Feronix
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230mm fan
Well, I am using a mini ITX board, which is insanely tiny, but apparently Gainward thinks it's necessary to put GPUs in mobo boxes with lots of padding.
[BL] Feronix goes ITX
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230mm fan
Well, I am using a mini ITX board, which is insanely tiny, but apparently Gainward thinks it's necessary to put GPUs in mobo boxes with lots of padding.
Feronix
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Double post cause I'm a rebel!
No but seriously, this is my own build log ^_^
Modded the SSD and got all the drives in. Currently in the process of painting the fan shrouds and Corsair pump/block bracket.
And with the mech HDDs
Sata cables in
Fan pop out of their casing really easily:
In case you've never seen a Dutch newspaper
Plasti-dip and some cheaper matte black spray paint -the latter is actually easier to work with. Plasti-dip creates air bubbles in the paint?
First layer
Just did the second layer. Now to let them dry and then I can install the rest Stay tuned.
No but seriously, this is my own build log ^_^
Modded the SSD and got all the drives in. Currently in the process of painting the fan shrouds and Corsair pump/block bracket.
And with the mech HDDs
Sata cables in
Fan pop out of their casing really easily:
In case you've never seen a Dutch newspaper
Plasti-dip and some cheaper matte black spray paint -the latter is actually easier to work with. Plasti-dip creates air bubbles in the paint?
First layer
Just did the second layer. Now to let them dry and then I can install the rest
Stay tuned.
Feronix
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Thank you! Thought I needed something to represent that this was my personal build
Ooo exciting, I only noticed air bubbles if you spray up close with lots of it. Your best litteraly just getting a few splats of paint over an area and moving on, coming back and repeating. Thats why it ends up taking 4/5 coats.
Thanks for the tip matey, I'll be sure to use that one
Fans are almost ready and they are going to look soooo good!
Edit; The pump/block bracket is going to be textured... apparently :lol:
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Feronix
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While I was waiting for the paint to dry before I could continue the build (not having a CPU cooler really makes it pointless to install your CPU/motherboard/RAM) I installed the PSU.
PSU cover plate installed
All the cables that I'm going to need. Bro do u even fit?
The answer; Barely :s
The fan looks good
Barely fits too... Man, this is a tight build
Seriously though, why does Bitfenix not make these?
PSU cover plate installed
All the cables that I'm going to need. Bro do u even fit?
The answer; Barely :s
The fan looks good
Barely fits too... Man, this is a tight build
Seriously though, why does Bitfenix not make these?
Feronix
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That's what she said, but it all went fine in the end can I see
Yeah it's definitely a challenge, especially with cable management. Not going to bother making it super tidy right now though, I'll need to swap out the 24 pin to a braided one some time anyway. Might have pester Grey_Beard for that
When all that's done I'll do some proper cable management and also get some custom white acrylic to do a PSU cover.
Excuse the yellow-light ish photos please, I kept working on the build until midnight. Labour paid off though, I am now posting this from the rig!
That motherboard is insanely tiny
Really liking the white bracket for the H60. It stands out massively from the rest of the CPU socket area but still blends in nicely with the rest of the build.
Especially when you toss in some sexy white RAM (thanks Etlar
)
As you can see in the image above, I had to mount the H60 with the tubing to the side, cause apparently it doesn't fit with the tubing at the top or bottom (bottom would've made it really difficult to install the block anyway).
Got that GPU in.
Will mod that one later. Will make it black & white, possibly paint the PCI bracket black while I'm at it (why do manufacturers not do this?) and then I'll make my own custom backplate with some white acrylic.
And she boots!
Windows installed as well. Got to love SSDs
Wraith
Bettyswollocks
Doesn't happen often that your GPU box is twice as big as the motherboard one
Awesome! Although the 2 kilo packets have me concerned :lol: DEA gonna be knockin' :lol:
Feronix
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Very nice little build Feronix.
Thank you! No, no games yet. Right now I'm just getting round to installing software, setting up drives etc. All the usual fun stuff
Apparently you can't add folders (and everything in them) to iTunes either in Windows (you can in OS X) so I had to go into [Bandname]>[Album name] for every single album which took longer than drivers and set-up tbh :lol:
Aaahh yeah. The highly illegal and addictive Caviar Blues
Haha, he's in the Netherlands
Great work, makes me want to do a prodigy build.
It's just the grass that's legal here mate, and I'm pretty sure it's restricted to like 5 grams per person
Not that I'd know...Go for it mate, they're great little cases! A bit difficult to work in though, and yeah, short/custom cable kits are recommended. But once you get everything in and looking tidy, it's definitely incredibly satisfying
Go for it mate, they're great little cases! A bit difficult to work in though, and yeah, short/custom cable kits are recommended. But once you get everything in and looking tidy, it's definitely incredibly satisfying
Cool, what are your temps like? Im a bit worried about how hot it gets in there (even if I had a blower-type cooler).
RamboOC
Suspended By Request of Police
Subbed this should turn out great
I gave OS X a go on my current rig and was amazed it worked because of my spec. Was slow as hell though
Thats probably because you need kexts for your gpu, otherwise everything is supper choppy with no opengl support etc and limited resolutions
Feronix
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It handles gaming surprisingly well, considering it's something that it wasn't built to do. Or at least not its main purpose.
Ignore the first 30 seconds of the FPS counter, I don't know why it did that (seemed to be locked at 30/60 fps). Recorded using Shadowplay, so barely a performance hit and the framecounter is from Fraps.
Fixed the video links
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_atKXTtfsI&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtBPwh1vWyE&feature=youtu.be
Ignore the first 30 seconds of the FPS counter, I don't know why it did that (seemed to be locked at 30/60 fps). Recorded using Shadowplay, so barely a performance hit and the framecounter is from Fraps.
Fixed the video links
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_atKXTtfsI&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtBPwh1vWyE&feature=youtu.be
Dicehunter
Resident Newb
Wow now that is some nice performance, Great rig you have there
You going to get GTA V? So awesome, funny as well, best game out.
That would be a fun game to play together if its any good on PC
That would be a fun game to play together if its any good on PC
You know what, I've never once tried the multiplayer. :mellow: Seems like YouTubers have a laugh when they play it though. I'm gonna buy it on PC. I won't continue it on PS3 now, I'll save myself for the re-release.
