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    Dallas, TX
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    Rock climbing, computers, programming...
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    Software Developer

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    4790k
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    Impact VII
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    1080 GTX Founders Edition
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    Scratch
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    Silverstone SFX-L 500w
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    Acer xb270hu, random vertical Dell 1080p, random Asus 1080p
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    Custom Loop
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    K70 rgb with some mods
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    Varies
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    Windows 10 64bit

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  1. Arkratos
    Here is a video of it at PDX Lan:
  2. Arkratos
    I was waiting for Corsair to post all of the final photos for me to upload the rest. I know soon they will also have an article about the build. But I do have an announcement to make, it's looking like the build will be Corsair's booth at Quake con 2018.
  3. Arkratos
    Nope, just some of the outer photos were taken as multiple photos with different lighting and exposure and then layered to get all the different levels of detail. That was the photographer's work. And just to let everyone know the scale pattern is the exact same on the inside as the outside. Just the outside had fancy studio lighting lightening it up. Edit: Oh and the monitors did have their images put on via post production. TN panels don't photograph well at all.
  4. Arkratos
    Time for some photos! (Part 1)
  5. Arkratos
    Generally while I'm working on it, it has a name, once it's finished it's just a computer. My current project I'm wrapping up is King Ghidorah, because it's based on him. Last project was Hailfire, because it was fire and ice themed. Before that... Sea Drive because it had fish. But once they are done, it's just the fish tank computer, the quake con 2017 computer, my main computer, my girlfriend's computer, etc.
  6. Arkratos
    V1tech also offers custom ones. However I do like the look and feel of yours more.
  7. Arkratos
    I got the wallpaper from the artist, it has a transparent background so I've been toying with it, but I figured it was appropriate to update the banner!Credit to Max Davenport for the amazing art!
  8. Arkratos
    Corsair has started teasing the project on Twitter and Facebook. I highly recommend checking them out as I'm waiting for them to do a tease before I follow up with pictures here. Expect photos to trickle in here over the next week or so. Also I have a great announcement for everyone asking about the virtualization. IT WAS A BREEZE on unraid. Like literally only took a few hours. I'll post a video soon, but I was floored with how easy the menus made it. You can find unraid here: https://lime-technology.com/ But it's really just a commercial flavor of linux running KVM, so if you want to spend a little more time and go the more hands on approach you should be able to pull this off on whatever your favorite linux distro is with KVM for the hypervisor.
  9. Arkratos
    Love me some scratch builds!
  10. Arkratos
    Thanks! It's Barrow's 12mm frosted acrylic tubing, I picked it up on Amazon, but it looks like it doesn't exist on there any more, but it was sold by Titan Rig. Edit: Good news, Modmymods carries it: https://modmymods.com/barrow-12-8mm-acrylic-rigid-hardtube-500mm-satin-yktm12-8.html It was surprisingly easy to work with, however if you blister the tube at all it's SUPER SUPER obvious. So needless to say I had to redo a few, the blisters look like beacons of light because of the frosting.
  11. Arkratos
    Remember that scale pattern I made for the GPU backplates and the pass through plate? Well it's back with a vengeance... It's on the case... Even around my HDMI and power cable pass throughs Around the window Even took the monitor arms to get wrapped since the paint didn't work I mean, King Ghidorah is one color and nothing but scales... So it is all accurate to the character! A few minor details I forgot to get photos of including things like the power button, the minor cables, etc. And the photo shoot took place And a sneak peak of the back Fancy photos coming soon, they are off to post production! and WOW the raws even look amazing. I'm working on the software side in preparation for Dreamhack Austin, if I don't have it working by then I still have time before PDX Lan but at least the physical aspect of the build is done! I'll update as I work on the software, but I really need a few days to catch my breath!
  12. Arkratos
    That's some intense tubing!
  13. Arkratos
    I did myself a favor and got some HDMI extensions, made a few holes, and they turned out pretty good. Ok, hurdles aside the internals are done. I assembled it and had an interesting problem I've never encountered... I was given a power button from a friend that was wired backwards... It was set up so if you weren't pressing it the power pins were connected and if you were pressing they were disconnected. Moral of the story... If you do the equivalent of holding the power button while trying to post you get errors: C0 sometimes, b5 sometimes, and random shut off during booting... 2 days later and 6+ hours to tear down, debug, and rebuild... I present you the cell phone quality photos of the internals! Check out those scales on the pass thru plate and on the gpus! V1Tech really helped hook me up with their new printer. I think it's either live on their website or will be soon, link in the first post. I didn't leave myself much room for GPU power... but it worked! In it's preferred orientation: And one with LIGHTS (it's a gif so I spoilered it for mobile users): That lighting is powered by the Corsair commander pro. That thing has a million connections making cable management an interesting endeavor, luckily the back side of this case is MASSIVE. Last thing to leave you with, the artist sent me another update. I'M SO EXCITED!!!
  14. Arkratos
    So a lot has happened, to the point that I didn't get around to updating here immediately so expect another update this weekend and then one early next week as I catch up and finish up. Unboxed and installed the last few components. I don't think I've had a power supply with quite that many cables. And I'm still not used to how tiny M.2s are. SOoooooo TINY! And so many of them! I picked up a limited edition plush King Ghidorah and I think he approves of the monitor arm painting! However... During case construction, disaster struck, as paint really doesn't like chrome... Monitor arms will be repainted or vinyl wrapped next time around. And pictures to come as the internals are back together and leak tested. Cable management is still a struggle though.
  15. Arkratos
    Lots of updates coming this week. I spent a good bit of time over at V1Tech this weekend. I'm happy to announce that I will be collaborating with them as soon as I get some designs drawn up. The monitors are mounted and situated. However I'll be pulling the monitor arms back off to paint them. And wow this thing is wide. I also wanted to announce that I have commissioned the great Max Davenport a concept artist at Gearbox Software (the makers of Borderlands) to make a custom wallpaper to span the three monitors and help bring the theme into the software too. Seriously, go check out his work this guy is amazing: https://www.artstation.com/daven In just a quick quick sketch for a sense of layout, he's proposed this monster! King Ghidorah will be flying straight at you. Each monitor will be a head with the body residing behind the middle monitor. I'm so excited! A little bit of minor construction is left on the case as I figure out how to route the monitor cables cleanly. And then I just need to finish the designs for the case panels and get everything fabricated with the help of V1Tech. And then lastly reassembly! After that I'll have photos of the build and begin working on the software set up. But I can't do that till I can turn everything back on again. I'll leave you all with an action shot of a nearly empty case ;P
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