Ok, I’ve finally found the time to update this! I actually updated this the other night but for some reason the post didn’t appear. Which made me scream for a while, to say the least.

Anyway, what’s new? I got the replacement graphics card, and it is noisy as hell and sweet as hell. Now, I knew those graphics coolers were said to be noisy. But this thing is NOISY. I’ll take a video when I get the chance of the noise that this thing makes… it’s not natural.

Here’s me plans for the computer. They’re half finished, but I’m probably not going to finish them. I’m fairly happy with how it looks, and that’s as far as I can bothered going with these.

Ok, so for this, let me explain. Behind the mesh there’s going to be an LED light display, that will slowly flicker between different LED‘s. As the computer gets busier, the lights will flash faster. The LED from the Drives will be removed and hooked up to a PIC which will calculate how busy the drive is and perform a similar function. When I move onto the PIC‘s, I’ll set up a tutorial on them, because they’re damn useful for guys like us but most folks have never even heard of them. The panel is my custom control panel, which is actually finished, but I’m trying to work out a few issues before I bother posting pics of it.

This shows the side panel more. Underneath the plexi I’m going to have waste electronics with a few pieces of mechanical mumbo-jumbo thrown in there along with a cold cathode tube for mood lighting. I’m not sure if I should get a white tube, as the plexi is orange, or get an orange tube, as it would make everything even more orange. Feedback on this point would be appreciated.

I’m also thinking about putting a little flashing hazard light in the top right hand corner, which is what you see there. I’m going to go and cut this stuff pretty much now, so these plans are finalised, but it’s the little details that count. Feedback is appreciated, and please don’t shy away from telling what you don’t like about it. If I didn’t want feedback, good or bad, then I wouldn’t keep a worklog.