Gadgetory

hey everyone this is steve from gamers nexus donna and we are here at CES 2014 with bob stewart and rod rosenberg once again you've seen them in our pax prime video looking at the roseville throne industrial mod now we're looking at a new hyper x mod that that's it's pretty cool it's all custom so Bob how did a Kingston actually approached you for this we had talked to them about creating their own mod because generally companies who don't make cases they have to go to somebody else and see if they can get a case from them and do some different things but we thought we could create something that would be unique to them and that they could take around and show off and be really proud of so we had to think of something that would fit and their new logo is the X you know kind of the square X with the blue colors to it and so we created something that basically was built around that so and rod I know you you've done a lot of the machine work in the past what went into this one so this one one of the challenges was getting the concept from Bob's head over a hunt to a 3d design so we had our friend Acura help us out and draw it up for us and go through a couple revs of the design and try to make sure everything was a fit in place and then got it exported and onto a machine and cut right over New Year's where there were there any challenges this time with the metalwork or was it pretty straight forward it was pretty straight forward we didn't scrap any parts we only had what the two pieces of material so we we couldn't afford that but yeah we didn't run into anything major a bob any easter eggs on this one or any easter eggs on the other ones we're looking at this week yeah there were a lot of easter eggs everywhere that you probably didn't see so we we haven't divulged what all of our cases have so at some point we may makes some sort of a contest out of it or something and see who maybe has spotted them in the past or something like that or come up with some way that we can make a game out of it or something but yeah we always incorporate an easter egg in each build and and so it's kind of our little secret for now for for this case what were some of the some of the finer details when when working with the metal you know can you tell us a bit about the process going into this sure so one of the things that was challenging was we had three eighths in pedal and we cut out did a quarter inch so we had an eighth of an inch left and that's where we had to attach the case each side of the case together and we used five eight 11 threaded set screws to put together in bolts and so with that thread it means we got one thread turn in that and so that had to be done just right and we have eight pieces so we don't pull thread out any time it gets moved what's the it looks pretty big what's the weight of the case well if you're just moving it it's pretty light but here at Caesar's Palace when we had to walk three miles from the parking garage it felt like it was about a thousand pounds so I think it's probably only what maybe 40 pounds or so no but yeah it got heavy fast you know on that long walk so we brought wheels back so when we haul it out of here we're attaching wheels to it and then we're going to roll it out so just a quick shout Here I know you guys have a new mod shop online since our last video but a couple cool lighting things on there I actually covered them in an article for a for a buyer's guide for enthusiasts so check out BS mods comm check out some of their other work I'll have an a data video online as well with with some other work that Bob and rod have done and uh yeah once again thanks and we will see you all next time