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  1. Posts : 26,863
    Windows 11 Pro
       #1311

    Welcome back, Michael. Haven't seen you around for a while.
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  2. Posts : 545
    Windows 10 Technical Preview - x64
       #1312

    Yeah it has been a bit. Still need to pull the trigger on a new SSD and a mech keyboard by the way, but other things keep getting in the way.

    Such as my dead Nexus 7 which I'm having replaced. How's the overclock?
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  3. Posts : 229
    Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
       #1313

    paulpicks21 said:
    RaviR said:
    Thank you guys alot =)
    Your more than welcome RaviR, it really is a lovely clean lookin build your got going on there mate.

    Makes me want to change my case although I really don't need to, but need and want are 2 very different things especially when you get addicted to pc upgrades lol.
    Come over to the white side
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  4. Posts : 537
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
       #1314

    Very nice build RaviR!
    Look a few pages back and you'll find some pics of my rig which used to look almost the same. Maybe that's why I like your build so much!
    Enjoy it.

    J
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  5. Posts : 9,600
    Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit
       #1315

    A while back, I mentioned I had run into a snag with my build due to the MOBO I wanted becoming unavailable. That turned into a blessing in disguise. When I went to the ASUS forum for the P7Z77-V WS board I had selected to replace the original board to check on which PCIe slots I should use for the cards I wanted to install, I was informed that the Z77 boards have only 24 PCIe lanes so I wouldn't have enough for what I wanted to do. The P9X79 WS was suggested and I decided on that one after a bit more research. That board, in addition to the usual 8 pin CPU power cable and the 24 pin power cable, also has a 4 pin Molex connector for additional power. I didn't want to run another cable from the PSU to that connector so I decided to splice into the 4 pin Molex connector I already had for a possible internal card reader. The only other connector on the cable feeding the Molex connector is a 15 pin SATA power connector for the optical drive so I have plenty of juice to spare and no worries of voltage drop since the cable is made from #14 wire.

    This is what the cable looked like before I started surgery on it.



    Below is what the cable looked like after I removed the original Molex connector body and pins and the wires leading to the added connector and crimped on the first pin. I didn't have much wire to work with on the original cable because I used nail glue (hey, it was handy) to keep the sleeving and shrink sleeving from sliding down the wire away from the connector so trying to get the crimper in there was a bit...ah...challenging.


    This a side view of the same pin. The blue tape was to keep the wires together until I could get the pins crimped on (it kinda sorta worked).



    When I first started making the cables for this case, I had the Divil's own time trying to hold onto the pin, keep the wire in place, and maneuver the crimper into place. It finally dawned on me that, instead of breaking the pin off the "tree" the pins come on, if I cut the tree between the pins, leaving a stub still attached to the pin, it would give me something to hold onto without my fat, little fingers getting in the way of the crimper. Once the pin was crimped, I could then break of the stub. This picture shows the bottom of the pin with the stub still attached.



    Here is a shot of the cable with all the pins crimped on.



    This shot shows the Molex connector replaced on the cable and the heat shrink and sleeve in place. I added a second shrink on top of the end of the shrink to reinforce it against the cables being pulled apart.



    This is a different view showing the original Molex connector and the added cable and connector. You can also see my el cheapo (but still effective) crimper/stripper and the high tech heat shrink heating device (aka travel sized hair dryer).



    Here is the newly modified cable stuffed back where it belongs.

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  6. Posts : 114
    Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
       #1316

    Show us your rig


    Here's mine!
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  7. Posts : 11,424
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64
    Thread Starter
       #1317

    Lady Fitzgerald,
    A most detailed review of your creative work around power solution, very nicely done and as always clean.
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  8. Posts : 11,424
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64
    Thread Starter
       #1318

    prospero,
    Nice rig as well and very clean cable management, how do you plan to install the crossfired 7970's?
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  9. Posts : 7
    Windows 7 home premium x64
       #1319
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  10. Posts : 114
    Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
       #1320

    linnemeyerhere said:
    prospero,
    Nice rig as well and very clean cable management, how do you plan to install the crossfired 7970's?
    Now that's a tricky one. I've yet to install the nitrogen cooler for the CPU but I'll keep you in touch,
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