Project: Majestic (Air540)

This is a free world. Create anything you want to. It just struck me that I was almost thinking Kier was here under an alt name. Since your build is similar in many ways.

Good luck with the project. My appologies if I came off unfriendly.
 
Awesome work on this build, love the builds people put in this case, bit too small for my personal taste but its always nice to see people put a new spin on stuff, bravo mate top job.
 
The final piece of the puzzle came today so i'm all set when i get back to the UK, and a little bit of CLU for the Delid :)...

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paulstoke12 said:
subbed hoping to see the end result as i want ideas for my 540
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Thanks for the sub :) hopefully ill be able to inspire you a little.

Just finished testing my parts and im happy to report everything seems to be running as it should :) Had to test with an old PSU as the RM750 weighed a lot and didnt fancy packing it into my suitcase so i sent it back and ordered one in the UK.

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Its going to be almost a shame to remove the cooler from the Ti, i really like the glowing text on the side...

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also came with a free poster, wahey...

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Time to coat some stuff in Plastidip now, bought a few cans over here for 5dollars a can, kinda cheap compared to my 16gbp can sitting at home! - Adam

p.s Also treated myself to my first DSLR camera, loving it so far, went for the Canon Rebel SL1/eos 100d
 
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Allnamestaken said:
My 290x is not even working bro :(
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Damn that SUCKS bro, just read through your threads and sounds like you're going through hell :(, ive tried a few google searches but like you havn't come up with any solutions. I just hope that other guy who had it maybe fixed it in the end... you should get some sleep you've been up all night by the look of it - Adam
 
Quick update everyone, I've been pottering about with some plastidip and finally ended up with some results I'm pretty happy with. Ill probably write a short tutorial on tips and things i've learnt along the way whilst using the stuff.

Anyway here are the results...

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fantasticCG said:
So Awesome loving the white blocks
Is it hard working with acrylic?
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Thanks for the kind words. In general I've found working with acrylic pretty easy for the most part, you just need to make sure to measure twice and cut once :)

I've been using 3mm acrylic for the interior which has benefits of still being durable but also has a good amount of flexibility so I can definately recommend it.

The clear stuff I used for the fascia was around 5mm thick and a lot more rigid, it almost felt like a different material and was like hell to work with. Whenever I tried to cut it with my jigsaw it would just melt and make a complete mess. I picked the clear stuff up years ago and I'm pretty sure it was optimised to be used as a glass replacement in greenhouses/garages so that could well be the reason for it being so rigid and nasty to work with. I only used it because it was spare and solely the reason why I did the fascia mod - Adam
 
I would like to try and work with some in the future :)
That plastidip, you used the spray one?
I've just picked up a evga pro sli bridge and wanted to paint the
Silver bits white.

From what I can see the front cover is held on by 2 screws so it should come
Away but I'll have to check it out.
 
fantasticCG said:
I would like to try and work with some in the future :)
That plastidip, you used the spray one?
I've just picked up a evga pro sli bridge and wanted to paint the
Silver bits white.

From what I can see the front cover is held on by 2 screws so it should come
Away but I'll have to check it out.
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Yeah i used the Plastidip in the spraycan, should be pretty straight forward spraying the silver parts of the evga sli bridge, even better if you can remove them. I just masked off the nickel contact part of my waterblock and it still turned out ok. The smaller the part the easier it will be. Only problem is we get shafted for 16gbp a tin in the UK :( - Adam
 
fantasticCG said:
Pricey I'll have a look online for some.
Yer the front cover can be taken off!
The plastidip won't damage plastics ?
As it's lightweight plastic from what I gather
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I got mine on the bay, it seems to be the best place to get it. I've sprayed it on different plastics and havn't had any reactions, you could always do a test on the back of the piece to be sprayed just to be sure - Adam
 
Fitted the Waterblock/Backplate to the 780ti, really happy with how it turned out.

I'm a bit paranoid that some of the pins on the rear of the pcb are making contact with the backplate so ill no doubt whip it off and maybe stick some plastictape on the suspicous areas before i actually run power through it. If anyone else has the EVGA 780ti and EK backplate it would be great to hear if anyone has had any issues with that. As i said it could just be me being massively paranoid.

Anyway here it is...

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- Adam
 
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Awesome!!! Beautiful finish. Did you spray straight on to the backplate, Or give it a rub down first?
I'll let u know when I turn on the titans as they are basically the same.
Got some plastidip I'll post results in my log when finished ;)
Looking forward to seeing more of build :)
 
fantasticCG said:
Awesome!!! Beautiful finish. Did you spray straight on to the backplate, Or give it a rub down first?
I'll let u know when I turn on the titans as they are basically the same.
Got some plastidip I'll post results in my log when finished ;)
Looking forward to seeing more of build :)
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Yep i sprayed it straight onto everything, the reason i used Plastidip was so i could just remove it if i wanted and end up with a standard card. Theres definatly no need for any sanding/primer prior to applying the plastidip, it sticks with no issues whatsoever - Adam
 
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