The case modding community gets pretty crazy with their builds. And as PC gaming becomes more and more popular, more crazy talented people are going to create the most amazing PC case mods. And because there is a need to recognize and showcase these amazing creations, the Case Modding World Series was created.
Last February 15, 2018, this year's Case Modding World Series launched. Submissions for entries are open until July 15, 2018. Voting and judging happen from July 24 to August 7, 2018. And the big announcement happens on August 21, 2018.
This year, AMD joins the fray, along with Cooler Master and ViewSonic as a main sponsor.
The categories this year are as follows:
The winners of Tower Mods, Scratch Builds and Cooling Solutions category will not only win up to $3000 in cash prize, but will also be invited to join a co-development project. AMD has their own category with an additional $3000 cash prize and will be providing Ryzen 7 upgrades for some of the best entries using AMD Ryzen platforms, so there's a lot of incentive to ditch Intel builds for this competition. ViewSonic also has their own category worth $2000 cash for 2 winners for modding monitors.
"We are extremely pleased to have AMD join us to support the modding community and continue to help PCs innovate with crazy ideas. We are seeing more projects with AMD Ryzen platforms, so not only will we have great designs but systems with huge processing power." - Raymen Wu, Cooler Master
The AMD Ryzen platform really has made a name for itself, with Threadrippers built on the Zen architectures really giving you bang for the buck. At a thousand bucks, you could be rocking a 16-core CPU. It's cool that they're part of this whole thing.
Let's check out some of the mods. That's the fun stuff.
Nighthawk build by Rakesh Sharma:
AS-Mods' build
AV Case Mods AV3D build: