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| Thermaltake Ghetto Mod Competition |
9 April 2009
Some of you may remember the Thermaltake Best Build competition held last August.
It was a great success with many uniquely modified PCs entered and since then we've been flooded by enquiries on when we will be holding another competition.
After reading through the feedback across many forums we noticed that many mentioned the previous competition was a bit unfair giving a brand new PC to someone who already has a kick ass custom system. There were a few suggestions made for a new competition and we've adopted one of the most popular ideas. GHETTO MODS!
That's right, ghetto baby. We want you to enter your system with the most creative or practical and "very financially viable" mods.
Let's face it, not everyone is up to date on the latest and greatest gear. The ghetto DIY mods have always been around and occasionally ones which are extremely practical or just downright CHEAP pops up and are generally loved for their ingenuity at little or no cost to the owner! We liked the idea too so read on to find out more...
The general rule to keep in mind; CHEAP and WORKING. If the system or the mod in question does not actually work then the entry will be disqualified.
Here's an example... let's say you have
Pentium 2 gear lying around and you loved the original Need For Speed
PC game which doesn't work at all on new hardware / OS. You decide
you want to utilise the Pentium 2 system but you don't have a case for
it and even the cheapest $25 case is too expensive. So you've gone
ghetto and built your own case for this system out of cardboard! Now
you can enjoy playing old school Win95/98 games without fear of
incompatibility and a bunch of messy bits lying on your desk. If this case falls apart when you pick it up, it obviously does not qualify as working. Same applies for the system inside, if it doesn't actually power up and unable to boot into the OS, it does not qualify as working.
Check out the following examples for inspiration. Click on thumbnails to enlarge. These are just images we found by trawling the web so if you can create something even better, equally ghetto or funny, submit it and you could win one of four prizes!
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Cardboard case 1
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| Cold air intake kit
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| Car rad setup
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Cardboard case 2
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| Home made bay tray
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| Improved cooling
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Since it isn't a race for the most elite system powered by the best gear money can buy, we don't care what the system
is powered by, in fact the older the better. Having a original VooDoo 2 SLI setup for example certainly gets extra cool points. The mod must have at least some thought and effort put into it ;) as we've seen some guy placing his case on some polystyrene foam and calling it a "case feet mod". Ghetto alright, definitely funny but
doesn't quite stand out like a guy who used a old car radiator in his
watercooling loop (refer above).
Thermaltake will decide on the final winner. We will again be on the look out for positive feedback from the community for any particular ghetto mods on their uniqueness, effort, ingenuity and intended purpose / end result. Get involved and support the modders even if you are not competing. The competition will run for exactly 5 weeks starting today (April 16th).
How To Enter:
So how do I enter you ask? Simple, first time users sign up to the Thermaltake Australia forums with a valid email. Once you've got access to post on our forums create a new thread in our Competitions -> Ghetto Mod 09 sub section with a creative title describing your mod/rig, follow the below template and include the relevant information.
- System specs
- Short description of your intention/goal/theme of your mod/rig etc (if there is no theme feel free to leave this part out)
- Pictures (maximum of 10 photos per entry and please keep images to a maximum of 1024x768).
Our forums has a image hosting function built in and you can upload pictures when making a new post.
Once the information is filled out, you are in the running. Sit back, relax and let the community appreciate the creativity. Remember, it will run for 5 weeks starting from today, Thursday 16th April and ending on Thursday 21st May. The winner will be informed during the last week of May via the email they registered with.
Prizes:
- 1st Prize: Thermaltake Toughpower Qfan 850W valued at RRP: $379
- 2nd Prize: Thermaltake Element S mid tower case valued at RRP: $259
- 3d Prize: Thermaltake's new ISGC-400 CPU heatsink
(one of the quietest coolers we've ever made and not yet released in Australia!) valued at RRP: $95
- Mystery Prize: given to the entry with any of the following qualities: funniest entry / best idea / cheap but effective / all of the above?
Entry Conditions:
- Entries are limited to Australian & New Zealand residents ONLY.
- The system / gear / mod you enter must be owned and used by you. Since there are lots of images over the net that can be simply copied and submitted as one's own, before shipping prizes we will ask you to make changes to the submitted mod and then take a updated photo to confirm you actually own what is in the picture.
- Please note if not directly obvious from the images posted, we will ask for proof that the system and/or mod actually works.
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