New member? New build! Shinobi XL white + orange

davido_labido · 20 Nov 2013 at 20:36

ooou, something else i forgot to say id done!

i bought a little temp display that goes into one of the spare g1/4 threads, so it reads the temps.

i sprayed it white, got a spare drive bay cover, hacked it up a bit and slotted it in, this is what it looks like now!

colinmcr · 20 Nov 2013 at 20:47

Ah the base, cool.

Still lovin' that artwork on the side, very unique. Thanks for the offer of help, I'm back home in 8 days and gonna try get my rig started, it won't be quite so customised but I will defo have to get some sleeving ordered up soon. What tools would you recommend for the various cables to be sleeved? I need to add to my shopping list. Sorry for going off topic.

Aneskimo · 20 Nov 2013 at 20:49

Deffinatly the nicest shinobi i have ever seen, stunning work!

davido_labido · 20 Nov 2013 at 20:53

colinmcr said:
Ah the base, cool.

Still lovin' that artwork on the side, very unique. Thanks for the offer of help, I'm back home in 8 days and gonna try get my rig started, it won't be quite so customised but I will defo have to get some sleeving ordered up soon. What tools would you recommend for the various cables to be sleeved? I need to add to my shopping list. Sorry for going off topic.

no worries,

you will need a DECENT de-pinning tool, molex make one, get it, its around 16 quid. if your making your own cables, then a crimping tool (around £25 - £60) depending on which brand you get, i have 3 ranging in price, and the more expenisve one is better, so again spend the money if you want it done right. the cheap one does the job, but can make the pins a bit loose, other than that its just little bits and bobs, decent scissors, decent clippers, wire stripping tools, a decent set of screw drivers and wire cutters etc etc.

or you could out source the work to someone who has all the tools to do you a set of extensions

davido_labido · 20 Nov 2013 at 20:53

Aneskimo said:
Deffinatly the nicest shinobi i have ever seen, stunning work!

thanks man, appreciated

colinmcr · 20 Nov 2013 at 21:01

davido_labido said:
or you could out source the work to someone who has all the tools to do you a set of extensions

That might just happen !

Nickolp1974 · 20 Nov 2013 at 21:08

Very very nice dave, fantastic work.

davido_labido · 20 Nov 2013 at 21:12

Nickolp1974 said:
Very very nice dave, fantastic work.

thanks buddy! glad i put that rad to good use

Nickolp1974 · 20 Nov 2013 at 21:18

They are very good rads, certainly best looking ones on the market imo. Not sure though if they just dont need fans or my eloops dont push enough air, as theres no difference to temps with fans on low or max.

Tonester0011 · 20 Nov 2013 at 21:21

That looks amazing dude

davido_labido · 20 Nov 2013 at 21:23

Nickolp1974 said:
They are very good rads, certainly best looking ones on the market imo. Not sure though if they just dont need fans or my eloops dont push enough air, as theres no difference to temps with fans on low or max.

i cant really comment as ive got the other 2 rads working away too, with a 360 with scythe GTs running, at 1000 RPM i usually get just below 30 degrees so i dont bother changing them really, if i do put it in manual though and crank it up, i get down to around 24/25 so something works somewhere lol

Tonester0011 said:
That looks amazing dude

Thanks man

ive got 1 or 2 things to have a crack at (i want to do something to the front to allow more airflow) and maybe swap the tubing to acrylic, but i think ive pretty much done as much as i possibly can with this case now....

.... time to start looking at my next build i reckon!

Aneskimo · 20 Nov 2013 at 21:34

davido_labido said:
.... time to start looking at my next build i reckon!

Parvum? corsair 540? gotta be something interesting? cube shape? matx?

decision time :eek:

davido_labido · 20 Nov 2013 at 22:13

i think it will either be a scratch build, or a custom parvum (if they will do me one)

im a bit gutted ive ran out of things to do to mine now, so i want something i can keep on at for a while

whyscotty · 20 Nov 2013 at 22:32

Nice work - looks the part :cool:

davido_labido · 21 Nov 2013 at 10:08

whyscotty said:
Nice work - looks the part

cheers buddy

Akagi · 2 Dec 2013 at 12:30

Wow I didn't realise you had made all these updates

It looks awesome mate.

davido_labido · 2 Dec 2013 at 23:53

tragedy struck this weekend =(

i took my build down to i50, and on the way back ive broken the acrylic window, so im gonna have to make a new one!!

im not actually fussed about that as it will only cost a few quid, but ive obviously lost the "bow" on the drawing!!!!

gonna have to see if i can see snakebyte to redraw it i guess, or try and grab a new side panel from somewhere, and get a completely new drawing done!!!

a little bit gutted to say the least, but i suppose its done 3 lans now, so might even be time for a fresh case

PhysicsMan94 · 2 Dec 2013 at 23:56

That sucks, but it does give you an excuse to buy another case.

I'd love to be able to go to LANs but it'd be just a tad difficult hauling my rig around with me

Bart_Hunt · 3 Dec 2013 at 00:00

Same here. Unless I buy a forklift.

Sorry for your loss, Dave. Is all hardware inside ok?

davido_labido · 3 Dec 2013 at 00:11

yeah, everything inside is fine, it was only the window that has damage, ive pulled it off now, going to see if i can find somewhere tomorrow that has 2 or 3 mm acrylic in stock so i can re do it.

id love to start again, with a different case, but ive put so much time into this one, im not sure i just want to chuck it in a skip lol