Couple of pics before it gets torn down :(

RipGroove · 11 Jun 2021 at 19:06

For some reason I absolutely suck at taking photos of PC's here's a few of my current build that's served me amazingly well for the past 4 years. I put this one together with aesthetics in mind as well as all out performance and with the current PC parts situation my next build/upgrade won't be as aesthetically pleasing sadly.

A couple of things have changed since these photos were taken, the fan on the GPU rad now matches the others and there is a sound card in there as well.

I'll be sad to see it's aesthetics change but beggers can't be choosers right now sadly and I need the CPU, Mobo and GPU upgraded.

Stanto · 12 Jun 2021 at 00:46

Your photo's are fine, though ... how is it so dust free? I'm impressed.

Rebecca Whitlow · 12 Jun 2021 at 02:39

So niiiice! I love the pictures you have taken! I wish my rig would look like that.

RipGroove · 12 Jun 2021 at 04:53

Stanto said:
Your photo's are fine, though ... how is it so dust free? I'm impressed.

Haha thanks, a bit of fan tuning to get a positive air pressure inside the case helps massively with dust, plus I have one of the electric air blower things (like a mini leaf blower).

RipGroove · 12 Jun 2021 at 04:54

Rebecca Whitlow said:
So niiiice! I love the pictures you have taken! I wish my rig would look like that.

Thanks man, aesthetics were imported to me when I built this one

James Webster · 12 Jun 2021 at 14:35

Stanto said:
Your photo's are fine, though ... how is it so dust free? I'm impressed.

Was thinking the exact same thing!

Build looks slick. Its a shame your tearing it apart

Stanto · 12 Jun 2021 at 14:38

RipGroove said:
Haha thanks, a bit of fan tuning to get a positive air pressure inside the case helps massively with dust, plus I have one of the electric air blower things (like a mini leaf blower).

Thanks for replying, yeah I really need to look more into positive air pressure if it helps with this kind of result, I don't fully understand it but I'm sure I'll find something about it. Thanks for sharing.

RipGroove · 12 Jun 2021 at 15:19

James Webster said:
Was thinking the exact same thing!

Build looks slick. Its a shame your tearing it apart

Thanks! Needs must I'm afraid, I'd love to leave it looking exactly as it is but it has upgrades in its future!

AllanDC · 12 Jun 2021 at 19:55

Looks / looked great. A build to be proud of.

You'll have to post the pics of your new build.

RipGroove · 12 Jun 2021 at 21:46

AllanDC said:
Looks / looked great. A build to be proud of.

You'll have to post the pics of your new build.

Will do!

DNfk · 12 Jun 2021 at 23:17

Love the photo's. Don't be so hard on yourself. Love the NZXT cooler.

RipGroove · 12 Jun 2021 at 23:22

DNfk said:
Love the photo's. Don't be so hard on yourself. Love the NZXT cooler.

Rebecca Whitlow · 13 Jun 2021 at 01:33

RipGroove said:
Thanks man, aesthetics were imported to me when I built this one

I am upgrading and I want something pretty. I have my ex's 7 year old rig and 85% of the pieces need upgrading. Literally thinking of just redoing the whole thing and making it pretty like this.

AllanDC · 13 Jun 2021 at 08:24

Rebecca Whitlow said:
I am upgrading and I want something pretty. I have my ex's 7 year old rig and 85% of the pieces need upgrading. Literally thinking of just redoing the whole thing and making it pretty like this.

I would. It's a very neat and classy.

Kostyantyn Maslov · 13 Jun 2021 at 08:41

Pretty amazing this

RipGroove · 13 Jun 2021 at 10:00

Rebecca Whitlow said:
I am upgrading and I want something pretty. I have my ex's 7 year old rig and 85% of the pieces need upgrading. Literally thinking of just redoing the whole thing and making it pretty like this.

Honestly all it took was selecting parts that that matched eachother and then doing a tidy job when it building it.

RipGroove · 13 Jun 2021 at 10:00

Kostyantyn Maslov said:
Pretty amazing this

Thanks.

potatolord · 13 Jun 2021 at 21:12

Stanto said:
Your photo's are fine, though ... how is it so dust free? I'm impressed.

I'm not the OP, but my trick for reducing dust is I use old tights (from the mrs) to cover the intake fans. It's easy enough to secure them using a rubber band at the back. Every few months I shake the dust off them and put them back in- it's surprising how much dust they trap.

Rebecca Whitlow · 14 Jun 2021 at 00:12

potatolord said:
I'm not the OP, but my trick for reducing dust is I use old tights (from the mrs) to cover the intake fans. It's easy enough to secure them using a rubber band at the back. Every few months I shake the dust off them and put them back in- it's surprising how much dust they trap.

Thanks for sharing!

flytelo · 14 Jun 2021 at 10:59

I clean mine with an air blower and it still isn't anywhere near as clean looking as yours - top job