Recent content by davegus91

Sorry for the late reply, haven't been in the forums in a while and don't have notifications on. The psu is insane on the inside. It contains four boards right up against the four long sides of the case with the components poking into the central core of the power supply. Air must move thru...

Gpu is supported by front and back panel, as well as locking rigid pci riser. At the front there are two screws supporting the end of the card, using the mount points on the blower end of founders style coolers. Nvidia reference cards have had these mount points since the OG titan- presumably...

Rear (io end) is not blocked at all, it's an open hole. Less restriction than stock since no pcie vent bracket. It would be more open if EVGA would stop cramming dvi ports on their reference style boards but it still breathes easily. The heatsink fins on the other end right next to the blower...

Check the link at bottom of first post, album of 34 photos showing assemby step by step. I'm on mobile right now else I would embedded some in this post but they are there.

My original plan was to paint or anodize but i managed to pull off all my cuts and holes without any major errors and liked the look of bare aluminum. The polish i used was intended for aluminum pontoon boats and contains a durable wax to keep oxidation at bay (hopefully). The thing that made my...

More finish photos added with can for scale and demo of how the entire system (minus monitor anyway) fits in a laptop bag for transport.

Sorry that did sound a bit harsh on re-read. My personal opinion comes from the fact that i went out of my way to cram a slim odd in my previous build that was in use for four years and only got used once for my wife's employee handbook that came on cd-r. Its just not a common thing for may...

Amazon, found here

ODD has gone the way of the dinosaur. only plausible use i can think of would be if you could source one capable of UHD blu-ray. That render of the 3.5in drive in there looks terrible visually. if only there were still enthusiast oriented 3.5in drives like there were ~12 years ago. WD...

Fan noise on psu is only noticable under intense load. When loaded it's about equal to the blower on the gpu. At idle it's barely rotating and virtually silent. I made special attention to try and isolate the intakes for it so it doesn't pull CPU air thru it. But! On bootup and resume from...

So first time actually posting something here, hadn't really had anything original to contribute but my latest project is completed and i thought it was worth sharing. Here's are my build criteria: -No power brick! i despise them. -Fits a full size reference design Nvidia card -Fits standard...