My rigs.
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*bows gracefully*
Thanks !
I just like to show that you can create custom parts easily, in a way that any one can do it. I've started doing a tutorial thread here..
http://midlifegamers.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=1440
Which should end up covering everything should you fancy rolling up your sleeves and being creative
I'm trying to bring modding back. Back when people would post their rig without feeling ashamed that it doesn't stand up to the £10,000 all water cooled rigs.
OK so some stuffs arrived.
Black Dinoc
Yellow Dinoc
Orange Dinoc
Orange acrylic sheet
Yellow acrylic sheet
Orange spray paint
Orange braid
Sadly it's not enough for me to get started on anything.
I've put these on order
They're for my Sunbeam fan controller. I've also ordered...
4 pin power
One of these
Two of these
And two of these.
More soon.
Black Dinoc
Yellow Dinoc
Orange Dinoc
Orange acrylic sheet
Yellow acrylic sheet
Orange spray paint
Orange braid
Sadly it's not enough for me to get started on anything.
I've put these on order
They're for my Sunbeam fan controller. I've also ordered...
4 pin power
One of these
Two of these
And two of these.
More soon.
I'm getting into this one hole per wire business atm. It's a bit of a nightmare, but having a clean shiny sheet of acrylic just sprouting cables just looks too good not to 
It's hard work, and after the last one I did (and the first too !) I swore I wouldn't do it again. But the 250D has an area which would be perfect for a floor plate, and bringing the cables up through it wire by wire will look frickin sweet. (he says in his best Peter Griffin voice)
It's hard work, and after the last one I did (and the first too !) I swore I wouldn't do it again. But the 250D has an area which would be perfect for a floor plate, and bringing the cables up through it wire by wire will look frickin sweet. (he says in his best Peter Griffin voice)
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That Apple rig looks superb,Really nice job!..gonna sub to this topic!
That Apple rig looks superb,Really nice job!..gonna sub to this topic!
Thanks ! nice to know you like it
It's running very well now. Everything has settled in lovely, and I have Windows on the triple RAID array.
Have been using it for editing photos and it absolutely flies
DFI is going to be fun.
Ah yes of course there's that.
I don't work to renders, so the final look of a build is always in my head right until the very last.
I did think about learning how to use a 3d studio and I'm usually very quick to learn but it just ruins it. I already know what DFI will look like for the most part
Plus there's always the ideas that come in along the way that make things better. If I made a render then I would be painting to numbers which I don't like the idea of.
It may be a few weeks until I get started because some of the ideas I had meant ordering parts from China, and I need to wait for a nice sunny wind free day to paint (I live on the beach so wind free is rare lol) but yeah, can't wait to get stuck in tbh
I thought some of his stuff was looking very elegant until there was an obsession with stickers, everywhere! It was like, stick one here, here, here and here. Oh another spot and here. Then the elegance faded away.
Apple's branding looks nothing like this. It's usually one logo or two on Mac Pro's side panels. Plus it's a pretty subtle grey logo. You just need to google and you see most of their stuff is all muted silver and dark greys or black without any internal branding. Both the tower with the handles and the 2014 model. http://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/01/31/apple-to-discontinue-mac-pro-in-europe-on-march-1/
I'm not trying to rip him apart.
The white just seems too extreme for Apple unless you were after the early 2000s style.
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From what I recall the outside of a Mac Pro was a panel with an Apple on. You take the side off, there was branding on top of the cooler/s depending on how many CPUs you had.
I branded the cooler, I branded a couple of drives. I added an Intel logo because I wanted to.
None of it is bodged, nowhere are there gaps or ill fitting hardware.
So as I continually keep saying - it's all subjective.
I've seen a million builds I don't like. I don't feel the need to point this out, because I am fully aware that this is just my opinion and as such if I point out my opinion and it's out of order then I look bad.
Trying to make others look bad usually results in one looking bad, it really is as simple as that.
What you and your merry little band need to realise is that your opinion isn't going to change anything because I am of my own mind. I build rigs for me, not for you. As such you pointing out you don't like it is just that, you not liking it. But as I continually keep saying, ain't making it for you am I?
My aim is to get people modding again. To show them that you can have some skill and not need to plaster sponsors all over the place as a show of force. I have no sponsors, I would reject any any way because then I am not building or modding for me. I am doing it with some one else, for some one else, with a time frame slapped on that I then need to adhere to.
But any way, all of that gay banter aside? I am not here to bloody advertise for some one. I do what I want to and that's that.
Modding is taking your PC and making it better. Better in your mind. It's people like you that have come along into people's builds and put them off and made them feel bad about themselves. You really ought to be ashamed of yourself.
What I find hilarious is that one of my critics actually did build a PC and showed it off and his use of Plastidip was awful. Patches here, not painted properly there. Did I point it out to him? of course I didn't. Because I hate to be that guy.
Whatever. I built all of my rigs to what I wanted and I ain't about to change now, or stop.
Andy you seem to be under the impression that those who are criticising your builds are banding together against you.
It's all subjective for the most part. For me, some of the cuts are a bit off and things look out of place, however the biggest issue I have with them is that to me they kinda look like the computer equivalent of a person wearing a tracksuit, Burberry hat and covered in fake gold jewelry.
Obviously you're building what you like, and that's great, you're building them for yourself. But you've made a log on a public forum so you should expect feedback. I don't think anyone's ripping you like you seem to think, I just think some people think your builds are lacking in taste.
I like your wrapped shrouds, and I think your painted parts came out well too, but the addition of logos that look really out of place, especially the skulls and zombies that look out of place as they don't really have any relevance, brings the overall quality down.
The guy who criticised you, when their work with plastdip wasn't very good, well that sounds quite amusing.
It's all subjective for the most part. For me, some of the cuts are a bit off and things look out of place, however the biggest issue I have with them is that to me they kinda look like the computer equivalent of a person wearing a tracksuit, Burberry hat and covered in fake gold jewelry.
Obviously you're building what you like, and that's great, you're building them for yourself. But you've made a log on a public forum so you should expect feedback. I don't think anyone's ripping you like you seem to think, I just think some people think your builds are lacking in taste.
I like your wrapped shrouds, and I think your painted parts came out well too, but the addition of logos that look really out of place, especially the skulls and zombies that look out of place as they don't really have any relevance, brings the overall quality down.
The guy who criticised you, when their work with plastdip wasn't very good, well that sounds quite amusing.
But still, it said G5 and there weren't Apple logos all over everything.
OK so that's the power supply sorted.
I had to switch out two other PSUs to get to it ! right old PITA but it's now packed and ready to be fitted. Whist I was there my lady asked if I could try and make her rig quieter. I switched around some fans and added some quieter 120mm Xilence fans to her rig, and ended up with a set of these.
Now that's what I'm talking about
I had to switch out two other PSUs to get to it ! right old PITA but it's now packed and ready to be fitted. Whist I was there my lady asked if I could try and make her rig quieter. I switched around some fans and added some quieter 120mm Xilence fans to her rig, and ended up with a set of these.
Now that's what I'm talking about
When I said this a few pages ago it did not go down well.
I don't understand it, Andy. You have said at least twice that you are building them for yourself, but you aren't building them just for yourself. You're building them and posting them here so you can get a pat on the back from people about your work. As someone said, you have to take the rough with the smooth.
As far as I can make out you've had as many (if not more) positive comments than not positive, and the styles you've gone for are fairly bright/shiny. You clearly have a problem with the expensive builds, but no one is criticising you for doing all this with low cost. The "varied comments" are about your designs and colour schemes, I think.
That's where you have it wrong. Notice the thread is called "My rigs". I do not have separate threads where each build gets full attention.
So it's clear you don't know me very well, nor the sort of person I am. I don't want anything, I just want to be able to express myself.
Have you seen that really crap bloke on the X Factor? Stevie something? he's rubbish, like, totally terrible. Yet, he's enjoying himself and he's having fun and even funnier people are actually voting for him because they like him.
Your sort just go around trying to upset people. I've been called a chav, yet, I'm more of a goth/metal type of person. All said to insult me of course.
There are plenty of builds here and elsewhere that you can pop along to and give your opinion on. I'm not interested, as nothing you could put to me would be helpful. I know what I want, and, I will achieve it.
You do realise I have ASD right? has that occurred to you?
ASD, or Autism Spectrum Disorder is a form of autism, supposedly milder than full blown autism. I have all of my faculties, therefore, I just see the world differently to you.
That means, and is not limited to -
I like zombies. A lot.
I like skulls and flames, a lot.
I like bright colours.
I like bright lights, as they stimulate my senses.
And there you are, telling me not to be who I am and not to be autistic?
Don't worry, I also have an IQ of 152, more than enough to see through things. And what you and others have said to me has been grossly offensive.
As I said, you're telling me not to like what I like. And, when I disagree I'm called a chav. Nice !
It all reminds me of a Christian brigade, desperately trying to convert a gay person back to being hetrosexual.
You're not going to get very far, so if I were you I would just give up.
I don't like being praised either. That's why my thread (note singular, not plural) has about as much fanfare as a wet fart in the bath.
http://www.autism.org.uk/living-wit...sions-repetitive-behaviours-and-routines.aspx
Repetitive behaviour in people with autism is not the same as OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder), which is an anxiety disorder in which people experience repetitive thoughts and behaviours that are upsetting to them.
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I've not seen anything particularly offensive being said, some people just saying they like it, or dislike certain aspects. Also The fact you have ASD wouldn't really occur to someone from just reading a few posts of yours on a forum.
Either way, good job, even if certain aspects aren't to taste.
Either way, good job, even if certain aspects aren't to taste.