Project: Raistlin

[shazza]

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

[bianco]

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

thanks a lot shazza!

[headala]

Very clean; I like it!

[ridney]

excellent build bianco!

[kgtiger]

Excellent fabrication of the brackets there Bianco.

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.

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

[millertime359]

Updates look great, keep them coming.

[bianco]

Very clean; I like it!

thanks headala, glad you did

excellent build bianco!

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

Excellent fabrication of the brackets there Bianco.

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.

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

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.

Updates look great, keep them coming.

thanks millertime. will do!

[bianco]

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


prep time - cutting wires and heatshrinks


time to get crimping


completed crimping connectors, couldn't help myself and started sleeving some wires


sleeving the rest of the wires


24pin atx... done


the rest of the psu cables


worked on this as well


testing the connection... well, i guess my soldering doesn't suck that bad


and it would end up here:

[shazza]

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

[bianco]

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.

[nej]

Sleeve looks cool Bianco.
Waiting for more coming in.

[charles_h]

Very nice work Bianco!

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!

[bianco]

Sleeve looks cool Bianco.
Waiting for more coming in.

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

Very nice work Bianco!
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!
the custom wiring was a nice change... i'd have to say crimping is a much enjoyable task than using pin removers!

[bianco]

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


after the usual removal of the stock cooling, i also removed the dual slot bracket


time to clean up


time to get acquainted with ek's masterpiece


all 3 done


closer look on the single slot cover


top view, sexy acrylic and nickel


attack formation...

[Chicken Patty]

siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick!!!!

[kgtiger]

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.

Must say first time I have seen three 280 WC cards before, very nice.

[faster3200]

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

[millertime359]

Did you paint the screws, or find them anodized?

[djmattm]

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

[bianco]

siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick!!!!

thanks CP!

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.
Must say first time I have seen three 280 WC cards before, very nice.

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

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.

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. and i re-touched the paint after i tightened the screws.

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

thanks djmattm. haha. i'd be honored if you did!

[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

[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~

[bianco]

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.

@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).

[recta]

Hi,
Looking really sweet Bianco

[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~