1 - Boddaker's "UAL737"

Author's Note: This case gets my vote for the best case at the LanWar. There is just something about how much dedication he has put into creating this, including the whole story about his father and how he is giving it to him for Father's Day. In addition it is just incredibly unique and all handmade. It truly deserves considerable recognition for great work!

Project/Case Name: UAL737
Builder: Brian "Boddaker" Carter
Affiliation: Gruntville

HARDWARE

Motherboard: ASUS A8NSLI
Processor: AMD FX55
RAM: 1GB
Video Card: Nvidia 7800GT
Harddrives: 280GB Western Digital in RAID

MOD DETAILS

Idea/Inspiration: His dad has worked for United Airlines for 35 years and decided that this would be a great theme to use to make a computer for him to commemorate his years of service with United. Built it in time for LanWar and is presenting it to him on Father's Day at the end of LanWar.

- Built an entire vacuum forming table to create the entire shell.
- All of it is handmade out of plexiglas.
- Took 6 months total to build to completion.
- Features a Jet7 CPU cooler mounted on the wing that looks like a jet engine - the only non-handmade part.
- Uses a slim line DVD drive for a CD drive on the wing as well (see photos).
- 2x 12" and 2x 4" cold cathodes in total.
- Two custom made fan grills are used on the back side (see photos).
- Designed so that there are no wires coming out of the bottom mounting plate - uses contact points to power the base.
- Unfortunately was broken by FedEx Ground during shipment to LanWar.

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