Posted January 27, 2014 Popular Post Finally, a worklog. i would like to thank Linus for posting my work and sharing it to the internet last night! Asus was kind enough to send me a GTX690 last 2012 because they liked what i did for their Sabertooth z77 board. The ArmorSuit Z77 build. Now I started thinking if I could sell this card but then I realized that it's a bit old now and maybe it needs some overhauling before I sell. Thus I made my first ever AsusGTX690 Paultan Edition GPU. Here, I will show you the 2weeks building process. enjoy So as you can see, there's a big problem for me. The green logo that lights up will mess up my color theme. So before I started this project, I made sure that I already found a way how to change the color of the logo. From green, to GOLD! now for the process!I started drawing the pattern of ROG motherboards and got some vinyl stickers and started cutting them. Then applied it on the card it self. The goal is to make a texture that doesn't take too much attention. now ready for painting First layer is a matte black finish. The black is too mainstream for my taste and doesn't add any "paultan" feel to it. so I decided to add another coat this time with a mist of gun metal. The goal is not to make it silky smooth finish, I'm going for a rough surface. here's the result Then next is the edges of the card. You can clearly see how brown it is. So I will fix it and make it more sexier. DONE! Now let's make the case/box I'm using a acrylic here. Left overs from my previous projects. bending looks good Thanks to Soundblaster for giving me this awesome headset. No problem with noisy gears and more for inspirational music! Looks good in picture but i don't like the wrapping effect.. so I decided to make an aluminium version of it. now I'm gonna make the main body using MDF wood. Then aluminium Now bending! bending using hands. lol looks good! more bending! and filing filing is the key for straight lines/precision now some details. done! now for the deatails! another problem is that the doors needs a guide so it can slide nicely when trying to open and closing. testing the guides perfect but needs lubrication perfect when closed! now applying the texture! then sanding!!!! wear complete mask to avoid inhaling the particles. this is why you need to wear mask. after few hours now let's make the foams Now painting!!! after the matte black. here's the rough gunmetal!!! I love it! add some signature! then label. the bottom the base! bottom then some acrylic to add ease when sliding the doors. now I'm adding gold strip for accent! finished! more pictures here of the finish product! http://www.paultandesigns.com/gtx690-pde/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 27, 2014 Thank you for making me feel poor and useless. I love you. Main rig on profile VAULT - File Server Spoiler Intel Core i5 11400 w/ Shadow Rock LP, 2x16GB SP GAMING 3200MHz CL16, ASUS PRIME Z590-A, 2x LSI 9211-8i, Fractal Define 7, 256GB Team MP33, 3x 6TB WD Red Pro (general storage), 3x 1TB Seagate Barracuda (dumping ground), 3x 8TB WD White-Label (Plex) (all 3 arrays in their respective Windows Parity storage spaces), Corsair RM750x, Windows 11 Education Sleeper HP Pavilion A6137C Spoiler Intel Core i7 6700K @ 4.4GHz, 4x8GB G.SKILL Ares 1800MHz CL10, ASUS Z170M-E D3, 128GB Team MP33, 1TB Seagate Barracuda, 320GB Samsung Spinpoint (for video capture), MSI GTX 970 100ME, EVGA 650G1, Windows 10 Pro Mac Mini (Late 2020) Spoiler Apple M1, 8GB RAM, 256GB, macOS Sonoma Consoles: Softmodded 1.4 Xbox w/ 500GB HDD, Xbox 360 Elite 120GB Falcon, XB1X w/2TB MX500, Xbox Series X, PS1 1001, PS2 Slim 70000 w/ FreeMcBoot, PS4 Pro 7015B 1TB (retired), PS5 Digital, Nintendo Switch OLED, Nintendo Wii RVL-001 (black) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 27, 2014 Damn fine work. Wanna send it over so i can fold it to death? Gaming HTPC: R5 5600X - Cryorig C7 - Asus ROG B350-i - EVGA RTX2060KO - 16gb G.Skill Ripjaws V 3333mhz - Corsair SF450 - 500gb 960 EVO - LianLi TU100B Desktop PC: R9 3900X - Peerless Assassin 120 SE - Asus Prime X570 Pro - Powercolor 7900XT - 32gb LPX 3200mhz - Corsair SF750 Platinum - 1TB WD SN850X - CoolerMaster NR200 White - Gigabyte M27Q-SA - Corsair K70 Rapidfire - Logitech MX518 Legendary - HyperXCloud Alpha wireless Boss-NAS [Build Log]: R5 2400G - Noctua NH-D14 - Asus Prime X370-Pro - 16gb G.Skill Aegis 3000mhz - Seasonic Focus Platinum 550W - Fractal Design R5 - 250gb 970 Evo (OS) - 2x500gb 860 Evo (Raid0) - 6x4TB WD Red (RaidZ2) Synology-NAS: DS920+ 2x4TB Ironwolf - 1x18TB Seagate Exos X20 Audio Gear: Hifiman HE-400i - Kennerton Magister - Beyerdynamic DT880 250Ohm - AKG K7XX - Fostex TH-X00 - O2 Amp/DAC Combo - Klipsch RP280F - Klipsch RP160M - Klipsch RP440C - Yamaha RX-V479 Reviews and Stuff: GTX 780 DCU2 // 8600GTS // Hifiman HE-400i // Kennerton Magister Folding all the Proteins! // Boincerino Useful Links: Do you need an AMP/DAC? // Recommended Audio Gear // PSU Tier List Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 27, 2014 Damn Paul, your work always delivers perfection! CaseLabs S5 Red Edition - Builds.gg CaseLabs S5 Watercooled 600t build log Prodigy build log Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 27, 2014 Author Thank you for all the warm appreciation! 1:7,000,000,000 means the chances of owning this Asus GTX690 PaultanDesign Edition is 1 is to 7billion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 27, 2014 "Probably Because I'm A Dangerous Sociopath With A Long History Of Violence" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Posted January 27, 2014 Thanks for making the beautiful stock coolers seem really ugly now, incredible work! "If you do not take your failures seriously you will continue to fail" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 27, 2014 you are awesome!!!!!!! great work!!!! Current system - ThinkPad Yoga 460 ExSystems Spoiler Laptop - ASUS FX503VD || Case: NZXT H440 || MB: Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI || CPU: Skylake Chip || Graphics card : GTX 970 Strix || RAM: Crucial Ballistix 16GB || Storage:1TB WD+500GB WD + 120Gb HyperX savage|| Monitor: Dell U2412M+LG 24MP55HQ+Philips TV || PSU CX600M || Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 27, 2014 PORN!!!!!! Character artist in the Games industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 27, 2014 Thanks for making the beautiful stock coolers seem really ugly now, incredible work! Those stock coolers are pretty damn sexy. But AMD's stock coolers.... What went wrong? Main rig on profile VAULT - File Server Spoiler Intel Core i5 11400 w/ Shadow Rock LP, 2x16GB SP GAMING 3200MHz CL16, ASUS PRIME Z590-A, 2x LSI 9211-8i, Fractal Define 7, 256GB Team MP33, 3x 6TB WD Red Pro (general storage), 3x 1TB Seagate Barracuda (dumping ground), 3x 8TB WD White-Label (Plex) (all 3 arrays in their respective Windows Parity storage spaces), Corsair RM750x, Windows 11 Education Sleeper HP Pavilion A6137C Spoiler Intel Core i7 6700K @ 4.4GHz, 4x8GB G.SKILL Ares 1800MHz CL10, ASUS Z170M-E D3, 128GB Team MP33, 1TB Seagate Barracuda, 320GB Samsung Spinpoint (for video capture), MSI GTX 970 100ME, EVGA 650G1, Windows 10 Pro Mac Mini (Late 2020) Spoiler Apple M1, 8GB RAM, 256GB, macOS Sonoma Consoles: Softmodded 1.4 Xbox w/ 500GB HDD, Xbox 360 Elite 120GB Falcon, XB1X w/2TB MX500, Xbox Series X, PS1 1001, PS2 Slim 70000 w/ FreeMcBoot, PS4 Pro 7015B 1TB (retired), PS5 Digital, Nintendo Switch OLED, Nintendo Wii RVL-001 (black) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 27, 2014 I feel betrayed paul, I actually fell for the 790 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 27, 2014 Author hehe sorry. I even tried trolling Linus haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 27, 2014 No paint will ever take away that electric razor look. Looks good inside the case though! Mod something that actually looks like a graphics card. NZXT H440 l Inel Core i5-4670K l Z87-GD65 l MSI 780 Twin Frozr l Kraken x60 l Corsair RM 650 l Seagate Barracuda 2 Tb l Corsair Force GS 128 Gb l Teleios Sleeving l Acer H236HLbid l Corsair K70 Anodized Black l Roccat Kone Pure Color Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 27, 2014 You got some sexy beast right in there, Paul. Great job [img width=350" height="22]http://valid.canardpc.com/cache/banner/0t8grn.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 27, 2014 Those stock coolers are pretty damn sexy. But AMD's stock coolers.... What went wrong? Aluminum > Plastic [img width=350" height="22]http://valid.canardpc.com/cache/banner/0t8grn.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 27, 2014 Sick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 27, 2014 Aluminum > Plastic True... Aluminum is like the Megan Fox of GPU cooling. And black aluminum... Phew. Main rig on profile VAULT - File Server Spoiler Intel Core i5 11400 w/ Shadow Rock LP, 2x16GB SP GAMING 3200MHz CL16, ASUS PRIME Z590-A, 2x LSI 9211-8i, Fractal Define 7, 256GB Team MP33, 3x 6TB WD Red Pro (general storage), 3x 1TB Seagate Barracuda (dumping ground), 3x 8TB WD White-Label (Plex) (all 3 arrays in their respective Windows Parity storage spaces), Corsair RM750x, Windows 11 Education Sleeper HP Pavilion A6137C Spoiler Intel Core i7 6700K @ 4.4GHz, 4x8GB G.SKILL Ares 1800MHz CL10, ASUS Z170M-E D3, 128GB Team MP33, 1TB Seagate Barracuda, 320GB Samsung Spinpoint (for video capture), MSI GTX 970 100ME, EVGA 650G1, Windows 10 Pro Mac Mini (Late 2020) Spoiler Apple M1, 8GB RAM, 256GB, macOS Sonoma Consoles: Softmodded 1.4 Xbox w/ 500GB HDD, Xbox 360 Elite 120GB Falcon, XB1X w/2TB MX500, Xbox Series X, PS1 1001, PS2 Slim 70000 w/ FreeMcBoot, PS4 Pro 7015B 1TB (retired), PS5 Digital, Nintendo Switch OLED, Nintendo Wii RVL-001 (black) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 27, 2014 Oh Paul it's incredible how you continue to overdo yourself time and time again. Great work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 27, 2014 I want my 2 titans to look like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 27, 2014 Thank you for all the warm appreciation! 1:7,000,000,000 means the chances of owning this Asus GTX690 PaultanDesign Edition is 1 is to 7billion Well, that's a pretty high chance. Almost double the chance of me finding a girlfriend. NZXT Phantom windowed, Asus Z77 Sabertooth, Intel 2600K, Noctua NH-D14, EVGA 780 Classified, Crucial Ballistic Tactical, Crucial M4 128GB + Samsung 850 EVO, Corsair RM850, Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty Peripherals: Sennheiser HD598, FinalMouse Classic, SteelSeries Qck Heavy, Ducky Shine Zero (MX Brown), AOC G2460PF & Qnix QX2710 Build Log: Phantom - Antique Noctua Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 27, 2014 You have a great skill man! CPU: 4670K / Cooler: H100i / RAM: 4x4GB Corsair Vengence Pro 1866MHz / Motherboard: MSI Z87-GD65 / GPU: MSI TF 780 Gaming Edition / Case: Corsair Vengence C70 / Storage: 250GB Samsung Evo & 2TB Seagate Barracuda / PSU: EVGA SuperNova NEX750G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 27, 2014 You are a freaking Artist! All the work you do on computers is amazing! Almost to bad to put it in a case PC: Intel Core i5 4670k @4.3GHZ | Corsair H100i | ASUS ROG Maximus IV Hero | ASUS R9 280X DCII TOP 3GB | 16GB Corsair Vengeance Pro 1866MHZ | Samsung Evo 250GB | 2TB Seagate Baracudda | Fractal Design Define R4 Windowed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 27, 2014 god that 690 looks sooo good mmmhm CPU: i7 3770k | CPU Cooler: CM Hyper 212 Evo | Motherboard: Maximus V Extreme | Memory: 32GB (4x8GB) Corsair Vengance Red 1866Mhz | GPU:Nvidia Geforce GTX 780 SLI | SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB | 2x1TB Seagate barracuda in RAID 1 | PSU: Corsair AX850 | Case: HAF X Nvidia Edition | Mouse: Corsair M95 | Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow 2013 | LG Blu-Ray Player | 27" 2560x1440p Shimian, Acer 1920x1080p | AKG K550 Headphones | Behringer MS40 Speakers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 27, 2014 It looks awesome, i want it I7 4770K - @4.5Ghz | Be quiet Dark Rock Pro 3 | Asus Maximus VII Ranger Z97 | Kingston Genesis 8GB | Be quiet Power Zone 750w | Sapphire R9 Fury X | Sandisk SSD 120Go + WD Green 1TB 7200 rpm | Nzxt Phantom 410 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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