The Desk!!! Mod i7 Upgrade (2/2)

My very first mod "The Desk!!!" has been my primary computer for over 5 years now. It's been through numerous upgrades and is now getting upgraded yet again to a i7 with 12gb of Ram, 10 Hard drives, 2 2GPU's as well as a few other goodies. I don't really game on this thing as it is primarily for video editing.

For more pictures and info about this project visit
www.willudesign.com/thedesktop.html

Music by Phil Lehman-Brown
myspace.com/eightieseducation

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Howto & Style

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• PC
• Case
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• desk
• willudesign
• custom
• computer
• i7
• ssd
• raid
• desktop
• workstation
• video
• upgrade

[kingnee]

Did you end up doing anything with the video cards so they would be a little more heat-efficient? From the looks, you could move card 1 from PCI0 to PCI1, and card 2 from PCI2 to 3.

[UnknownLobster]

@kingnee I ended up doing that. One thing to keep in mind is that a lot of motherboards with more than 2 pci x16 slots have x16 slots that are only x8 or less. So now one is in an x8 slot, but its not really a big deal for me because im not doing gaming or anything and they aren't particularly powerful cards to begin with.

[linweisean]

How do you turn it on??

[UnknownLobster]

@linweisean Theres a red power button on the face of the desk, just to the right of the drawer along with a couple usb ports and a firewire port.

[marybob321]

umm you know how that cooler was to big couldn't you just have raised the glass?

[UnknownLobster]

@marybob321 The desk it already pretty thick, especially because im use to it now there would have been no way to really do that and have it both be comfortable and look good. That's a particularly big cooler, since I've gotten an also big zalman that fits in just fine.

[motherfuczker]

Super porn cockpit :D

[raimondi1337]

@garfield2095

he does video editing. raw video files take up huge amounts of space. he has them in RAID 10 (1+0) so that the drives are faster, and half of the drives are back ups, since loosing his files would probably cost him more than the price of the extra drives

[CIVDaRC]

Hey can i get the measurements for this project?? i wanna build one just like it

[ILIK3HATERZ]

@garfield2095 lots of data 

[PaviIions]

is This a Car Engine ?

[Armaangandevia1]

hey will, i am building a extreme budget pc. Can i buy the old parts of you? thanks

[UltimateSoftwareINC]

Fantastic if I was looking to do something like that how much would I be looking at because I want an bit of an upgrade as I have an intel Xeon quad core thank you

[DrKuine]

@MrINSANITY199 You have the eyes of a hawk...

[girlsdrinkfeck]

custom PC > mac

i say this because custom PC more fun oh and cheaper

[ThePresD]

lol 11 hard drive: its called a ssd numb nut

[GruntyStudios]

@LarsReviews I know you posted this 2 months ago but here's the reason why. Current day computers use what are called "Heat pipes" which are able to move the heat away from the processor into the fins. If you cut open the heat pipes, they will not function because they are filled with a special gas to help move the heat through the pipes. As you heat the pipes, the gas moves through the pipes, and if they are open, the gas will escape and not return.

[sinusshaphard123]

Thats sweet!