Show Us Your Rig [5]

NoN said:

Bungee18 said:

Here are some preliminary sketches for the case.
I'm pretty sure we'll go with the Stormtrooper theme.

Let me know what you think. It still needs a lot of work, but it is a good approximation of what it looks like in my head.

Obviously, the art was done by people who know what they are doing (deviantART mostly). Once we settle for a final design I'll ask for permission for using it and give credit where credit is due.

Meanwhile, here it is. What do you think?

Cheers,

J

Nice find & cut but find quite heavy for the back panel design

Thanks for your input NoN.

Believe me when I tell you that it involves a lot more work than finding and cutting.

Regarding the back panel, I agree, but it is kind of the idea. It is for a trade show, so one side, at least, has to be distinguishable from afar. Since we are sticking to b&w with this one, we are going for the "heavy" backside, while keeping it light for the front and window panel which is what people will look at when the are actually in the booth.

Nevertheless will do some more "find & cut" to make it lighter and see what we can come up with.

Cheers,

J

kbrady1979 said:

Bungee18 said:

So here are some preliminary shots of what it looks like right now.
It is a work in progress, so bear with me.

This rig will be presented at a trade show in August, so any advice and tips are more than welcome!

The case will be done in some kind of a Star Wars theme, something to do with an Imperial Stormtrooper, Vader's Tie Fighter or an X Wing Fighter. Not sure yet. I'm working on it right now. Will upload some sketches later this week so you can all give me your opinion and help me decide.

Steve, once again, thank you very much for everything!

Next "special" will be something for Paul. Will start work on it by the second week of August. Any requests Paul?

Well, I leave you with the pics.

Cheers,

J

I LOVE this idea. If you know any artists, you could maybe talk them into doing some theme artwork on that case to present at the trade show. Awesome work Juan! Top notch

Thanks for you comments and encouragement Kelly!

Working on it. Don't think we have enough time left to get it done by a real artist, either stenciled or airbrushed. We'll see.
Meanwhile I'll keep "finding and cutting" to see if we can come up with something nicer.

Cheers,

J

@Gary, Thanks a lot for you comments.
So far we haven't had any issues with the Gigabyte's G1. Killer series, which is all we have used so far, but to be honest we get one request for one of these for every 5 RoG's.
The Sniper 5 has received some great reviews and is feature packed, but it is the first time we use it.
I'll let you know if it fires up when we press the little red button or if it crashes and burns. Fingers crossed!

Cheers,

Juan

Lady Fitzgerald said:

The ASUS Z87 Deluxe was one of the Haswell boards I was comparing my present rig with just out of curiosity. I was also looking at the Z87 Deluxe/Dual.

I looked at the Dual too but I don't think it's worth $60 to have dual Thunderbolt, if that's what "Dual" refers too. When I first saw the name I thought dual CPUs.
I don't personally know of anyone who has a Thunderbolt device nor do I recall seeing one. Maybe the next "Beta Max".

Britton30 said:

Here's a hint of what I'll be up too the next couple of days.

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I spy on people so I know what Gary has got in there LOL!! but I aint telling:)

Soon to get my Asus Z87 Expert I hope as soon as my eye is fixed and then there will be fun (and tinkering Steve LOL!!) woo - hoo!!

I had already spilled the beans John. Thanks for the help with it, anxious to see your Expert board too. Here's the bad boy.
I have the CPU installed, waiting for me now.

I think the washers are for an AMD setup

shinigami8671,
Those appear to be very important Teflon glides for the troopers rifle. They reduce the automatic slide friction and help keep the rifle cool during extended shooting sessions.

Britton30 said:

I had already spilled the beans John. Thanks for the help with it, anxious to see your Expert board too. Here's the bad boy.
I have the CPU installed, waiting for me now.

Yep thanks mate I am full of technical information but I cannot tell the gender of boards I am not that good!!