ALXAndy

Nice build, shame about the name. Kinda makes me think of animal droppings.

So I would have to PM you just to find out if I can send you free shit? Hint, mate - hardly any one will be bothered. I would state your location.

If you're on the earhole for free stuff I would include your location. I personally couldn't be arsed sending anything to "Somewhere cold".

Buy it and chuck in a Westmere hex.

Update. Now that the side was finished I can concentrate my efforts on the rest. So today I took the floor of the case that I removed at the start and test fitted the two intake fans to it. And the other side, still masked. Then braided the fans. I decided on light green and silver grey. Then cut a notch so the wires can come into the case. Clean and assemble. And the other side. In case you have forgotten how the case works here is a shot of it assembled, and I've pointed to where they go. So now I have something similar to Silverstone's rotated cases with pure intake at the bottom. I know the GPU will block a lot of the air but it's the GPU I am concerned about temp wise in such a small box. As for the fans? well I have ordered one of these. This will be the main connector for all of the fans I connect. I will most likely fit a 7 volt resistor to the 12v molex line that feeds it. I used one in X8 White Lightning and it worked brilliantly, allowing me to do a nice job of the fan wires.

My lady, complaining about how much it cost.

And done.

Screw head japes... Basically I have been using Smoothrite spray paint that seems to be very heavily oil based and takes 24 hours before it stops being sticky. That means that I can only really put down a meaningful coat every day which has slowed me greatly. Can't say I'm enamoured with it but it has put a nice coat on the grill. The screw heads however? well even after three coats you could still see the primer coming through. And after one coat of model paint using a cotton bud (Q tip to you yanks) Normally I would not become so caught up in tiny little details like this but I want it to be right.

It should be later on today. In a way I regret posting the last pics I did because it just looks like ass. I should have cleaned it before assembling but couldn't be assed = my moods. Just hoping the enthusiasm comes back as forcing myself to do it will only end in tears lol.

Update. Well, actually rather not. For the past few days I've not been feeling so well so I've decided not to take on anything stressful. As such the project has sort of sat still. Since posting last though I have put down another coat on the grill and I'm very happy with that and I've painted all of the screw heads that hold it on. Sadly painting screw heads with spray paint is a bit of a sod and they're going to need doing by hand if I want them to look right. Just watching the Manc derby right now, later this afternoon I will sort the screw heads out and with any luck I can get it finished tomorrow. All I will need to do once they're painted is clean everything thoroughly, then bolt them on and cut off the excess with a dremel. Then I can move onto sorting out the hard drive covers, and crack out the plotter again. So more to come soon

With no AGP slot that will be kinda hard.

From what I remember the 280 is basically a rebranded 7950. The 960 is basically slightly slower than the 760 it replaced which was just about on par with a GTX 670. And, AFAIK the 670 was about on par with the 7950 whilst the 680 was on par with the 7970. So, there should be very little, if anything, in it, only the 280 has 3gb.

Amazing stuff as usual.

Right that's the grill painted. And temp fitted. Couple of notes. It's filthy and really needs to be cleaned. The screw heads are to be painted black. Other than that it's almost finished now. Oh yeah, and the Yates came. But sadly the green paint got stopped at the post office so the seller has sent another one out.

Good lord when you said it was going to be big you meant it, huh? Subbed on this. Looking forward to seeing how it turns out

OK so I decided on a window. First up I had an old scrap piece lying around so let's mask it ready for work. This is it here. Got a nice smoked look. OK so cut. Mark holes. Drill holes. Round off square corner. Test fit. Ugly silver edging. Cue this. And paint. And a short while later. So now when you look through if you look up down or sideways you see a nice painted edge. I have to give it another coat later but it looks 100% better like that. Tomorrow I will be painting the grill itself and getting that bit all buttoned up and finished

OK Window it shall be. I've got to go to the doctor's in an hour so will be popping into the model shop in town to buy some black paint. At some point this afternoon I will paint the cut edges of the panel black so that the edges are not silver and don't stick out when you look through them. Hopefully the piece of acrylic I have will do, if not I will have to order some. Will be nice looking through and seeing the lit logo though, well worth the extra hassle. I'm also trying to get the PSU sorted out as we speak. No reply from Pexon just yet but Shakmods can apparently make me up complete replacements for £60 all in. A figure I find agreeable.

Awesome.

Looking forward to seeing what the silhouette kicks out Great toys.

Yeah I gotta say I am well tempted man.

What in god's name happened there?

Opinions wanted... OK so the side vent thing. Do I vent it using the mesh I bought, or, do I slap a piece of smoked acrylic on the back side of it making it a window? See, here's my reasons why I'm tempted. Basically the bottom fans are going to be loaded into the enclosure giving it awesome airflow. They will act pretty much as the Silverstones do in my Raven, forcing all hot air up and out of the exhaust. So do I compromise that by having a big open hole, or, turn that into a focal point and slap in some acrylic and put some LEDs inside to show off the Titan Black? Opinions fellas please. I think I even have a piece that is large enough to be fitted in there. Also bear in mind; I have decided to paint the raw edges where the hole was cut. I'm gonna pop around to the model shop around the corner tomorrow and get some paint.