You might be interested to learn that there is a community of people creating unconventional cabinets. What they do is known as “case modding”. https://en.wiki

You might be interested to learn that there is a community of people creating unconventional cabinets. What they do is known as “case modding”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_modding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_modding As for why most cabinets look so similar outside of that, I’d say it is probably at least in part thanks to such designs being the best we have in terms of airflow and ease of access to components within.