Scratch Build – Complete ⭐ The Iron Turnip--6-2019-complete. final pictures on page 29

DONE! Yessssssss! FINITOOOOO!
You heard me- Done! I decided the 5 year mark was way to long to work on one project.

-I got the back off by pulling the end of the reservoir... and a couple of screws. I'd say the tricky bit was prying a really settled in O-ring free.

-Skipping a bit, (You'll see all the holes I punched in the back eventually,) I started final assembly. I put the PSU back in, and found all the wires to plug in.

-I'm slapping the fan panel in and snaking the internal wires out the access hatch here. Looking at this pic I realize I probably didn't add enough airflow.

-Oh, NO! I'm all out of fancy computer water! -Oh, wait... I had some. I mean, It won't run as fast as Perrier, but I'm in a hurry.

-Oh sh*t. What does rotten water smell like? I obviously thought I wouldn't have been delayed as much as I was.

-I did a 15 second leak test after tossing this thing around like a beach ball. Just kidding, I just filled it and primed the pump.

-Trying to get some internal pics here, but you really can't even get a finger in this thing.

-Yeah, that's electrical tape. I'm not proud. I don't remember ever testing the power cord, either.

-I omitted the kinda clumsy core insertion. You can imagine how after all the modding to the can that it might not be very round. I needed some razor blade prying and even a rubber mallet to get the back panel inserted.
Anyway, this is the light/fan/control switch access hole.

Are you ready for final photos? OK, hold onto something! HERE THEY COME!

-But first, let me show you this weird UFO I saw the other day.

-Spooky

-Is that a little alien in the window?!

-Yeah, You knew I was an evil sh*t. I'll get some proper pics out. You only had to wait 5 years. What's day or two going to matter?

Thanks again to my sponsors. I never would get to do stuff like this without them.

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Wow.

 

I'm actually sort of in shock that it's finished haha. Every time you start a build it's a bit like an important chapter for me, I can track so many life events through each post. It feels really weird if I'm honest, that same sense of worry you have when a good book/tv/movie series ends, but in the way you want it to?

 

You don’t *have* to be finished. Do a whole root vegetable series. Next up? Beets, onion, potato...the choice is yours! Just don’t do leeks.

 

I'm sensing some, "Dude, No way!" from you guys.
Fear not. I have several models of stuff for the future. Two using techniques I don't have the tools for, and one to blow through all the impulse purchases of plexiglas I made in the past 5 years. I'll be doing the plexi first. -Of course, that would be the one model that isn't finished.

@Maki role -You were the first reply 5 years ago, and very nearly the first at the end. lol: Of course, Perplekks, doesn't sleep. There was no way you would beat him here. ) It's been fun following you here too. You went from the Sketchup contests to BitTech's diva.
@artoodeeto - I have two sheets of 'banana pudding' plexi. I've done enough suggestive vegetable names... for now.

 

<3 @Cheapskate

 

Looks crazy! Everything but the kitchen sink, but you did have a kitchen faucet so I guess that counts.

 

Congratulations dude she looks fantastic.

 

Thanks
@perplekks45 - Same to you. Wait... Is that a heart, or a sc*tum?
@InsolentGnome - I tried. What am I going to do with all these sinks?
@The_Crapman - I pretty much said, "That's long enough!" Final pics... I got distracted. It turns out I didn't have GPU output yesterday. Somehow the PCIE riser got disconnected on the GPU side...deep inside the assembly. The fix involved looking through a hole in the back and poking past the reservoir with a paint stick. THEN windows 10 said, "HDMI? alright! default to 640x480." The new tiles ******** defaults to +1024x768, so I couldn't get the screen resolution changed.
@Vault-Tec - I think the turnip reference makes it male. It's difficult to say nowadays, though. #METALsexual

 

Great to see it finally finished, has been about as long as I've been a member here!

Oh, and definitely nobody touched the tags...

 

Ow, puns...
@Mr_Mistoffelees - Yeah, the project outlived a lot of my fanbase.
I promised pics. I dumped 'em Bit's server.

-and they are BLURRY. My camera doesn't like shiny objects. -Never did.



-There's the opened up back panel. I def needed more holes. It just barfs heat from all orifices.

-After all this time I'm wondering if I put the cpu waterblock on backwards. Coolant flowing backwards would explain it being kinda hot. I'm REALLY not sure why I never thought to check, either.




More love for my sponsors.

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Looks wild man! With those lights, dare I say, a BlooToob.I love the suspension on the feet, the re-use of the piston and faucet spout. The more I look at this, I see more objects I think I recognise.Great job with this one!

 

A well deserved slow clap. Congratulation the case turn out looking fantastic.

 

You're finished?!? But... but... now I don't have an excuse anymore to slack on my build...

Very nice work --has a Fallout 2079 vibe about it.

 

Either way's fine, right?

 

Thanks, everyone.
@Brett89 - Purple tube. It's more suggestive. The UV filters built into cameras don't like purple, though. The springs worked great. It's like a 30 pound bobble head.
@Nexxo - No, you DON'T, do you. You have to finish before the internet loses the pics of the first half. You need a nagging deadline hanging over your head.
@Dr. Coin - Thanks.
@perplekks45 - Ew, no.

 

It's honestly so cool. So eccentric, would be very fitting as a set piece in a sci-fi tv show haha.