-me-realise-i-have-no-time-for-extravagant-pc-parts-just-give-me-a-simple-solid-design-and-function\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m a staunch defender of the dull, the drab, the plain, the &#8216;oh yeah, I didn&#8217;t notice that.&#8217; And nothing has reminded me of my proclivity towards all things seemingly mundane than Computex 2025 and all the resultant ooh-ing and aah-ing over extravagant tech. I know, I know, tech shows are supposed to be gaudy and extravagant, and they are just so every year, but these consumerist fever dream pills never get easier to swallow. In fact, as I get older, it gets more difficult. What am I talking about? Everything from AIO shelves for displaying figurines, a million-and-one screens attached to things that don&#8217;t need them\u2014giant CPU cooler screens, cases with built-in screens, bendy cooler screens that move around for seemingly no reason\u2014and just&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/computex-2025-made-me-realise-i-have-no-time-for-extravagant-pc-parts-just-give-me-a-simple-solid-design-and-function\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1211240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[66],"class_list":["post-1211239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-hardware"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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