Mod of the Year 2006

WMD by G-gnome

Weapon. Of. Mass. Destruction. Whilst these little words have such negative connotations in the world at large, the same words are met with adulation, admiration and, more to the point, gasps of awe in the modding community. The follow-up to the staggeringly popular Orac3 mod, G-gnome's latest masterpiece has become the benchmark by which other mod projects are judged.

The mod itself is the most popular article to ever appear on bit-tech ever, split across three parts and 18 months. It required the use of all sorts of exotic tools, as well as specialist parts - industrial grade numeric keypads, custom built segment displays, as well as the machining of screws, nuts, bolts and the ripping apart of a perfectly good Shuttle XPC.

Spectacularly watercooled in blood red with a gorgeous reservoir on the side, it has a slot-loading DVD and awesomely removable motherboard tray, making it far more practical than its predecessor.

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We can't wait to see what G-gnome does next. (Cheeky hint - we've seen it already and it's mind-blowing).