Gbuddai

My story isn't as funky but instead, rather confusing.
 
A friend of mine decided it was time to upgrade his GPU from his GTX 660 as it wasn't up to snuff on the games we were playing (primarily pre 1st month patch PUBG). I gave him a couple options within his price range, primarily RX480 or GTX 1060 3GB and told him if he was willing to splurge a little that he should go for a GTX 1060 6GB. He decided on an RX 480 so I pointed him towards a GIGABYTE card. He wound up purchasing the ASUS Strix RX 480 instead, but then complained that it didn't fit in his case.
 
Thankfully, he bought his RX 480 just before the RX 500 series was announced. So I suggested he return the 480 he bought and buy a 580 that fits his machine for the same or maybe even less than what he originally spent. So, naturally, he bought a new case instead.
 
After the new case came in he asked me to help him transition everything over to the new case. I was more than happy to aid him as I enjoy playing PC surgeon!
 
This is where it gets confusing (if it wasn't already)... I go to take his computer apart and witnessed a couple things out of place. First of all, this machine clearly hasn't been open since it was initially built as it was caked in dust. Second, instead of his hard drive being mounted in the 3.5" rail type rack, there was a 2.5" to 3.5" converter slid into the top slot with the 3.5" HDD SHOVED in between the converter and the top of the hard drive cage... Finally, the biggest kicker was the entire time he has been using this machine the motherboard was mounted WITHOUT standoffs! How this thing didn't short I have no idea...
 
Now I can't blame him for these errors as he didn't originally build the machine, but I know the guy who did and I heard that when building the machine initially, he managed to break some pins on a front USB header on top of these things. I guess it's safe to say, after building your first machine or two ever, you should maybe revisit it after a year or so and give it a good look over!
 
TLDR: Motherboard mounted without standoffs somehow works perfectly fine after 3+ plus years.

So I personally really enjoy this game and intend to log plenty of hours exploring and discovering. What the main issue is that I've been reading about is that there are a slew of features that were teased or talked about before the release that were not included in the final $60 product. It feels like we're getting a beta version of the game and not what was promised. There's a whole Reddit post about what was "supposed" to be in the game here: Where's the NMS we were sold on?. Now don't get me wrong, I still very much enjoy this game and there have been patches talked about that will fix some of these missing "features". I guess the real heat is just from the feeling like we've been ripped off.

Big update... no fancy photos though, no time
 
Got the last Titan X in there
 
Still waiting on CPU blocks...

 
All 7 devices

 
Started some designs on the last card, not final placement for res.

 
Rusted rads are finally assembled and back in the case

 
From the front:

 
Dual D5s

 
Dressed up the PSU a little too

 
Dual FC10s on the top, still need to be mounted. Have a really cool idea for up here coming soon!

 
I got two batches of copper sheet... the first, the bottom two panels, as you can see is in much better shape. The second wrinkles so god damn quick. Might have to replace all of these ones

 
So many wrinkles....  but check dem custom windows! They fit the theme perfectly

 
Yes sir

 

 
And the front window, which I realized I put on backwards, oops. Probably will be redoing the bottom left panel, need a different design for the power buttons.

 

 
The embossing I did of the sponsor logos!

 
With my derpy "Garage"...

 
Closeup of the windows again

 

you're telling me! It has all of the beauty of tempered glass like the Phanteks Evolv TG and all of the sophistication that the InWin 509 is supposed to have. This case is honestly gorgeous and I am so glad to have purchased it!

Just because I am an electrical engineer doesn't mean I know everything. There are many aspects to any single engineering field and this is a topic that I hadn't thought much about until recently. Being an engineer doesn't mean you have all of the knowledge, it means you know how to use the knowledge you already have and are able to learn and understand topics and subjects in your field.