Подошел к концу третий ежегодный конкурс Mod of the Year 2008, проводимый британским интернет-изданием Bit-Tech. По итогам голосования среди читателей сайта, были определены три первых призовых места из 15 участников. Победители выстроились в следующем порядке:
[list]1 Chiaroscuro by Nick Falzone 15.2%
*2 Apple Core Duo by Cyprio 9.3%
*3 The Reflection HTPC by Magnus Persson 8.8%
*4 Battlestar Galactica Case Mod by Boddaker 8.3%
*5 Cosmos Skulltrail by Coolmiester 7.8%
*6 MCE2.0 by Sleepstreamer 7.6%
*7 FiveWood by cc3d 6.2%
*8 Rogue by craigbru 6.0%
*9 Team Fortress 2 Sentry Mod by Ton Khowdee 6.0%
*10 Tiny HTPC by ichessblumen 5.6%
*11 Sinuskurve by Sonnenschein 5.4%
*12 Eco-Intel Mod by Planet Express Klan 3.7%
*13 Bloo Balls by Cheapskate 3.5%
*14 Paperazzi by acey 3.3%
*15 C&C GDI War Factory by milotic858 3.2%[/list]
Спонсорами конкурса выступили такие известные компании как Intel, Cooler Master, Crucial, Zotac, Enermax, OCZ, Hiper, Noctua, CyberLink, Iolo, Foxconn, G.Skill, Asus, In-Win и Tagan.

Первое место:

[list]Intel Core i7 940 CPU
* Intel Smackover X58 motherboard
* Cooler Master ATCS 840 case
* Crucial 1,333MHz 6GB tri-channel memory kit in a choice of colour: red, green of blue
* Zotac GeForce GTX 280 AMP! graphics card
* Enermax Revolution 85+ 850W PSU
* OCZ V2 SSD
* Hiper Aluminium Keyboard
* Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 CPU Cooler for Core i7 CPUs
* CyberLink Suite 7 Ultra — every single one of Cyberlink's latest software packages bundled together
* Iolo 64-bit System Mechanic[/list]

Второе место:

[list]Foxconn Bloodrage X58 Core i7 motherboard
* G.Skill 6GB tri-channel memory kit
* Asus GeForce EN9600GT Matrix graphics card
* Cooler Master UCP900 Ultimate PSU
* CyberLink Suite 7 Ultra — every single one of Cyberlink's latest software packages bundled together
* Iolo 64-bit System Mechanic
* Noctua Cooling Kit (1x Noctua NF-P12 120mm Fan, 1x Noctua NF-B9 92mm Fan, 1x Noctua NT-H1 Thermal Compound)
* Hiper Anubis PC Case (HTC-1K614A) with a pair of Hiper HFF-1B12S case fans[/list]

Третье место:

[list]Crucial Ballistix Tracer 240-pin DIMM (with LEDs), DDR2 PC2-64004-4-4-12
* Asus P5Q motherboard
* Tagan A+ Case El Diablo Advance PC case
* In-Win Na storage
* Hiper Type M880 PSU (HPU-4M880)
* Cooler Master CPU cooler[/list]

Источник: Bit-Tech