Toxicity by Craig Stewart

Finishing Off, Gallery and Specs.

The project was finally complete and it was time to show it off. I spent many hours wondering how to get the best footage of the case, preferably without me in the way, rotating it round all the time. I had seen Hardware Canucks' video reviews and wanted to emulate them in some way. Out came a rotating bar stool which I turned while out of shot - how very low-tech. I got the effect I wanted, though, but I wish I'd used a white background instead of black - it would have shown up better.

Specs

• CPU - Intel Q9450 overclocked to 3.52Ghz
  
• Motherboard - Asus P5KE Wifi
  
• RAM - 4Gb Kingston DDR2 8500
  
• Graphics card - XFX GeForce GTX275 - Overclocked
  
• Storage - 60Gb OCZ Vertex 2 SSD, 2x Samsung 1TB
  
• Optical Drive - 2x Samsung SH-W203 DVDRW
  
• PSU - 850W Be Quiet
  
• Cooling - D-Tek Fuzion V2 Waterblock, EK GTX275 Waterblock, Swiftech MCP655, triple 120mm Radiator, 0.5in Steel reinforced tubing, Bitspower 45 degree rotary fittings.

Overall, I'm happy with Toxicity. It presented me with challenges too (mainly soldering and braiding), but also bought me my first sponsors - Mnpctech and Specialtech. The response to the video worklog has been great, with many comments thanking me for the informative tutorials and a great end result. I've gained a lot of exposure from it, with it being featured on a couple of blogs. I've also guested on a couple of Themodbrothers podcasts talking about videos and modding in general.






As much as I enjoyed modding the HAF932, I think my next project will be a scratchbuild again, as that approach provides a lot more freedom. I'll be sure to do another video worklog for that when the time comes though, so be sure to check out my Youtube channel and Toxicity's worklog on bit-tech.