Twin Turbo "Black Edition"

ahh, one more day left on ebay. Have a feeling this thing might not ship.

might have to sell the Custom Hybrids separately or as a pair. Hope this isnt breaking the rules but if anyones interested let me know.

also gutting was to hear from Gigabyte if i'd got the build done before June they would have taken it to Computex ;(
 
thanks :D

2nd time relisted =/ shame, hit just under 1600hz on the core :D

I think I may stick two RX 480s in there with GPX blocks with Universal mounts. would save a lot of time and only need to drill holes and off it goes.
Did have a XFX with me but been offered silly money for it
 
Gigabyte Xtreme kindly posted up the build on their Facebook page :)

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=641760125973296&id=601457763336866

Seems like I'll have to sell the GPUs separately . gutted but refuse to lower the price of the system because of them.

Looking at £180 for one or £320 for both with a Full Years warranty from myself , partly due to Gigabyte knowing I've missed up the manufactures warranty and the water block being sponsored .

Trying to think is it worth just sticking a MSI EK X 1070 in their of sticking to my guns and getting a Blower style but just adding an alphacool via universal mount (easy to do) and not going and modding a heatsink down which won't be out for 4 weeks ....

New I shot my self in the foot with the 970s, both Asus and gigabyte but couldn't resist the challenge! Opinions please ???
 
Cenedd said:
From a selling point of view it puts more labour in than most people are going to be willing to appreciate and, more importantly, pay for. The market for 'cool factor' is quite small and a lot of that market is probably going g to do it themselves - not as well, obviously.

Question for this one is what are you trying to achieve? Are you just trying to sell it off regardless of how the graphics cards are done. Is it just that with the current graphics people won't pay the premium for the work that went in?
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Lucky the water gear was sponsored so not making a real lose on the cards so wasnt factoring in the cost of the work done or the water parts into the build . ( to be honest I can do the modes to the Asus and Gigabte 970 in under an hour now for 2 cards including mounting the blocks- practice makes perfect)

I was hoping to take a different approach to everything out there which is the same with slapping a watercooling block and done. Bit of a waste when you've got amazing coolers on HOF cards and the xtreme cards.

***Tried with 2 triple fan versons using alphacool blocks and very easy to attach the shroud, keeping the aesthetics and cooling down the heatsink.
Seen so much debates on not worth sticking a £100 block on a £200 card yet fine for a £600 card. come next generation that water cooled card is selling for the same as the air version on ebay. throwing away money but thats my personal view and the liking for universal blocks****

Im guessing with the sale of this build, regardless of the looks and the amount of water gear being thrown in, its over shadowed by the fact old cards are in there- looking at sites you'd get a 1070 in their minus all the water gear and slower/lower grade spec in everything else, but the newer GPU sticks out.
The value of the rest of the parts has increased due to the £ weakening so the aren't the weak parts, actually the strongest along with the water gear.

what i've learnt from these two builds is they stick out like a Nail, and even i'd say my poor execution of the build **other builds on here with the amount of person hours blows this one out of the woods. some of the custom braiding has me drooling! the attention to detail etc** it will turn heads then a perfectly executed build just to the fact its not following the norm.
I've also learnt that whilst it turns heads, its also hard to start it up as a business. The ones whom view it mostly off here and via social media have their own etc and know the work gone in to it. your average as you've stated is looking at price , and even before that, Known names such as PCWorld whom charge an arm and a leg for a system compared to the higher spec and cheaper prices then say OCUK.

I thought of the next project ( pending I guess) would have more of a practical approach then the last two glory seekers!
Mitx build using say a silverstone Raven 01, fully watercooled but easily swapped out without having to drain the system. but thats another story.

think it's got to the point id like the 970s to find a good home, PC would be easy to ship, i could even strip and still sell for same or slightly more then i paid. its the 970s thats are the star of the show personally
 
I get parts cheap from alphacool, so was going to use their GPX unit which has quick discount fittings included. Idea behind it being , change GPU you just remove the pump block from the current GPU heatsink and attach it to new card that either has a new heatsink of universal fitting Mount :)
Would be a silent console machine . well, would have been the plan. Might even hybrid a card for the hell of it.

Yep, def slipped into that gap, specially getting higher grab parts for the price of high spec ones or even cheaper . I question the method to which the parts not from OCUK turned up at my door...
 
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