My rigs.

Ucof said:
Orange plastic 5 spoke! :D
yum yum!
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Skyway dude. They're a composite and I tell you, they're virtually indestructible.

36 hole rims would last me about ten minutes. I don't plan on anything crazy, those days are happily behind me (walking into ER in the USA dripping claret all over the floor lmao)

Just wanna ride the beach paths. They run for about four miles all along the coast.. Lovely :D
 
Andy7 said:
Obviously you have creative talent and know your stuff about computers, but to me they look really tacky. Sorry Bro, just my opinion.
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This, it's all the vinyl and vinyl logos that let them down. I think without the logos and a bit less vinyl they'd look a lot better
 
spoffle said:
This, it's all the vinyl and vinyl logos that let them down. I think without the logos and a bit less vinyl they'd look a lot better
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If you don't like how it looks then that's fine :) It's all down to personal preference.

I usually rate a build not on whether I like it or not, but the quality of the workmanship that's gone into it. IE - a case in a putrid brown for example. May not be a colour I like, but if the modder has painting skills then I'll be quick to point it out.

The logos could all be removed in minutes tbh. I don't even know if I will be able to get the software stable so who knows? I may end up removing them.

As I said before, I like it. Maybe because I'm the one putting all of the spade work in? :D who knows?
 
Give me ten minutes with a Dremel and I will change how you look at your computer forever - ALXAndy, Oct 2014.

OK. So I thought about making a back plate for my R9 290. It's an ugly sod at the best of times. Then I asked B-negs to paint it for me but he was too busy it seems.

So what can I do? well, I got two SSDs to mount and nowhere to put them. Let's doing something about it huh?



So OK, mark. This won't make any sense whatsoever, but keep reading. Now look back at the first pic, you'll notice I drew a line. Well..



OK, so I've clamped it into my workbench across that line. Closer..



OK. So now that it's clamped in across the line we take a heat gun and start heating. Now this is like spray painting, only you do it closer. Spray painting is anything up to 12". Here I am using 3-4" as my guide.



This gets hot. Very hot. Don't go any closer you will bubble the acrylic and wreck it. Now this takes a while, but don't force it as you will end up with camel bumps from it being uneven. What I do is gently press it until it falls of its own will.

And eventually....



OK. Whatever you do DO NOT ****ing touch it. That is a serious warning, it is seriously hot. Just keep gently pressing it evenly down, then take a look at the bend and make sure its even.



Right, now we need it out but it's still a bit hot. Take a cloth and wet it with cold water. Then...



Which cools it quicker. Eventually.



Right. Lots of measuring very carefully and cutting later and we have...




Then we mark up where the psu box ends, draw a line, cut and refit.



And bugger me ! we have a duct !

Now let's have some more fun with it. This red thing came with the case. I threw every single one of them away but one, here's why.



Because they carry the correct hole markings for SSDs. Oh yeah, talking of which.



PCIE power wires.



And..



:D

 
Well that's that horrible ribbon cable sorted.



I don't even want to go into it. Splitting 40 wires... Ugh, took about two hours :S

/Roy Castle/ Dedication is what you need....
 
It may have taken 2 hours but it looks absolutely superb, much much better than the current monstrosity that still befits my case blocking up everything, I've just never had the guts to do it. I might do it at some point.
 
Varsh said:
It may have taken 2 hours but it looks absolutely superb, much much better than the current monstrosity that still befits my case blocking up everything, I've just never had the guts to do it. I might do it at some point.
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Look around on certain websites for a DMA 33 40 pin IDE cable.

I found one for about £3 inc. They're identical aside from the fact they do not have the blocking pins.

For some reason the mic isn't working. I don't think I damaged the cable and I know I never broke any wires so it's a mystery. Doesn't matter, I'm getting a replacement in to try again and tbh this rig isn't for gaming any way so I can live without the mic.

The headphone output works and that was all I was after really. It seriously has the most powerful headphone output I own.
 
Smrtka said:
Well done sir, you are slowly putting apple to shame :D
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Slowly being the operative word :D

So here's what I did yesterday. The replacement ribbon came. Cost me about £3.



Note I removed the middle connector.Separate.



Test. Now at this point everything was working.



Here is the MOLEX output I wired the other day.



And tape up.



Then I braided it and guess what? mic doesn't work. Very, very strange :(

I don't care now though.

Oh yeah, third SSD came (replacement for a really scuffed up one) and...



Which kinda drove away the disappointment of the mic socket.

Today I hope to finish the duct up.
 
It seems like the Mic is trying to tell you "I don't want to be braided you foo'". Odd that it's happening to only the Mic though, perhaps you're orienting the cable differently than before?
 
Varsh said:
It seems like the Mic is trying to tell you "I don't want to be braided you foo'". Odd that it's happening to only the Mic though, perhaps you're orienting the cable differently than before?
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No I tested it at every stage. TBH I can't get the mic working on the card socket either, so it may just be a driver issue as usual.

I tested it before doing anything, fine. Tested it again with the mid connector removed, fine. Tested it separated, fine. Then braided it, not fine lol. It may be the heat from the heat gun when I shrink? no idea.

I don't need a mic any way, not on this rig. The main duty I wanted was loud headphone output and that works lovely.
 
And so I began to make the end cap for the duct. Note how the duct end is angled? well this means that the fan in the end is aimed right into the blower, feeding it with the cool air sucked in by the front 120mm fan.



It will need trimming and tidying once the glue has set but it fits very nicely.

More soon...
 
OK so the glue set which allowed me to clean the edges and fascia.



Please note, the entire thing is still covered in the protective film hence all the lines and dirt etc.

OK, so I masked it up and drew the line. I didn't want to do this before as it flexes etc I wanted it to be true.



I've now cut it off and pumped in a bead of glue from the back side to give it strength. I should be able to clean it all up tomorrow and possibly fit it.
 
Decided to push on a bit. Obviously it's still not finished. I have graphics to make and a fan controller knob to fit, plus I am not happy with the skull placement so I will be moving him.

It's night time here now so pics are obviously a bit ropey, but I think it speaks for itself rather well.





Now whilst the blue LED on the Firewire card kinda annoys me as it's out of place it does tend to set off the glitter on the vinyl very well.



So how is this £4 fan doing its job? well let's say (and I truly mean this honestly) that the 290 used to idle at 52c.





13c drop. Not to be sniffed at that. Plus it does look kinda amazing, if I do say so myself.
 
MSTRBKR said:
For me, there is too much stuff in that case. Why are there Apple stickers as well?
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Because it doesn't run Windows?

As for there being too much in there? well congratulations there, you're the very first person I have ever heard complain that a rig contains too much hardware.

Sadly though it needs it, being it's not a gaming PC but a workstation running An.Other operating system.

So I need the sound card, I need firewire, I need storage and multiple SSDs and I need it to be cool and quiet.

And to that ends I have succeeded perfectly well. Sure, it ain't gonna be for every one but then I didn't build it for you, mate. I built it for myself.
 
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