Caselabs SM8 Competition

[tinytomlogan]

*If you clicked enter and found yourself here its worked*

Well the good news is OC3D has teamed up with Caselabs to offer one lucky person the chance to win an SM8, because of the custom nature of these cases the lucky winner will get to choose their case colour, window size and colour, what type of drop in radiator mount they would like but also a USB3 panel and two flex bay mounts!

The competition is open worldwide and Caselabs have kindly said they will also ship the prize to the winner anywhere in the world as a part of the prize!

So what do you have to do to be in with a chance of winning this awesome prize? Simple really just fill in your details below to join our newsletter and then post in the thread on the forums to explain why you think you should win it, and your build plans if you do including hardware etc!

To be clear this will be no random competition, Caselabs owner Jim Keating & TTL will look at all of the entries and pick the top 3 people that makes the best case for their intended use of the case (pun intended). So make your forum post a good one, the more effort you put in the better. Hardware links, photos, photoshop ideas, videos anything is possible. Then once they have picked the top 3 it will be up to the community to VOTE who they think should win! Thats right in the end we give the power back to you guys to decide who wins!

Front Page Entry

Please be sure to enter on the front page AND your post here about what you would do with the case. Only 1 *ONE* forum entry per user. You can post back about others and discuss things in this thread but you are only allowed one official entry. If you wish to change your entry you must edit your actual entry post. DO NOT post a second or you will be disqualified.

[Josh Weston]

An example of BASIC entry that we're looking to get from you guys there really is plenty more you can do with this and we cant stress enough effort and your proposal standing out is the key to winning:

Before I start this entry proper, I'd like to give a big thanks to TTL and Caselabs for going through with this brilliant competition. It really proves that this is one of the best communities out there, and I'm happy to be a part of it.

So, to start this entry off, I think i'll explain just what the case means to me as computer enthusiast, and why i'm such a big fan.
In short, PC cases these days are homogenous, with each manufacturer bending to conformity. They're relatively small boxes crammed with expensive computer hardware, with very little to do in terms of customisation. You can add rads to a few, sure. On a couple, you can remove the hard drive bays. None of this comes close to the modularity that I believe the modern computer enthusiast deserves.

Below is an image from Tom's review, showing what's possible with a conventional rad setup.



This clearly demonstrates the amount of room that we have to play around with here, with a push/pull 480 60mm rad being displayed at the top as well as the 360 mm in the front.

This is a great display of what's possible with conventional watercooling rads, but that phase is over for me, and now i'm looking for something a little cooler

The hardware I’m wanting to fill this beast with is as follows:

Intel 3770K
MSI Z77 MPower
2x MSI r7970 Lightning Edition
16GB of Avexir MPower RAM (4 DIMMS)
60GB Corsair Force GT
512GB Samsung 840 Pro
Corsair AX1200i
Alphacool NexXxoS UT60 Full Copper 480mm Quad Radiator
Alphacool HF 38 Cape Cyclone 250 Revision 2 Resevoir
2x EK FC7970 Lightning CSQ Full Cover Waterblock for MSI Radeon HD 7970 Lightning Graphics Card : Nickel Acetal
Laing D5 (Alphacool VPP655-T12) Vario
Masterkleer Hi-Flex 7/16" ID - 5/8" OD (11-16mm) Tubing : Clear
Bitspower barbs and fittings.
Mayhem’s Dye + Distilled water
Custom phase-change unit.
Corsair SP120s
Corsair AF120s
Noctua NT-H1 Thermal Paste

I've included a basic mockup of what i'm thinking about, but please excuse my terrible photoshop skills!
Front facing:


Back panel:



As you can see here, I plan on using a 480mm rad to cool my two GPUs. This may be a little excessive, but i'm not one for doing things in moderation! The D5 pump shall be hidden beneath the separating plate, to keep things looking tidy. As well as the D5, and here's the big one, there shall also be a phase changing unit used to cool the CPU. Recent advancements have made in-case phase changing more palatable, as quieter compressors have been developed.

There will be two SSDs behind the back panel. One, a 60GB Force GT from Corsair, and the other a 512GB 840 Pro from Sansung. The former shall be my boot drive, and the latter shall be where my games and programs are kept. I have a separate file server for storage.

All in all, this should be the project i’ve been waiting to complete for a while now. If I win, I hope to share my journey with you guys with a project log - I hope what i’ve said already can stir some interest.

Once again, a big thanks to Tom and Caselabs for this wonderful competition!

All the best,
Josh.

[wotevajjjj]

I'd love to win this, but I just don't have the hardware you need to put into a case like this.

[IvIoody]

would be a great replacement for my crappy case

[WillSK]

Fantastic competition but I would never have the spare cash to put what I would want in the PC so would feel like i'd let you guys down if i won. Is it a requirement that we are actually able to afford the gear we want to put in or is this an ideas competition??

[tinytomlogan]

Originally Posted by WillSK

Fantastic competition but I would never have the spare cash to put what I would want in the PC so would feel like i'd let you guys down if i won. Is it a requirement that we are actually able to afford the gear we want to put in or is this an ideas competition??

We will pick someone thats going to build it and use it to its full potential

[WillSK]

Originally Posted by tinytomlogan

We will pick someone thats going to build it and use it to its full potential

Fair enough. Well good luck to the entrants. Looking forward to seeing what ideas people come up with!

[SieB]

Originally Posted by WillSK

Fantastic competition but I would never have the spare cash to put what I would want in the PC so would feel like i'd let you guys down if i won.

Sadly, this ^^^^

Great comp though, good luck to all and i'll look forward to seeing pics.

[UkGouki]

im not entering but cant wait to see how this pans out who ever wins will be very lucky and have an uber rig too i look forward to seeing the pics etc

[FredEx]

I can't wait to see what people will come up with. Good luck to all that enter.