Been visiting this forum for a while and I must say that I am very thankful for the wealth of knowledge members have posted. It has helped me immensely with my personal build.
I've had some ups and downs, from bleeding knuckles to coolant looking like frothy milk. But along the way, members here have helped me with ideas and support. And for that, I thank you!
I've put down my bottle of rum, finally took some decent shots and and humbly post my two doubloons:
Hard Gear:
Heart: PC Power and Cooling Turbo-Cool 1200
Vessel: Mountain Mods U2-UFO CYO
Proc: Intel QX9770
Mobo: Asus Striker 2 Extreme
HDs: 2x VelociRaptors 300GB SATA - RAID0
RAM: 2 x 2GB DDR3 OCZ Reaper
Graphic Cards: 2x nVidia GeForce GTX 280 OC2 (SLI)
Opticals: LG Blu-ray LG GBW-H20L, Samsung DVD SH-S203
Chassis Ware, random nods and hat tips:
MNPCTECH: Black Machined Aluminum Knurl Case Kicks, Urban Assault 6" Grillz, 80mm Honeycomb Grillz, Red Anodized Fighter Pilot Toggle Switch
Yate Loons galore
Fries Electronics and the L.A. Computer Fair (for when you just can't wait to get stuff via snail mail).
Home Depot
Wife. She rocked the cable management!
Liquid Assets:
Swiftech MCP655 Pump > ThermoChill PA120.2 Rad > D-Tek Fuzion V2 Block > Swiftech MCRES-MICRO Rez
AC Ryan Red UV Paint (for molexes. Was just plain lazy to physically replace each Molex connector to fit color scheme).
For now, it's only a single loop cooling the proc. My future endeavor is to add another loop to cool the GPUs.
Too bad the UV cathodes made the coolant appear pink. I'm not knocking pink, it's just that that wasn't the hue I was gunning for.
Truthfully, my favorite colour is NOT red.
Kinda dig how this shot turned out. The tubes that lead in and out of the pump frames the 2 GPUs. I'd like to say that this was intended, but then I'd be lying. Then again, I'm a pirate. So then it was intended all along, ok? No. Really.
I made myself a sandwich!
Unfortunately, it's not the kind you can eat. Well, I reckon you could try, but I'm guessing it wouldn't taste all that flash.
Rad sandwich:
Grills > Yate Loons > Shroud > Gasket > ThermoChill 120.2Rad > Gasket > Yate Loons > Chassis
I could probably throw in more gaskets somewhere in there, but typing all this out made me hungry for a real, edible sandwich. Savvy?
The front intakes.
Another shot of the front intakes.
Bird's eye of the Diamond Top MM panel.
The side etching.
The original artwork.
This rig is far from finished. I'd like to do so much more. Perhaps a real worklog is in order...'til then thanks for viewing!
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Originally Posted by Vapor
It is indeed a title from Motörhead! It was also book written in the late 1800s. But I'm referencing it as more of an overall pirate theme for the build. Americans know the phrase "Dead Men Tell No Tales" by Disney's popular movie, "Pirates of the Caribbean" and theme park rides of the same name. 
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