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Low scores in case gallery

Fox34 said:
There def. is jelousy between people as thats normal, but to actually exspress it through a vote is immature. I am very serious and dedicated to modding wether it be a case or some electronic device. I was even thinking that next time i post my case(as Its gone through major renovations and Oh baby) I was not even going to put in the specs, just as something like a statement, though that sounds kinda dumb its true. O and Ketxxx, thanks to your memory bible I got my 3500+ to 3 Baby!
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Knowledge is power ;) I should probably update the bible for DDR2 as well now. Like most things tho, its all about getting the time.
 
Same as my case mod guide, I need to take alot of pics and write some more but No camera and no time. But def thanks for the bible I mean I got a 3.0 AMD out of it
 
I don't personally think my build would be labeled clean and boring. Especially with the paint it now has. Gloss Black exterior and blue metallic flake interior. What I'm referring to are cases that are just parts put into a box, no paint, no creativity, no personality. We can all agree no case is perfect right? So why in the hell would you leave it with errors?? make it fit your style, make it fit your needs the best it can.

To those talking about my "Boutique" reference reread this quote.
KennyT772 said:
Is a brand new qx6800 and crossfire hd2900's anything I want to see in the gallery? No, I can go look at falcon northwest photos for that. Do I want to see a dual loop watercooling setup chilling those new parts? Hell yeah. If a big company can't do it and sell it retail, I want it in the gallery.
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I could care less about factory computers, be it built by Falcon, or some small company. I want to see something unique.
 
"Unique" is in the eyes of the beholder. For me unique isnt about the immediately obvious, its about the attention to fine details.
 
Ketxxx said:
"Unique" is in the eyes of the beholder. For me unique isnt about the immediately obvious, its about the attention to fine details.
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Well Ket what do you exactly mean by that? wiring? cleanliness? layout? I'm rather curious.
 
ex_reven said:
Consider that the majority of computers on the planet are prebuilts with generic components, you can consider ANY case that has been built by someone other than a company like DELL, IBM, HP etc to be a casemod.
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Well I'm not sure, I've never posted pics of My mod. It is however the only Gateway BTX known to have a X1900XTX installed. Had to cut out an exhaust fan hole inback of case, modify the X1900XTX mosfet heatsink to fit around caps on Mobo and modify the I/O adapter for single slot, as the card is "upside down" with no I/O slot above it. This is definatly a Mechanicaly Modified case and card, but in my opnion does not look so good. But, it works great!! After adding new PSU and memory and a bit of BIOS modding and OC'ing I took the 3DMark06 score from around 17XX(don't remember) to 5824. For a Gateway thats gotta be good. I would think for the work involved and the results achieved(and the risk's taken), you could(should) consider that a Case/Computer MOD?
So this is NOT considered a MOD?
I think a MOD is anything other than standard/stock - setup/configuration of components.
 
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Fox34 said:
Whats worse I think are the people who vote on the peoples hardware in the case mod gallery. Its right in the name "Case Mod Gallery" not "Hardware Gallery." Its pretty black and white and I will never understand giving someone a low score due to bad hardware. Its all about the case mod.
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indeed, but what about those people with stock cases? and the hardware is just average too...:confused:
 
you rate low cause they don't have any mods. Nothing to do with hardware, very black and white
 
KennyT772 said:
Well Ket what do you exactly mean by that? wiring? cleanliness? layout? I'm rather curious.
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Everything is equally important in a system build, from the quality and time spent on the build, to original touches used. It doesnt matter if some things were "out the box" its how they are used and original touches that are added that make something unique.
 
Fox34 said:
you rate low cause they don't have any mods. Nothing to do with hardware, very black and white
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who me? I dont usually rate low unless its just a stock box with shitty cablleing..
 
I wasn't saying you I just type like that sorry. Yea what you said thats basically what I do to
 
Namslas90 said:
Well I'm not sure, I've never posted pics of My mod. It is however the only Gateway BTX known to have a X1900XTX installed. Had to cut out an exhaust fan hole inback of case, modify the X1900XTX mosfet heatsink to fit around caps on Mobo and modify the I/O adapter for single slot, as the card is "upside down" with no I/O slot above it. This is definatly a Mechanicaly Modified case and card, but in my opnion does not look so good. But, it works great!! After adding new PSU and memory and a bit of BIOS modding and OC'ing I took the 3DMark06 score from around 17XX(don't remember) to 5824. For a Gateway thats gotta be good. I would think for the work involved and the results achieved(and the risk's taken), you could(should) consider that a Case/Computer MOD?
So this is NOT considered a MOD?
I think a MOD is anything other than standard/stock - setup/configuration of components.
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If it aint stock, its a mod.
 
KennyT772 said:
I don't personally think my build would be labeled clean and boring. Especially with the paint it now has. Gloss Black exterior and blue metallic flake interior. What I'm referring to are cases that are just parts put into a box, no paint, no creativity, no personality. We can all agree no case is perfect right? So why in the hell would you leave it with errors?? make it fit your style, make it fit your needs the best it can.

To those talking about my "Boutique" reference reread this quote. I could care less about factory computers, be it built by Falcon, or some small company. I want to see something unique.
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I still disagree. Both Falcon and Voodoo mod their towers for their purposes. They are, in fact, modded cases. Neither of them pump out 1000's of machines a month like Dell or Gateway. They're all hand built, modded, and tweaked. Maybe I'm taking you too literally, but your boutique example is a poor example.

@all - And need I stress again that it isn't a Case Mod Gallery, it is just a Case Gallery. Mod aren't necessary anyway.
 
Case gallery though, still in the name, case, not system.
 
Technically people can put whatever the fuck they want in it because it is a "Case Gallery" not a "Case Mod Gallery" so whatever people wanna put inside a generic beige pos with a nice c2duo and 8800 in it be my guest. Though if they think it is a "Case Mod" it is not. Even premods made by aspire (apeva or whatever) are still NOT case mods. A case mod is a modification done after the point of purchase to the stock case, to customize it to the owners prefrence. Though voodoo does do hand mods, they still arnt mods, they are still mass produced with the exact same design, a case mod should be unique. Even a nice LanLi with some cable management and nice specs may look cool, and sure rate high in the case gallery, but unless its been repainted, dremeled, light up, chopped, and yes even screwed, its still just a stock case with parts.
 
Namslas90 said:
Well I'm not sure, I've never posted pics of My mod. It is however the only Gateway BTX known to have a X1900XTX installed. Had to cut out an exhaust fan hole inback of case, modify the X1900XTX mosfet heatsink to fit around caps on Mobo and modify the I/O adapter for single slot, as the card is "upside down" with no I/O slot above it. This is definatly a Mechanicaly Modified case and card, but in my opnion does not look so good. But, it works great!! After adding new PSU and memory and a bit of BIOS modding and OC'ing I took the 3DMark06 score from around 17XX(don't remember) to 5824. For a Gateway thats gotta be good. I would think for the work involved and the results achieved(and the risk's taken), you could(should) consider that a Case/Computer MOD?
So this is NOT considered a MOD?
I think a MOD is anything other than standard/stock - setup/configuration of components.
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Id consider that a mod. Your own effort went into it, and the results speak for themselves.
Furthermore Id just like to state that there are always exceptions to rules, its not black and white, there are HEAPS of grey areas...Its like the damn legal system :roll:

KennyT772 said:
I don't personally think my build would be labeled clean and boring. Especially with the paint it now has. Gloss Black exterior and blue metallic flake interior. What I'm referring to are cases that are just parts put into a box, no paint, no creativity, no personality. We can all agree no case is perfect right? So why in the hell would you leave it with errors?? make it fit your style, make it fit your needs the best it can.

To those talking about my "Boutique" reference reread this quote. I could care less about factory computers, be it built by Falcon, or some small company. I want to see something unique.
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On that note Id like to point out that not everyone wants a unique case. Me personally, I love a plain but very streamlined looking case. I bought a $300 case specifically because it looked unique and beautiful to me in my own way. Im not very good at hands on work, so Painting isnt really an option to me, and I dont really like cathodes and stuff like that because they clog up the case and can make it feel cheap. Everyone has their own taste I guess, we cant turn the case gallery into an elitist section of the forums that excludes people because they have different tastes and opinions on what a case mod really is.
 
Velocity said:
Technically people can put whatever the fuck they want in it because it is a "Case Gallery" not a "Case Mod Gallery" so whatever people wanna put inside a generic beige pos with a nice c2duo and 8800 in it be my guest. Though if they think it is a "Case Mod" it is not. Even premods made by aspire (apeva or whatever) are still NOT case mods. A case mod is a modification done after the point of purchase to the stock case, to customize it to the owners prefrence. Though voodoo does do hand mods, they still arnt mods, they are still mass produced with the exact same design, a case mod should be unique. Even a nice LanLi with some cable management and nice specs may look cool, and sure rate high in the case gallery, but unless its been repainted, dremeled, light up, chopped, and yes even screwed, its still just a stock case with parts.
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That is about perfect, I've seen to many of the stupid Fatal1ty cases in the galley, and every time I say its not a mod they flip out and say they did it when the case is all over the internet. EDIT: Guys, like my new sig?
 
ur sig is hard to read
 
:slap: Why don't we rename the Case Mod Gallery to something that suits ... suggestions please?
 
Nice sig but I cant read the writing :(.

Well people keep giving me crappy votes for a perfectly good antec 900, may you PLEASE post comments with the votes.

http://www.techpowerup.com/gallery/details.php?id=907

I mean wtf. When several other antec 900 users have averages of 7~9 even though its entirely messy in the interior I feel sorta offended. Proves how ignorant some TPU users are.

Now anyway Just name it a PC Gallery. Now for some raving:

THIS ANTEC 900 IS NEATER THAN WHAT GUYS DO, DREMEL FREE ZOMFGZOMFG (<Built up stress from building the antec 900)

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<and I got like a 4 for that???? So yeah are these votes ego related? I havent seen any unmodded antec 900 with this sort of "neatness"

EDIT: The score naming sucks, how is 5/10 excellent :banghead:
 
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