Like lightning, creativity can hit a person from any direction. Inspiring them to take a new path. Project Reliquary is that path for for me. As a student of Engineering, and a Gamer I need the tools to stay successful and be able to create when I need and be a refuge in my down time. This build is an expression more to myself than to others but like every person every build has its story. - Jan 9, 2015 The first pc I ever worked on was when I was very young in 1997. I was just helping my mother put in a 5” floppy drive and a Creative sound blaster sound card into her upgraded Windows 95 Packard Bell. Now its 2015 and I am beginning to upgrade from a 7 year old windows Vista laptop to my first enthusiast build. I have been slowly working up to this point since late 2012 when I realized I wanted to do my college projects from home. Very quickly I discovered that I would either need to buy a new machine or build one from scratch. Buying a new machine outright would have been fastest but there is no way I could have afforded it at the time in 2012. By January 31 of 2013 I had saved enough to just buy some parts and I got really excited and thought that by that time next year(2014) I would have a new pc. Yet life had some other crazy plans for me. December 27, 2013 was the beginning of a very strange journey. I was looking to buy a car for my mom it was something she really wanted and at the time I had a much better line of credit that she did. So we looked at a few and she really wanted the first one we looked at but we never bought it because by January 11 I began my one week hospital stay as I got really sick the week before. I was diagnosed with ADEM or Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. As the doctors told me it would take some time for my brain to heal about six months to a year. A few months roll by I got better and I noticed something scary. I was totally broke with only 50 dollars left to my name. Medical bills ate up almost all of my families savings in such a short time. By August my computer funds that I saved away disappeared. That did not deter me; by the end of September a friend of mine helped me out and I started working full time for a small security firm and I have been working almost non stop to recover both my health and my funding for the pc. Then a few days ago I finally saved up enough to have a cushion and bought the rest of the parts I needed and wanted to at least get the rig up and running. Parts and Random Thoughts:
CPU: i7 3820 - * it was given to me in 2013. / I’m sure it will work well.
PSU: HX 1050 - * this was also given to me in 2013. / Kinda overkill on power.
Motherboard: Asus P9 X79WS / Asus hasen’t failed me yet. GPU: Asus GTX 970 Strix / It sags on the motherboard.
I might need a support bracket; as I doubt fishing line might not be the best choice to hold it up with.
Memory: Corsair Vengance 4X8 / Runs well so far.
CPU Cooling: Corsair H100i / I need to buy 2 PWM fans for push pull config.
Case: NZXT 810 Switch / Its a case with a nice amount of room. Case Cooling: 4x140 NZXT Fans / They are plugged into the NZXT Fan Hub that came with the case.
Future Upgrades | Reason | Expected Date HDD Storage 4TB Total (2x2) / Content Creation Storage / Q1 - 2015 Monitor ultra wide or decent Color correction / Will replace 7 year old monitor / Q3 - Q4 - 2015
Intuos-pro tablet small. / Would like to use for Ps & IL / Q3 - 2015 Fan controller / Not sure about this one / N/A
Reliquary Case Mod: Wood Casing and Accenting | Q4 - 2015/ Q1 - 2016
Description:
Design and create an exterior shell/shroud for the NZXT 810 Switch and matching support bracket for the 970 Strix out of a light colored wood material. The final product should look and feel like furniture and blend naturally into the home while keeping a somewhat enthusiast look. Requirements: Material must be lightweight.
Material must be a wood or veneer.
Material must be stain/sealable and or be painted over.
Material must be easy to be etched and laser cut. Gap/Space Tolerance +/- ¼” for panel behind Motherboard tray. The Old And Tired Lappy: The Goods:
More random updates to come. Also noticed I spelled my own topic wrong lol. Its Reliquary. Feel'n derp.