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Rig Pimpage:
http://www.coolermaster.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=47812&highlight=#47812
Rig Pimpage 2:
http://forum.osnn.net/showthread.php?t=80126
Well work has begun on what is most likely (and hopefully) that last rimpage on Iguana, my Preatorian based system. Why Blaquagate? Well the Aquagate only comes as silver, but after some careful dismantling it is now black and looking pretty damn nice.
A big thanks to Coolermaster (Bryant and Yolanda) for getting me the last few parts I needed, that were simply not available in the UK - so I picked them up from CES with a fair share of Tshirts, hats, caps, pens and bottleopeners as well as a few SATA cables that may well go in my other rig at some point (becuase they are red.. ?)
So what are we starting with?
So a fairy basic system at the moment and pretty damn tidy if I do say so myself. Notice in shot one how the current CPU cooler is almost bulging out of the case only saved by a grill - it wouldn't fit otherwise and a little work had to be done to the side of the case to make sure it would all work out. Also notice that in shot 2 I still have a nasty cream DVD burner - something that just has to be fixed.
So what am I going to be doing over the next few days?
The first shot shows the sprayed Aquagate and the replacement DVD writer both black of course to make the front look good. Only the front of the Aquagate has been sprayed (all parts were sprayed seperately and it is completely unblemished. I had previously taken it completely apart and cleaned what I could as well as replacing the fan. The second shot shows the 3 coolers I will be installing - from left to right: GPU cooler for my NVIDIA 6800 Ultra, a Northbridge cooler and an Aquaturtle to cool the hard drive. Lastly todays music selection, something that arrived from Germany today - the new Picotto double album. Gonna go with CD2 today which is more chilled out.
So lets get started with the graphics card...
http://www.coolermaster.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=47812&highlight=#47812
Rig Pimpage 2:
http://forum.osnn.net/showthread.php?t=80126
Well work has begun on what is most likely (and hopefully) that last rimpage on Iguana, my Preatorian based system. Why Blaquagate? Well the Aquagate only comes as silver, but after some careful dismantling it is now black and looking pretty damn nice.
A big thanks to Coolermaster (Bryant and Yolanda) for getting me the last few parts I needed, that were simply not available in the UK - so I picked them up from CES with a fair share of Tshirts, hats, caps, pens and bottleopeners as well as a few SATA cables that may well go in my other rig at some point (becuase they are red.. ?)
So what are we starting with?
So a fairy basic system at the moment and pretty damn tidy if I do say so myself. Notice in shot one how the current CPU cooler is almost bulging out of the case only saved by a grill - it wouldn't fit otherwise and a little work had to be done to the side of the case to make sure it would all work out. Also notice that in shot 2 I still have a nasty cream DVD burner - something that just has to be fixed.
So what am I going to be doing over the next few days?
The first shot shows the sprayed Aquagate and the replacement DVD writer both black of course to make the front look good. Only the front of the Aquagate has been sprayed (all parts were sprayed seperately and it is completely unblemished. I had previously taken it completely apart and cleaned what I could as well as replacing the fan. The second shot shows the 3 coolers I will be installing - from left to right: GPU cooler for my NVIDIA 6800 Ultra, a Northbridge cooler and an Aquaturtle to cool the hard drive. Lastly todays music selection, something that arrived from Germany today - the new Picotto double album. Gonna go with CD2 today which is more chilled out.
So lets get started with the graphics card...