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This is amazing! I have to wonder though, did you get any crazy looks when taking those pictures?

This is gr8. 8/8 for u m8!

That's one of the options I've been looking at for my new desk. I really like the fact that you can completely customize the desks to your liking but the lengths that they come in are a bit awkward for the space I have and my mom doesn't like the idea of DIYing it. I could very easily cut one down with a jigsaw and then just re-drill the leg holes.

I know I know It sucks but there's just not enough room on my desk. I've been looking to get a new desk because this one is too small and I've had it for the better part of five years so its getting a bit beat up. Until then though, the speaker remains where it is. Its actually not quite as bad as it looks.

Yup! Just some heavy duty Velcro. It used to be up top but I moved my desk and I like it better there.

Sorry, but she's mine. We are in a very loving relationship.

UPDATE!! And happy new years! Finally right? If you've been following my build at all, then your probably wondering where the hell it went. I do have some final pics and, well, not much else to say, so for anyone that actually likes to read and not just look at build logs' pretty pictures, I won't hold you up any longer. Here are the glamour shots of both the PC and the setup it powers: Final shipment of boxes... from about three weeks ago. Again, sorry it took so long guys :unsure: I've been enjoying my time off school a bit too much. I didn't take any pictures of the building process because it wasn't anything special. If you want a very detailed build log, go check out my Project NANO (Shameless Plug ) Here she is in her natural habitat. AF140s in the front, SP120s on the rad, and a single AF120 on the rear exhaust. Anyone who enjoys hockey (unless you have something against the Blackhawks) should appreciate this beauty. She hangs right above my desk :wub: I also figured I'd share a few of my awesome, and taken by yours truly, wallpapers that cycle throughout the day. Tell me what you think guys! This is probably the end of the build log unless anyone requests any different photos. If I ever do any mods to this system, they will most likely be in a different thread. I'm a ways off from having to make that decision though, so at this point I'm just rambling. Hope you like my rig!

I have no words... Mad respect for you man (*bowing down emoji*)

Sorry but I'm not too sure what you mean by that And yea I've been slacking, not gonna lie (enjoying my Christmas break maybe a bit too much) but you have prompted me to just take the pictures already. They should be up by tonight.

Very nice first build!

How have I never seen this before? She's gorgeous!

So pumped for this. Ever since Linus said it probably wouldn't work in his mineral oil PC video, I've been rooting for you. Please pull this off

This is amazing! And dumb question, but are those things looped around the hood hockey laces?

Haha. NO FEAR

Well the picture I posted would be build from scratch. I don't think there's any way I could turn the 350d into that. I'll probably end up modding the 350d though.

I actually just had something similar happen. I had one package come in a good newegg box and the other was in a really beat up generic box with half ripped fragile tape keeping it closed. I was worried when I opened it but everything inside ended up being just fine.

Thanks guys!

More stuff today guys! I'll just jump right in... Here's what came. One of the boxes is pretty obvious. Even the box on this thing is sexy. And there are the two together. It looks big in the picture but really that does it no justice; the 970 is a big card . Next box should come tomorrow. I'll keep the thread updated as more stuff arrives.

Looks awesome man! I don't know why, I just really like the idea of raising it off the ground like we both have it. It almost feels like its being put on a pedestal, and quite honestly, if your gonna put that much time into scratchbuilding something then it should be as high up as it can get

It would certainly be a hell of a project. I guess for now its just a dream :rolleyes: I'm actaully a bit curious now though; would you mind showing your solidworks model just to see how they compare?

Haha it's one of those weird manuals that has about two pages for every language so they can save on printing cost.

First package arrived in the mail yesterday guys so I figured I'd show you what that's all about. I would have posted yesterday, but I was actually in the ER with a very bad and sudden case of stomach flu on Monday night, so I really haven't been out of bed until today. Luckily, I'm getting better pretty quickly so I can get back on track with school and this build once all the parts arrived. Enough about me though, here's what came: The box that arrived was from Newegg. I was actually pretty impressed at how fast their free shipping was. Inside was the power supply and hard drive. Just some nerd p0rn at this point. Here's what comes in the box. I have to give EVGA props on their attention to detail here. From a PSU jumper, to bagception, to very nice cable wraps, to a freaking notes section in the manual, they really put a lot of effort into the little things, especially at this price point. Thanks for the enthusiasm so far guys!

Thanks guys!

Well I don't want to give too much away, but here's a very rough concept for the scratchbuild

Welcome to my new build! My old PC was getting pretty old, and to be honest I wasn't very smart at all when I built it, so it was time for an upgrade. Some of you might have seen my Poject NANO scratchbuild that I started last summer (I still promise I'm going to finish it, be patient people ) so I figured why not stick with the naming theme and give NANO a bigger brother named MEGA. The name is a bit off considering its an mATX build, but who cares, its bigger than NANO and it sounds cool so oh well. I ordered the parts the other day so they should be in within the next week but for now, here's the parts list: PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($209.99 @ Amazon) CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($75.99 @ NCIX US) Motherboard: Asus GRYPHON Z97 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($137.69 @ Amazon) Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (Purchased For $0.00) Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.00 @ Amazon) Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Newegg) Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($369.99 @ Newegg) Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($369.99 @ Newegg) Case: Corsair 350D Window MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ NCIX US) Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($94.99 @ NCIX US) Other: Thermal Armor ($24.65) Other: NZXT Grid ($16.99) Total: $1589.25 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-30 19:34 EST-0500 I decided to hold off on the second 970 for now, because I was slightly on the fence about it, but I think I'm going to just go for it and place the order tomorrow. Also, If you're wondering why the RAM is marked as already purchased, I decided to just scavenge it from my old system to save on price; I really couldn't justify spending another two hundred (ish) dollars on new RAM when I have some that works just fine. OK so I have about a billion ideas for mods that I could do on this system, and have even gone as far as designing a scratchbult case for it, but I promised myself that I would hold off on them until I finish NANO. At this point I am not sure when that will be but eventually, there will be some sort of modding going on. Let me know what you guys think!