Contest Vote & Comments (Poll Closed)

I would like to thank everyone that has particpated and those who have helped to pull this off. I would also like to thank the Academy for this award ...Wait I was having another Flashback..
This is where you the people make your vote. We have under 10 Entries so we can do this as a POLL, but I would also like everyone to make some comments on the rigs. Make them constructive, tasteful, tactful, helpful etc..
THANKS AGAIN.. :p :p

NOTE: POLL will run for 14 days.

For those of you who can't locate theCONTEST THREAD.:eek:

I voted for TAZTG's rig. I noticed that most of the rigs had very clean wiring jobs and many had lights, but I found TAZTG's to be the most original of the rigs in contention with the inclusion of his 'TAZTG' logos cut into the case. I really liked the work zackbass did to his watercooled rig. The system looks very clean and was a close second in my voting. Tom3's was, I thought, the most original, but since he can't win I voted for TAZ.

I will start off with the comments. You don't have to tell who you voted for but please make some comments.
These are all nice rigs and all of them have there good points.
Entry#2- Tom, I like the wood box but think Particle or Pressed Board was the wrong choice. I can't tell by the PICS was it painted Silver? Over its very nice and will help me with my Box Project.

Entry #3 Zackbass, I can only drop my jaw and admire your skills. AWESOME Custom WC Setup, Damn Nice Stealth job. That Dragon is Sweet..

Entry #4 muisejt, Very Nice & Clean.. I know your not done yet with that Rig. I would like to see some rounded cables but you do have the ribbons well out of the way. Do they make ribbon cables in different colors the plain gray ones detract from the rig.

ENTRY #5 Icefox -231-, Man you have a nice rig it just needs to be cleaned up. Wipe off the fingerprints and dust it out real good. Clean up the wiring a bit more. You have a nice little MOD in there with the Black Box but Clean that Puppy Up..

ENTRY #6 GLScooby, HOLY CRAP, thats one clean case and some nice Modding. I love the Stealth job and use of the Green CC. That window looks clean & smooth. Great Gold Interior. What are your plans for the Exterior?? What color will you paint it??

Entry #7 dudewth, WHat can we say, SWEET. You started off with a nice case and added some nice touches to it. I only have 1 suggestion, more light which you already know, how about Custom Fan Grill Up top?? That would be sweet.

ENTRY #8 XP18004life, Dude thats a nice Rig. Your use of Green is well balanced, and the Blue Rheobus in the front really lights up. I still can't make out the logo on the window, what is it & did you etch that are is it stick on??

ENTRY #9 bugspop1, Wow thats so serious industrial looking cabling. Looks pretty cool. I think the only thing to improve would be a bigger case it looks so cramped like mine does. Makes me wonder what does all that go to. LOL Very Nice..

Entry #10 Royal Oaks, Hey, whats a 3DFX MOD? LOL, I had a few my ownself. Didn't have it modded but I suppose your OC that baby. I like the Blue, of course you have seen BIG BLUE. These are some nice cases to MOD. The amount of room available is great. I had tape on myine but got tires of it coming undone. I switched to split loom. There are still a few area in Big Blue wth blue tape I just have to press it down every now and then.

OK, Great RIGS Everyone. You guys don't have to comment on all the rigs like I did but please make some comments.

THANKS AGAIN TAZTG...

I voted for GLScooby's rig. That paintjob is hard to beat. So reflective and even! And the window is one of the best ive seen, looks very clean. But as Taz said, it needs somethign on the outside.

P.s: The 'fish didnt come through? I was hoping it would make an apperance.

All the rigs had good wiring jobs. I liked the drive stealthing on #3, #4 and #6. I also liked #3's dragon etched into case. Good work all of you.

Ashpool's entry slipped by my email difficulties earlier this week. I added his entry to the contest, so be sure to take his entry into account!

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Originally posted by Soldier_Of_Evil
I voted for GLScooby's rig. That paintjob is hard to beat. So reflective and even! And the window is one of the best ive seen, looks very clean. But as Taz said, it needs somethign on the outside.

P.s: The 'fish didnt come through? I was hoping it would make an apperance.

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The fish is in now. ASH likes to make a Dramatic Entrance. I swapped it out with Entry #2 Tom's Box, he couldn't win anyway. :D

Thanks cranch for posted the Swordfish PICS.

Well my vote stays :)

ASH, awsome rig but come on, after lecturing everyone to clean up their cases you show up with a mess of wires! Clean up that PSU!

ENTRY #6 GLScooby

Reason: Anyone who takes that much care on the inside has big plans for the rest of the rig too. It shows some care and effort in the whole process. My case looks like Beirut inside, like some Russian shot up tank with all this...blah!...That gold is a nice touch.

Aces GLScooby.

I really liked all the entries and would like to say good work to all those who entered.

I voted for #4 muisejt, I just love the way he stealthed the whole computer.

No F'in way, I seriously just spent an hour critiquing everyones cases, and then when I submit my post, it says too many images. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: Screw this, GLScooby is my winner THAT SUCKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

edit: Man, I don't think anyone will understand I seriously spent an hour typing up that post, and voila goodbye. That seriously BLOWS!!! I think that's a sign from Sharky telling me to stop posting for awhile, in short, great entries, great contest, hope we can do it again. Bye bye

GL, you're case PWNS! It's so CLEAN! But Zack's watercooling and side cut comes close second.

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Originally posted by Soldier_Of_Evil
ASH, awsome rig but come on, after lecturing everyone to clean up their cases you show up with a mess of wires! Clean up that PSU!

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I did? :confused:

This scooby dude made a generic case look better than those who spent twice as much on custom ones. Totally stealth wires, does this thing really work? It gets my vote but would walk away if it was a H20 pumper.

I voted for #7 :)

I thought the other ones, well some needs a good cleaning and fixing there wiring mess :P (But mine is BAD!!!)

I also thought that some people did a great stealth job.. Very nice!

The only issue I had is that most used the Lian Li case :P

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Originally posted by Royal Oaks
No F'in way, I seriously just spent an hour critiquing everyones cases, and then when I submit my post, it says too many images. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: Screw this, GLScooby is my winner THAT SUCKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

edit: Man, I don't think anyone will understand I seriously spent an hour typing up that post, and voila goodbye. That seriously BLOWS!!! I think that's a sign from Sharky telling me to stop posting for awhile, in short, great entries, great contest, hope we can do it again. Bye bye

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Always copy before posting, that way if you get that message, you can back up and fix it.

And if your not on a local proxy normaly you can back up and fix your post.

Aww man I'm too late.:( When will the next contest be held?:)

#1 TAZTG - Nice system. I think your wiring is fine! Everything looks in its place. I like the TAZTG cutouts.

#2 Tom3 - All it takes to win is to register, then make a few posts. Nice entry.

#3 zackbass - Nice all around. I’m too scared for anything like WC. Nice cutout! How do you open the CD’s?

#4 muisejt - Very nice. I agree with the Rounds, but you did a FINE job with the ribbon cable!

#5 Icefox -231- - Nothing personal, but I’m not a fan of the Black cases. Looks nice inside though.

#6 GLScooby - Very, Very nice & clean tooo! Looks to much like work!

#7 dudewth - Very good looking all around. I don't like the hidden drive bays on most of these cases, but your case looks nice.

#8 XP18004life - Again nothing personal but I don’t like that style of case. I like the green cc.

#9 bugspop1 - TAZTG is right, I need more room. With a wife sometimes comes sacrifices, bigger won’t fit in the desk! As for all the cables, everything has a use except the firewire (as of yet), and also a few open USB’s. I LOVE MY TOYS !

#10 Royal Oaks - Again, I don’t care for that style of case (my opinion, not personal) Everything neat. Are those my old round cables from my old AMD 1.4?

#11 Ashpool - Something a little fishy. Is that a NOTE for self? Plug in the what? Can’t make out the last word. Cool entry.

Thanks to TAZTG and Cranch for setting all this up.

TAZTG - WOW. Awesome rig. Beautiful job on the cutouts and use of lighting.

Tom - A+ on originality. That is truly a groundup build. Maybe some different materials for the next one?

zackbass - The skill (and a little bravery) it takes to make your own waterblock is clearly evident. Not to mention the patience to do a 100% original DIY cutout. Maybe a CC to show off that dragon?

muisejt - Perfect stealth job. I love the relocation of the LEDs. How 'bout some round cables?

Icefox231 - Man, that thing is HUGE! Looks like all you need is a can of air;)

Mine - I haven't found an outside color scheme I like yet, so it's not done. (Are they ever really DONE?)

dudewth - Sweet case. The applique adds an air of James Bond mystery. (What's really ON those hard drives?.....hmmm.....) Great lighting too.

XP18004life - The use of different color lighting blends nicely. How about a blue LED intake fan for a little balance on the front? Nice etching job too. Good work.

bugspop1 - The front is stunning. (Love that gold!) That is some seriously meticulous wire looming.

Royal Oaks - Nice, clean cabling job. Nice atttention to detail on the vid card mod as well. Long live 3dfx!

Ashpool - The color contrast on the fish is sweet. I assume the note on the rheobus comes from experience?;) A little work on the psu wires, and you got it! Nice case.

GLScooby
Thanks for letting me know what that last word was. My eyes are failing! Did the best I could to enlarge it, but still couldn't read it. Thought it said ribbon, not rheobus. Couldn't imagine forgetting to plug in the ribbon cable, especially when it has round cables. If i would have looked closer I should have seen that this was even written on the rheobus. Looks like your in the early lead, and may I say (well deserved).

I voted for #6 - GLScooby cause the interior of the case looked very neat. The case and concept was nothing new or groundbreaking, but the whole appearance of neatness was what got my attention.

Sometimes simplicity is the best mod. :D

Edit: I hope GLScooby doesn't do anything to the outside of his case. It is clean, simple and perfect as it is. Jazzing up the outside of the case will destroy the philosophy of keeping it simple and make it look like some schizoid frankenstein case. :)

(Couldnt enter my case pics in time cause the digi camera went bust) :(

My vote for looks goes to #7, dudewth. I absolutely love that NSA decal on the side panel and the blue light really makes that CoolerMaster look sharp. Let's see some more mods that that baby!

Since I'm an honest guy, I won't delete the cookie and go back and vote for the best modded case, yes I'm talking about yours TAZTG. You really did an excellent job on the side panel cutting, and on the front panels.

Sorry I couldn't give you my vote TAZTG, but dudewth's NSA decal is REALLY awsome.

Thanks for all those comments about my case. I'd like to thank all the little people, Snap-On tools, and the Smithy 3-in-1 machine shop, without them I couldn't have pulled it off. :D

I chose #6 because i have one of those cases as well, and i thought it was not possible to make one of them look pretty and i have been proven wrong

I voted for Zackbass's case...That dragon cutout is just too sweet, not to mention the DIY waterblock and copper piping for the WC. Very tidy and organized also, no loose cables to be seen. VERY nice work dude.

GLScooby's case was second...the paint job is just wicked. A nice step away from the regular un-polished metal look.

Now that I think of it, something else that would look absolutely stunning would be a chrome finish...Who wants to try? ;)

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Originally posted by zackbass
Sorry I couldn't give you my vote TAZTG, but dudewth's NSA decal is REALLY awsome.
:D

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:( :( , All Crap, Man I voted for yours!!:p :p

Thanks Man, That decal is awesome, I wonder if its legal??? Might have to check that out..:D

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Originally posted by bugspop1
#11 Ashpool - Something a little fishy. Is that a NOTE for self? Plug in the what? Can’t make out the last word. Cool entry.

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Plug in the Rheobus, a reminder since every single fan is wired to it (and I always forget to plug things in). I almost fried my Thunderbird once because I didn't plug it in :p

So yeah, it does come from experience, Scooby ;)