Show Us Your Rig [4]

[Bungee18]

@Littlejay, A Guy, WordsWorth, thank you guys!

@NoN, thank you. Only LEDs right now are the ones from the Corsair H100i and mobo (phase leds). I have a 4ft strip of white LEDs, but I have yet to decide on how to install them.

Cheers,

J

 

[Bungee18]

Juan your back side looks fine to me.

I got some extensions and didn't use them, first because of the extra length to fool with, second, my PSU cables were long enough. Good job overall!

Thanks Gary.
My PSU cables are long enough too, but I just like the way individually sleeved extensions look.

Cheers,

J

 

[Bungee18]

Dave,
Thank you.
BIOS is proving quite a challenge! Will let you guys know when I succeed in OC'ing.

Alan,
Thanks a lot.
Following some of your previous advice I got some LEDs. Will post some pics after installing.
Now it looks like I'm going to need advice on how to OC this mobo and CPU and on how to get second video card up and running.

Cheers,

J

 

[Britton30]

Thanks Gary.
My PSU cables are long enough too, but I just like the way individually sleeved extensions look.

Cheers,

J

I like them too but ended up wrapping with electric tape.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

I personally don't like the individually sleeved cables; they look too bulky for my tastes. My feeling is the idea is to hide the cables, not make them more obvious. But, that's me. I took a felt pen to my PSU cables that weren't easily resleeved to blacken the colored wires.

 

[BerntBalchen]

Thanks for the feedback guys.

 

[Bungee18]

@Gary, that's a nice looking rig!

@Lady Fitzgerald, individually sleeved extensions not only look good but are much more flexible, bendable, than PSU cables. It is much easier to get them connected and they put less stress on mobo and video card connectors... But again, tastes are tastes...

Cheers guys. Thanks for all your help and advice.

J

 

[paulpicks21]

Hi Guys.
So here it is at last.
After many an hour of work I finished it.
No matter how much I tried, just coudn't make the backside look any better.
Also, the thing wouldn't boot when I added the second video card, so I'm running on one till I have more time to experiment.
Hope you like it.
Cheers,

J

Bungee, that's a totally amazing job you have done there, it looks fantastic, very neat cables and really clean job

You should be very pleased with yourself!

Paul.

 

[Britton30]

Thanks Juan, that is about the 3rd iteration of wiring, I'm 3-4 versions farther now, lol.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Granted, they would be more flexible but the stock cables can be pre-bent/shaped so, when plugged in, they won't stress anything.

Btw, I wasn't picking on your rig specifically (bad wording on my part; yours looks good); I just don't like individually sleeved cables. As you said, tastes are tastes and I'm obviously in the minority.

 

[Bungee18]

Granted, they would be more flexible but the stock cables can be pre-bent/shaped so, when plugged in, they won't stress anything.

Btw, I wasn't picking on your rig specifically (bad wording on my part; yours looks good); I just don't like individually sleeved cables. As you said, tastes are tastes and I'm obviously in the minority.

Lady Fitzgerald,
I didn't feel you were picking on my rig, and no problems whatsoever with your choice of words.
I was making a technical observation, not defending my rig!
I would like to see some new pics on the progress you are making with your new build.
Cheers,
J

 

[Bungee18]

Thanks Juan, that is about the 3rd iteration of wiring, I'm 3-4 versions farther now, lol.

lol. I already re-did mine like 5 times and I've only had the rig for about 3 months.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Thanks Juan, that is about the 3rd iteration of wiring, I'm 3-4 versions farther now, lol.

lol. I already re-did mine like 5 times and I've only had the rig for about 3 months.

LOL! I've been fighting that urge. At some point, one has to say, "I'm done" (though the reasoning for that I'm not so sure about.) I was in Fry's the other day and had to tear myself away from the case department. I need blinders when I'm in that candy store (at least that candy won't raise my blood sugar levels).

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Granted, they would be more flexible but the stock cables can be pre-bent/shaped so, when plugged in, they won't stress anything.

Btw, I wasn't picking on your rig specifically (bad wording on my part; yours looks good); I just don't like individually sleeved cables. As you said, tastes are tastes and I'm obviously in the minority.

Lady Fitzgerald,
I didn't feel you were picking on my rig, and no problems whatsoever with your choice of words.
I was making a technical observation, not defending my rig!
I would like to see some new pics on the progress you are making with your new build.
Cheers,
J

Whew! I was horrified when I reread what I wrote!

My project is on hold right now because the MOBO I want has become unavailable cry and it is questionable whether it will be back again. I do have a Plan B board in mind (ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe) but I really, really want the Plan A board (ASUS P8Z77-V Premium). Once I either get the Plan A board or give in and settle for Plan B and get the thing built, I'll post photos.

 

[Bungee18]

Hi guys,
So I managed to finish it, take some pics, overclock (thanks Tommy!) and run some benchmarks.
I finally got the new card to run in CF!
I also added some LEDs (not very sure about keeping them) and noise dampening kit (something like Road Kill).
Here are the pics.
Thanks for bearing with me.
Cheers!
J

 

[essenbe]

Well done, Bungee. Looks great. I'm glad you got your CFX figured out. That's a very nice, clean looking rig. Well done on the wiring too.

 

[Bungee18]

Thank you Steve!

 

[Britton30]

Really nice rig Juan! Are those custom coolers on your GPUs?

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Nice job, Bungee. Since you have a window on the side, I would keep the LEDs. You can always dim or switch them out when you don't need or want them.

 

[Bungee18]

Really nice rig Juan! Are those custom coolers on your GPUs?

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No, Gary, those come stock with the Sapphire OC edition. I think they are called Dual X.