Cooler Master annual modding contest to offer US$20,000 in prizes

Cooler Master has announced its 2013 Case Mod Contest, with cash and hardware prizes that total up to US$20,000.

This year's competition, sponsored by, Asus, GeIL and Plextor, has Tower Mod and Scratch Build categories. The former must be a Cooler Master chassis, however there is some flexibility with other manufacturer cases in the Scratch Build category; all logos must be removed and the case should not be recognizable compared to its original design.

You also cannot have started the project before May 2013 and you must submit your entries (yes you can enter more than one project) by January 1st 2014.

Hardware plus cash prizes await the 1st place x 1, 2nd place x 2 and 3rd place x 3 winners of the two existing categories. Register and start your worklog now! See full contest details at: mod.coolermaster.com

Winners of the 2013 Mod Contest will be calculated based on public votes (30 per cent of total score) and judges’ scores (70per cent of total score). This year includes cash prizes for 1st and 2nd place winners in both categories of US$1,000 or US$500 respectively.


They also have exciting hardware prizes, such as Cooler Master cases, V1000 power supplies and Nepton liquid cooler, ASUS Maximus VI Formula and ASUS TUF Sabertooth Z87 motherboards, aluminium peripherals form CM Storm, GeIL EVO Potenza 2666+MHz Limited Edition Frost White 16GB Dual Channel Kit, Plextor SSD and more. See full prize details at: mod.coolermaster.com/prize

We wish everyone that enters the best of luck and we'll be doing an update on the best entries in a few weeks.