Well its been a while since i modded my old lain li, so i wanted to start back up again. I've been researching and putting part lists together for a couple weeks and decided on the X79 platform.
here is my workhorse, 680i with sli 8800gtx
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Just when i was going to start pulling the trigger and buying the parts i went on craigslist to see if there were any deals on parts. i saw an add for a "custom gaming computer" with the x79 platform and i7 3930k. so i clicked on it! Turns out it also has the Geforce 690! this wasnt the card i had originally planned on using (4gb 670 ftw) but if i could get this all for a decent price id certainly wouldnt mind it! It also came with 32gb 1600mhz Kingston Xtreme Ram, 2 256gb vertex 4 ssd's, and a 1kilowatt psu.The seller wanted $2,300 usd for it. He said he needed it gone because he needed money to get married:slap:
Being in business, i knew i could haggle him down because he was in a hurry. i offered him $1,500 and after day or so of letting that stew, we settled on $1,600! thats pretty much the cost of the 690 and 3930k.
heres how i bought it:
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Now to sleeve!
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Once everything was sleeved, i wanted to make plexi glass plates to hide the ugly holes and to make a cleaner presentation. i cut one to make the base, one to block the cable holes and one to go under the mother board. i also cut holes in the plexi to run the wires through.
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i then painted it using plasti-dip and installed using double sided tape.
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finished photos:
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i did this project for something to do until i decide what motherboard i really want and until the Corsair 900d comes out. Once the 900d is here i will custom watercool and make it look reallllyyy nice
Thanks for looking
here is my workhorse, 680i with sli 8800gtx
Just when i was going to start pulling the trigger and buying the parts i went on craigslist to see if there were any deals on parts. i saw an add for a "custom gaming computer" with the x79 platform and i7 3930k. so i clicked on it! Turns out it also has the Geforce 690! this wasnt the card i had originally planned on using (4gb 670 ftw) but if i could get this all for a decent price id certainly wouldnt mind it! It also came with 32gb 1600mhz Kingston Xtreme Ram, 2 256gb vertex 4 ssd's, and a 1kilowatt psu.The seller wanted $2,300 usd for it. He said he needed it gone because he needed money to get married:slap:
Being in business, i knew i could haggle him down because he was in a hurry. i offered him $1,500 and after day or so of letting that stew, we settled on $1,600! thats pretty much the cost of the 690 and 3930k.
heres how i bought it:
[IMG][URL=http://s37.photobucket.com/user/abirli/media/IMG_2098_zps67b82af2.jpg.html][IMG]http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e73/abirli/IMG_2098_zps67b82af2.jpg[/URL][/IMG]
Now to sleeve!
Once everything was sleeved, i wanted to make plexi glass plates to hide the ugly holes and to make a cleaner presentation. i cut one to make the base, one to block the cable holes and one to go under the mother board. i also cut holes in the plexi to run the wires through.
i then painted it using plasti-dip and installed using double sided tape.
finished photos:
i did this project for something to do until i decide what motherboard i really want and until the Corsair 900d comes out. Once the 900d is here i will custom watercool and make it look reallllyyy nice
Thanks for looking
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power cable, for some reason the 8 pin cpu cable didnt want to come out. after that broke i went back to using think staples which worked like a charm, but flattened out the prongs. so before i reinstalled the cables i had to flare the prongs back out 
I was in Hershey about 3 weeks ago.
