Project Ethos & Cube - Desk Awesomeness

Ye the glass is beveled on the edges.
But I dont think my arms would be on the edges per say.
More like sitting more on the desk itself.
 
So I know I have been neglecting the desk a little.
Life has been busy, and I have been away.

But I got back at 2am Sunday morning, and slept a little.
Then decided to get the PSU cables for the Server finished.

I am still waiting on the Seasonic PSU connectors to join them all up but at least the cables are done now.

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I tried to make a start on getting the Sata Power connectors done for the server too, but it seems my 18awg wire is too thick to get pushed in without damaging the cable itself.

So I have ordered some more wire to try to get it to fit nicely.

I have also ordered the acrylic tubing and a special pic for the gaming side of things:

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Enjoy ;)
 
Got a bit of time this weekend.

Firstly might have mislead you slightly, one of those GPU's was for a mate so not both for this build. But I will probably get another 780 in the future, not right now.

Installed the EVGA Classified backplate on the GPU.
Put it all in the Mobo tray and installed the CPU.
Im using the stock Intel cooler for now, as still waiting on EK to release the EVGA Classy 780 Waterblock.

The Acrylic pipe should be here shortly so I'm almost ready to go.

Testing it out for now to make sure it works OK.

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Just a quick shot more to come soon :)

But the story goes:
I put it all together, the mobo lights up and shows power.
Pressing the start button and the PSU clicks and nothing...
Mobo still has lights but no fans or anything.
Spend a bit more time trying and nothing at all.

Replaced the 8pin mobo power cable and tried again and nothing...

Took out the GPU, and tried using onboard GPU, and works perfectly...

Oh man DOA GPU?!

Find some original GPU power cable and boom works perfectly.
Oh crud so my custom cables are messed.

Trace the cables through to make 100% sure they are OK, and man did I mess up somewhere.
Some of the cables were going to the totally wrong place on the other side of the connection.

Removed the cables and re-seated them in the correct position, re-plugged them all in, and powered on fine!
PHEW!

Just need to make another 4pin Mobo power cable when I got a second.

So all working now.
Installed Win 8 and some games to do a little testing, and man is it good!

Next need to finish off the server, and get that back into place.
Make the SATA cables (Still waiting on new wire)

And ye the project continues but its coming along now :)
 
This is just simply amazing, words cant describe how this is coming along!

I'm looking to start my own desk build in the next few months (somehow don't think it will quite turn out like this though).

Your original post had what a sketchup design, would you be open to providing a link to this so I could look how you set this up (I've tried to start using this but learning is slow and any help would be appreciated).
 
redfist said:
This is just simply amazing, words cant describe how this is coming along!

I'm looking to start my own desk build in the next few months (somehow don't think it will quite turn out like this though).

Your original post had what a sketchup design, would you be open to providing a link to this so I could look how you set this up (I've tried to start using this but learning is slow and any help would be appreciated).
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Sure its a google sketchup drawing.
I'll try to find it for you and i'll drop you a link to the last version.

I hope your desk goes well, its good fun.
Take your time, plan and do it right.
 
SavellM said:
Sure its a google sketchup drawing.
I'll try to find it for you and i'll drop you a link to the last version.

I hope your desk goes well, its good fun.
Take your time, plan and do it right.
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Thanks, that's the thing I worry about the most.... Planning and taking time. I'm not known for either of those.

Can't wait to see this come together further.
 
Tbf I was forced to take my time.
Some of the stuff has only been released which is quite nice :)

Its been almost a year since I started.

Still waiting on EK to release the EVGA 780 Classy WB.
 
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