What company would you reccomend? I've only tried the big ones: Club3d, Palit, Powercolor, Gigabyte, ASUS, etc....Originally Posted by Cutless009
Try a smaller company first, like some little name trying to make it bigger, they're easier to sway than the big companies where nobody besides a peon probably read your email
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Try someone who focuses strictly on accessories, if I was going to go for a sponsorship, Id prolly go for Bitspower, XSPC, or somebody like that mostly cuz then you get tons of accessories and they are more accessible than larger companies
Oh I think we're talking about different things. I'm trying to get a graphics card company to sponsor me. I can pay for the little things, but its the graphics cards that are going to kill me in the end financially. I just sent an email off to AMD's worldwide community person, so hopefully they can help me out.Try someone who focuses strictly on accessories, if I was going to go for a sponsorship, Id prolly go for Bitspower, XSPC, or somebody like that mostly cuz then you get tons of accessories and they are more accessible than larger companies
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Well i finally put the ultra to good use in my test bench. I have to say this thing is HUGE, but the modular cables are really convenient, especially for a test bench user because I don't have random cables all over the place. It depends on what you call loud, but this thing isn't exactly quiet either. When I've got some decent load on my stuff, it starts to rock! Meanwhile, I'm installing TONS of 3D programs, including 3DS Max, Maxwell Render, RealFlow, V-Ray, Softimage XSI, Inventor 2009, and a bunch of others.
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I don't want to be condescending or sound mean or anything, but, I would say its probably your age that is stopping you from getting sponsors. Kinda sucks but thats the way it is :\Well i finally put the ultra to good use in my test bench
not quite getting why my age would affect anything, but i guess its possible. I think the main reason is that I am asking for a couple of super high value things, and people probably don't even want to take a look. Just my thoughts....
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What are you giving in return to the companies you are asking for sponsorship? They don't just give away parts, you have to earn the items...nothing is free.
ummmmmmm...advertising???
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It seems like most people who get sponsorships have several high quality builds completed already, and have demonstrated something unique that will bring attention to the sponsor's products. So, it may not be your age holding you back at this point. Keep on going and don't give up, but don't be disappointed if you don't get a high end video card sponsor this early in the game.
Yeah I'm not. I never actually expected them to sponsor me, but I was a bit disconcerted that none of them had the courtesy to reply. I'll find a way to pay for the build, but by the time I'm ready for that, the next nvidia boards, chipsets, cards, will be out so I'll just get whatever the latest and greatest things are then. I really really really hope the gtx295 and the 5870 stuff comes out, because that would be a great way to finish this build. I'd like to use nVidia in this build as I have used nVidia for most of my graphics in the past. I'd love to buy three of the nicest ones they have and do some crazy tri-sli with dual gpu chips for a total of 6 gpu's
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Nice mod I really dig the black and white theme!
I'll take the sponsorship thing to PM's. I don't want to muck up your build log.
Thanks!
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Damn...no little clips of some chap saying Fu*k yeah.....
Yup its a POSIDE (Piece of Sh*t IDE) cable. Ive got two more IDE HDD's in the background on the bottom level of the test bench, but that IDE is connecting my opti drive. I rarely use it so I don't really care that much. When I finish my current build, though, everything will be SATA
I like this one:
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j6...k/8addb9b4.gif
great job, sub'd
HUGE UPDATE!!!
This update isn't exactly a water cooling update but I have had a major turn in my parts list
(Sorry for the Blurriness on some of these...)
First up....Could it be a GTX 260? Why yes it could....but not only that it is the somewhat new Core 216 SSC version (which I of course overclocked even more)
Hmmmmmm.....what could this be?
PEANUTS!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'M SO <explicit word> EXCITED!!!!
Darn....
They send way too much crap with these things these days....
Whoa....My pants just got smaller..........
Crap photo I know...but it's better than nothing.....
Fits quite nicely....
Well whaddya know...Its my little helper buddy! Se llama Tiki (el es de Argentina)
Purty.....
I would zoom in for you all but my camera is on its period today....
Air cooler!!!!!! (Don't worry. It'll be changed out soon enough
Orgasmic.... Only 3 gigs but i'm runnin 32 bit so I can't take advantage of any more)
This really does look pretty sick....
Ta Dah!!!! I'm gonna finally be able to sell the rest of my old parts so hopefully I'll be able to get some w/c parts and start oc'ing this stuff on those beautiful Feser 360s.......
I'M BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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was wondering when you were going to be posting another update
Yeah it took a while. I've been hella busy lately so it was hard to find time to get this up!
Enjoy!
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Finally some updates again
Looking very good, but I must say that's some expensive kit you have there
woohoo finally seeing this build going somewhere again! nice looking hardware!
Haha yes it wasFinally some updates again
Looking very good, but I must say that's some expensive kit you have there
Thanks!
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Chiming in late here but I just had to give my hats off to you. It looks fantastic. Can't believe I missed this thread before now. I have actually been working on something similar for almost a year now but opposite. Black exterior and white interior. I had some major painting woes and finally handed it off to a buddy of mine who has plenty of auto painting experience and all the equipment to boot. Of course right in the middle of the project I had a wedding and a move but hoping to get back on track here soon. Can't wait to see how yours looks when you get er all done. keep up the good work it's obviously paying off!
so any new news on this project? updates?
Well its been over two years since I last posted in here. Since then not much has really happened until this past week when I finally got back to work on this job. After being tired of seeing nearly $400 of radiators sitting in my room, I decided to take action. The past couple of days I've been working on custom building some brackets to mount these to the 343b and they turned out quite nicely. To attach them, I just used some 4-40 screws and made some makeshift rubber gaskets for vibration reduction. Here's some eye-candy for ya. 6 high speed Yate Loons are on the way from Petras. Waterblock and pump will be ordered soon, I hope. Sorry about the quality; they're from the phone camera.
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