The UTMod started simple enough. I was trying to think of a cool way to make a LAN rig by bending Acrylic. I also wanted to pay homage to one of my all time favorite games, Unreal Tournament. After browsing the preview screenshots for UT2k4 and brainstorming I finally decided to form it around the shape of the most recognized UT character, I affectionately call "The Juggernaut". The original SK41G barebones kit     The structure of the case is made from 2 - ¼" acrylic routed sides, cut out to the shape of the Juggernaut. Using the sides as a pattern, I bent an 11 ½"wide piece of plex around it to match the inside contour of the Juggernaut. This took some time and effort but it was well worth it to have such a unique shape. All the pieces were then bonded together using weld-on. This combination makes the case surprisingly strong and light.                    With the basic structure done I began to build up the insides with acrylic mounts, make holes for the fans, LED's, switches, and a route a replica of the I/O ports from the back of the shuttle. I designed the interior of the case so that almost all of the wires would be hidden from site. Letting you enjoy the beauty of the components. The modding of the exterior used etch look vinyl around the bent section, to capture the light of the LED's and also to subtly hide all the mounts and wiring. The image of the Juggernaut that adorns the side is a vinyl edge print.               The lighting used in the case is white above the motherboard and blue below. White LED fans and a white hyper-light brighten up the top half. Five LED strips from perm-light light up the UTMod, Two white strips to light up the Video card and above the HD's, and three blue strips attached to the bottom of the Acrylic Motherboard tray to give it halo effect. UTMod also has blue LED acrylic feet and an Artec clear DVD-ROM with a modified top window to allow the Blue LED light to shine down through it.     The shuttle PSU also ended up being replaced with an Antec 350w smart blue because the shuttles Power supply didn't have enough juice to power the hardware. I had to take apart and modify the Antec and make a smaller acrylic case for it. This was because it hat to be able to fit it under the MB where the shuttle PSU used to be. It was a tight squeeze but ended up matching better with the clear/blue theme.                         When everything was said and done the component list included an AMD XP2400+ OC'd @ 2.21 cooled with a Poseidon WC kit, 1GB of blue PC3200 Geil Ultra RAM, a Sapphire ATI 800pro VIVO@ 550/570, Zalman 5.1 surround headphones, a custom vinyl skinned Keyboard lit with 10ft of EL wire, and a custom vinyl skinned Logitech MX500 mouse with a matching arcylic/ratzpad UT logo mousepad, lit with white LED's via the USB.                           Keyboard and Mouse mods.             Complet setup and HQ pics.                   Replaced the above HD cover with this lit Plexi one.           Added a larger Reservoir to the Posieden WCing kit.                 Misc. Pics

Specs: Shuttle SK41G Motherboard AMD Xp2400+ OC'D @ 2.21 1Gb Geil Ultra PC 3200 Ram Sapphire X800pro VIVO@550/570 80Gb Maxtor HD 5.1 Onboard audio Zalman 5.1 Headphones 17" LG LCD 16ms Awards: Featured in UK's Compute upgrade magazind "When upgrades attack" Oct. '05 Corsair Mod of the Month June '05 2nd VIA's MasterMods at QuakeCon '04 1st Place TXGF Summer LAN Features in CPU Magazine's annual PC Modder 2004 1st Place PCUnleashed.com's Mod Contest