The Left Handed Build

piggin · 5 Dec 2010 at 22:15

kalvindeane said:
Is Tom helping you by any chance? Could one not make the panels oneself, cutting their own fan holes etc into sheets of aluminum (If one was not aiming high as far as looks are concerned )

If I wanted simple, then cutting panels would not be a problem.
What I am having problems with is getting a design from paper & putting it into a program so the panels can be laser cut.
My design will not be simple as I see this as a blank canvas.
I have the opportunity to do something uneek & I am taking it.

As for Tom, he is getting the panels cut.

DiCe! · 6 Dec 2010 at 15:17

Cant wait to see after they laser cut, wanted to do that for a while but always not had enough guts to take the plunge! good luck!

piggin · 6 Dec 2010 at 20:44

shroomz said:
Love this build piggin, you are a master of building tension! I WANNA SEE WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE!

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Thanks shroomz, I don't think its tension more frustration with how slow things are going.

Mrs Pigin has broken her foot & she has developed DVT, so she is my next project to sort out.

King Damager · 7 Dec 2010 at 00:26

piggin said:
Thanks shroomz, I don't think its tension more frustration with how slow things are going.

Mrs Pigin has broken her foot & she has developed DVT, so she is my next project to sort out.

Wish her the best of luck getting better from us lot!

(even though most of us are probably only wanting her to get better so we can see the rest of the build!)

No hope she gets better, she is the priority

kd

benj3 · 7 Dec 2010 at 18:51

piggin said:
Thanks Centurion, I have to get this build moving along, as this is what I have at the moment.

Mrs Piggin is not seeing the funny side of this any more.

Loveing this piggin, im just pondering where your going to fit the monster that is the left handed build

Also why did u buy an Asus 5970 then decide to go for double GTX280s a few months later? apart from the obvious

piggin · 7 Dec 2010 at 19:43

King Damager said:
Wish her the best of luck getting better from us lot!

(even though most of us are probably only wanting her to get better so we can see the rest of the build!)

No hope she gets better, she is the priority

kd

Thanks very much kd

It means a lot to me & Mrs P, that everyone cares so much.
She is now on the mend but it is a very slow process (she has been in a cast for 4 weeks & the bones have not started to join together)
Hopefully she will be up & about soon & I can get down to some serious moding

piggin · 7 Dec 2010 at 19:53

benj3 said:
Loveing this piggin, im just pondering where your going to fit the monster that is the left handed build

Also why did u buy an Asus 5970 then decide to go for double GTX280s a few months later? apart from the obvious

Thanks benj3

The 'monster' is going under the desk as there is no other room unfortunatly.
I know this is not good but there is no where else to put it.

As for this picture, this is my old shelf with the water cooled 5970.

This is the new shelf with the Sli 580 Gtx cards (has changed again since this last photo)

As for why

I did not like the drivers with the Ati card.
I was never a 'fan boy' with nvidia but they worked better for me.
I enjoyed using the 5970 but the 580's are even better

TheCenturion · 3 Jan 2011 at 22:29

Waguan with this build mate?

piggin · 4 Jan 2011 at 20:54

Unfortunately no real progress, so I haven't put any updates on my build.
My biggest project (Mrs Piggin) is still work in progress but she is slowly getting better.

Also had my own problems recently having a trapped nerve in my back stopping me from using my right arm so it has been a very fun filled Christmas and New Year :confused:

As for the build I have ordered new water blocks for my new graphics card but due to the poor weather before Christmas they have been stuck in Germany until the New Year and have only landed in the UK today (due to backlog etc).

Hopefully will post an update on the weekend with my new water blocks fitted.

Also I have now decided on a design for the case so all I have to do is put my 'left handedness' into a computer programme that the laser cutter can recognise.

Sgt Tackleberry · 4 Jan 2011 at 21:16

piggin said:
Also had my own problems recently having a trapped nerve in my back stopping me from using my right arm so it has been a very fun filled Christmas and New Year

i can see why its called the left handed build now

.....

This look really nice gr8 job so far.

TheCenturion · 4 Jan 2011 at 21:54

Dude, if your wife is getting in the way of your project, put your pump on max setting and give it to her to keep her busy

piggin · 10 Jan 2011 at 22:36

Sgt Tackleberry said:
i can see why its called the left handed build now .....

This look really nice gr8 job so far.

Thanks Sgt

TheCenturion said:
Dude, if your wife is getting in the way of your project, put your pump on max setting and give it to her to keep her busy

The way things are going, I am going to teach Mrs Piggin how to braid & let her get on with all the cables.

As for an update, I did a lot of work over the weekend (put water blocks on both 580's).
So I will post an update sometime this week.

TheCenturion · 11 Jan 2011 at 15:29

Sli 580s... lucky git

Can't wait to see the finished thing.

JohnTedd · 12 Jan 2011 at 11:10

Only just stumbled on this project and I gotta say that it made me chuckle, especially the early stuff about Mrs Piggin (although I suspect she's not as bad as you paint, especially if she let you put a bare computer on a shelf! Not sure I'd get away with that).

Looks like you are going to have one hell of a case once you have finished with plenty of cooling capacity, but with all those fans is it going to be quiet? What RPM are you planning on running them at?

piggin · 13 Jan 2011 at 22:28

TheCenturion said:
Sli 580s... lucky git

Can't wait to see the finished thing.

I do feel lucky

JohnTedd said:
Only just stumbled on this project and I gotta say that it made me chuckle, especially the early stuff about Mrs Piggin (although I suspect she's not as bad as you paint, especially if she left you put a bare computer on a shelf! Not sure I'd get away with that).

Looks like you are going to have one hell of a case once you have finished with plenty of cooling capacity, but with all those fans is it going to be quiet? What RPM are you planning on running them at?

Glad you are enjoying the build log John.
I have tried to make this a 'little light hearted' as you find a lot of build logs very serious.

As for Mrs Piggin, she finds my exploits on these forums very funny.
She makes comments like “talking to your little friends again” etc. :rolleyes:

But she is a wonderful person (have to say that as she reads these sometimes) & understanding (regarding the self). I just wish she would stop trying to dust when everything is on.

I am sure; I will come home one night and find her at the door, with her hair standing two feet above her head, looking slightly ‘crispy’ :mad:

As for the fans, I will be running two zalman fan controllers. So there should be no problems with noise. As for speed, they will be running very slow.
I may also purchase a BigNg to get better control of the temps.

JohnTedd · 14 Jan 2011 at 09:27

piggin said:
As for the fans, I will be running two zalman fan controllers. So there should be no problems with noise. As for speed, they will be running very slow.
I may also purchase a BigNg to get better control of the temps.

I have a BigNG and it has good and bad points. I liked the fact that it can do 20W per channel and that allows me to control my pump with it. Plus there is a lot of flexibility in controlling the speed of the pump/fans with the different styles - manual(!), arbitrary curve, target temp (with a variety of ways of getting towards that target) and "software sensor". I initially thought that software sensor was the way to go, but that only works when you are logged in, so what happens the rest of the time? So I have sensors all over the place in my case and their temps won't reflect what's going on in the silicon but you can still make a nice quiet system that responds to extra activity. I will be posting more about the BigNG but its real weakness is its controlling software and the fact that no one is supporting it these days - last update was in 2008 and it's an alpha version!!!

JohnTedd · 14 Jan 2011 at 09:34

I do hope Mrs Piggin's foot has healed and her DVT gone... That didn't sound very nice at all. Plus it stopped your build and our amusement.

piggin · 14 Jan 2011 at 21:22

Hi John Tedd

Thank you for your kind comments regarding my health. It is refreshing to know that people care.
I am praying to get better soon so that him indoors can crack on with his build and reconnect our printer and get rid of all this mess from the shelf.
Dust mites are now building colonies within the mass of wires sitting in front of me.
Best Wishes Mrs Piggin

TheCenturion · 14 Jan 2011 at 21:26

Hi mate, yeah, some people are actually really nice on this forum, I've found

Is your trapped nerve still a problem? Also, have you been forced to tidy your desk yet?

piggin · 14 Jan 2011 at 21:57

Hi Centurion this is still Mrs Piggin as before, Mr Piggin still has his trapped or rather pinched nerve which is making him a really miserable so and so to love with these days.
I can't wait for my foot to heal so I can go out and leave the miserable git in the house.
I agree there are some nice people around these days.