Rig of the Month
P
ut yourself in the shoes of
a PC nut who has recently
completed an arduous
computer mod with all the bells
and whistles, only to have the
whole lot of it lost to a faulty
water-pump. You’d be pissed.
You might even turn your back
on the practice of modding alto-
gether. Or, like Jason Catanzaro,
you might seek vengeance—
rock’n’roll-style. (Everyone,
devil-horn salute! Yea-aah!).
As though divined by metal
gods Metallica, Catanzaro
mustered the vision and will
to create St. Anger—a PC that
surpasses the achievements
of its predecessor, is outfitted
with an even more elaborate
water-cooling system, and
simultaneously pays tribute
to the band whose music and
spirit spurred him on.
It looks tough, too—all fire
and brimstone with its simu-
lated stained-glass window,
red accenting, and serious
bolt action (OK, stainless steel
screws). Using a projector,
Catanzaro was able to trace
Metallica’s most recent cover art
onto the Plexiglas side-window.
He then retraced the design
using a product called Magic
Medium Leading, followed by a
wash of red and orange stain.
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with Pics and a brief write-uPTHIS MONTH: Jason Catanzaro’s St. Anger
108 MAXIMUMPC SEPTEMBER 2004
We’re guessing
that this box of pent
up rage would do Metallica
proud—provided the PC isn’t hous-
ing any bootlegged MP3s.Load-out: an Athlon 64 FX 51, Radeon
9800 XT, two Maxtor SATA 80GB with
8MB buffer in RAID 0, and a gig of
Corsair dual-channel DDR.Visible in this picture are an Innovatek reservoir and con-
vection radiator. On/off valves beneath the reservoir allow
the cooling panel to be removed without having to drain the
whole setup.Sandwiched between a copper
plate at the top of the case and
an Innovatek hard drive water
block inside are two 80mm ther-
moelectric coolers, making the
aluminum case one big, badass
heatsink.Catanzaro cut the grill out
of the case’s front panel to
intensify the glow of the red
LED fans inside. A transpar-
ency of the band affixed to
1/4-inch Plexiglas makes for
an effective substitute.Rig of the Month e-mail whole setup.
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with Pics and a brief write-uPSandwiched between a copper
plate at the top of the case and
an Innovatek hard drive water
block inside are two 80mm ther-
moelectric coolers, making the
aluminum case one big, badassJason Catanzaro’s St. Anger
Catanzaro cut the grill out
of the case’s front panel to
intensify the glow of the red
LED fans inside. A transpar-
ency of the band affixed to
1/4-inch Plexiglas makes for
an effective substitute.