DavidGordon

I have some more mods planned, but here's how it will probably stay for a while.
 

 

 

 

 

I put gaben in my pc to cover up a crack. 

You are now the official unpaid tech support for everyone and everything...
 
Hermit, fix the car!
Hermit, fix the phone!
Hermit, fix the roof!
Hermit, fix the economy!
 
ugh...

Really, really nice man! I love the UV glow of the tubing and the runs you made look clean af!

Hello people of LTT!
 
I just thought i'd share my build with you. This build started about a year ago when I finished my first build. After about a month I realised that this was a very bad looking build (IMO) so it didn't take long before I started torturing the Shinobi. I started by removing the 5,25'' and 3,5'' bays since in wasn't using an optical drive and was only using one HDD. the second change I made to the case was a large sidepanel window. The window itself is made from a 4mm glass sheet which caused a problem with the hyper 212 evo I tried to install. The cooler was to tall to fit with the window installed so I replaced it for the smaller TX3. With the 3,5'' drive bays removed I had to find a new place for the hdd. I made a small hdd holder out of the original hdd bays. Soon after that I got an external hdd enclosure because the wd black makes an aweful noice when it busy (wd says it's all fine but the noise is really weird). The games libary got transferred to the 840 EVO and the pc is much quieter now because the hdd doesn't have to work as often as before. When I got the Z87 Mpower and the yellow parts were blacked out (this needs to be done again, I know ) I was happy enough to finally post it on the LTT forum.
 
The original build:

 

 
Temporary ''test bench''
 

 
The drive bays have to go!
 

 
The empty case
 

 
without the psu shroud
 

 
The ghetto hdd holder
 

 
The Dark BirdCage is finally completed!
 

 

 
With the heatsink blacked out
 

 
 
 
Specs:
CPU: Intel I5 4670K
Motherboard: Msi Z87 Mpower (blacked out)
GPU: Msi GTX 760 HAWK 
RAM: 2 x 4gb Corsair Vengeance 
Storage
- 120gb samsung 840 ssd (windows)
- 500gb samsung 840 EVO ssd (Games & Programs)
- 1tb wd black external (data)
CPU Cooler: Coolermaster Hyper TX3 evo
PSU: Corsair CX750m
Case: Bitfenix Shinobi (slightly modded)
 
Plans for the near future:
- an ssd mounting plate that will look something like this:

 
Plans for the (not so near) future: 
- an anrduino powered fan controller that can also control rgb leds
- RGB led strips
- watercooling (something like an fractal design s36 and a universal gpu block)
 
I hope you enjoyed my first build log!
 
 

Putting it all together

After getting the motherboard I just had to put it all together, first I had to sleep tho, and I promise you it was hard....

But something is missing?!!



Don't worry guys, I took it off to be able to demount the "claws". You will see what will be done with this later!



Warranty.... What a joke :rofl:



Meanwhile I took apart the PSU, for the same reason as for the North bridge.



There was a design-flaw which I found out. The PCI-e cutouts is about 3-4mm to high, therefore the GPU wont be able to fit in the motherboard.



The motherboard is also 1 mm off, therefore the I/O plate wont be able to be there in this version. Will be fixed for 2.0!

The front with the vandal switch!



This is the side you wont look at much hopefully haha



How to corners look more close up!



This is probably the picture you have all been waiting for. Everything is mounted! (Except watercooling and one fan)

[updated pics]
 
http://imgur.com/a/JtPYd
 
Build this 2 months ago, took me about a week to cut all the steel and make it fit. 
If you have questions, feel free to ask, this is my first post here, I'm not sure what you guys want to see
 
4790k
Gigabyte z97x sli
2x8 GB panram 2400mhz ddr3
noctua nh-c14 (only running lower fan, ultra low noise adapter)
xfx r9 290 dd black edition (at 1100mhz atm)
256 GB crucial mx100
3TB WD green
white bitfenix alchemy cables
nzxt hale82 850W
windows 8.1 pro
 
Name is "maximum convenction" for now.
 
[update]
Working on a v2 now, which I might be selling, preview: http://imgur.com/a/MCe6P
Feedback appreciated.

Whaaaaaaaaat? @LinusTech

If you do a custom loop and use the 350D I would strongly recommend cutting out the drive bays. With this you can have a 360 and a 240 rad, which would be more ideal for 2 GPUS and a CPU in one loop. Good luck with the build!

Zesti's Project ZOE  :wub:

just buy 3 of the fake chinese ones and take the money to buy a 980

I love how we can't even get a next gen and pc simultaneous release

Girls be like" ugh stay away from this guy he might leak our pics."

So we have this project were we have to create a fictional island, where theres a war going on. 
 
Then he gave his example, he said "Over on the right side of the island we have Nvidia ruled by Mr. Titan Black"
 
Now usually I find history class boring as fuck. But when he said Nvidia my head shot up from the table.
 
It gets better, then he said: "over on the left side of the island we have AMD, ruled by Mr. R9"
 
No one else in my class understood what the hell he was talking about, besides me. IT GETS BETTER
 
Then he asked who a major ally would be in this fictional war, I raised my hand and said "Intel will bring its army of 5960Xs and destroy the opposition. 
 
Everyone was looking at me like what the fuck. 
 
Now I can never ask out anyone in the class. ggson
 
 

Run prime 95 and furmark, and disable all your fans.

Bad virgin joke. 

Great build! May I ask what camera you're using?

Forum ID: Brodholm
Build Title: Model 01
Thread URL: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/49076-model-01-a-scratch-built-chassis-finally-done/
Description: A scratch built chassis designed and built by me. Built in 3 mm aluminium sheets. The basic goal was to design a very quiet high-performing system with a minimalistic and clean design. And that meant water cooling. Since no chassis really had what I wanted I went "full retard" and started this project. It started back in 2008 and laid idle from time to time (with most work being done 2012-2013) but in February 2014 it was finally completed! Weighs about 15kg w/o HW and >35kg with all the HW. Basically, its a tank and a PITA to move. Well over a 1000 hours have gone into planing, learning programs, building, modding, documenting, taking photos etc. If I knew back then how much time and effort I would have to put down I would never have started. Many ups and downs, and I nearly gave up several times. But in the end it was ALL worth it!  

Cheers and GL to everyone!
 

Dafuq?

I have been recently doing some 3D modeling of computer components and all the stuff about the GTX 880 and 880 Ti got me inspired to 3D model my own version of what this new Graphics Card would look like. Hope you guys like it!
To 3D model and Render, I have used Autodesk 3ds Max 2014.       
 
If you want to See these in their original quallity click HERE and HERE
 

 
 

what's that ugly thingy you have in the third 5.25 slot? is that a defect?
 
remove the front letters and add fat letters on the side instead, that looks like something off some sissy warning label like the one you find on your mattress or something

Predicting war isn't that hard. It's always going on.

Barbie the princess & the popstar  it has drugs, hoes and money throwing at stripers you gon like it

I worked at a computer shop for a couple of years, so everything I say is based on first hand experience. I had a blast while doing that job, even though it didn't pay amazingly well. 
 
1. You cannot fix stupid, but you should try.
90% of what you will work on, is old hardware and budget laptops, owned by people who are computer illiterate. People do very stupid stuff with their computers, and you will potentially get blamed alot for their inability to use a computer properly, to take care of their own stuff. You need to be able to talk in a way anyone can understand, make people feel like you care, and don't be a nerd to them. 40% of this type of job is actually being able to fix a computer. The rest is customer service. 
 
2. What you think is best, is not always best. Be careful about recommending hardware upgrades etc to customers. Customers, again, have the final say, are generally computer illiterate, and you need to be able to find the balance between what you know is best for them, and what they will be okay with. You cannot recommend a $200 GPU for most customers you will run into. Most customers only spend $350 on black Friday for their crappy dell, and if you start saying they need $400 in parts to "get it up to date" (which by the way, hardly anyone will care about that as long as it plays youtube videos and facebook - they are happy) you will loose a customer to the local big box store to buy another crappy dell. 
 
3. Don't be annoying to your "boss" and "coworkers" by being a know-it-all. 90% of what you learned in college about computers is worthless when it comes to fixing computers as a profession. Your boss and coworkers have a wealth of knowledge that you can ONLY get from experience. This knowledge covers everything from being able to diagnose 50% of problems within a minute of hearing the symptoms, knowing how to pull apart a particular model of laptop, to knowing how best to communicate to certain "problem customers". Again, it's only 40% ability to fix a computer, the rest is customer service anyway. 
 
4. Recognize there is a business. It's very easy to give free advice, fix stuff at the front counter, spend 30m on the phone with someone, just out of the goodness of your heart. Every business is different, but you do have a business to fund, and you need to make money for that business. 
 
5. Time is a factor. Spending 3 days to fix a computer like you normally would for a relative will not fly in most shops. 24 hrs is what we had from the time we took it off the waiting line before we had a diagnostic and options for the customer. In most cases it was within minutes. You diagnose and quote prices and fixes BEFORE you do most of the fixing (sometimes you need to fix some things before you can know for sure what the problem is). GOOGLE IS YOUR FRIEND.
 
6. Multitasking is sometimes crucial. I would work on 4-6 computers at the same time, based on the involvement needed. Virus removals are pretty straightforward and I can have scans and fixes running at the same time I was replacing a broken screen or doing a data recovery or building a computer. 
 
7. Virus removals, Computer tune ups (it's slow, can you make it faster?), broken screens/keyboards (lots of angry people in this world...). This will take up 95% of your work. The rest is bizarre random stuff (these are the best).
 
8. Have a strong stomach. Open up a 10 year old computer owned by a chain smoker, and you will want to puke. Open up a laptop and see the keyboard, you will also want to puke. 
 
9. People will cry because of you, and people will yell at you. Baby pictures are really important - you will realise this when you recover the lost files from a broken external drive, or when you have to call a lady and tell her they are gone forever. Just be ready for the customer service stuff.
 
10. Have fun! Like I said, I had a blast with that job, and 3 years later I still keep in touch with my coworkers to play video games, hang out, etc. 
 
Hope this helps!
 
A couple random pictures from that Job: