the rebuild/upgrade : take 1

SGWills

SGWills

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Well i decided that with a bit of sad news within the family, i will rebuild and upgrade my pc to take my mind off things. its not going to be a rushed job and will most probably take a while as i want everything to be done right first time. Also i had a clear out down my garage aswel which means i got tonnes of room to mod my pc without having to tidy the work space up because the misses wants to cook/watch tv/go to sleep :D

Currently running Q6600 w/ scythe ninja, 8800GTS 640MB, 2gig titanium OCZ pc6400, 400, 250 and a 74gig hard drives, DS3R mobo, corsair HX520 PSU, all housed within a akasa mirage

my current plans are -


[*]Change Case To a Lian li V1000 with a custom matt black/black with red/blue flake finish
[*]change mobo to a P5K-E or similar
[*]upgrade to 4 or 8 gig or ram
[*]make HDD as silent as possible
[*]Maybe upgrade the graphics, they suit my needs at the mo so not sure


i do have a bad habit of expecting the insides to be as simple as possible so cable tidying is one of the highest things on my list (i need a new hobby :p)

went out and bought enough paint to compete with Crown, small tools to help along with the modding and also a tidy out to get more space

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not bad for a days work :) garage might look smaller than it is but bear in mind there is a astra behind me aswel :001_tt2:

next step is to wait for the case to arrive :)

also the following arrived.


3 x YATE LOON 120mm - D12SH-12
4 x Acousti Anti-vibration 120mm Fan Gasket Black
5 x Black Heatshrink 500mm piece (For 3-4mm Braiding)
2 x 3mm Black Cable Braid / Sleeving
3 x 4mm Black Cable Braid / Sleeving
 
****** Todays Activities *******

well i had a busy day today, postie arrived nice and early bringing me my fans etc and also my new case and motherboard

so the day starts with me, stripping the case down (well what i can) and getting them all ready to be primed.

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an in action shot they glow a lot in the light!

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all done

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once i had sprayed most the bay covers, stealth drive and fan cover, it was time to start priming the panels

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whilst waiting for things to dry spent a bit of time braiding my fans and also the power switch lead + activity lights cable

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with the braiding finished it was on to first coat of black

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new colour stealth drive

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new look fan cover with anti vibration gasket attached

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one of the side panels drying

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whilst waiting i was having a play about with some stuff i had left over from a different mod, what you think ?

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so whats next i hear you say, well i need more paint first of all but i need to de rivet the case, spray it, re rivet it, cup of tea, whilst trying to think of some different things i can try, got a few in mind but you will have to wait

Til next time

SG
 
Wowza that side panel looks awesome.
Also that bottom picture of the carbon like effect jeez, if you did that on some of the parts in the computer it would look the dogs ball'n'tackle.
Good luck with the rest.

~Slash
 
naudiz said:
Looking pretty sweet :) That PSU shield effect looks awesome, how'd you do it?

Naud
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most my fathers friends work on cars, and one of them had a sheet of carbon fibre so i "borrowed" it :)

Slashiem said:
Wowza that side panel looks awesome.
Also that bottom picture of the carbon like effect jeez, if you did that on some of the parts in the computer it would look the dogs ball'n'tackle.
Good luck with the rest.

~Slash
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there is more carbon fibre goodness to come, looking to detail the hard drives + a few other bits in it :)
 
Glad my v1k went to someone who will treat it well, really looking forward to this outcome mate :D

Looks awesome so far
 
Hurry up and get one with it! I want to see the finished outcome! Nice work mate and it's good you're putting time into something you love doing! Always the best way to distract you from other things.

How do you do braiding, deffo want to do that on mine when I build it Crimbo time?

RoEy
 
RoEy said:
Hurry up and get one with it! I want to see the finished outcome! Nice work mate and it's good you're putting time into something you love doing! Always the best way to distract you from other things.

How do you do braiding, deffo want to do that on mine when I build it Crimbo time?

RoEy
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braiding is relatively (sp?) easy, you need braiding sleeve, some heatshrink to tidy the ends of the cable up, a paper clip and a lighter :p then you remove the fan connector with the paper clip, cut the sleeve to the size you want, slip it on the cable, heatshrink the ends(using the lighter to tighten the heatshrink) put the connectors back on and your done :)
 
**** small update ****


had a evening in the garage :)

firstly took the heatsinks off my motherboard ready for when my new ones turn up :)

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secondly i started some work on the case, started by cutting some holes to route the front panel wires behind the motherboard tray and up to where the connectors are.

once i had done that i was having a play about with another idea i had, basically going to sector off the case so that the motherboard is the only visible thing once everything is finished, the other parts will be fenced off

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again as always feedback is welcome :)
 
few odds hiccups this evening, took my pc parts out of my old mirage case, set them up ghetto style (on top of the motherboard box) and thought thats a strong burning smell, touched the CPU cooler and it was so hot it was untouchable :eek: so set up a few more fans which seem to b doing the job.

later on just using the pc to chat away on MSN, when all of a sudden, no monitor output and both my screens stop working, turned pc off, cleared cmos, worked then stoped :eek: turn pc back on and there was a high pitch whinging noise, switched off and on and it went :eek: so i spent the last hour or so making sure i got back ups of all the files i need off here incase it goes for good. waiting for payday to come around so i can put my order in and get things moving, last order of paint to arrive, got new mosfet,nb + sb coolers comming aswel as more braiding goodness.


hopefully get the case all sorted before the end of this month, fingers crossed
 
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