From whence I battle
Fired up and working away.
RX 6800 XT is installed and ready to go. It BARELY fits, and is actully slightly touching the rad.
The label on the bottom 980 came off and the blob of white was annoying me, so I covered it with a strip of the same purple vinyl I used on the cable management bar.
More or less current state. Upgrades are already in plan including some custom sleeved cables. These are Asiahorse and they're great for the price. I just want a little more white in them.
Buncha Corsair goodness
"artsy" shot. K70 RGB in the foreground
NZXT H510 Elite with custom Dragon graphic
default lighting on initial startup
Successful first POST!
Mostly done with wiring and cable management in this shot. Needed the sound card to show up so I could figure out where I was installing it with 2 GPUs
Corsair Vengeance Pro RGB PC3200 CL16 in white. 4x8GB of shiny.
cable management
Rough cuts completed and test fit done.
Preview of the base color. 3mm colored acrylic.
Vinyl design cut and weeded. I always forget how much of a pain it is to weed something this intricate until I have bits of it stuck to my fingers that are supposed to still be on the backer paper.
Substrate cleaned up and sanded. Graphics applied to the substrate.
Done for now. I need to figure out how to backlight it and then Ill be set.
Backlit to show the general idea.
First one installed.
Yay RGB lighting!
new mobo/cpu/cooler and some new fans.
Tiamat
After building a new rig for my FIL, I decided it was time to upgrade my daily workhorse as well. After many years of piecemeal upgrades, it was time to build from a new foundation and give myself some room to upgrade as it comes time.
For this build, I kept my existing GPUs and monitors. Both are recent replacements and since the panels are 1080P x 60hz, there's no reason to upgrade them at this point. Helped keep the initial costs down and gives me room to improve when the time comes.
This rig was designed to be desktop art. It's the first machine I've had on the desktop (vs the floor), and as such, it's an extension of my creativity and environment.
Cabling is from Asiahorse. The dragon graphic on the front panel is made from frosted opaque vinyl and cut on my 30" vinyl cutter.
For this build, I kept my existing GPUs and monitors. Both are recent replacements and since the panels are 1080P x 60hz, there's no reason to upgrade them at this point. Helped keep the initial costs down and gives me room to improve when the time comes.
This rig was designed to be desktop art. It's the first machine I've had on the desktop (vs the floor), and as such, it's an extension of my creativity and environment.
Cabling is from Asiahorse. The dragon graphic on the front panel is made from frosted opaque vinyl and cut on my 30" vinyl cutter.
Color(s): Purple White
RGB Lighting? Yes
Theme: Art
Cooling: Air Cooling
Size: ATX
Type: General Build
Build Updates
Another hardware update
Custom GPU backplate
Hardware changes
CPU/GPU upgrades
Needs moar RAM
PSU finally died
Hardware
CPU
$ 224.00
Motherboard
$ 155.99
Memory
$ 499.99
Graphics
$ 1,398.68
Storage
$ 329.95
Storage
$ 139.95
PSU
$ 80.13
Case
$ 179.00
Case Fan
$ 99.96
Cooling
$ 39.90
CableMod
$ 9.90
Accessories
$ 100.99
Monitor
$ 599.00
Monitor
$ 189.00
Keyboard
$ 169.00
Mouse
$ 84.90
Estimated total value of this build:
$ 3,280.29
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