This could be full computer systems, peripherals, pci cards, anything that has a distinct and iconic look to it.
What do you think are the most visually iconic items of computer hardware to date? Please post name and image and other details.
lmao good call, apple are always sneaking in odd or innovative designs as one-offs.
Probably a bit unique to me, but back then I thought these were so cool looking.
GeForce 7950 gx2 (Back then I was competing in a tournament and 1st place at the end of the year would win one of these. I got 1st place, but the company got into some kind of trouble and I never got my 7950 gx2 
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ASUS EN7600GT silent (I still have mine in a box somewhere…)
Yes, I got the wallet, although I think it got stolen… can’t remember …
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I’ve got an old i7 950 Sabertooth x58 box cooled by a Zalman Max with blue LEDs.
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For me, it’s either the original or modern Mac Pro
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This call, will not be near flashy, as some Toxic series cards
But this one, was remarkable piece of craftsmanship, for its time
[handling 250W mini-furnace, just going > 2slots tall, while relatively quiet]
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That ASUS EN7600GT silent is insane!! Wifi antenna cooling lol that’s amazing has to be the most unique looking and design GPU I have ever seen with that cooling system.
Sorry to hear you didn’t get your well deserved 7950 gx2!!
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Those latter era 2n1 GPUs, were absolutely wild, for performance promiseland*
*NOT Guaranteed to fit your case [let alone breathe]
**Make your $$ PSU cry and whine- or attaching a supplemental PSU
Speaking of Supplemental PSUs… Remember those?
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Chieftech Dragon PC case in green would be the bees knees for me. I dunno if its that iconic, but it was one of the nicer cases from the early 2000. Luckely I scored a blue one which was destined for recycling from one of our customers and was allowed to keep it. (version with a full metal side panel).
It is loaded with ancient capture and video accelerator cards.
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Anyone remember the state of heatsinks before heatpipes became popular for desktops? The Swiftech MCX series was a hefty chunk of metal.
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I have this exact drive in my main pc, I just don’t have a photo of it. Shame western digital stopped making them at 2012…
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With the stupid blocky heatsink- YESS [have a 74GB variant, in my XP-Box]
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Oh, a first gen one…this is a 2nd gen.
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Apparently these are very flimsy but it looks good.
A nightmare to open but it almost feels like you could stack a few of those side by side in a book shelf.
Do you know this? The computer so ubiquitous in the movie industry that it started to appear itself on movies.
The Amiga 500 looks very retro-futuristic
Alpha CPUs with their weird pins. Did you know AMD64 uses some licensed Alpha technology? The last act of vengeance of DEC engineers against Intel.
Back in 2016 a company I was working at bought an Exadata from Oracle. Would you believe the rack still has the same design identity as mid 2000s Sun workstations?
The Next cube was made from a magnesium alloy.
Ah since we are talking about Sun, Next, x68k and Amigas here is the OG CPU of the 80s.
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Like 50% hit rate
These cases would be repurposed to fit modern hardware in, would be a pretty cool side project.
If anything goes, how about these?
Plus, they can help heat the place in the Winter 
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