Reputation from SoulEater - Linus Tech Tips

SoulEater got a reaction from Roll_Like_Rollo in Experiences with non-techies September 18, 2017

One time my brother was talking to my grandparents about burning a CD for my grandpa to listen to and my grandma was like WHY WOULD YOU BURN A PERCECTLY GOOD CD THATS SUCH A WASTE OF MONEY. And then my brother explained and her heart attack ceased.

SoulEater got a reaction from shadowbyte in White RX 480 + Custom Sleeving September 18, 2017

Hello everyone this is my first time doing any sort of mod and I wanted to share it with you guys and gals on the forum. I took my brand new RX 480 and painted it white so that it would fit in better with my white NZXT 320. I also painted the expansion slot covers and my SSD white. Overall I am happy with how things turned out even though there were a few things that I wish had gone differently. In the near future, hopefully, I want to switch out all the cables for custom sleeved white ones. And in the not so near future I want to try my hand at getting a full custom water loop in this wonderful case. I will reply to this post in the future as I continue to make updates. Let me know what you think about the paint job. The best part is this is one of the very first white RX 480s if not the first.

Update: I tried my hand at sleeving cables today using paracord and no heat shrink. And just like the painting, it was a nice learning experience that turned out fairly well, even if there are a lot of things I could have improved on. The PSU comes with a couple of the 6+2 pin connectors, one of which I had to turn into a single 6 pin, which proved to be a bit challenging to sleeve properly because the pins are larger than average leaving no room for the sleeving to fit inside the connector. I had to pull the sleeving back which makes it look a bit wonky when looking up close. I started on the 24 pin and it was actually kinda funny looking after I finished the first 12 wires because you could tell which was the first one by how bad it looked and how much I had improved by the last one. Needless to say I completely redid those first ones and it ended up looking pretty good. I have a cable comb on the 24pin which is helping keep the wires straight (they were tightly spiraled underneath the original sleeving) but because of the larger pins on the 6pin I couldn't fit a cable comb over that one, so for the time being I am just leaving the side panel off and shaping it by hand as needed with the help of a wire wrapped around it. I might go back and change the 24pin into a white and black sleeving but for now I will be keeping it all white.

SoulEater got a reaction from SQZY98 in White RX 480 + Custom Sleeving September 18, 2017

Hello everyone this is my first time doing any sort of mod and I wanted to share it with you guys and gals on the forum. I took my brand new RX 480 and painted it white so that it would fit in better with my white NZXT 320. I also painted the expansion slot covers and my SSD white. Overall I am happy with how things turned out even though there were a few things that I wish had gone differently. In the near future, hopefully, I want to switch out all the cables for custom sleeved white ones. And in the not so near future I want to try my hand at getting a full custom water loop in this wonderful case. I will reply to this post in the future as I continue to make updates. Let me know what you think about the paint job. The best part is this is one of the very first white RX 480s if not the first.

Update: I tried my hand at sleeving cables today using paracord and no heat shrink. And just like the painting, it was a nice learning experience that turned out fairly well, even if there are a lot of things I could have improved on. The PSU comes with a couple of the 6+2 pin connectors, one of which I had to turn into a single 6 pin, which proved to be a bit challenging to sleeve properly because the pins are larger than average leaving no room for the sleeving to fit inside the connector. I had to pull the sleeving back which makes it look a bit wonky when looking up close. I started on the 24 pin and it was actually kinda funny looking after I finished the first 12 wires because you could tell which was the first one by how bad it looked and how much I had improved by the last one. Needless to say I completely redid those first ones and it ended up looking pretty good. I have a cable comb on the 24pin which is helping keep the wires straight (they were tightly spiraled underneath the original sleeving) but because of the larger pins on the 6pin I couldn't fit a cable comb over that one, so for the time being I am just leaving the side panel off and shaping it by hand as needed with the help of a wire wrapped around it. I might go back and change the 24pin into a white and black sleeving but for now I will be keeping it all white.

SoulEater got a reaction from MAG in White RX 480 + Custom Sleeving September 18, 2017

I used FlixiDip and it is extremely smooth to the touch. I have no clue how well it would work for a mouse though with the oils on your hand and the constant rubbing against it. You would need to get the advise from someone else on that part.

SoulEater got a reaction from Kraxelaxel in White RX 480 + Custom Sleeving September 18, 2017

Hello everyone this is my first time doing any sort of mod and I wanted to share it with you guys and gals on the forum. I took my brand new RX 480 and painted it white so that it would fit in better with my white NZXT 320. I also painted the expansion slot covers and my SSD white. Overall I am happy with how things turned out even though there were a few things that I wish had gone differently. In the near future, hopefully, I want to switch out all the cables for custom sleeved white ones. And in the not so near future I want to try my hand at getting a full custom water loop in this wonderful case. I will reply to this post in the future as I continue to make updates. Let me know what you think about the paint job. The best part is this is one of the very first white RX 480s if not the first.

Update: I tried my hand at sleeving cables today using paracord and no heat shrink. And just like the painting, it was a nice learning experience that turned out fairly well, even if there are a lot of things I could have improved on. The PSU comes with a couple of the 6+2 pin connectors, one of which I had to turn into a single 6 pin, which proved to be a bit challenging to sleeve properly because the pins are larger than average leaving no room for the sleeving to fit inside the connector. I had to pull the sleeving back which makes it look a bit wonky when looking up close. I started on the 24 pin and it was actually kinda funny looking after I finished the first 12 wires because you could tell which was the first one by how bad it looked and how much I had improved by the last one. Needless to say I completely redid those first ones and it ended up looking pretty good. I have a cable comb on the 24pin which is helping keep the wires straight (they were tightly spiraled underneath the original sleeving) but because of the larger pins on the 6pin I couldn't fit a cable comb over that one, so for the time being I am just leaving the side panel off and shaping it by hand as needed with the help of a wire wrapped around it. I might go back and change the 24pin into a white and black sleeving but for now I will be keeping it all white.

SoulEater got a reaction from FourCorners in White RX 480 + Custom Sleeving September 18, 2017

Hello everyone this is my first time doing any sort of mod and I wanted to share it with you guys and gals on the forum. I took my brand new RX 480 and painted it white so that it would fit in better with my white NZXT 320. I also painted the expansion slot covers and my SSD white. Overall I am happy with how things turned out even though there were a few things that I wish had gone differently. In the near future, hopefully, I want to switch out all the cables for custom sleeved white ones. And in the not so near future I want to try my hand at getting a full custom water loop in this wonderful case. I will reply to this post in the future as I continue to make updates. Let me know what you think about the paint job. The best part is this is one of the very first white RX 480s if not the first.

Update: I tried my hand at sleeving cables today using paracord and no heat shrink. And just like the painting, it was a nice learning experience that turned out fairly well, even if there are a lot of things I could have improved on. The PSU comes with a couple of the 6+2 pin connectors, one of which I had to turn into a single 6 pin, which proved to be a bit challenging to sleeve properly because the pins are larger than average leaving no room for the sleeving to fit inside the connector. I had to pull the sleeving back which makes it look a bit wonky when looking up close. I started on the 24 pin and it was actually kinda funny looking after I finished the first 12 wires because you could tell which was the first one by how bad it looked and how much I had improved by the last one. Needless to say I completely redid those first ones and it ended up looking pretty good. I have a cable comb on the 24pin which is helping keep the wires straight (they were tightly spiraled underneath the original sleeving) but because of the larger pins on the 6pin I couldn't fit a cable comb over that one, so for the time being I am just leaving the side panel off and shaping it by hand as needed with the help of a wire wrapped around it. I might go back and change the 24pin into a white and black sleeving but for now I will be keeping it all white.

SoulEater reacted to glengraegill in White RX 480 + Custom Sleeving September 18, 2017

If you use plati-dip just make sure you use low adhesion tape, otherwise it'll rip off the paint!!! @NcixTechTips

SoulEater got a reaction from Megamew2 in White RX 480 + Custom Sleeving September 18, 2017

Hello everyone this is my first time doing any sort of mod and I wanted to share it with you guys and gals on the forum. I took my brand new RX 480 and painted it white so that it would fit in better with my white NZXT 320. I also painted the expansion slot covers and my SSD white. Overall I am happy with how things turned out even though there were a few things that I wish had gone differently. In the near future, hopefully, I want to switch out all the cables for custom sleeved white ones. And in the not so near future I want to try my hand at getting a full custom water loop in this wonderful case. I will reply to this post in the future as I continue to make updates. Let me know what you think about the paint job. The best part is this is one of the very first white RX 480s if not the first.

Update: I tried my hand at sleeving cables today using paracord and no heat shrink. And just like the painting, it was a nice learning experience that turned out fairly well, even if there are a lot of things I could have improved on. The PSU comes with a couple of the 6+2 pin connectors, one of which I had to turn into a single 6 pin, which proved to be a bit challenging to sleeve properly because the pins are larger than average leaving no room for the sleeving to fit inside the connector. I had to pull the sleeving back which makes it look a bit wonky when looking up close. I started on the 24 pin and it was actually kinda funny looking after I finished the first 12 wires because you could tell which was the first one by how bad it looked and how much I had improved by the last one. Needless to say I completely redid those first ones and it ended up looking pretty good. I have a cable comb on the 24pin which is helping keep the wires straight (they were tightly spiraled underneath the original sleeving) but because of the larger pins on the 6pin I couldn't fit a cable comb over that one, so for the time being I am just leaving the side panel off and shaping it by hand as needed with the help of a wire wrapped around it. I might go back and change the 24pin into a white and black sleeving but for now I will be keeping it all white.

SoulEater got a reaction from RGProductions in White RX 480 + Custom Sleeving September 18, 2017

Hello everyone this is my first time doing any sort of mod and I wanted to share it with you guys and gals on the forum. I took my brand new RX 480 and painted it white so that it would fit in better with my white NZXT 320. I also painted the expansion slot covers and my SSD white. Overall I am happy with how things turned out even though there were a few things that I wish had gone differently. In the near future, hopefully, I want to switch out all the cables for custom sleeved white ones. And in the not so near future I want to try my hand at getting a full custom water loop in this wonderful case. I will reply to this post in the future as I continue to make updates. Let me know what you think about the paint job. The best part is this is one of the very first white RX 480s if not the first.

Update: I tried my hand at sleeving cables today using paracord and no heat shrink. And just like the painting, it was a nice learning experience that turned out fairly well, even if there are a lot of things I could have improved on. The PSU comes with a couple of the 6+2 pin connectors, one of which I had to turn into a single 6 pin, which proved to be a bit challenging to sleeve properly because the pins are larger than average leaving no room for the sleeving to fit inside the connector. I had to pull the sleeving back which makes it look a bit wonky when looking up close. I started on the 24 pin and it was actually kinda funny looking after I finished the first 12 wires because you could tell which was the first one by how bad it looked and how much I had improved by the last one. Needless to say I completely redid those first ones and it ended up looking pretty good. I have a cable comb on the 24pin which is helping keep the wires straight (they were tightly spiraled underneath the original sleeving) but because of the larger pins on the 6pin I couldn't fit a cable comb over that one, so for the time being I am just leaving the side panel off and shaping it by hand as needed with the help of a wire wrapped around it. I might go back and change the 24pin into a white and black sleeving but for now I will be keeping it all white.

SoulEater got a reaction from glengraegill in White RX 480 + Custom Sleeving September 18, 2017

Hello everyone this is my first time doing any sort of mod and I wanted to share it with you guys and gals on the forum. I took my brand new RX 480 and painted it white so that it would fit in better with my white NZXT 320. I also painted the expansion slot covers and my SSD white. Overall I am happy with how things turned out even though there were a few things that I wish had gone differently. In the near future, hopefully, I want to switch out all the cables for custom sleeved white ones. And in the not so near future I want to try my hand at getting a full custom water loop in this wonderful case. I will reply to this post in the future as I continue to make updates. Let me know what you think about the paint job. The best part is this is one of the very first white RX 480s if not the first.

Update: I tried my hand at sleeving cables today using paracord and no heat shrink. And just like the painting, it was a nice learning experience that turned out fairly well, even if there are a lot of things I could have improved on. The PSU comes with a couple of the 6+2 pin connectors, one of which I had to turn into a single 6 pin, which proved to be a bit challenging to sleeve properly because the pins are larger than average leaving no room for the sleeving to fit inside the connector. I had to pull the sleeving back which makes it look a bit wonky when looking up close. I started on the 24 pin and it was actually kinda funny looking after I finished the first 12 wires because you could tell which was the first one by how bad it looked and how much I had improved by the last one. Needless to say I completely redid those first ones and it ended up looking pretty good. I have a cable comb on the 24pin which is helping keep the wires straight (they were tightly spiraled underneath the original sleeving) but because of the larger pins on the 6pin I couldn't fit a cable comb over that one, so for the time being I am just leaving the side panel off and shaping it by hand as needed with the help of a wire wrapped around it. I might go back and change the 24pin into a white and black sleeving but for now I will be keeping it all white.