Project: Redstone

Entropy · 24 Aug 2011 at 20:14

Looking great. Cant wait to see it finished gonna be a stunner

Skepticx · 28 Aug 2011 at 12:36

Looking nice, That red looks so sweet

Tokin · 5 Sep 2011 at 17:29

Looks really nice

haddows101 · 5 Sep 2011 at 18:08

wow, thats a sexy look.....hurry and do more.

Emphacy · 5 Sep 2011 at 19:31

That does look very interesting, good work. Red & Black for the win.

max51 · 5 Sep 2011 at 19:47

Love the colour scheme, looking good !!

Gundog48 · 10 Oct 2011 at 23:53

After a long period of little action things are getting moving again. I've almost finished priming the internals (pics coming soon) and I'm just finalising the top coat colour, fans and braiding.

I'm just about to order some MDPC-X braid and am wondering what you think I should get. All red? All colour X? Red and black? If I'm doing two colours for the braid, what pattern should I use?

Diggsy · 11 Oct 2011 at 01:21

Black braid with red accents. Something along the lines of kiers latest build, only with red rather than yellow - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=19650016&postcount=41

Greboth · 11 Oct 2011 at 07:26

If the red is as bright as it looks in the photo's I would go for black and red as colour x seems to dark. Though maybe even use black red and grey to really colour code.

If you are going for just two colours though, as the inside isn't going to bed red I would say mainly red with black accents. Maybe something like this for 24pin?

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6 / 8 pin could be done all red with one side done black.

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Gundog48 · 16 Oct 2011 at 16:53

Finally an update! I have ordered 10m of red braid and 10m of black as well as some heatshrink to braid the cables. I think I'll end up doing a checkered effect which should provide a good balance.

I finished priming the panels yesterday, half of them are done with red oxide primer and the other half is done with bog standard grey primer. I've also just placed an order on the top coat so things should be moving very quickly.

I forgot to take a picture but I have also cut a large opening in the back of the midplate to allow cables to be routed around the back of the motherboard tray. Why Silverstone did not include this in the first place is beyond me, but you can't complain considering the case is over 5 years old and things such as cable management holes were unheard of back then!

ray168 · 22 Oct 2011 at 00:21

that case looks so nice, red and black make it really stand out

Gundog48 · 5 Nov 2011 at 14:07

Finally, an update. The day started with a nice package from Enermax:

Enermax has really kindly agreed to send me some fans for the project! I'm really glad they did, otherwise I'd be spending nearly £80 on fans! They are all TB Silence fans, I got 2x 92mm standards, 2x120mm standards and 3x120mm manual speed versions!

These also came in the shipment, although they are nothing to do with the project, if you appreciate quality PSUs, you'll enjoy this!

I chose the fans because they are really quiet, which is exactly what I wanted, and because of their metal sides. I have decided to go with a matte black interior as getting the right colour was proving difficult, so I'm hoping these fans, along with the rad grill, will provide a nice metallic element which I was looking for.

My favorite feature of these fans- the easily removable blades! Means you can remove them without losing or breaking washers or clips to paint the blades up!

Really nice personal touch- do you know what it is yet?

Yep- the best braid in the world!

At least it is a lot better than my braiding skills!

Braiding is a lot harder than it looks! I'm having trouble getting some of the pins back in and getting the heatshrink to line up, but I'm improving. I've got a lot more braiding to do yet so I certainly hope I get better!

moogle · 5 Nov 2011 at 15:06

Looking nice. Your braiding will get better with practice, if you wanted it perfect then you should have done some practice on a test cable. It doesn't matter that much anyway since it's won't be noticable unless you have some closeup pictures.

PS - Might want to blur or blot out your name and address on the pictures.

Tbid · 6 Nov 2011 at 00:18

All you need now is a Ferrari badge

Nice Build!

Hyburnate · 6 Nov 2011 at 00:22

Thanks for the FR btw.

Is that a sponsorship from them?

One more question. Does the pack from MDPC-X come through the letterbox or is it signed delivery?

KiiYzOo · 6 Nov 2011 at 00:40

awesome gundog

Gundog48 · 6 Nov 2011 at 14:15

Hyburnate said:
Thanks for the FR btw.

Is that a sponsorship from them?

One more question. Does the pack from MDPC-X come through the letterbox or is it signed delivery?

Yeah, the fans came as sponsorship, will be putting a banner up at some point! I work closely with Alexandra at Enermax due to my work reviewing power supplies for them so obtaining sponsorship was probably easier than it should have. However, if I couldn't have got it I would have had to have finished the project using poor quality fans which would have ruined the overall effect!

Thanks everyone else for all your comments and support!

Hyburnate · 6 Nov 2011 at 16:09

Gundog48 said:
Yeah, the fans came as sponsorship, will be putting a banner up at some point! I work closely with Alexandra at Enermax due to my work reviewing power supplies for them so obtaining sponsorship was probably easier than it should have. However, if I couldn't have got it I would have had to have finished the project using poor quality fans which would have ruined the overall effect!

Thanks everyone else for all your comments and support!

Ahhhhhha

Review Site Link?

Love that case but too expensive to make it possible. Maybe when I win the lottery.

Gundog48 · 6 Nov 2011 at 17:00

I used to work on my own for Gundog Reviews which I started when I was about 14, I somehow managed to make a lot of progress, eventually getting products from bigger companies such as Gigabyte and Enermax. The best I got was a 560Ti but I would be lucky if I could release a review a month. However, in March I got offered a job as a reviewer for eTeknix which I gladly accepted. Rather than spending a few hours each day contacting companies which would most likely never reply, I just get to do what I enjoy- reviewing. I am now the PSU reviewer for eTeknix and have a stack of 9 PSUs ready to be tested and reviewed. I also enjoy the testing- my room now looks like the bridge of the Enterprise:

As for the money, I'm trying to spend as little as I can! Managed to get the case for £120 which I was over the moon with! I had limited options with my requirements and I was really happy to get the best option for such a low price!

Gundog48 · 11 Dec 2011 at 19:29

Finally an update- the internals are finally done, here's a sneak peek before it goes back together! By the way, winter is the season for bad photos- I normally take all my pictures using natural light in my conservatory, but when it gets dark out comes the inbuilt flash!

Here's the midplate, the brass bolts will be changed very soon...

Updates coming very soon!