when cases did not have glass but acrylic windows, if any
when cases did not have bottom compartments and rubber grommets
when cable management mattered much more to close the back panel
when GPUs did not come with a back plate by default
when GPU cooler heat pipes were a highlighted feature
when GPUs didn’t sag and needed stands, brackets, nor vertical mounts
when there were not much aRGB but R, G, or B motifs
when screens were on desks and not inside the pc
when m.2 SSDs were a premium and not a standard