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I love a PC case with a bit of nonsense. Yeah, sure, gimme an extra screen or make it out of wood. Tiny and flavoured coloured like matcha? Yes please. That's why Amiiba and its new Ferra case appeals to me so much.
Its dinky case has a big, round circle on the top of the front panel with a pulsing black liquid—a ferrofluid— and it comes with a magnet to mess with it. Not only that, but a microphone built into the back of it means that the Venom-like blob can also react to sound.
Our Dave managed to get hands-on at the Computex 2026 show floor, getting it to react to a tiny magnet, and I'm just a little jealous. Given it's a micro build, it could handily sit on top of a desk, and I fear, the first day I had one, I'd find myself playing with it as much as the rig itself.
The case has two different models: the $119 non-ferrafluid version, and the $199 ferrafluid one that I like(according to Hardware Canucks). There's not much information out there on Amiiba, the company behind it, but we've been told it is aiming for a September release.
As well as the base model, you will be able to pick up swappable front plates for the Ferra, with them ranging from $50 to $150, depending on the type and complexity. We got to see a demonstration of the case fronts being swapped out, and it happens in mere moments.
The case itself looks pretty neat to my eyes, even ignoring the big liquidy elephant in the room, and reminds me of Fractal Design's Terra, being longer than it is wide and with some sweet wood accenting.
Given the removable faceplates, you can presumably go without any wood, too. I like the recent surge of both removable faceplates and microATX builds, and should the build quality be strong, Amiiba could have a neat-looking winner on its hands here.
That is, however, assuming you can afford the rest of the build. With the memory crisis ongoing, it has set a strange tone on some of the Computex offerings this year (here's looking at you, Biwin), but the case and keyboard announcements have been pretty decent thus far.
1. Best overall: Havn HS 420
2. Best budget: Phanteks G400A
3. Best midrange: Lian Li O11 Vision Compact
4. Best budget compact: Thermaltake S100 TG Snow Edition
5. Best high-end: NZXT H9 Flow RGB+
6. Best Mini-ITX: Fractal Design Terra
7. Best Micro-ATX: NZXT H3 Flow
8. Best full-tower: NZXT H7 Flow
9. Best pink: Hyte Y70
10. Best looking: Phanteks Evolv X2
11. Best for beginners: Be Quiet! Shadow Base 800 FX
