While Teenage Engineering is greatest recognized for its synths, it regularly finds methods to shock its followers. Its newest launch isn’t any completely different, however that doesn’t make it any much less thrilling. It has introduced an ITX PC case it’s calling the Computer-1. The firm says it has been engaged on the design since 2014. “It’s not a ground-breaking PC case, but we like it, and use it every day,” TE says on its web site. “Now we’d like to share it with you.”

The case is created from 1mm-thick powder-coated aluminum. Like TE’s latest synths, it is available in a build-it-yourself flat-pack design that entails bending among the panels. “Think twice, bend once,” the corporate warns humorously. With chrome handles included, the case stands 322mm or a couple of foot tall. Width-wise, it measures 170mm or simply over six inches broad. Inside, you may have sufficient room for an SFX energy provide, a dual-slot GPU that measures beneath 180mm lengthy and a CPU cooler that’s about 120mm tall. It might be fascinating to see what thermal efficiency is like on the Computer-1 because the aspect panels don’t characteristic a mesh design.

At $195, the Computer-1 is expensive, however about what you’ll count on to pay for an ITX case from a small firm. You’ll discover extra reasonably priced choices in merchandise just like the NR200 from Cooler Master, however you possibly can simply spend as a lot as $200 or extra on a Dan A4 or FormD T1. If you’re within the Computer-1, you will have to attend to get your fingers on one. It’s presently bought out, however you possibly can signal as much as get a notification as soon as it’s accessible.