Project: Otus

Dempsey22 said:
I'm on the fence about it but will reserve judgement until the finished build. Have you selected the parts you're using? Anything interesting ? :D

Also those 3 bays in the front are begging to have some sort of touch screen tablet moulded in so you could use it maybe as a controller. That would be a nice touch rather than an off the shelf controller :)

EDIT : I remember Phobya wanting 2 GPUS in this build, a bit strict! Is it still the same?
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This isn't part of the competition, but I will be having 2 gpu's in this hopefully!

kaku said:
I'm not a fan of all the screws/rivets all over the place, but I'm interested to see the final product.

I think it could look quite nice with some carefully-applied decal work (there was a modder posting builds with some really sharp decals a little while back, but I can't remember their name at all). My memory is awful.
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I have something planned for the exterior of the case, I just need to get it all drawn up =)
 
I kinda like some of the design on the interior, the exterior not so much. Its seems more functional than some dramatic form to please the eye. I imagine a lot of manufacturers are struggling with case design that isn't an out and out copy of something already in the market.
I'm gonna follow this ofc because I like your work and you've given me lots of advice and help in the last two years.

Good luck with it Dave because I know you have a real passion for modding and I just look forward to seeing how you can hopefully transform it into some more pleasing on the eyes.
 
well, this is the first time I've seen a davido_labido build thread attract mewling children...if you like the case then great, if you don't then fine and swanny off. If you want to see a turd being polished then stick around.

But for crying out loud stop being butthurt kids. Yeah, I said "butthurt" because that seems to be the maturity level at the minute.
 
LePhuronn said:
well, this is the first time I've seen a davido_labido build thread attract mewling children...if you like the case then great, if you don't then fine and swanny off. If you want to see a turd being polished then stick around.

But for crying out loud stop being butthurt kids. Yeah, I said "butthurt" because that seems to be the maturity level at the minute.
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I love to see how split people are over this case! It certainly makes the build log far more interesting haha :D It certainly seems like a marmite case!

No, without further to do, lets see what my awesome sponsors have sent me for this build shall we?!

The first 2 that I'm going to show are MSI a new sponsor for me although I have been talking to them for around 12 months waiting to do a build with them for a while, and have attended many events with these guys, they are pretty awesome!!!

Also, HyperX. I'm pretty sure anyone who has seen one of my build logs before knows that I LOVE LOVE LOVE these guys and gals. They help me out all the time and the people are great! If I could choose a company to work for... it would be HyperX!

So:

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MSI will be providing the motherboard for this build. They sent me the X99 A SLI Krait Edition with USB 3.1 :D

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This board matches the build colour perfectly!

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I'm sure i can add some orange easily if I do decide to pop a little bit of colour into this...

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This will be my second experience with X99, Nom Nom Nom

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Plenty of sata ports on this board, always great to see!

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For all you M.2 lovers, this has a front slot.

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and now for

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These guys have been awesome and sent me the following Savage SSDs and also their new Predator DDR4 (click the links for more information on these as they have some great specs!)

So, HyperX sent me 2 SSDs, both are the same drives, but one comes with a great little adapter and case to enable you to run any SSD drive from USB. This is awesome for me as it means i can keep all my games on one drive and just move them between computers!

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These have an updated design from the 3k series, but still have the prominent X we all love ;)

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This is the case that came with one of the drives.

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Its as simple as putting the SSD into it....

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then locking it using the little switch on the back. It comes with a USB cable and its plug and play! Winner!

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HyperX also sent me this ram.... NOM NOM NOM!!!!

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When I get a silly amount of ram, i like to make spiral staircases with it....

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So what happens when we put MSI and HyperX together?!

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It's a match made in heaven!

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There is something about 8 sticks of ram that just make things look... beastly.

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I will leave you with this one last picture, if I get time I will show some more sponsor products tomorrow!

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Well, I have been working away a lot and doing a few events, so I haven't been at home long enough to do any updates!! I do however have LOAAADS more products and stuff from my awesome sponsors and I have a few hours before i have to head out the door again so I thought I best show off a little bit more!

So first up, a huge thanks to be quiet! for supplying me with the fans and PSU for this build!

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I actually got an email from be quiet! a long time before I knew I was going to be doing this project asking if I would like to use their products. I have already got a lot of fans from them, and I've also used their PSU's in the past, so it really wasn't a hard decision to make!!

be quiet! have been very generous and sent me this:

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I have actually been sitting on this package for some time, and I got the PSU the same day as it was released!! :o!

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It's a beasty! 1200w platinum rated with one of their Silent Wings fans to keep it cool and quiet.

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I certainly dont think I will be running out of connections for this build, there are plenty of connectors, I do particuarly like the idea of running the fans of the headers they provide, I have never used a PSU that does this, so it will be interesting.

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the rear of the PSU has a rubber gasket surrounding it. This will, of course,reduce any vibration that the fan might make from getting to the chassis and making any noise. It wouldn't be be quiet! if it wasn't silent!

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The PSU comes with a lot of accessories, and i mean a lot. its got 2 sets of screws, valcro cable ties, the usual box of modular cables, but then it has fan cables, an OCK jumper and an OCK bracket with a switch

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For the fans I went for Pure Wings 2 from be quiet!

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I think everyone has used be quiet! fans one way or another and they really are decent fans, especially for how little noise they make. I have never actually used the Pure Wings 2, however I have used the Shadow Wings before and if these perform at a similar rate I will be very happy.

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As you can see I have gone for 120mm fans and a lot of them (10), I no doubt will hook them up to a fan controller rather than direct to the PSU just to give me some more control over them, I doubt I will need to have all 10 running at 100%, so I will be able to have a rather quiet PC this time round :D

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The fans are rather sleek with the usual black on black that be quiet! love to use. I'm not going to go crazy on the pictures for these as you will see a lot of them when I'm doing the radiators ;)

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So, that's be quiet!, again a huge thank you to them for supporting me!
 
That PSU looks fantastic, love the jumper plate idea :D
Also, do you have any experience in the Pure Wing fans? If so what are they like.
Not only is this build going to be amazing, it will also *dun dun* Be Quiet!:p
 
Aye Dave that PSU is beast man, they sent me a fan also with my t-shirt and its really pleasing on the eye.
A Be Quiet stealth air cooled build would be nice, all matt black (oh I'm off on a tangent, sorry)

Looking forward to some progress reports soon ;) I must also say you are getting to be a rather dab hand at the pics, they are looking very good.
 
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