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I Turned My Ex-Employer’s Logo into a Gaming PC - Part 1

James
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Check out the products we used (or tried to) in this build:
ASROCK Z690 Phantom Gaming Motherboard: https://geni.us/7VZxBy2
EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 FTW3 Ultra GPU: https://geni.us/DZB2
SABRENT 2TB Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 2280 SSD: https://geni.us/jRGE
Corsair RM1000x PSU: https://geni.us/ZLQBA
Silverstone SX800-LTI PSU: https://geni.us/BM8hdB
FSP 1U 850W PSU: https://lmg.gg/6dOoQ
EKWB EK-CoolStream Classic SE 360 Radiator: https://geni.us/1TBnaf2

 

What do you do when you find the sign of your former employer for sale? You build a gaming PC inside of it, obviously. But where will the GPU go? The motherboard? How will the watercooling fit between the letters to keep everything from overheating? Will Linus ever realize his dream of working at NCIX?

 

 

 

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Tanner is hilarious. 

 

Also he has a sweet beard. 

I guess it would be "cheating" but maybe rebuild the NCIX sign with new materials that don't stink and RGB lights, and adjust the dimensions slightly to be a better PC case?  Cool to reduce consumption and reuse old things, but not so cool to have a smelly sign in your office, that compromises the PC over a few inches.

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Solution for the lighting issue:

 

Put LED strips on the sides of the case.

then you can add as many as there is room, making it one big RGB box 

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║__________________║ hardware_____________________________________________________ ║
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║ cpu ______________║ ryzen 9 5900x_________________________________________________ ║
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║ GPU______________║ ASUS strix LC RX6800xt______________________________________ _║
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║ motherboard_______ ║ asus crosshair formulla VIII______________________________________║
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║ memory___________║ CMW32GX4M2Z3600C18 ______________________________________║
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║ SSD______________║ Samsung 980 PRO 1TB_________________________________________ ║
╠═════════════╬═══════════════════════════════════════════╣
║ PSU______________║ Corsair RM850x 850W _______________________ __________________║
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║ CPU cooler _______ ║ Be Quiet be quiet! PURE LOOP 360mm ____________________________║
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║ Case_____________ ║ Thermaltake Core X71 __________________________________________║
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║ HDD_____________ ║ 2TB and 6TB HDD ____________________________________________║
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║ Front IO__________   ║ LG blu-ray drive & 3.5" card reader, [trough a 5.25 to 3.5 bay]__________║
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║ OS_______________ ║ Windows 10 PRO______________________________________________║
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sorry but every time i see the NCIX auction referenced i now remember the mindchop guy and that reddit post.

 

 

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No need to keep the backs of each letter. Just lay them down on a big sheet of MDF, trace out the shape, mount the components inside the lines, and then stick the front of the letters over the top (just glue a couple blocks of wood around the perimeters and use screws going into the sides of the letters). That gains you extra room to play with that would have been taken up by the backs.

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so it was 9000MHz 69cl 8TB DDR kit CT8T90C69UD, or is it a bait with that DDR9? 

   
 
 
 
Spoiler
CPU : Intel 14gen i7-14700K
COOLER :  Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 White + thermaltake toughfan 12 white + Thermal Grizzly - CPU Contact Frame Intel 13./14. +  Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra
GPU : MSI RTX 2070 Armor @GPU 2050MHz Mem 8200MHz -> USB C 10Gb/s cable 2m -> Unitek 4x USB HUB 10 Gb/s (Y-HB08003)
MOBO : MSI MEG Z690 UNIFY
RAM :  Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 RAM 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) 6400 MHz CL32 (CMK64GX5M2B6400C32)
SSD : Intel Optane 905P 960GB U.2 (OS) + 2 x WD SN850X 4TB + 2 x PNY CS3140 2TB + ASM2824 PCIe switch -> 4 x Plextor M8PeG 1TB + flexiDOCK MB014SP-B -> Crucial MX500 2TB + GoodRam Iridium PRO 960GB + Samsung 850 Pro 512GB
HDD : WD White 18TB WD180EDFZ + SATA port multiplier adp6st0-j05 (JMB575) ->  WD Gold 8TB WD8002FRYZ + WD Gold 4TB WD4002FYYZ + WD Red PRO 4TB WD4001FFSX + WD Green 2TB WD20EARS
EXTERNAL
HDD/SSD :  		XT-XINTE LM906 (JMS583) -> Plextor M8PeG 1TB + WD My Passport slim 1TB + LaCie Porsche Design Mobile Drive 1TB USB-C + Zalman ZM-VE350 -> Goodram IRDM PRO 240GB
PSU :  Super Flower leadex platinum 750 W biały -> Bitfenix alchemy extensions białe/białe + AsiaHorse 16AWG White 
UPS :  CyberPower CP1500EPFCLCD -> Brennenstuhl primera-line 8 -> Brennenstuhl primera-line 10
LCD :  LG 32UD59-B + LG flatron IPS236 -> Silverstone SST-ARM11BC
CASE :  Fractal R5 Biały + Lian Li BZ-H06A srebrny + 6 x Thermaltake toughfan 14 white + Thermalright TL-B8W
SPEAKERS :  Aune S6 Pro -> Topping PA3-B -> Polk S20e black -> Monoprice stand 16250
HEADPHONES :  TOSLINK 2m -> Aune S6 Pro -> 2 x Monoprice Premier 1.8m 16AWG 3-pin XLR -> Monoprice Monolith THX AAA 887 -> 4-pin XLR na 2 x 3.5mm 16 cores OCC 2m Cable -> HiFiMAN Edition XS -> sheepskin pads + 4-pin XLR na 2 x 2.5mm ABLET silver 2m  Cable -> Monoprice Monolith M1060 + Brainwavz HM100 -> Brainwavz sheepskin oval pads + Wooden double Ɪ Stand + Audio-Technica ATH-MSR7BK -> sheepskin pads + Multibrackets MB1893 + Sennheiser Momentum 3 +  Philips Fidelio X2HR/00 + JBL J88 White
MIC :  Tonor TC30 -> Mozos SB38
KEYBOARD : Corsair STRAFE RGB Cherry MX Silent (EU) + Glorious PC Gaming Race Stealth Slim - Full Size Black + PQI MyLockey
MOUSE :  Logitech MX ERGO + 2 x Logitech MX Performance + Logitech G Pro wireless + Logitech G Pro Gaming -> Hotline Games 2.0 Plus + Corsair MM500 3xl + Corsair MM300 Extended + Razer goliathus control
CONTROLLERS :  Microsoft xbox series x controller pc (1VA-00002) -> brainwavz audio Controller Holder UGC2 + Microsoft xbox 360 wireless black + Ravcore Javelin
NET :  Intel x520-DA2 -> 2 x FTLX8571D3BCV-IT + 2 x ASUS ZenWiFi Pro XT12
NAS :  Qnap TS-932X-2G -> Noctua NF-P14s redux 1200 PWM -> Kingston 16GB 2400Mhz CL14 (HX424S14IB/16) -> 9 x Crucial MX500 2TB ->  2 x FTLX8571D3BCV-IT -> 2 x Digitus (DK-HD2533-05/3)
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I build and service commercial signs for a living. Loving this project! White components would definitely help with the lighting. I would try getting some rgb sign leds and placing them anywhere you can. principal led makes a rgb product called street fighter that works really well. The diodes have lenses on them that help cast the light more evenly onto the face of the sign. Id be happy to send some to you to try. https://www.p-led.com/products/street-fighter-rgb/

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FOR THE LOVE OF... put the mobo and gpu in the N. That would even let you cut out an IO port. The side clearance issues you had would be gone because of the \ in the N. 

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38 minutes ago, TechlessBro said:

Yeah mobo and GPU in the N.

also yes remove backs and make a single wood backplate with added stand-off to each letter.

more room for parts and then leds under letter pointed back to wooden board so the letters have glow effect around them.

 

Water tube between letter like neon would be cool too.


Engineers at LMG rise up and fix this!
 

ooo yes halo lighting would be cool!!

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A solution to the lighting problems could be EL panels as long as you don't care about it being rgb. They're thin, flexible and you can cut them to fit. 

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On 3/2/2023 at 6:53 PM, James said:

 

An example of modding ... You're a skilled computing trophy hunter ... But you could have built a new, modular, reusable case inspired by the NCIX logo instead of actually using the old logo.
Of course congratulations ... Chris Hemsworth would probably approve of it, but he's currently in another galaxy in the role of Thor. :) Anyway why don't you build a computer inspired by Mjölnir or Stormbreaker? It's your opportunity. In your workshop you have everything you need to do it unlike us mere mortals.

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Mjölnir or Stormbreaker. It's your opportunity!
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Tanner's dry sarcasm really added a lot to this one. Hope to see him be a smartass to Linus more in the future 😄

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What happened to this computer? Did it get finised? Would have loved to see an update on it and how it turned out.

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