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Thanks for the tip, picked some up earlier today
. Our other project at home toook most of our time today. New fish tank with a twist 
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Thanks for the tip, picked some up earlier today
. Our other project at home toook most of our time today. New fish tank with a twist - Thread Starter
- #42
Sorry for the delay ,
Right then an update :thumb:
Progress
Thanks to our friends over at Pulse Modding
http://www.pulsemodding.com/
They have done some epic work on the Fractal Design XL Side panel
Initial plan
The plan was soon Revised after a 240mm Phobya Grille was donated by candccentral
http://www.candccentral.co.uk/
Pulse Modding set to work and....
Nice!
Installed
Connor will be fitting several Noctua fans to the system in the coming days. We await the final pieces from
They sent us this image over ,Connor is looking forward to fit them!
The colour will work well with the Nocutas and the GPU, Lots of nice cables coming soon
Credit to these guys, going the extra mile for us
Till next time
This is extremely unique, seeing competitors working along side each other to support us
Right then an update :thumb:
Progress
Thanks to our friends over at Pulse Modding
http://www.pulsemodding.com/
They have done some epic work on the Fractal Design XL Side panel
Initial plan
The plan was soon Revised after a 240mm Phobya Grille was donated by candccentral
http://www.candccentral.co.uk/
Pulse Modding set to work and....
Nice!
Installed
Connor will be fitting several Noctua fans to the system in the coming days. We await the final pieces from
They sent us this image over ,Connor is looking forward to fit them!
The colour will work well with the Nocutas and the GPU, Lots of nice cables coming soon
Credit to these guys, going the extra mile for us
Till next time
This is extremely unique, seeing competitors working along side each other to support us
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Mind you, I gotta say something.
CONNOR, DUDE, YOU ARE AWESOME.
There, I said it. Now, you should remove the Phobya stickers and glue them properly, the logo looks awkward that way.
CONNOR, DUDE, YOU ARE AWESOME.
There, I said it. Now, you should remove the Phobya stickers and glue them properly, the logo looks awkward that way.
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keep doing what your doing and great work man
- Thread Starter
- #45
Another reveal...
Epic motherboard cover from PULSE MODDING
let me stress this "IS NOT" about covering up the brand of the board , is simply something Connor wanted to do, no matter what board we put in their, the plan was always to stealth it
Will look even better with the GPU, Cooler etc
Thanks again to
&
for sponsoring us
Ok ,relieved to build 2nd place prize last night and stress test it. All worked as hoped. Only niggle we ran into was need to make a tiny cut into the mobo cover to allow the GPU to fit.
Pics incoming. I' hadn't noticed photobucket has been resizing our images down to 1024 for a little while now. We're hoping (Pending time) to reupload some better res shots.
Cables should be with us tomorrow, then its a case of finishing the cursed side panel! for 2nd place. Grabbing some photos and promoting this as much as possible
Facebook users expect to see a mention of thisproject .....in quite a few places
Epic motherboard cover from PULSE MODDING
let me stress this "IS NOT" about covering up the brand of the board , is simply something Connor wanted to do, no matter what board we put in their, the plan was always to stealth it
Will look even better with the GPU, Cooler etc
Thanks again to
&
for sponsoring us
Ok ,relieved to build 2nd place prize last night and stress test it. All worked as hoped. Only niggle we ran into was need to make a tiny cut into the mobo cover to allow the GPU to fit.
Pics incoming. I' hadn't noticed photobucket has been resizing our images down to 1024 for a little while now. We're hoping (Pending time) to reupload some better res shots.
Cables should be with us tomorrow, then its a case of finishing the cursed side panel! for 2nd place. Grabbing some photos and promoting this as much as possible
Facebook users expect to see a mention of thisproject .....in quite a few places
- Thread Starter
- #46
The sleeved cables arrived and connor couldn't wait to fit them
*we aren’t sure about the fan orientation* opinions welcome
Corsair H80 needed to come out, acess to the 8pin was limited.
Connecting the 24pin extension
Fitted
6pins removed from GPU
Connecting extension
Installed
Hone stretch!
Still need to tidy up the cables and choose the best route etc
1st place is Done !
Recap of specs
Intel 3570k
Ecs Golden board Z77
Crucial 16GB Ram
Zotac Nvidia 560ti
Corsair 120GB SSD
Yummy
2nd place prize
only a little work done today. Connor have a brainwave when he simply asked "does the rad have to be fitted at back?"
He spotted an opportunity with the meshed front panel on the antec one hundred. , just so happens the rad fits nicely in the optical bay area...and the holes line up to mount it from the front!
24 days left people!
*we aren’t sure about the fan orientation* opinions welcome
Corsair H80 needed to come out, acess to the 8pin was limited.
Connecting the 24pin extension
Fitted
6pins removed from GPU
Connecting extension
Installed
Hone stretch!
Still need to tidy up the cables and choose the best route etc
1st place is Done !
Recap of specs
Intel 3570k
Ecs Golden board Z77
Crucial 16GB Ram
Zotac Nvidia 560ti
Corsair 120GB SSD
Yummy
2nd place prize
only a little work done today. Connor have a brainwave when he simply asked "does the rad have to be fitted at back?"
He spotted an opportunity with the meshed front panel on the antec one hundred. , just so happens the rad fits nicely in the optical bay area...and the holes line up to mount it from the front!
24 days left people!
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I know that the corsair manual tells you to have the h80 fans as intake, but for the love of god. Please turn them around, It absolutely murders your airflow, you want the rear fans to be extraction, not intake
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Wow this is just awesome. The more I read, the more I'm lost for words. I'm still amazed he's only 12 and does such great work. He's definitely going places.
Just as a side note, what I would find helpful is if at the very first post of this thread, you just gave us a little synopsis of what Narcolepsy actually is. Obviously I can Google search this, but I think it would help a lot of people who first open up the thread. Just my two cents!
Congratulations on all the sponsors! You guys deserve every one =)
Just as a side note, what I would find helpful is if at the very first post of this thread, you just gave us a little synopsis of what Narcolepsy actually is. Obviously I can Google search this, but I think it would help a lot of people who first open up the thread. Just my two cents!
Congratulations on all the sponsors! You guys deserve every one =)
- Thread Starter
- #49
Will do this today thanks!
Wow this is just awesome. The more I read, the more I'm lost for words. I'm still amazed he's only 12 and does such great work. He's definitely going places.
Just as a side note, what I would find helpful is if at the very first post of this thread, you just gave us a little synopsis of what Narcolepsy actually is. Obviously I can Google search this, but I think it would help a lot of people who first open up the thread. Just my two cents!
Congratulations on all the sponsors! You guys deserve every one =)
Done
Thanks for the suggestion
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I think it'd be better to have the H80 as intake and turn the airflow the other way around. You want your radiator to receive the cool air, not the hot one.
- Thread Starter
- #51
Just checking in with an update.
Firstly due to a number of reasons , We've extended the deadline for the raffle. its now open until the end of September
To put it simply what connor is going through, another Narcolepsy sufferer said this to me recently
We've been talking this over at home, he's not upto it and that's ok, we need to concentrate on his health not deadlines.
So we all decided to take a different approach, the work connor still had to do, will be done by me and his chosen helper.. also we've reached out for some help from friends,family and a few companies.
Everyone has rallied around, grandma is running a local event , fun, games raffles etc.
His chosen helper is...his little sister. She saw Connor was frustrated and offered to help out. You'll see below she had great fun lately with the builds.
Cue sophie installing a DVD drive, cabling it and reversing the fans on the cooler
We hope connor is back on track soon, but no matter what happens these still are connors builds.
Video of her making this look too easy
Firstly due to a number of reasons , We've extended the deadline for the raffle. its now open until the end of September
To put it simply what connor is going through, another Narcolepsy sufferer said this to me recently
We've been talking this over at home, he's not upto it and that's ok, we need to concentrate on his health not deadlines.
So we all decided to take a different approach, the work connor still had to do, will be done by me and his chosen helper.. also we've reached out for some help from friends,family and a few companies.
Everyone has rallied around, grandma is running a local event , fun, games raffles etc.
His chosen helper is...his little sister. She saw Connor was frustrated and offered to help out. You'll see below she had great fun lately with the builds.
Cue sophie installing a DVD drive, cabling it and reversing the fans on the cooler
We hope connor is back on track soon, but no matter what happens these still are connors builds.
Video of her making this look too easy
- Thread Starter
- #52
Update on that cursed side panel.
lots of wet 'n' dry sand paper and quite a few hours later, it was sanded down, primed and resprayed black, it the moment of truth. To stripe or not to strip.?
The paint was a no go...not after the last few attempts go wrong... but..Another brain wave from Connor.
Why not use Carbon?
Nice clean lines!
( we bought this stuff in the long long ago, In fact I forget we even had it /facepalm)
Now Connor needed a way to tidy up the rough edges, from the Jigsaw cut. Boom another impressive idea! This is simply the stuff used for shipping large packages, the annoying stuff we all try to snap by hand and fail .... what just me ?
(not glued yet )
Sadly we had a mishap with the plexi window that was waiting to be fitted, its a long story but it was rendered not usable.
Thankfully our friend from TMB Create has come to connor's aid and cut as shiny new window for him. To top that he even seen some nice goodies over too.
This isn't the first thing sent over from TMB, infact it'll be the last thing we reveal..it's simply that unique and special.
Lastly with the scraps of plexi we have here. A PSU cover is now in the works, so hopefully we'll be seeing this build 100% done , around of the end of next week.
So somewhat of a more positive update! woohoo
lots of wet 'n' dry sand paper and quite a few hours later, it was sanded down, primed and resprayed black, it the moment of truth. To stripe or not to strip.?
The paint was a no go...not after the last few attempts go wrong... but..Another brain wave from Connor.
Why not use Carbon?
Nice clean lines!
( we bought this stuff in the long long ago, In fact I forget we even had it /facepalm)
Now Connor needed a way to tidy up the rough edges, from the Jigsaw cut. Boom another impressive idea! This is simply the stuff used for shipping large packages, the annoying stuff we all try to snap by hand and fail .... what just me ?
(not glued yet )
Sadly we had a mishap with the plexi window that was waiting to be fitted, its a long story but it was rendered not usable.
Thankfully our friend from TMB Create has come to connor's aid and cut as shiny new window for him. To top that he even seen some nice goodies over too.
This isn't the first thing sent over from TMB, infact it'll be the last thing we reveal..it's simply that unique and special.
Lastly with the scraps of plexi we have here. A PSU cover is now in the works, so hopefully we'll be seeing this build 100% done , around of the end of next week.
So somewhat of a more positive update! woohoo
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That looks good indeed, but there's a product made exactly for that purpose. I can't remember the name in English. In Spanish, it's "goma perfiladora". Maybe you can find it around.
- Thread Starter
- #54
I know the product it has many names in English , Blow hole trim, U channel or C Channel.
it just that connor wanted to make something unique,
Progress
Side panel is done
Leaving the protective film on, until we do the final photos and then straight back on!
We've put the damaged plexi to good use and make some progress on the PSU cover
Installed
Little bit of work done today, just need work the pesky air bubbles out of the carbon. It's nice and clean without the side panel for sure. We're thinkg we need turn the waterblock over 180 and route the tube above the ram and hide them?
or leave as is?
Fan colour is set to be black/white was going be yellow/black but it needs something a little different.
Finnal things to do now ,really going to miss working on these.
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- Location
- Livingston, Scotland
Looking good there. I like the psu cover. Need to make some for my cases.
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- Location
- Cádiz (Spain)
I know the product it has many names in English , Blow hole trim, U channel or C Channel.
it just that connor wanted to make something unique,
It is unique indeed, and looks amazing.
- Thread Starter
- #57
some great news!
After 142 days of planning,emailing,painting,building and having lots of fun.....Today we have reached our Target of £1,500
Our Local event today organised by Connors grandmother and her team of helpers was a huge success! and pushed the total amount donated just over £1,500
The raffle is still open and you have until 30th September to donate and enter.
To celebrate reaching the target, we will be awarding one of the donators with something special.
If you have already donated, keep checking your email inbox in next 24 hours!
With 36 days left what will the final total be?
Thanks for all the comments and praise. it's meant alot.
Too all the companies & individuals involved who believed in connor. providing him with this tools to make a difference, all of our family members and friends who encouraged him...without you we would have nothing to give this important charity ...for this we thank you all!
We did have a few things left to announce with some sponsors for even more runner up prizes ect. I've decided to stop chasing,mailing and stressing about them.
It's ok they didn’t deliver in time. This EVENT IS BIG ENOUGH!
Final images of the build will finally be uploaded soon. We'll be taking a break as we head off for our family Holiday .
It's time for Connor to relax and enjoy the rest of his school break, I'm heading back to college in September too , So from here it's just a case of keeping this thread and our facebook noticed.
Till next time
After 142 days of planning,emailing,painting,building and having lots of fun.....Today we have reached our Target of £1,500
Our Local event today organised by Connors grandmother and her team of helpers was a huge success! and pushed the total amount donated just over £1,500
The raffle is still open and you have until 30th September to donate and enter.
To celebrate reaching the target, we will be awarding one of the donators with something special.
If you have already donated, keep checking your email inbox in next 24 hours!
With 36 days left what will the final total be?
Thanks for all the comments and praise. it's meant alot.
Too all the companies & individuals involved who believed in connor. providing him with this tools to make a difference, all of our family members and friends who encouraged him...without you we would have nothing to give this important charity ...for this we thank you all!
We did have a few things left to announce with some sponsors for even more runner up prizes ect. I've decided to stop chasing,mailing and stressing about them.
It's ok they didn’t deliver in time. This EVENT IS BIG ENOUGH!
Final images of the build will finally be uploaded soon. We'll be taking a break as we head off for our family Holiday .
It's time for Connor to relax and enjoy the rest of his school break, I'm heading back to college in September too , So from here it's just a case of keeping this thread and our facebook noticed.
Till next time
- Thread Starter
- #59
Right then last update I suppose
Behind the scenes for the last few weeks we've been in contact with some of our sponsors. Connor has been given the chance of moving in a different direction , While he takes a much needed break from the Builds.
Its more of a trial to be fair, He'll be reviewing some tech, if it grabs attention and is liked, We'll keep at it. If it fizzles out and doesn't hit the mark then thats ok too. Connor is smart kid, he said I'm not expecting to go big over night but if people read then thats great.
Our domain is up and things are a little basic just now. As time progress and our experience improves, so will the site.
Sadly Connor had a rather unpleasant accident at school recently and required surgery on his hand. He's doing just fine but recovery time might be slow.
He's more frustrated then anything else as Videos of him unboxing the products are his main interest, We had done a trial run and recorded an unboxing with our first item, He had planned to re-record and improve it. I think its brilliant though especially for his first time on camera
Please feel free to check it out if you wish
http://www.geeteck.com/
Some of you might have seen my ugly mug on a Video I uploaded to our Facebook page, Their will be more to come. It's a bit lenghty (30mins or so) but their was so much to talk about sorry!
Finally to answer the question that has come up a lot recently...
Will Connor build more at some point?
Yes he will!
Thanks for everything
Behind the scenes for the last few weeks we've been in contact with some of our sponsors. Connor has been given the chance of moving in a different direction , While he takes a much needed break from the Builds.
Its more of a trial to be fair, He'll be reviewing some tech, if it grabs attention and is liked, We'll keep at it. If it fizzles out and doesn't hit the mark then thats ok too. Connor is smart kid, he said I'm not expecting to go big over night but if people read then thats great.
Our domain is up and things are a little basic just now. As time progress and our experience improves, so will the site.
Sadly Connor had a rather unpleasant accident at school recently and required surgery on his hand. He's doing just fine but recovery time might be slow.
He's more frustrated then anything else as Videos of him unboxing the products are his main interest, We had done a trial run and recorded an unboxing with our first item, He had planned to re-record and improve it. I think its brilliant though especially for his first time on camera
Please feel free to check it out if you wish
http://www.geeteck.com/
Some of you might have seen my ugly mug on a Video I uploaded to our Facebook page, Their will be more to come. It's a bit lenghty (30mins or so) but their was so much to talk about sorry!
Finally to answer the question that has come up a lot recently...
Will Connor build more at some point?
Yes he will!
Thanks for everything
