Cooler Master Announces the Winners of Case Mod World Series 2016

[btarunr]

Since January, case modders young and old have been busy in their basements, driveways, kitchens and bathrooms, taking over just about any place they can find. Many spent hundreds of hours putting both craft and creation to the test in pursuit of a title in the world's largest modding competition. We held events on four continents introducing people to local modders, gear, and training in the art. All of this culminated in over 120 worklogs and entries, of which 82 made the final submissions.

Scratch-built demons, giant critters, cyborgs, orbs, and monsters roamed among the many high-class tower mods trimmed and dressed with the best materials and sharp designs. The scene's biggest names - Peter Brands, Richard Keirsgieter, Richard Surroz, Ronnie Hara, Brian Farrell, Ermanno Bonandini, and Antony Leather - gave scores that came down to the decimal point. Over 21,000 votes also piled up in just a week for this year's two People's Choice Award winners.



Here are the winners, by rank and category:

Scratch Build

• 1st: Ghost Rider by Modder Crow, Thailand
• 2nd: Re.born by Masbuskado, Dominican Republic
• 3rd: GSW CYBORG by Nenad Milic, Serbia

Tower Mod

• 1st: Master of Dimension by ภควัต ไชยบุญมา (Mr. Waii), Thailand
• 2nd: Gigantea by David Cathey, United States
• 3rd: Master X5 by neSSa, Serbia

People's Choice Awards

• Scratch Build -TriHexa 666 - Apocalypse Dragon by Kanishka Akalanka, Sri Lanka
• Tower Mod - Pandora Box Pegasus by Allyson Carneiro, Brazil

The winners are walking away with US $30,000 in cash and prizes for their achievements, with goodies supplied by Avexir, OCZ, Asus, Nvidia, Dremel, and Cooler Master. Prizes include an array of high-end gear such as Cooler Master's highly acclaimed MasterCase Maker 5, Avexir's ROG-certified DDR4 modules, OCZ's sizable SSDs from their decorated Vector 180 series, NVIDIA's most powerful GeForce graphics cards, massive motherboards from ASUS, and precision rotary tools from Dremel.

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[julizs]

Absolutely love the insect build

 

[Pandora's Box]

Wow these are amazing. I love the insect and TriHexa builds

 

[a111087]

So... after seeing so many case mods, I have to say that while a lot of of people have good crafting skills, they lack any refined taste. (just like the people commenting above me)

I understand that PC's for many are just "toys", but they don't have to look like cheap toys from Walmart.

 

[Ponkata]

So... after seeing so many case mods, I have to say that while a lot of of people have good crafting skills, they lack any refined taste. (just like the people commenting above me)

I understand that PC's for many are just "toys", but they don't have to look like cheap toys from Walmart.

I completly agree with you!

 

[julizs]

So... after seeing so many case mods, I have to say that while a lot of of people have good crafting skills, they lack any refined taste. (just like the people commenting above me)

I understand that PC's for many are just "toys", but they don't have to look like cheap toys from Walmart.

I can guarantee you i have a more "refined taste" than you, but the insect or some other builds, while I wouldnt not put them in my living room, are still very original concepts and look interesting.

 

[Caring1]

I want case mods to look like fantastic computers, not sci fi toys or creatures.

 

[jaggerwild]

I want case mods to look like fantastic computers, not sci fi toys or creatures.

Worst part of a build is being limited by the case, I think the parts alone are more then enough to make a great build people just can't get past the "CASE" and build from there. Then again it was sponsored by Cooler Master...........