Casey Neistat themed casemod

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What?
If you are into vlogging and Youtube you may already know Casey Neistat, one of the bigger Youtubers right now and growing fast.
He is a awsome film maker and DIY guy, check him out! -> https://www.youtube.com/user/caseyneistat
Casey got my attention a couple of month ago with his hacking, customizations and other
solutions to every day problems, in his style.

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Why?
So, one day when i was thinking of a theme for my next mod i decided to do a Casey Neistat themed computer build, fetching some of his creations into the case.
Not sure why i´m doing this, just a fun thing and a complete opposite of what i normally do, where i seek to perfect and do everything as perfect as it can be.
Maybe a kind of a tribute? not sure, well, here it goes!

The hardware
Bitfenix NEOS case
Some drive cages from different other cases
3x3TB drives, 2x2TB drives, 1TB os-drive.
AMD 5800k APU
Asrock FM2A88X motherboard
8GB ram, Corsair Vengeance

The result!
And here it is, my Casey Neistat custom computer!

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And, it´s not a build log without the pics.

The case - Bitfenix Neos Window

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Casey have very custom glasses of his own, here i tried to replicate that effect he has on the glasses in the side window panel.

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Made a window decal of the very same Casey, with his custom glasses on.

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On his Boosted board, pictured in the top. He made a arrow to tell wich way is forward.
I took this detail into the front panel.

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One other characteristic part of Casey is his "selfie-stick", he is using a Joby Gorillapod and holding his Canon 70D in one hand.
I had to snatch this detail too. Off to the store and bought a gorilla pod, removed 4 pieces of it and made it fit the case, as case feets :)

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They had to be cut first

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Turned out pretty good

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In one of Caseys videos, he makes a custom carry-on bag with a custom holder for his Penny skateboard.
Skating is big in his movies, so i can´t leave this out.
Had to buy a Pennyboard just to get one, i can´t skate and i probably brake it if i tried standing on it :)

Here is first a picture of Caseys custom bag, and the following picture of my interpretation of it.
See his video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6bdpR_3HCU

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Made a fast-forward video of the works too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3023UJlrZk
 
I'm a huge Casey fan, watched all his videos including the daily vlogs.

This case mod is really funny, I mean I think you did this for a laugh right? It's really entertaining. Great job too!
 
I'm a huge Casey fan, watched all his videos including the daily vlogs.

This case mod is really funny, I mean I think you did this for a laugh right? It's really entertaining. Great job too!

For sure, this is one of my dev-servers and was waiting for delivery of parts for my "real" current mod project and wanted to do something fun :)

This was the complete opposite of what i do with mods on a daily basis. Here i didnt look for perfection in the paint or the fasterners for the skateboard, i just wanted to catch as many of his own hacks into a casemod :)
I would never go with a Canons-strap and a bungee-cord for holding down a skateboard, what ever a skateboard has to do on a computercase :P
But for this project, i went for replicating Caseys mods, i searched for that darn bungee-cord in almost identical colors for weeks, haha

But in the end, it was all about creating, the doing part. One of the most expensive mods i done if i look at non hardware parts only, Gorillapod and Skateboard was ~$180.

But, it was fun to build and glad i did it :)
 
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