The Left Handed Build

[piggin]

A lovely job, as always!

Now that is what I call attention to detail!

Sometimes being anally retentive pays off

Nice job matey.

When I did my sata drive I just masked up the front panel and sata connector and went at it with black paint

Came out suprisingly OK

lol, done the same myself m8.
The powder coater did everything as a 'job lot', so it worked out cheaper to get it powder coated than spray it

 

[piggin]

I am going to place perforated plate over all the fan air intakes on this build.
This will stop any unwanted objects from being sucked into the fans
The perforated plate was powder coated black

I then covered the perforated plate with a very fine mesh to act as a air filter
The perforated plate was laid out on top of the mesh

The mesh was then cut down to size

And cut to fit each piece

The mesh will be held on with 6mm double sided tape

The tape was placed on all four sides

The mesh was then pulled tight & held in position with masking tape

The double sided tape has a protective coating on one side that has to be removed

This is not easy as its very thin

The perforated plate was then placed on top of the mesh

Once the mesh was fully stuck to the plate, the double sided tape was removed

The excess mesh was then trimmed off

The mesh was very neat on the reverse side of the plate

And looked good from the other side

 

[ZZZAC]

still going?
and looking amazing if i do say

 

[Tattysnuc]

still going?
and looking amazing if i do say

Seconded....

 

[piggin]

Yep, still going.
The panels are still at the painters at the moment, so the build has ground to a halt.
Unfortunately, this delay has meant I have had more time to assess my hardware.
Another update to follow shortly

 

[Rooster212]

Your attention to detail is incredible, and can't wait to see this mod/build finished! Is your hardware the same as at the start of the thread? Its quite old now (but still good i bet!)

 

[paz45]

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great workmanship

 

[piggin]

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great workmanship

Thank you

Your attention to detail is incredible, and can't wait to see this mod/build finished! Is your hardware the same as at the start of the thread? Its quite old now (but still good i bet!)

Work has ground to a halt, as I still have not had the panels back from the painters.
As for hardware, I have another update I have to put together this weekend.
Should be a good one

 

[piggin]

As before, another brown box appears on the kitchen floor

And again on first impressions there is very little to see

But once the packing is removed, it gets a little better

I went with the 3930K chip, with the all important SPORKY version

Went with the ASUS RIVE motherboard

I had the full fat version so there are lots of toys to play with

I thought I would try Muskin RAM for this build

The red will look nice with the motherboard

The RAM does look @ home in this motherboard

Chip fitted

Waterblock fitted for some testing

Due to the motherboard being shipped with two slightly misaligned CPU pins, the motherboard was RMA’ed back to ****.
I have to say this was the worst RMA experience I ever had.
I was accused of damaging the motherboard myself & after 3 months of banging my head against a brick wall, I finally had the motherboard returned.

I also had this

I went with nickel again (hope they don’t corrode like the last lot)

Screws removed from the rear of the motherboard around the CPU area

Also removed the screws from the board chip

Original cooling all removed

Old TIM removed & waterblock fitted

New thermal pads & waterblock fitted

When the motherboard was away have a trip around the world.
nVidia was launching its new range of cards.
So on launch day the plastic had another battering & these turned up the next day

Not much to look @ in the box

And comes with very few extras

But they do look better in two’s

A few weeks later, these were ordered

Again I ordered nickel

And acetal

The screws from the PCI-e bracket have to be removed

Once again they have thread lock fitted but were removed

All the screws have to be removed from around the GPU

Again, thread lock does make this a little harder

Cooler removed

Card all cleaned up

New thermal pads fitted

Waterblocks fitted to both cards

I thought I would go with the EK link system this time

The system comprises of the link

And two fittings that are attached to the cards

The screws from around the inlet/outlet holes have to be removed on both cards

The link piece is then fitted to one of the cards

Then both cards can be joined together

 

[Staffy50]

Jesus, by the time this is finished your have the components of 10 pc's!

 

[KiiYzOo]

nice

 

[Stoner81]

That link piece between the two cards looks properly eipc! Sooooooooooo many levels of win right there!

Keep the updates coming dude!

Stoner81.

 

[piggin]

nice

Thank you

Jesus, by the time this is finished your have the components of 10 pc's!

lol, Mrs Piggin is not that understanding.
Most of 'The Shelf' has been sold on the MM & eBay.
I would love gaming Pc's dotted around the house by she is not so keen

That link piece between the two cards looks properly eipc! Sooooooooooo many levels of win right there!

Keep the updates coming dude!

Stoner81.

I agree.
I have always used an SLi link piece in the past but the EK system does look that much better (even though it's very expensive).

As for updates, the case is now being painted.
The job is taking a lot longer than I ever imagined but should be finished soon.

 

[ZZZAC]

Keep it up, this is amazing. So jelly!

 

[piggin]

I think I need to get the panels back from paint very soon as Mrs Piggin is now coming home to this

I think the dining room table is a great place to build a test bed but she is not so sure

 

[Montala]

I wouldn't like to be in your shoes when Mrs P does come home, and sees what you have done to her favourite dining room table!

Are you sure that IS a computer though, and not part of the control room for a small power station, or something?

I am looking forward to seeing it all inside that rather smart case though!

Keep up the good work Mr. P!

 

[PaulyD]

Hah, the last pictures reminded me of when I had to run without a case for a while:

 

[piggin]

Hah, the last pictures reminded me of when I had to run without a case for a while:

I have now run without a case for almost 18 months due to this build taking forever.
My ASUS Rampage 3 & 580 's never felt the warm in-brace of a computer case but spent their life sat on 'The Shelf' in my home office/ man cave

I wouldn't like to be in your shoes when Mrs P does come home, and sees what you have done to her favourite dining room table!

Are you sure that IS a computer though, and not part of the control room for a small power station, or something?

I am looking forward to seeing it all inside that rather smart case though!

Keep up the good work Mr. P!

lol, Mrs P did not see the funny side when she came back from a weekend away with friends & found I had been 'moving things around'
She still looks at the table and asks 'when will that lot be moved'

I think I will have to give in soon & give the table back to Mrs P if the panels are not finished within the next week (or maybe a little longer if I push my luck).
The just hope she has given up reading this build log (fingers crossed)
If she figures out that this setup is not the one that was taken from 'The Shelf' & boxed up, I will end up dead.

Regarding power stations, that's what I do for a living & I can tell you we have nothing like this in work.
If we did, shifts would be a lot less productive but more fun

 

[piggin]

My mate finally phoned me to come and pick up the panels for this build.

Not that impressive at first glance (also a poor image due to poor lighting, incorrect WB etc)

But after some polishing with my DA

The panels look very good

I then needed to attach the mesh onto the inside of the panels
The mesh was laid out & the panels marked

This gives the position of where the double sided tape will sit

After some time the panel was covered with tape

The rear of the tape was removed & the mesh attached.

This was done to all the panels

So the build is now in full flow with more updates soon !!!!!

 

[rjk]

win.

this looks epic mate