8 Pack Builds

HatMan

HatMan

HatMan

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Got to be a little careful here as the man himself is eight times bigger than I am and surgical collars never come in my colour. I was reading this just now with interest and wondered why the cases are so big. Clearly from the images they could be much much smaller. However I may be missing the point here. He's big, an 8 pack is desirable and so the case follows suit. However I also think the builds could be, christ I swear I can hear an ambulance now, neater! For the premium prices one has to pay to have the performance and the semmingly unfaultable service that follows the sale, I would have expected to see, preformed tubing or copper for the water loops and better hidden or routed cabling. I also think I can see a great number of adapters and extensions. I charge between £100 and £200 for a PC build depending on what is asked for and will custom make all the cables from the PSU and those to the fans. I have even in the past opened a PSU and rotated the IEC connector so the right angle plug hardwired in the RV03 will fit.

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You can clearly see here that the IEC plug will not make it. It is too short and would be twisted.

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Here the IEC has been removed and reconnected upside down. Now it fits perfectly - just as it should have in the first place.

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In this HDD caddy, the position has been changed and a completely custom cable loom made to the right length and spacing needed.

I provide a full year of backup on all my systems and will sort out warranty issues as I keep the receipts. There are risks with mods like this, the big one being no warranty. If the customers says do it and doesn't care then I relish the chance to make things better if I can.

I have never been given the chance to build a system like an 8-pack model so cannot comment on the work involved or the problems and solutions he may face, I would simply have to open the case and tidy it if I was lucky enough to own one.

Right I'm off to hide now!! Nepal looks promising........
 
I can assure you I am not advertising. I only work for people I actually know and word of mouth. Just as Scougar correctly pointed out, I am making an observation, a personal one. I personally think they could be built neater, not better! The man clearly knows what he is doing. The choice of hardware, why it is chosen, overclocking and maximising the systems potential is not in question. If I was lucky enough to own one, it would be tidied a little, simples.
 
~>DG<~ £100 to £200 per build! As I said I do not advertise. I am fortunate to know a lot of folk with money, but it is only a side line. I am no one special. I just do good custom work.

Records? Me? Absolutely zero. I can build them but I am pretty crap at OCing! I don't understand memory timings etc.

What would I do? Well for a start all the plastic tubing would be replaced with chromed copper. I have the necessary bending tools. I would remake them and then have them chromed. Unless polished copper looked good. All the cables that are not used would be removed. Like Molex and FDD cables. I would also because of the space available form all the cables around some 5mm aluminium rod to make the cables conform to a shape. Naim Hi Fi for example only use solid copper cables and make ninety degree bends in all the cables. You never ever see them but it is done. The cables themselves can then be laced together.

Try not to let this thread get out of hand. I was just making an impression known amongst other enthusiasts.
 
That is a good point hakank68. He is a celebrity in the world of PCs and thus buying into something he has been involved with, would be special for some. But ten grand is ten grand, you expect certain things as standard when a PC costs ten grand. Trust me, if you commit ten grand of your own cash to something, when you excitedly go to collect it your expectations would change. If it was a grand you wouldn't be bothered.
 
Confused stu. I did that to but it was still too short.

Shadowscotland, are you calling me city boy? Interesting!

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But I don't think it should be, he's not.
A 10k super slick system is a different market in which 8pack is just another techie (with an un-stereotypical physique)
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yeah I can see and agree with that. A valid point I had not considered.
 
shadowscotland, oh I see. After reading the thread as it has grown it seems to me, that maybe I am missing the point of the system. The size and massive power etc, is "him". (is that even English?). Although great, I guess him marketing Prodigy ITX cased system doesn't fit right.

I few people I know have many millions in the bank. Some of the stuff they buy is questionable. For example a really good friend of mine bought their daughter the top of the range iMac 27" system. (Sorry to swear). She is four years old!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I said to her WTF!! But then when you step back and look at the situation with a different perspective, the £3000 was literally pocket change to them. That is difficult to comprehend, but that is how it works.

An 8-Pack system is probably no more than 10 - 12 percent faster than the same gear in a rig built by one of us. I could NEVER extract the extra as I don't have the test samples, the time or if truthful the knowledge he does. But I would like to think, even if rich, that I would not pay £6000 more for 15%. Forget the epic service and personal contact details. I would wager with the care and attention that goes into the testing of each system, that the need for him to attend failures are few and far between.

Are his £9500 systems really worth the cash, I think not. However if he comes round and smashes my face in, then maybe yes!
 
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