IN WIN's Mod in Taiwan event kicks off, with the world's best modders

IN WIN celebrates its 30th birthday in style, with the Mod in Taiwan event before Computex.

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IN WIN has kicked off its 30th birthday in a serious way, kicking off its Mod in Taiwan live modding competition. The company called upon eight teams from seven countries, gave them all a new IN WIN chassis, some pretty damn good hardware, and all the tools required to make the best custom PC they could in 24 hours - split across 3 x 8-hour days.

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The company hosted the event at their factory complex in Taoyuan, with the first day over and done with and pretty damn hectic. There are some big prizes up for grabs, with the public voting on the Best Design Award and the Innovation Award, with votes taking place online and on-site at Computex.

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All of the completed mods will be on display, with IN WIN giving the winner $5000, a slew of hardware, and their choice of chassis from IN WIN's amazing line of products. IN WIN will be choosing a modder for its Choice Award, with the price consisting of $3000. The winners will also receive an all expenses paid trip to Las Vegas for CES 2017, where their mod will be on show. As for who is participating:

  • Team 1 (USA) - BSMods (Bob Stewart; Rod Rosenberg)
  • Team 2 (USA) - Team Mongoose (Lee Harrington, Ronald Lee Christianson)
  • Team 3 (France) - Modded by Frenchies (Gregory Rousseau, Olivier Maillet)
  • Team 4 (UK) - Running with Scissors (Daniel Harper, Dave Alcock)
  • Team 5 (Germany) - Babetech (Martin Blass, Stefan Blass)
  • Team 6 (Australia) - Team Down Under (Stuart Tonks, Ryan Hooper)
  • Team 7 (Sweden) - SMPC Modding (Justin Ohlsen, Björn Hall)
  • Team 8 (China) - KuN MOD (KuN, Sreay)

Anthony joined the TweakTown team in 2010 and has since reviewed 100s of graphics cards. Anthony is a long time PC enthusiast with a passion of hate for games built around consoles. FPS gaming since the pre-Quake days, where you were insulted if you used a mouse to aim, he has been addicted to gaming and hardware ever since. Working in IT retail for 10 years gave him great experience with custom-built PCs. His addiction to GPU tech is unwavering and has recently taken a keen interest in artificial intelligence (AI) hardware.

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