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A computer case, also known as a computer chassis, is the enclosure that contains most of the hardware of a personal computer. The components housed inside the case are referred as the internal hardwa
An opened ATX case, front towards right. Components pictured include a microATX motherboard (top), a CPU (beneath the Cooler Master fan), a GPU (middle), and an SSD (right). The power supply is housed in the compartment at bottom.
A full tower case. Accessories shown include: a fan controller, a DVD burner, and a USB memory card reader.
An empty computer case
Interior of a 2018 ATX computer tower
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In personal computing, a tower unit, or simply a tower, is a form factor of desktop computer case whose height is much greater than its width, thus having the appearance of an upstanding tower block,
Computer case
…enclosures. For example, a case designed for an ATX motherboard and power supply unit (PSU) may take on several external forms such as a vertical tower (designed to sit on the floor, height > width), a flat desktop (height < width) or pizza box (height ≤ 5 cm or 2 in) designed to sit on the desk under…
An SGI Onyx deskside computer
The horizontally configured system unit of the original IBM PC set a de facto standard for the physical setup of personal computers from the early 1980s to the mid-1990s.
An IBM PS/2 Model 60 (left) and an PS/2 Model 80 (right) side by side. These models were IBM's first Intel-based PCs built in a tower form factor.