Big Chungus Trololololo

[AlienALX]

So due to my upgrade recently I had a load of parts left over. Given they don't all work perfectly (or in the case of the PSU are missing cables) I wouldn't sell them. It was decided a couple of weeks back that we (my friends and I) would use the parts to build a gaming server for us to grab copies of games from and play.

The board is pretty revolting tbh.

The guy who will be housing the rig and hosting the server is called Gary, and Gary hates anything flashy, RGB and so on. So, I decided to do the ultimate troll.

We were crying with laughter over that last night. The idea is to fill it with LEDs and make it as absolutely obnoxious as possible.

It will be getting the board, 8gb (for now) RAM that someone donated to us, as well as a 550w Cougar PSU and an old Quadro. I will probably mod it a bit and add in ALL THE FANS ! because I have some left over. For cooling I will use the H80i V2 from the Alienware.

I only paid £45 inc for the case. Apparently it is brand new, but one of the rivets on the back is buckled so the PSU doesn't go in properly. It will probably take me about twenty seconds to fix, given I have a rivet gun etc. I will likely mod it too, and put our squad graphics on it.

But yeah, expect the worst. That's the goal

 

[WYP]

This builds gonna be something. I'm just not sure what...

 

[looz]

Cougar PSU... So not only flashy lights, but smoke effects as well! What an innovation.

 

[AlienALX]

This builds gonna be something. I'm just not sure what...

An eye burner lol.

Looz. It's an old one (Commander) and ran the green Alienware for about two years. Good PSU tbh. It won't have to work very hard. The CPU only pulls about 120w max.

 

[Bartacus]

LOL, I'm totally in love with the concept, can't wait to see what you do with it, hahhahaha!


EDIT: and also as a Fallout fan, the fact that your mates name is Gary is the cherry on top.

 

[AlienALX]

LOL, I'm totally in love with the concept, can't wait to see what you do with it, hahhahaha!


EDIT: and also as a Fallout fan, the fact that your mates name is Gary is the cherry on top.

Gaaary? lol. I loved that vault

Yeah we were crying with laughter last night. We said that because of all of the RGB and lights etc that over winter the kids will have to crowd around it and warm themselves on the lights, rubbing their hands lmao.

I will be using some etch vinyl I have to put our squad name and user names on etc. I may even get some chrome vinyl and put two enormous GODLIKE decals on it.

I couldn't believe it when it came up tbh. It's absolutely the perfect case for that horrific mobo lmao. A match made in hell.

 

[AlienALX]

OK been cleaning.

Not a bad start

 

[AlienALX]

A month. An entire month has gone by *sigh*.

So the guy who I bought it from (the case) was sick when I bought it. I said to him not to rush. I then came home for what I thought would be 2 weeks. It's turned into 4.

Maybe I shouldn't have been *that* laid back, but whatever. IDK if I mentioned it but my mother had a really bad fall 6 weeks ago and broke her leg. Badly. She has osteoporosis and terrible arthritis in her shoulder and back. Any way, the cast needs to be on for 3 months. Because of her bone density and etc. It's been a total nightmare. They took the cast off of her yesterday and fitted a brace, but it's really no better. She still can't weight bear until Feb.

So yeah I came home and then just kinda got stuck here. Not complaining, have been pretty chilled.

So yeah, maybe at some time next week I can start modding the case and so on. Would make a change.

We do need a gaming server ASAP though. We keep getting Claymore campers in COD 4 and it's caused many rage quits.

 

[AlienALX]

Big Chungus is here...

Big Chungus is big. Very big. *Morgan Freeman* "And it was that moment" yeah yeah.

It comes in two parts, the base is separate.

A size 10 for scale.

Obviously for £45 the case did have two issues. Firstly there is no headphone wires for the front (who gives a toss) and secondly it wasn't built properly and they had not riveted in one side of the PSU "holder" thing. It was bent and flopping around. There were already some of these scratches, but I did add some myself. TBH? I may not even bother touching them up as you will never see them once the base is on and the PSU is in. If you do? I will touch them up with some satin black. I ended up using my 90' drill attachment so I could get in, and instead of doing two small rivets I did one big bugger off one.

Trust me when I say, that's never moving anywhere again lol.

 

[AlienALX]

Somehow I don't think this should ever overheat.

 

[AlienALX]

Doh what a friggin dumbass. I fitted the cooler in the wrong way around. Have fixed that. Started cloth taping as I have no cable ties, realised it actually looks quite good. Then I thought "Hey I can unscrew that bracket like thing and hide the joins behind there" then I realised it was riveted in.

Seriously I have never, ever seen such weird design decisions in my entire life. There is the weirdest thing ever going on with the front alu behind the glass. I will get a pic of it when I take the glass off next. I'm starting to think this was a prototype tbh. I won't go into why I know that, but let's just say the guy I got it off would have access to such things.... Oh, and the PSU cables won't reach as I suspected. Not bothered though, these cost me £11. 24 and 8 EPS. I already have molex in red etc and a 6 pin PCIE.

 

[AlienALX]

Holy Mary, mother of god.

One thing is for sure. I won't be needing a Christmas tree this year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLZmgyGhTaA&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=Zomb13k113r

What I am happy about the most is how both of the remotes work with both of the RGB controllers. Meaning I have two, and only need to use one (so one spare).

 

[grec]

A true work of art

 

[AlienALX]

A true work of art

Yup. Probably the best thing a blind man has ever created !

 

[scubasteve]

hahah were you sitting on your stoop waiting for it

did not waste not time tho huh no idle hands , brill looks good dude well done



is it me or is it not as silent as i myself would like it to be from what i gathered from the clip you threw up ?

 

[AlienALX]

hahah were you sitting on your stoop waiting for it

did not waste not time tho huh no idle hands , brill looks good dude well done



is it me or is it not as silent as i myself would like it to be from what i gathered from the clip you threw up ?

The background noise is road noise. The house is double glazed, but some tit who lived here before left the window open in a gale, and it basically bent the frame. So you hear everything in here, and it was rush hour when I shot it FFS. It's especially wonderful when the idiot across the street starts up his offensively loud motorbike, then leaves it on his driveway "warming up" for about 30 minutes. Woke me up this morning, wearing ear plugs *rant*

Yeah I don't have time to delay tbh. We're getting so annoyed with claymore campers that my usually very calm squad have actually rage quit a couple of times. We need our own server for game night (weds). Too many cheaters and aimbots on those Russian servers tbh.

We have also realised that lots of the games we play will benefit from our own server too. Insurgency is a good game, yet we keep getting "Oops sorry" friendly fire from our friends across the pond. We also play Left 4 Dead 1&2 now, COD MW (COD 4) and etc. Loads of them allow private servers or, you can hack them to run on private servers (like COD 4).

It's funny because at 46 I had never played an online game VS any other players before in my life. Yet now I can't get enough. You can teach an old dog new tricks it seems.

 

[AlienALX]

Update. I am currently clearing out piles of old wires and crap pulled from the PCs I have been stripping this year. So I am doing a big clear out, whilst doing this too. Earlier I fitted the PSU and wired up the USB 3 & C and the board headers.

I also fitted in the PSU.

Some more wiring etc.

The GPU got a custom back plate also. I need to do something about the edges of the card, as that green is honking. I also need to finish the edges but the most important thing of all is it fits really well.

The AIO has been driving me bloody nuts so I tied it up out of the way.

 

[AlienALX]

Spent three hours doing this.

Only to find I can't spell my own user name.

Am going to leave it, to remind myself not to be a spaz.

 

[AlienALX]

Cables are here. I was just hoping to reach the board. Seems Phanteks are trying to reach the moon.

 

[AlienALX]

That should be everything connected up for now. Not bad given all I had was some cloth tape.