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Treated myself to a Christmas present ......

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Just bought a Corsair 460X RGB after about five years of living in a 500R. (Gallery) It was a good case with lots of cooling and space but I really wanted something where I could see the internals. The 460 is a lot more compact so with dual GPU's cabling was a real PITA. I'll organise some shorter cables in due course.

As I've said elsewhere here I really liked the Fractal Define C and that would have been the more sensible choice however this one just really appealed to me. I love the glass and the backlight glow you get from the fans.

Pictures - Glass is a pain to photograph, hence mostly no window. The GPU sag looks worse in the photos than in real life.








Shiny!


Cheers

I think that it looks fantastic.
 
Can't wait to see the build - did you end up buying from the States or use the local retailer?

Local if i brought it from directly from CaseLabs it was going to cost me over $1100.00 shipping was going to be like $200.00USD and i thought nope, I had to settle for Black but i wanted Gun Metal Grey but the retailer here said no only in black.....Sigh.

I may take me another 12 months or so to complete the next build cause i will need to find decent custom cables with out breaking the bank i don't want to pay like $300.00 for cables.

No one does pre make cables like CableMod in the colour that i want.
 
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Local if i brought it from directly from CaseLabs it was going to cost me over $1100.00 shipping was going to be like $200.00USD and i thought nope, I had to settle for Black but i wanted Gun Metal Grey but the retailer here said no only in black.....Sigh.

I may take me another 12 months or so to complete the next build cause i will need to find decent custom cables with out breaking the bank i don't want to pay like $300.00 for cables.

No one does pre make cables like CableMod in the colour that i want.

Which case is that? The MAGNUM SMA8? And look forward to your build log. Love Caselab builds^_^
 
£45 for a set of f****** grips.

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All I wanted was a set of original style Mushrooms. But not the fake vinyl like ones that make your hands sweat and then give you blisters because they are too hard. Seems they are incredibly hard to get hold of now, so £45 it was. That is now the highest amount of money I have ever paid for grips. I could have gotten some Longneck but the mushroom bit isn't as deep or as comfy.

And a set of suitable shoes.

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£45 for a set of f****** grips.
All I wanted was a set of original style Mushrooms. But not the fake vinyl like ones that make your hands sweat and then give you blisters because they are too hard. Seems they are incredibly hard to get hold of now, so £45 it was. That is now the highest amount of money I have ever paid for grips. I could have gotten some Longneck but the mushroom bit isn't as deep or as comfy.

That's a hell of a lot. I would have gone with any of the following.
https://www.winstanleysbmx.com/product/62490/DiamondBack_Long_Grips
https://www.winstanleysbmx.com/product/52550/Fiend_Team_Flanged_Grips
https://www.winstanleysbmx.com/product/75666/Fit_Savage_Grips
https://www.winstanleysbmx.com/product/40693/Sunday_Yell_Grips
 

The problem is it's an £800 bike. It's done in a few colours, none are black. I could have gotten something for about £10 but I thought sod it.

It's all retro too with all retro parts so putting on new school stuff is kinda blasphemy.

Bugger, forgot the seat ! the bike comes with a repop Kashimax but there were some things better left in the 80s tbh. Like the grips the bike comes with, they're horrible. I can't be sitting on a plastic seat man. So I got this.

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No I have not suddenly became a bike thief :D it's to cut the bars down. I hate wide bars, makes me feel like I am riding a bull FFS
 
I'll stick to my MTB, I've had my share of mx's for GT Performer pros to huffys to a warpig to a fish bone to yet another GT, my last was a hoff which got pinched. Plus im 35 now so there a little small to be bouncing around on.
 
£45 for a set of f****** grips.



All I wanted was a set of original style Mushrooms. But not the fake vinyl like ones that make your hands sweat and then give you blisters because they are too hard. Seems they are incredibly hard to get hold of now, so £45 it was. That is now the highest amount of money I have ever paid for grips. I could have gotten some Longneck but the mushroom bit isn't as deep or as comfy.


Thats not too bad. I paid £80 for some ODI patent Cane Creek grips for my MTB. Discontinued now but still the best i have ever had. The bar ends they did were also one of the best, but over half that price.

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Grabbed some goodies from Swiftech during black friday

Got two of these

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And one of these. Just the house, already had the pumps

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The Mushroom II are ODI man. They're the only grips I ever used (and AME tri).

I'll replace the grips when I cut the bars down :)

I like that pump top.
 
Local if i brought it from directly from CaseLabs it was going to cost me over $1100.00 shipping was going to be like $200.00USD and i thought nope, I had to settle for Black but i wanted Gun Metal Grey but the retailer here said no only in black.....Sigh.

I may take me another 12 months or so to complete the next build cause i will need to find decent custom cables with out breaking the bank i don't want to pay like $300.00 for cables.

No one does pre make cables like CableMod in the colour that i want.

What colour scheme are you going for?
 
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In case I have any dizzy spells (meds side effects) and come off. Really hoping I don't, but getting to an age where I really don't want to.
 
What colour scheme are you going for?

Black/Gun Metal Grey or Black/Grey

But then that may make an issue if i do a full custom water cooling then i will have to work out what colour coolant, I have to change my fans yet again cause i can't use 140mm fans in the Case labs SM8, Now i'm trying to work out which fans i'm going to get and my plan is going to see if i can paint them.
 
Ordered the Razer Blackwidow X Chroma as my RGB K95 is the 3rd K95 to fail on me now.

Used the X yesterday and it feels really nice to use and is built like a tank -

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