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Dude tbh I don't even want to get my soldering iron out. Sadly I may have to, as the frames are 12v LED and not DRGB. I'm pretty sure the board does both, but yeah no doubt I will have to make some sort of adapter.

I have to make a piece of acrylic to hold in the sound cards as it is. The case has no "tabs" for PCI cards to go into, so they are only held in by the screw. So when you go to shove those big old fat connectors in they bend into the rig FFS. I guess Lian Li didn't expect you to put anything else there but a GPU held in by their bracket. Thing is? even with their PCIE riser and bracket the back card would still have nothing to hold into.

I ordered some 8mm acryl and 3M tape. I just need a small piece to slot them into.

My X16 riser card for the NVME came today. I'll bung that in later with the 256gb drive and move Windows over to that. I've not been taking pics because it hasn't changed much (apart from the fact it's bang tidy) and I can only really work on it at night.
 
orbitalwalsh said:
@ALXAndy

used those frames on silent wings... such a good idea at the time. specially if you've invested heavily on expensive non argb fans and want a glow not a light show
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I used cheapo frames on my silentwings and yeah, it looks awesome. I love the way the ribs catch the lights.

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It's more expensive, but man it's worth it. They'll work on any fan too. Plus when you turn them off you are left with a nice black fan. Most RGB fans are white or milky.

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I got that done last night. It took about twenty seconds lol. That's what you get for having a three day HL2 marathon ffs. Any way, as I said no rush. I was rather pleased though. Mainly because the one in there already is upside down which is annoying my OCD. I don't want to try and remove the cooler, as they weren't cheap so I will have to live with the annoyance. However, I got my bonus from the fact that the board is upside down, so usually you would see the underside of the riser and nothing else. Not only will you see the drive, but the logo is also the correct way around :D
 
Tonight I will be practising the art of turning the brightness down lol. Got the braid for the USB cable today, but not the other supplies. I did fit the 256gb SSD last night, and it worked fine. GPU has remained at X16 too which is awesome.

I did email myself the benchmarks at stock(ish) but they never arrived and I had come upstairs by that point. I will send them over again tonight.

I also realised that a certain part of the case is removable, so I took it off and sorted out the cables.

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So out it came, and it has a load of holes to tie the cables to. Can't believe I didn't notice that before. I'm contemplating running the GPU cables into it and down, but I don't know if they will all fit in there. Something for next time I have it all apart perhaps.
 
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No more yacky blue cable. Still waiting for a couple of things to ship, but we're getting somewhere. I only needed the 10mm braid for the USB, so I am going to use the 15mm on the nasty USB3 header cable.
 
Decided after five years to get a new monitor. Nothing wrong with mine, just fancied something more modern.

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https://www.asus.com/uk/Monitors/ROG-STRIX-XG27VQ/

Nothing spectacular. I won't be running games at the native res either. Most either upscale now or I can do that myself. What did impress me was the Freesync (well, AVS) range. 40-144hz. My current monitor has it, but it only kicks in below 42hz and thus is totally useless. In FO4 for example I get drops into the 50s from 70 and it looks like hot garbage.

I got it from a certain "warehouse" (no, not off the back of a lorry but I guess that may have been a better option lol) so I am hoping it's not Donald Ducked. It was cheap though, so worth a small risk.
 
One thing that has been getting on my nerves since day one on this case is the "feet" if you can even call them that. They are nothing but rubber pads. Problem is the case is heavy, so moving it around soon ripped off every single dang one of them.

So I asked G to make me some feet that would slide on carpet, were quite big (70ish mm) and could be stuck on with 3m tape without looking out of place. We decided on 10mm? IIRC? black acryl with chamfered edges. this way they will glide on carpet, without ripping themselves off. They will also get the lower panels off the carpet, so they don't catch and bow as I slide the rig around whilst still testing etc. When all is said and done I will fit some 3m felt pads to the middles of the feet, and then they can stand on lino or hard wood without damaging it. So the perfect solution :)

Will get a pic soon.
 
OK so the one thing that has driven me utterly spare with this case is the feet. Or rather, the ten minute feet. That is about how long they lasted.

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If you look up at the pic with the arrows on you will see what this case had for feet. Four rubber pads. Rubber and carpet don't mix, so within ten minutes all four had ripped off completely. I was then ed off every time I tried to move it, as the bottom panels are held in with poppers and a screw. However, now that it has nothing for feet they continually catch the carpet as I move it around and pull out. I was literally just waiting for something to bend or snap.

So I kinda left it there. Every time I work on it it gets heavier and heavier so I asked Cenedd with some nice machines to make me something out of 10mm black acrylic. He obliged.

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They've been deliberately chamfered to stop them catching the carpet. They're 70x70mm, so nice and chunky. When I take it home I will put some 3m felt pads (that you get for chair legs) on them to make them slide on the lino.
 
tyler_jrb said:
Looking very nice so far. Love the two part case design and the nice copper on the card :cool:. And i can agree with the case catching and sticking to the floor especially with the rubber type feet, i had to make a aluminium base with wheels for my old lian-li. Nice job on the machining cenedd.

Monitor looks good also you will never go back from 144hz+ :p. The Ti will easily do 144hz 1440p (upscaled) if that's what you are after.
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I have a 240hz TN but, well, it's a TN. It's probably the best TN I have ever had (Alienware 24") but alas, it's still a TN. My old HP B&O display is about 5 years or more old now.

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And it's really decent, but sadly it's old. 70hz which is not too bad for things like Fallout 4, but it's VA so nowhere near as nice as the Asus. The Asus also has a version of HDR. Not the best according to the shills on Youtube but in person when you have the same monitor you had for 5 years it's pretty incredible. I like the curve too.

Yeah the GPU is an animal tbh. Been arguing debating it on another forum, but people don't realise how much EVGA put into it. A grade core with binning, and the PCB is just beyond ridiculous. Every contact and connection is gold plated.

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Really is a work of art. Is it worth £500 more? no not really, unless of course you appreciate all of the things done to it from an engineering perspective. I've no doubt it will live a long and happy life :)
 
Sam__ said:
I love the gunmetal ali fan surrounds on the front.
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I wasn't sure at first. They do give it a splash of something though. It was all a bit black...

Feet arrived today (cheers G !) so I have ordered some double sided atomic bogies.

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With which to hold them on. Once they're on I can go back to fixing the PCI card lock thinger I need to make.
 
I already have a 32 dude. It's very old though. I have two main set ups. One at home, and one at my mother's house. The 24 is at mum's, the 32 at home. The 32 I have is 70hz (I was lucky, most couldn't get that without serious issues). Which is fine for Fallout 4 but not so good when you are pumping over 100 FPS at it with a 2070, and that will only get worse with a 2080Ti lol. I have several PCs.

Any way good news ! the last time I checked on my Der8auer socket shifter thing it was due in on the 29th. Oh well, I know how to wait. Then today it randomly showed up out the blue, so that's cool AF. I will get on with that over the coming days once the stuff arrives to stick the skid plates on.
 
Man, been so busy I haven't had time for any of this. Currently working on the loft and getting crap tidied and wired up there. Also working on a couple of bikes..

The feet came and so did the bogey tape. I really must get onto that. Weather is crap next week apparently, so no doubt I'll get on it then :)
 
There is more work to do yes. The PC is at my mother's house. I ordered it there because lockdown was about to start and I didn't want to be stuck somewhere with nothing to do.

I've been home at my place for about 10 days. I'd not been home in two months, so I really needed to come back. I will be going back over on Thursday. I need to get it finished and packed up so that once everything opens up I can get a removal company to bring it and all of the other stuff (monitor etc).

The weather down here on the south coast has been stunning, so I may have been very sidetracked with a very expensive BMX bike build haha. So yeah, I will probably get the PC finished up and packed next weekend :)
 
Well being autistic I've been isolating for 12 years any way. I like it that way. So yeah, nothing much has really changed for me apart from the frequency I travel between here and mum's.

But yeah, making the most of life as usual. Well, until yesterday when I got bitten by a false widow and had a bad reaction and had to call an ambulance out lol.
 
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