content: I love tower computers too and building is easier than ever with sites like pcpartpicker. I'm glad to see /v/buildapc exists though it's not very big yet.  I think it would be cool to see more support from vendors for slightly smaller form factors. ATX is a bit overkill these days for non-SLI systems but I still usually end up going with ATX boards in mid tower cases. M.2 (PCIe SSD) and NVMe will shrink SSD's to an even smaller and faster form factor.  Mini ITX gaming rigs seem like a bit of a niche still and people puzzle them into impressively small spaces but it seems like that might be a good direction. Full tower cases in 2015 seem a bit silly to me. I think something like this or this is a good example of what I am looking to build next. That CPU cooler is probably overkill in the first build but it works for the looks. It seems like things like custom colored fans and sleeved cables for modular power supplies are still pretty expensive.