CPU Magazine and Intel (our proud PC room sponsors) are proud to announce the very first Intel LAN Fest – CPU Ultimate Mad Reader Case Mod competition, to be held at the Penny Arcade Expo September 4-6th, 2009 at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center!
CPU magazine is taking the Mad Reader Mod on the road again to one of the country’s premiere gaming/LAN events and offering you a shot at $1500, an Intel Core i7 CPU, and a chance to get your mod on the cover of an issue of CPU!
Contest Rules:
1. Only one entrant per person (not per seat).
2. Your mod must be easily recognizable as a computer.
3. A case you have done the work on cannot be entered as someone else's.
4. A single person must be able to lift the case and carry it to the finalist area.
Judging Criteria: Judges' decisions are final and will be based on their observations regarding the following criteria. Each of the following categories is worth 25%
* Technical merit: Creative placement of parts and "outside-the-box" changes you have made to existing components or your case that are likely to have a positive effect on performance and/or that make for more efficient use of the space you have to work with.
* Artistic merit: Does the case have a cohesive theme or a distinctive look, or is it simply a collection of parts thrown together behind a window and lighted fans?
* Polish: The fit-and-finish portion of your work. This includes clean, smooth paint; solid cable management and sleeving/hiding; tight, smooth seams; the functionality of your mods (i.e. custom doors and mechanisms); and effective use of lighting.
* "Wow" factor: Judges' overall reaction to your mod.
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Probably. Is it still Tower-sized-ish? Can you lift it onto a table?
i saw something like that next to the BYOC area last year. It wasnt tower sized but it was filled with mineral oil. Looked like a fish tank.