If you are a regular reader of Uberreview then you will know that I love a good casemod. The humble PC case is, well, a little too boring. Adding a little elegance and style with some fine Dremel skills and a bit of imagination can really give a gaming PC a personality; or you can go over the top and create an absolute monster. This modification project, however, does nothing for me.

Why would you stick your components in a grill? Sure, it is imaginative, but few would argue that it looks good. I like the way the maker has used lighting that simulates a lighted grill, however, this thing looks like it fell from the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down. I guess there are some people that this sort of thing appeals to though. [Big Download via Technabob, DVICE]

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The Phenom project is a monster of a case mod project with a team headed by Bill Owen, who has brought us some fantastic looking case mods in the past. Recently we featured the Ghostrider case mod, but Phenom looks to be the most ambitious project to date.  Interested in Bill’s ongoing work, I emailed him and asked a few questions.  He was kind enough to respond and give me a little information about his latest project.

If you are interested in modding and want to get some ideas of what’s involved in a big project, please read on.  The email interview, a few photos and a very interesting You Tube video are included after the jump.  The specs that this monster is going to have are truly mind blowing.  I heard mention of quad PCI, new Phenom FX processor and Bill makes mention of a 128GB SSD.  I would love to see this thing powering multi-monitor Call of Duty 4 or Crysis.  Wouldn’t it be great if AMD could bankroll all of our PC projects? (more…)

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PC modding is pretty passe these days, just about everyone does it and to really be noticed, you have to do something very different. When the right one comes along it really grabs your attention, yet somehow the Ghost rider PC slipped under my radar. The development is well laid out on the Mod Nation forum. It shows quite clearly, the length of time that is required to put together a truly inspirational case. It is a collaboration of veteran modders Stu King of Kikboxes.com and Ben Owen from Mnpctech.com.

I will let the pictures do the talking. There are also some videos on Mod Nation Forums or a Bittorrent Download of the build process. The Bittorrent downloads painfully slowly, so if you can’t be bothered waiting, go for the You Tube videos. A ton of pictures after the jump. (more…)

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Have you heard of Ghost Rider? Not the comic book character that was turned into a movie starring Nicolas Cage last year, the other Ghost Rider, Patrik Furstenhoff, Swedish motorcycle stuntman extraordinaire. The Ghost Rider video series features some of the most extreme motorcycle action that you will ever see. In part of the 2002 release, Ghost Rider: the Final Ride, the 70km from Stockholm to Uppsala is covered in 14 minutes 55 seconds. His bike of choice, you guessed it, a Suzuki Hayabusa. The bike used in the videos was heavily modified in order to average a speed of 276 km/h (168 mph) for the entire trip.

To get an idea of the speed and power that is involved; the 2007 Suzuki Hayabusa 1300 had an unlimited top speed of 315 km/h. The 2008 model is 1340cc and features 12% higher engine performance from its four stroke, four cylinder, liquid cooled engine. With a dry weight (no fuel) of 220 kg, this is a monster. This is the bike to drive if you want to leave a Ferrari in your rearview. A turbocharged version set the street bike speed record of 411.68km/h. Just remember, at over 300 km/h with no seatbelts, airbags, roll cage or vehicle body to protect you, your body is the crumple zone and inertia is not your friend. If you have the skills and the insurance to handle one of these, you are in for a wild, wild time.

Price: $11999 (about $150,000 cheaper than a Ferrari)

Sources: The Knee Slider, Ghost Rider

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