School and work have kept me from making an update, but I have been slowly making progress.
After continuous resets and BSODs and subsequent failures with power tuning, I decided to swap out to something a little more stable.
HDPLEX 300
Dell 330W adapter
This combination is more than enough to keep my system running under any conditions I've been able to throw at it. Seriously impressed
I have shortening and crimping supplies on the way and will update when those arrive.
I got around to making a brace prototype, but found the flex imparted on the PCI-E slot had lessened with time and pre-bending of the riser. I still plan on making the brace, but it probably won't be a necessity until I start bringing this rig more places with me. A couple dimensions need some tweaking (READ: didn't make an appropriate model), and I still need some appropriate hardware to get it mounted up.
I forgot about the round hole until after I had cut it to length, so I just roughly shaped the fan cutout for reference.
This aluminum was incredibly soft and gummy and difficult to mill out in the middle, but it was something we had laying around. Were I to make them on a mass scale, I'd probably go with a 6000 series plate or another alloy that actually chips well.
Not entirely related, but I had this lil bugger arrive today. I'm excited to have something a little more portable and lightweight to go with my S4!
After continuous resets and BSODs and subsequent failures with power tuning, I decided to swap out to something a little more stable.
HDPLEX 300
Dell 330W adapter
This combination is more than enough to keep my system running under any conditions I've been able to throw at it. Seriously impressed
I have shortening and crimping supplies on the way and will update when those arrive.I got around to making a brace prototype, but found the flex imparted on the PCI-E slot had lessened with time and pre-bending of the riser. I still plan on making the brace, but it probably won't be a necessity until I start bringing this rig more places with me. A couple dimensions need some tweaking (READ: didn't make an appropriate model), and I still need some appropriate hardware to get it mounted up.
I forgot about the round hole until after I had cut it to length, so I just roughly shaped the fan cutout for reference.
This aluminum was incredibly soft and gummy and difficult to mill out in the middle, but it was something we had laying around. Were I to make them on a mass scale, I'd probably go with a 6000 series plate or another alloy that actually chips well.
Not entirely related, but I had this lil bugger arrive today. I'm excited to have something a little more portable and lightweight to go with my S4!
