After months of saving and slowly building I now have my 2P rig parts together (a Big Thanks to 3.0 Charlie over at HWC for the Motherboard, Ram and CPUs) I'm installing the OS as we speak and will be folding like a mutha this evening. The Open Air Bench will get some more tweaks I just wanted...
Small Update, I received my first piece of Hardware today, A Corsair AX850 PSU (Thanks to Mike over at silentpcreview.com | Everything about Silent / Quiet Computers for the Great Price) , pretty sweet unit, Nice having an option to use 2 or 4 Sata Power cables.
The Bench is getting close to...
Small Update:
I've attached the Plexi Using Chicago Screws to the Aluminum Frame, the structure is pretty sound now.
A few pics (sorry they aren't great)
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Update 2011-10-11
Just a small Update, One step closer to completing the Folder Holder thanks to Dave at UN Designs for his Donation of a UN Designs SSD Bracket.
I wanted to mention every CPU sitting idly by can make a difference if you get your Fold on (...
Update 2011-10-10
I've started work on the aluminum frame.
Test fitting the plexi
Still Lots to Do, in no particular order:
Pick up some Chicago Screws to attach the plexiglass to the aluminum.
Connect the Cross Beam for PCI Cards
File and Polish my cuts
Attached Hard Drive...
Just Some Scribbles, gonna go see the parents this weekend, grab a pop-rivet gun and some aluminum pieces. Might start saturday or monday, sunday is busy with thanksgiving
Project Folder Holder - Custom Open Air Bench for a 2P 24/7 Folder (Fold-Tron 3.0? still working on the name)
Ive got the folding Bug; I love the idea of contributing to finding the cure for a Disease like cancer. The big C has been a huge part of my life, My Mother and Father have both...
its not rebooting or failing. it loads. then immediately give a "Windows Explorer" Error, on a loop. I can get to the start screen and stay there as long as i dont cancel the auto fix, but then i cant access any computer commands. i was able to get a movies going and watched it, just hide the...
50th post. look out contest threads here i come.
check out the company mentioned above. you can configure your pc in the PC builder section with all the parts you want, she pays they ship bam your a hero, and not bowing down to big box POS store and or the Dells of the world (Dells are good...
use netlink computers aka N. C. I. X.
they have great gaming computers for sale, and they are enthusiast level machines, it would be like you built it for her.