ASUS ROG Mod - Made By Besi - Part 1
Category : Modding
Published by Marc Büchel on 02.11.11
In cooperation with ASUS Switzerland as well as Corsair and Intel for components, ocaholic is planning modding project which is in a class of its own. Under the lead of the very experienced and professional Case Modder Marc "Besi" Voser, we're building a "CaseCon" (Case Construction) which is going to be professionally planned as well as professionally manufactured. The endresult will be and astonishing Hardcore-Gaming-PC that is 450 Millimeter long, 300 Millimeter high, 395 Millimeter wide and about 15 kilograms heavy. 
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Planning and Hardware
During a cosy evening with something to eat ocaholic and ASUS Switzerland sat together at a table and were talking about what an unparalleld mod that is based on ASUS products could look like. It didn't take a long time until Roland Peter from ASUS Switzerland was pretty keen on the project and ideas overcame him. Finally we agreed on building a high-end Gaming PC, that perfeactly fits into ASUS' ROG brand. Therefore we all decided to create an ROG Mod. In this case it was clear the colors will mainly be red and black. In the center of attention there should be the powerful hardware from ASUS, Corsair and Intel as well as the very nice ASUS ROG Logo. Furthermore we wanted a case that shows the precious and powerful hardware and a very cool way, which is why Marc "Besi" Voser came up with a design that features a lot of aerodynamically shaped fins.
At this point it is time to show you the hardware we're going to put into this gaming monster, which comes from our partners ASUS, Corsair and Intel.
As you can see we're putting together a very powerful hardcore gaming machine that is even capable of running NVIDIAs 3D-Vision-Surround smoothly.
Sure, a setup like this in such a cool case also needs an adequate cooling solution, which is why we decided to put to for a powerful water cooling solution, which will be based on two dual fan heat exchangers.
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3D Model and CAD programming
With all the detials sorted, Marc "Besi" Voser set at work to create a first 3D model of the final mod. The basis is going to be cut from a massive aluminium block and it will be the fundament of the entire project to which all the other parts will be connected. Place directly on the aluminium block there will be the power supply which is afterwards going to be nicely covered in order to hide all the cables away. Over the power supply there comes a motherboard tray as well as a little carriage for the SSD. The entire mod is then covered by numerous red fins which will be made of red acrylic glass, giving the project a very cool and unique shape.
In order to professionally manufacture the ASUS ROG Mod using a five axis milling machine, Marc "Besi" Voser needed to create a CAD 3D model which he also rendered that we all can have a nice look at it.
Now Marc "Besi" Voser has to go manufacture the different parts. As soon as he finished to do so we're going to present to you the next part of the series. If you want to chat with Besi, check out our forum thread and you'll never know ... there might be a chance that he discloses some more stuff from later phases of the project.
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