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You could probably imagine how mad I was when I went to Italy and 25% of all signs/billboards used that font. 

 

Why am I not surprised Italy likes Comic Sans? :)

 

So I finally tried out the cables in the current rig to see how they looked. First up, motherboard, CPU and only 1 KPE hooked up with discrete VGA cables:
 
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Don't mind the large cutout in the motherboard tray, I have a back cover coming in and will likely drill in a cable management hole in it. These were so easy to navigate and install compared to the Corsair set I had- the thinner sleeving definitely helps. They also retain the "bend" easier. I did get a sample custom paracord sleeved 6 pin PCI-E cable from Lavin which looked better and held shape better but for a $90 kit, this is pretty good. Some cable combs or lacing and the cables will look much better.
 
Now with the 2nd KPE hooked up, I had to use a daisychained VGA cable here without any choice:
 
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The dreaded loop appears. Fortunately, thanks to that wall of VGA cables and the easy to bend cables, it is not hard at all to tuck in the loop:
 
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One small thing I really appreciated was that the 6 pin and 2 pin sections of the 6+2 VGA cable are separated all the way from the PSU connector. So it is very easy to simply use the 6 pin part only if you have to!
 
I have decided to use the cables in my build and also set up some thing in motion with EVGA about the 1200P2 (hopefully anyway!) so I gladly announce EVGA as a sponsor of this build:
 
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I also set up the 3 quad radiators back with fans, since I have already shown the SR 1 560 with the Cougars before I won't show it again. Here is the XSPC AX480 with 8 Corsair SP120 QE fans:
 
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Those rings are definitely not finalized yet, but this rad is going to be on Side 2 where most of the components are set already. So I may well end up having all red rings in there. For the Alphacool Monsta 480, I decided to have the drop-in mount in the front so that the first set of fans provide enough gap to allow the front set of ports not interfere with the rad mount:
 
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That's one thick assembly. I am considering removing the rings all together and going stealth like with the SR 1, let's see.

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black green on those new color pallet things looks really nice, it doesn't even look green?

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black green on those new color pallet things looks really nice, it doesn't even look green?

 

That's just it- you have to see it at an angle to be able to tell it from the stock black color. So it doesn't really seem worth it to me. This is the proposed room setup:

 

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So with the light from the windows hitting the case, I was thinking of Bisque Speckle, Weathered Iron, Anthracite Metallic or White Alum/Quick Silver.

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I like the anthracite, but also quite like white alum/quick silver.

 

 

this is anthracite rite?

 

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yeah I like that color quite a bit, probably one of my favorites :D

 

It has just enough sparkle and eye-grabbing color, but not overly "HEY IM HERE IN YOUR EYEBALLS LOOK AT ME IM SPARKLY"

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yeah I like that color quite a bit, probably one of my favorites :D

 

It has just enough sparkle and eye-grabbing color, but not overly "HEY IM HERE IN YOUR EYEBALLS LOOK AT ME IM SPARKLY"

 

It gets real sparkly when light hits it- enough to make Twilight fans swoon!

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Man! That case Looks Like a Metal Cabinet for Important documents

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gah, @VSG this sucks

 

I been trying to sell my 900D, but it's like 50-90$ to ship it anywhere, people keep low-balling me on offers and want free shipping..

 

Then people offering me $300 for my 3930k because he found one listing where it sold for $300 on ebay, yet every other one is 400$ + lol

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gah, @VSG this sucks

I been trying to sell my 900D, but it's like 50-90$ to ship it anywhere, people keep low-balling me on offers and want free shipping..

Then people offering me $300 for my 3930k because he found one listing where it sold for $300 on ebay, yet every other one is 400$ + lol

900D on Craigslist is the only thing that makes sense to me. Even if shipping is covered, it is too risky.

Just have patience. Try multiple forum marketplaces.

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gah, @VSG this sucks

 

I been trying to sell my 900D, but it's like 50-90$ to ship it anywhere, people keep low-balling me on offers and want free shipping..

 

Then people offering me $300 for my 3930k because he found one listing where it sold for $300 on ebay, yet every other one is 400$ + lol

270 dollar case (brand new) with shipping included, means that with your 80 dollar shipping dilemma, you might just want to keep the case... or cut the losses... (Try Craigslist too!)

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awesoem project

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This is looking good, I'd go with one of the colours to GF agrees with. Happy wife happy life and all that. Still think the weathered iron looks the best so far.

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^ Wise man.

I like Weathered Iron too, but I think I will go with Bisque Speckle on the exterior. If budget permitted, I would have loved to go with Dark Roast for the interior.

 

It's the key to life! Keep the women happy.

 

Biqsue Speckle and Dark roast together would look rather sexy I think

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It's the key to life! Keep the women happy.

 

Biqsue Speckle and Dark roast together would look rather sexy I think

 

It definitely would, but the place I am going to has a minimum color policy of $195. So it would be another $195 minimum to just get the motherboard compartment done which I can't afford to do with x99 on the way.

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It definitely would, but the place I am going to has a minimum color policy of $195. So it would be another $195 minimum to just get the motherboard compartment done which I can't afford to do with x99 on the way.

 

Ouch! Even if you get both colours done at once? That's painful for my wallet let alone yours.

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Ouch! Even if you get both colours done at once? That's painful for my wallet let alone yours.

 

Ya, it is a single color minimum price. Sucks, but nothing can be done. They are very close to me and have a pretty decent powdercoating rate.

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Ya, it is a single color minimum price. Sucks, but nothing can be done. They are very close to me and have a pretty decent powdercoating rate.

 

That does suck. If they are local, and they are giving you a good rate and you trust them then I guess it's worth every penny.

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That does suck. If they are local, and they are giving you a good rate and you trust them then I guess it's worth every penny.

 

Ya. This is going to be done by their industrial division so hopefully that means better quality, and their powder color options were really good as I have been showing above.

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Ya. This is going to be done by their industrial division so hopefully that means better quality, and their powder color options were really good as I have been showing above.

 

Well yeah if they are using the industrial division then hopefully it means better quality and maybe slightly better scratch resistance? I dunno hopefully. The colour options they have are pretty amazing. I really can't wait to see this finished, will be sad when it's over though, same with all good build logs

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Well yeah if they are using the industrial division then hopefully it means better quality and maybe slightly better scratch resistance? I dunno hopefully. The colour options they have are pretty amazing. I really can't wait to see this finished, will be sad when it's over though, same with all good build logs

 

It will be a few months before this is done, mostly because x99 isn't anywhere close to release. In the meantime, I can work with the existing rig.

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It will be a few months before this is done, mostly because x99 isn't anywhere close to release. In the meantime, I can work with the existing rig.

 

Well that's good news for us, but bad news for you, bet you can't wait to finish it. Suppose it gives you time to save for the paint job though

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