The Left Handed Build

Sgt Tackleberry · 18 Jun 2011 at 08:17

your taking your time to build this

.. looking good m8

delta9 · 18 Jun 2011 at 17:43

i v much enjoyed reading this post - not least as im left handed and much prefer pictures to text

delta9 · 18 Jun 2011 at 17:46

TheCenturion said:
Those rads look ridiculous! (in a good way)

what he said LOL - amazing

piggin · 20 Jun 2011 at 06:08

Shayper said:
How many rads?!?!

That looks incredible!

TheCenturion said:
Those rads look ridiculous! (in a good way)

delta9 said:
what he said LOL - amazing

Yep, had a few rads hanging around, so I thought I would put them to sum use.

piggin · 20 Jun 2011 at 06:23

RollerBall said:
Coming alone very nicely, was originally following this on *****. That case is going to be mahoosive when it's finished.

Nice to see you have found me again.

That place has become very quiet & very few build logs are generated.
I still update my build but that's about it.
I have found that people just want to argue with you over the slightest thing

delta9 said:
i v much enjoyed reading this post - not least as im left handed and much prefer pictures to text

Thanks for the few kind words.
I prefer to take as many pictures as possible & let them tell the story.
I have found that you can type pages to try & explain yourself when a few pics will do the job.

Sgt Tackleberry said:
your taking your time to build this .. looking good m8

Agreed, this build has been going on for ever.
I has had a few problems though :-
Mrs Piggin breaking her foot & me being nurse maid for 17 weeks as she was house bound.
Me trapping the nerve in my neck & not being able to move my right arm for months.
Changing jobs from working shifts to days (now I work longer hours than ever & have less time off (not the most sensible move I think)

Having to contend with all this has pushed my time scale for this build further & further out.
Hopefully if everything stays as it is, this build will be completed before ????

piggin · 20 Jun 2011 at 06:28

JohnTedd said:
At last I am getting a sense of the size of this build - it is quite a monster!

Looking great though and I like the fact you've left enough space for push-pull fans around both rads.

Yes m8, this case is going to be BIG
It was always my intention to make sure I has space to fit everything in & work on it.
Was also trying to make it future proof (if that's possible) by making it possible to change things around later.
This should be possible as this case is completely modular.
I could even add a motherboard with 10 slots as the case has the room.

piggin · 27 Jun 2011 at 06:33

Due to the number of fans I will be running in this build. I will need more than one fan controller.
These controllers will be mounted in a frame bellow the DVD drive.

The fronts have been removed & the brackets refitted.

The controllers are then fitted into the adjustable slots.

The power supply cables were then cut to length

Then joined together & braided

Finally the cables fitted onto the controllers

Montala · 27 Jun 2011 at 07:27

Lovely pictures, as always!

I would have thought that on a super, duper, state of the art rig like that you would have used a Blu-Ray drive though!

piggin · 28 Jun 2011 at 21:47

Montala said:
Lovely pictures, as always!

I would have thought that on a super, duper, state of the art rig like that you would have used a Blu-Ray drive though!

Thanks, thought about getting a blu ray drive but as I don't have any disks, I decided against it.

TheCenturion · 17 Jul 2011 at 00:11

Yo what's happening man?

piggin · 17 Jul 2011 at 19:41

I have had some real problems with transport recently (sold my Subaru & my Astra failed the MOT), so I have not had any time to do any work on my build.

I have however had some time to spend more money & do some planning.

I purchased two reservoirs for the build

Something nice & subtle, just like the rest of the build. So went with X2 RES 250 Advanced

Well packaged, just like all the rest of the EK products

Lots of options for putting tubing in & out

Mounting kit & instructions

One res lined up for fitting

Cables attached to GPU to help finalise position

Side panel fitted to give some idea of finished project

Both res's put into position

Holes for cut-outs on motherboard tray worked out & marked up.

JohnTedd · 17 Jul 2011 at 22:22

Looking good. Two reservoirs = 2 pumps = 2 loops??

piggin · 18 Jul 2011 at 04:15

JohnTedd said:
Looking good. Two reservoirs = 2 pumps = 2 loops??

I am having two loops but not two pumps

ZZZAC · 9 Aug 2011 at 15:37

whats going on with this build atm?

piggin · 9 Aug 2011 at 20:55

ZZZAC said:
whats going on with this build atm?

Not had a lot of time to do anything recently as I have been playing with my new toy

Evoss · 9 Aug 2011 at 21:12

Good enough for me xD

ZZZAC · 9 Aug 2011 at 21:39

piggin said:
Not had a lot of time to do anything recently as I have been playing with my new toy

i think everyone on this forum will agree with me when i say thism so i speak for the masses.
Fair play

JohnTedd · 10 Aug 2011 at 09:36

Shiny! So shiny I can see the photographer's legs

PMol · 10 Aug 2011 at 10:42

Watching this thread with interest.

piggin · 10 Aug 2011 at 15:25

Thanks for the kind words gents.
Hopefully I will find some time soon to get on with this build.

JohnTedd said:
Shiny! So shiny I can see the photographer's legs

lol, not my legs m8.
Spent the day cleaning the car & giving it a polish.
Mrs Piggin must have slipped out & caught the moment for posterity whilst standing next to her car.

I have recently spent a lot of money on a new polish & wax for the car.
Hopefully the weather will improve soon & I can make it really shiny