119 reasons I'm devastated not to be at Computex this year
Computex is heaven for PC builders and enthusiasts. Or should I say was? I hope that's not the case for long because Computex has been something special over the years. I've only had the honour of travelling to the Taiwanese tech show a single time, but it was an experience I could never forget.
Despite the organisers' hopeful efforts, the show was doomed to be solely an online event for the past few years. This year Computex is a hybrid show, both online and in-person. While that means some lucky souls will be able to attend in 2022, most foreign visitors are still not back to the hallowed PC gaming halls of the Nangang Exhibition Center. We're not privy to the wild Computex experience we've come to love out of Taiwan, though it doesn't look anywhere near as big an event in 2022 as it once was.
What was once a major event spanning downtown Taipei, the 101 skyscraper, a couple floors of the Hyatt hotel next door, and multiple floors of a major convention centre, appears to be no larger than a single floor of the Nangang this year. There are still many well-known brands in attendance—Gigabyte, MSI, EK WB, PNY, Sapphire, Zotac, ASRock, Kioxia, AMD, and Nvidia—but I can't find any images to suggest the show still delivers on the bit I love most.
It's the PC mods. The weird and wonderful PC mods of Computex. The beer taps turned gaming PC. The Apex Legends loot box with a graphics card stuffed in it. Fully-mechanised PC cases that might actually pose a real threat to passers-by. Walls of PC cases with Hatsune Miku holograms dancing across them are just some of the delights that were once in store for the Computex attendee.
Everywhere you looked there was another PC case beautifully handcrafted by some of the best in the biz.
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