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10-01-2009, 10:44 PM
shazza

Very nice, indeed, bianco. Nice job with that drive.
10-01-2009, 10:50 PM
bianco

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Originally Posted by shazza

Very nice, indeed, bianco. Nice job with that drive.

thanks a lot shazza! :D
10-01-2009, 11:11 PM
headala

Very clean; I like it!
10-02-2009, 12:07 AM
ridney

excellent build bianco!
10-02-2009, 08:29 AM
kgtiger

Excellent fabrication of the brackets there Bianco.:clap:

I have swung by your work log from time to time lately to see your progress, but you must have been working in the shed with the radio on.:rofl:

It's excellent to see you back on track and with an update there mate.:up:
10-02-2009, 08:34 AM
millertime359

Updates look great, keep them coming. :up:
11-13-2009, 05:35 PM
bianco

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Originally Posted by headala

Very clean; I like it!

thanks headala, glad you did

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Originally Posted by ridney

excellent build bianco!

thanks ridney. i think i saw your system in vrz forum, looks good!

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Originally Posted by kgtiger

Excellent fabrication of the brackets there Bianco.:clap:

I have swung by your work log from time to time lately to see your progress, but you must have been working in the shed with the radio on.:rofl:

It's excellent to see you back on track and with an update there mate.:up:

thank you Graeme. haha.
i wish that was the case! although, yeah - been working on it more the last few weeks. will be have a flurry of updates... starting with the next post. :D

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Originally Posted by millertime359

Updates look great, keep them coming. :up:

thanks millertime. will do!
11-13-2009, 05:36 PM
bianco

cables and sleeves

alright, it's been a long time... and i'm glad to say - much progress has occurred during the long 'silence'. as mentioned earlier... here are the updates; let me start with this:

raw materials for the task at hand
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/7b5ce503.jpg

prep time - cutting wires and heatshrinks
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/2ad556ae.jpg

time to get crimping
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/775ac30f.jpg

completed crimping connectors, couldn't help myself and started sleeving some wires
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/9445d75b.jpg

sleeving the rest of the wires
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/125cba7d.jpg

24pin atx... done
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/87fbd736.jpg

the rest of the psu cables
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/0dd47b91.jpg

worked on this as well
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/e9fa2aa0.jpg

testing the connection... well, i guess my soldering doesn't suck that bad
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/c77511d9.jpg

and it would end up here:
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/ff209dfa.jpg
11-13-2009, 05:46 PM
shazza

Nice to see you back, bianco! Comes as no surprise, you're sleeving looks great! Nice work on your custom wiring.
11-13-2009, 06:59 PM
bianco

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Originally Posted by shazza

Nice to see you back, bianco! Comes as no surprise, you're sleeving looks great! Nice work on your custom wiring.

thank you shazza.
i'm just glad it all works. i wasn't too confident in my crimping nor my soldering... that's why i had to test each wire if it was conducting at all.
11-14-2009, 07:26 AM
nej

Sleeve looks cool Bianco.:up:
Waiting for more coming in.
11-14-2009, 06:27 PM
charles_h

Very nice work Bianco! :up:

It takes courage to use all black wires but this is the sort of commitment we've come to expect from you. :)

Great to see you back M8 - looking forward to MOAR!
11-15-2009, 05:49 AM
bianco

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Originally Posted by nej

Sleeve looks cool Bianco.:up:
Waiting for more coming in.

thanks bro! will do.
looking forward to your project too! :D

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Originally Posted by charles_h

Very nice work Bianco! :up:
It takes courage to use all black wires but this is the sort of commitment we've come to expect from you. :)
Great to see you back M8 - looking forward to MOAR!

thank you Charles! means a lot coming from you! :D
the custom wiring was a nice change... i'd have to say crimping is a much enjoyable task than using pin removers!
11-15-2009, 05:50 AM
bianco

i hope they're not obsolete yet...

finally, the gtx280s have seen daylight again.
i actually had to replace the stock cooling on one since the temporary gpu that i was using last time died on me (hd3870 toxic). then i kept having problems with the gtx280 - which i hoped was caused by a fault when i put back the stock cooling and not the card itself. eventually, i got my hands on a 9800gt for the temp gpu.

anyways, i can't wait to get the gpus on water and see if they all still work and the waterblocks that eddy (ek) sent over for replacement would be better than the first version/batch that i had.

i know you've seen this more than enough, but i still love how it looks... one massive gpu
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h...0/8ed901f6.jpg

after the usual removal of the stock cooling, i also removed the dual slot bracket
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h...0/48a0c387.jpg

time to clean up
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h...0/4a267261.jpg

time to get acquainted with ek's masterpiece
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h...0/dfae62b5.jpg

all 3 done
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h...0/de50cbec.jpg

closer look on the single slot cover
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h...0/71680a5d.jpg

top view, sexy acrylic and nickel
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h...0/c1d33960.jpg

attack formation...
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h...0/d9879941.jpg
11-15-2009, 08:51 AM
Chicken Patty

siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick!!!!
11-15-2009, 11:17 AM
kgtiger

:woot:That looks sweeeet, mate, excellent to see you back at it.
Nice custom cables there and as for the sleeving, excellent work there as well.:up:

Must say first time I have seen three 280 WC cards before, very nice.:wiggle:
11-15-2009, 11:28 AM
faster3200

Those red screws look awesome. Mind if I steal the idea?
11-15-2009, 11:35 AM
millertime359

Did you paint the screws, or find them anodized?
11-15-2009, 11:43 AM
djmattm

the red screws are amazing! Mmhh i think i'm gonna steal your idea too:D
11-15-2009, 07:52 PM
bianco

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Originally Posted by Chicken Patty

siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick!!!!

thanks CP! :)

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Originally Posted by kgtiger

:woot:That looks sweeeet, mate, excellent to see you back at it.
Nice custom cables there and as for the sleeving, excellent work there as well.:up:
Must say first time I have seen three 280 WC cards before, very nice.:wiggle:

thanks bro. glad the trio has the same effect on you as it did on me. haha. :D

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Originally Posted by faster3200

Those red screws look awesome. Mind if I steal the idea?

thanks faster3200. of course! i don't mind, afterall i have borrowed ideas from the awesome projects here and everywhere as well.

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Originally Posted by millertime359

Did you paint the screws, or find them anodized?

i painted the screws individually. those that can be seen from the side - i also painted the threads. :p: and i re-touched the paint after i tightened the screws.

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Originally Posted by djmattm

the red screws are amazing! Mmhh i think i'm gonna steal your idea too:D

thanks djmattm. haha. i'd be honored if you did! :D
11-16-2009, 11:12 AM
kgtiger

Its good to see that you have followed the red screws from your motherboard onto the WC blocks on your cards.
It gives them the Bianco accent to make the common, "unique"
Love it, I feel I might add it to the ideas I copied as well.
Thank you
11-17-2009, 09:23 PM
dro

@bianco

Did you purchase the vandal switch locally?
If so, which part of singapore?
Or did you have them shipped from the states?

Thanks~
11-18-2009, 03:07 AM
bianco

Quote:

Originally Posted by kgtiger

Its good to see that you have followed the red screws from your motherboard onto the WC blocks on your cards.
It gives them the Bianco accent to make the common, "unique"
Love it, I feel I might add it to the ideas I copied as well.
Thank you

thank you bro. glad you liked it! and of course, you can definitely use the idea. :)

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Originally Posted by dro

@bianco
Did you purchase the vandal switch locally?
If so, which part of singapore?
Or did you have them shipped from the states?
Thanks~

hi dro. no, i got them/shipped from ppc.
although i've heard from friends in vrz that it is available in sim lim tower; it's the building across the famous sim lim square (if you're familiar with sg).
11-19-2009, 03:36 PM
recta

Hi,
Looking really sweet Bianco :shocked::up:
12-06-2009, 08:58 AM
dro

Thanks for the info bianco~
Will have my friend look into it
Or might just come down there during the next great SG sale~ ;)

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