It's been so long! Time flies when you're having fun I guess. :)
Life has been busy, as always, but I've been fortunate enough to get pockets of time here and there to make some progress. I've piled up a few pictures, so it's time to share! :D
First, as indicated last time, I went ahead...
Looking more and more like my life is allowing for monthly updates... sorry for the long delay. :( I've worked little bits and pieces each weekend for a few hours at a time... so while I haven't shared in a while, at least I saved it up and have a large bit to share now! :) Anyway, on to the...
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I've made some nice progress on the drive cage over the past few weeks, and got far enough that I figure it's time to share some of that progress! As you will recall from last time, I had cut out the side walls of the drive cage and cut the air vents out of them (albeit...
It's been woefully long since my last update. :( Family and holidays will do that, I suppose. I've made a few tiny bits of progress that I will share, anyway! Hoping for a free day sometime soon so that I can keep moving on this... otherwise it's going to go on for 2 years instead of just 1...
Haha I know the feeling... I wish I had more time... I'd do this as a day job if I didn't have other financial obligations... :D
Thanks! Happy to provide any details you are interested in... no secrets here. ;)
As soon as I get more time (hopefully this coming weekend?) I'll be following...
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It's been a bit of a delay since my last update... had a few weddings to attend followed by a delightful Windows 8.1 upgrade corrupting my storage drive :mad:... so things have been busy. Fortunately, I'm back in business now, and have make a few bits of progress on the...
Well, my hand is feeling quite a bit better at this point, and the work I was doing that caused the original injury is now complete! It doesn't look like much work now that it's all together below... but it took quite a few hours to get this all done and right. :p
First, to make sure there were...
Now that I had the basic reassembly completed, time to start preparing some of the components I've assembled for installation into the case! :D
First, I started with rebuilding my reservoir that was 'disassembled' by my cat a while back.:rolleyes: I decided to go ahead and cut a new top/base...
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Picking up where I left off last time, I was starting to reassemble my case. Last time, it was just the clamshell that was really put together... only a few tabs fitting into slots, and a few screws to put the wheels on. Now, it's time for some rivets. :cool: Sorry in...
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Also, on a side note, got a notice that Bitspower has released new full cover blocks for the Nvidia Titan... can anyone say "upgrade"? :D:D
So beautiful. :eek:
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As far as how long I've spent on painting... dear god, I shudder to even think. Easily over 100 hours. Probably closer to 200 hours... :eek:
Granted, I was over-cautious most of the time as I had zero painting experience going into this... so a lot of research, testing...
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So far, I'll be putting in the same hardware that's listed at the first post... over a year old at this point, but still pretty good!
For a recap:
Case: Lian-Li PC-v2000b
Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K
Motherboard: EVGA z77 FTW
Graphics: EVGA GTX 680 SC+
RAM: 16GB of...
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Man... it's been a hell of a month. This is quite literally my first day off... in fact, my first 8 hours in a row off... since I got back from vacation in the middle of last month! :eek: Work has been absolutely insane. But, I finally have a little time to myself... and...
It's a great case. I had some serious reservations about cutting into it in the first place, just because I liked it as it was and knew it would be hard (if not impossible) to find a replacement.
I'm eager to see what it looks like all put together as well... hope it looks as good as it does...