Hey guys. It's been a while since I've posted on here, mainly due to my studying getting in the way. (I'm doing a two year Computing course in the space of a year).
Anyway, posting my completed build has been long overdue As it's been completed for a few months now. It's inspired by my first ship purchase in backing Star Citizen - the space sim currently being developed by Cloud Imporium Games. All that reall translates into is a black and white themed build (yes I know you've seen them many times before and the colour scheme is fading). This is going to be more of a showcase than anything else, so please let me know what your thoughts are and if you feel it's good enough to submit for the WAN show build log competition.
I'm not completely happy with it; there are still several issues with the layout that could have been done better, such as having a smaller reservoir to relieve strain on the tube going into the bottom radiator from it, and thus prevent the slight kink in the tubing. Also a few more 90 degree fittings to hide the tubing behind the case a little better and get rid of the large curve in front of the motherboard. The plasti-dip also didn't come out very well, but because it's white, the lighting makes it hard to see. There are some issues with the case too, the front panel push-clips are broken, so the entire front of the case must be removed to gain access to the front panel and dust filter; if anyone knows how to get replacements, let me know as I've filled their form in on their website many times, to no avail. Secondly, because the alphacool radiator screws have narrow, tall heads, they don't secure it to the case without a washer and the bottom dust filters can't clip in because the heads are in the way. Not a massive issue though, I can just get replacement screws.
Massive shoutout to pexon for sleeving nearly my entire power supply, it wasn't a straightforward job as the layout is very different from the likes of Corsair and it took a lot of work. As you can see it turned out great, Pexon feel free to use these photos as you wish.
Here are the specs:
CPU: i7 3770K @ 4.8GHz. (Max OC 5.1GHz)
MOTHERBOARD: ASUS Z77 Sabertooth w/ white thermal armour.
RAM: (2x8)16GB Corsair Dominator Platinum @ 2200MHz CAS 10
GPU1: MSI R9 290X Lightning @ 1200/1600 (MAX: 1270/1665 for both cards)
GPU2: MSI R9 290X Lightning @ 1200/1600
SSD: 250GB Samsung 840
HDD: WD Caviar Black 1TB
ODD: Generic LG 26x drive.
PSU: Seasonic X-1250 1250W PSU.
FANS: 8X 120mm Swiftech Helix @ 1000rpm, 2x Stock Phanteks 140mm case fans and 1 Corsair AF140 QE.
FAN CONTROL: NZXT GRID w/ 7V fan speed reducers.
LIGHTING: Bitfenix Alchemy white LED strips (2x 30cm & 2x 12cm)
Water-cooling:
GPU BLOCKS: EK-FC R9-290X Lightning w/ EK-FC Terminal DUAL Parallel 3-slot
CPU BLOCK: EK-Supremacy Clean CSQ
FITTINGS: Monsoon white.
COOLANT: Ice Dragon nano-fluid
TUBING: PrimoChill Advanced LRT
PUMP: Alphacool D5 Vario pump (amazing pump - couldn't get the Swiftech variant here)
RADIATORS: 2 x Alphacool UT60 480mm x 60mm radiators
(There will be more images uploaded in a few minutes, but for now: Images: http://imgur.com/a/5Gl7l All of these photos were taken with my old Nexus 5 by the way, so let me know what you think of them.
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Aegis Avenger inspired gaming PC.
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