Project - Air Cube v2

[Waynio]

Just found out about hybrid physx about a week ago so though I'd try it out with me having a spare 9800GTX.

Hybrid physx (best thing I've heared of in tech lately ), only found out about it a week ago & was intrigued with me having a spare 9800gtx doing nothing, I'm on an oldish p45 motherboard also so didn't even think I could use 2 gpu's, using the latest ati & nvidia drivers but for nvidia drivers it needs patching in safe mode in windows 7, also need to setup a fake extended display in screen resolution too, but I'm buzzing now I have best of both worlds, tested it out on the Mafia II demo & can have physx on high with massively better fps , the only reason I want to get a gtx460 is so I can have all the apex cloth physx with good fps, I deleted all the apex physx cloth files except for main characters clothes, I'm sure that with a GTX460 I could keep all the apex physx coth on so thats my next pc upgrade .

Link to the source so glad I tried it .

[Waynio]

This isn't an update, it's just a few more finished pictures because I never took any of the gaming tower.

Decided to get off my bum & try out the bits for a photo boothe, gaffer taped a washing line to a wall, gaffer taped the black cloth to the wall draped the cut in half shower curtain on it & stapled them to the washing line & clipped the light fittings with daylight bulbs to a table & a dvd rack either side & had the above light in my main light fitting & started taking pictures lmao.
One thing I do know is it would be much easier to set up the boothe & better for a normal sized case.

Only change internally for the air cube is a 9800GTX for dedicated physx which I'll upgrade to a GTX460 next week.

[billygoat333]

looks great. now you need to do something about that black PS3.

what did you use to polish that alum angle so well?

[Waynio]

Thanks billygoat .
It totally crossed my mind to paint the ps3 but going to wait for the warranty to expire .
I use a bench grinder with a spindle to adapt polishing mops, I use coarse medium & soft mops & 3 different polish compounds which can usually be bought as a pack with a spindle but I think you can attach the same to a drill, bars are quite easy to do with a bench grinder, it's sheet aluminium which is more difficult & would be better suited for a drill .

[billygoat333]

awesome. thanks for the tips. I am debating whether to brush the alum in my mod or to polish it. I'll prob do a test piece of both and see what looks best against my hickory.

[AnG3L]

Really love this build as I said before, its a must for any gamer!!! Mod on brother!

[Waynio]

@billygoat, I found a mix of brushed & polished can look nice together, also used the bench grinder for the brush efect on some parts by using a wire wool mop, makes doing brush effect on bars ultra easy, polishing generates a lot of dust if done with a power tool so it's a good idea to use a respirator, the day I polished those corner angles my face & arms was dark grey from dust, got a picture & I looked like a chimney sweeper lol , but not something I'd want to do regular, if I did I would definately invest in a decent respirator or even just an ok respirator.

Thanks AnG3L, appreciate the comment , always looking forward to your updates m8 .

[TheGreatSatan]

Are you gonna add a monitor to the top?

[Waynio]

Could do but no lol , I have the monitor on my desk with the keyboard & mouse .

[Waynio]

The weather is getting cooler now & I updated the temperature reading pic for load & idle, took these print screen pics the other night when my room temp was 20c, to get the clock higher & stable I have to bump the volts quite a bit causing it to use near double power so it will be left at 3.8ghz.
Also bought a second 5870 to do crossfire & the temps are nice & the performance nicer , only games at 1920x1200 I have to tone down settings for it to run smooth is Metro 2033 & GTA IV (my idea of smooth is a constant 50 fps upwards).

Also got my 1st copy from my subscription of CustomPC today with the Air Cube featured inside woohoo .

Pretty chuffed .

I think up next is a rematch with my first scratch build that was based on the Lian-Li X2000, after that a new original .