Update
Thanks for the comments guys about the RAM, I agree it looks the part, and runs nicely at 2400MHz, I may even try to overclock it some time
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I'll let you know about the fittings
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Many thanks, glad you appreciate it.
I totally agree and looks bad as it is, however it's preparation for when the shrouds are chromed - the black gaps between some of the letters will look odd as they do now, so the silver/grey is an attempt to blend it.
Thank you, more to see still.
Update
This build should have been completed by now, but the company who I sent the shrouds off to didn't do a good job of the chroming, or to be specific didn't chrome the items in their entirety. I don't know what they were thinking. The surfaces of the shrouds that were chromed were done very nicely, but next to the bare metal it looked crap and was unacceptable.
Anyway, the shrouds were sent back for rework before the holidays and should be back with me soon, looking forward that.
While I had some time I thought I'd address an item that I've wanted to do for a long time - modify the EVGA SLI bridge. The EVGA logo irked a little and it was a little bit dull. I wondered if I could jazz it up a little, make it more purposeful.
As a reminder, here's how it looked :
Upon stripping it down I was surprised that the acrylic EVGA logo was raised quite a bit so that it sits in the black plastic. It had to be sanded down.
In reference to the image above:
1. The acrylic EVGA logo.
2. Sanded down using 320 grit sand paper.
3. Smoothed down using 600 grit wet sand paper.
4. Wet sanded some more and polished using 1200 grit sand paper and acrylic polish. It's clear again!
The EVGA logo on the bridge itself had to be dremelled out and I thought I'd remove the black plastic lines to expose them as vents of sorts to let some light through. A bit of rough dremelling but it would be cleaned up later with some needle files.
Brief intermission - Our cat is always looking for new places to call its bed. The latest is my Dremel bag, but not when I turn the Dremel on it's not!
I always wondered why the EVGA SLI bridge's LEDs were white. Surely green would be more appropriate? I wanted it green to match the green geforce logo of the 980Ti's, but replacing the surface mounted LEDs would be difficult. Then I thought of a quality idea
Yep, that's right, I'm using the wrapper from Quality Street chocolate!
It takes two wrappers for one SLI bridge:
I wondered what to put in the window of the bridge and settled on simply "SLI".
In reference to the image above:
1. Deciding on what font to use (decided on LCD font).
2. Working out what font size would be best.
3. Printed on better quality paper and decided that printed green would be better than using the Quality Street chocolate wrapper to colour the LCD (couldn't get the wrapper flat enough, despite ironing it in a damp tea towel!).
4. Placed the "LCD" in position and mounted white paper in the bridge to help reflect the light more.
The finished article:
Fitted with the power off:
And finally, in position and switched on with the SLI bridge's LEDs at 100% brightness via Geforce Experience:
I'm happy with that !
Thanks for reading and please leave a comment or any questions you may have, bye for now!
Thanks for the comments guys about the RAM, I agree it looks the part, and runs nicely at 2400MHz, I may even try to overclock it some time
.Nice to see that the built is continuing, I do like the look (Hence my interest in the fittings) however I can't find them
I'll let you know about the fittings
.Many thanks, glad you appreciate it.
Looks excellent! Though the inside of the GeForce GTX text needs to match the shroud, so black on one green on the other. It looks a bit odd with random white/silver inside the text in my opinion.
Unless you made it like that deliberately, in which case, carry on!
I totally agree and looks bad as it is, however it's preparation for when the shrouds are chromed - the black gaps between some of the letters will look odd as they do now, so the silver/grey is an attempt to blend it
.Thank you, more to see still
.Update
This build should have been completed by now, but the company who I sent the shrouds off to didn't do a good job of the chroming, or to be specific didn't chrome the items in their entirety. I don't know what they were thinking. The surfaces of the shrouds that were chromed were done very nicely, but next to the bare metal it looked crap and was unacceptable.
Anyway, the shrouds were sent back for rework before the holidays and should be back with me soon, looking forward that.
While I had some time I thought I'd address an item that I've wanted to do for a long time - modify the EVGA SLI bridge. The EVGA logo irked a little and it was a little bit dull. I wondered if I could jazz it up a little, make it more purposeful.
As a reminder, here's how it looked :
Upon stripping it down I was surprised that the acrylic EVGA logo was raised quite a bit so that it sits in the black plastic. It had to be sanded down.
In reference to the image above:
1. The acrylic EVGA logo.
2. Sanded down using 320 grit sand paper.
3. Smoothed down using 600 grit wet sand paper.
4. Wet sanded some more and polished using 1200 grit sand paper and acrylic polish. It's clear again!
The EVGA logo on the bridge itself had to be dremelled out and I thought I'd remove the black plastic lines to expose them as vents of sorts to let some light through. A bit of rough dremelling but it would be cleaned up later with some needle files.
Brief intermission - Our cat is always looking for new places to call its bed. The latest is my Dremel bag, but not when I turn the Dremel on it's not!
I always wondered why the EVGA SLI bridge's LEDs were white. Surely green would be more appropriate? I wanted it green to match the green geforce logo of the 980Ti's, but replacing the surface mounted LEDs would be difficult. Then I thought of a quality idea
Yep, that's right, I'm using the wrapper from Quality Street chocolate!
It takes two wrappers for one SLI bridge:
I wondered what to put in the window of the bridge and settled on simply "SLI".
In reference to the image above:
1. Deciding on what font to use (decided on LCD font).
2. Working out what font size would be best.
3. Printed on better quality paper and decided that printed green would be better than using the Quality Street chocolate wrapper to colour the LCD (couldn't get the wrapper flat enough, despite ironing it in a damp tea towel!).
4. Placed the "LCD" in position and mounted white paper in the bridge to help reflect the light more.
The finished article:
Fitted with the power off:
And finally, in position and switched on with the SLI bridge's LEDs at 100% brightness via Geforce Experience:
I'm happy with that
!Thanks for reading and please leave a comment or any questions you may have, bye for now!
