WBaS

Syr! Glad to see your back! I feel like this project is like a gift slowly coming unwrapped on Christmas. I want to see the whole thing already! haha

On the benchmarks... well... eh about describes it (I don't have much experience there either). I'd think that setup would pull better than that. And what's with the no AA?

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Thanks, WBaS.

Yah. The only saving grace is that the game settings were at Very High.

There isn't any question that I will have to do some more tinkering and twiddling with the system to get it where I want, but I intend to wait until I get the QX6850 socketed, and the blocks on the GPU's before I sit down for a nice long torture session with the build as a whole.

I look forward to it.

I'll give it a whirl with AA, and then on High settings just for S's & G's.

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McStuff

Ya, I started one, but I took a break because I was stupid and kept making errors. Shortly after my break, school started, so I've been busy with that. Hopefully I'll get some work done here and there on weekends and breaks. http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-wo...case-side.html

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Ah yes, the "Lego-case" incident.

Any change in the way things were going? *hopes*



P.S. Random build-pics coming up.

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WBaS

Looking forward to more pics! Your work is like awesome 1nt3rw3bz computer pr0n! I can't get enough

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Some of the smaller internal pieces that I cut from panels that are in varying stages on completion:





These are the rails for the HDD rack. There is a similar pair for the PSU, but they are slightly longer:



When the sliding trays are in place the 1/16" thick panel is more sturdy than I anticipated.
When I place a noticeable amount of pressure in the center it flexes slightly, so I decided to make some center rails. It is diffuclt to tell what is what, bu on the right-side of the first image the tray is slid out a bit to show the center rail.







Carbon Fiber motherboard tray

This panel still needs to be cut to size as I made it over-sized to ensure the piece would be large enough. For the mold, I used 2 pieces of 18" x 18" x 1/2" black granite, mylar and crisco.

PSU side:



Motherboard side:



note: The clear pass-through support in the center of the lighting tube may or may not be used. I can't tell at this point if I will need the added support, but if I do I will most likely re-make the piece in black as the clear looks out of place.



And another shot of the lighting:



note: I think that I will only do one tube like this as the lighting is diffused and diminished. The rest of the CCFL's will be stock.... not sure though.

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McStuff

Actually, I took the break right before school started, then school started. So I haven't gotten much work done. I did get some cuts done, but I did mess up a piece. I may go buy yet another piece of mdf since it was only like 4 bucks.

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Carbon Fiber Motherboard Tray:














I will not be returning to work ("real work") until Thursday so I still have a couple more days to devote large chunks of time toward this project.

It is my hope to have the motherboard tray completed, and the rear panel mounted in place by this coming weekend.

I should be getting the water blocks for the 4870 x2's in this week so perhaps a full hardware installation will be within a couple of weeks... I hope so.

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TnB= Gir

So pretty!

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Thanks GirFace! *high-five*

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