Corsair Obsidian 350D Build codenamed Project Poseidon

[STARSCREAM]

Hi Guys

 

I am new to this forum and just wanted to display my current rig and hopefully get some feedback from you on future improvements.

 

The Build:

Chassis: Corsair Obsidian 350D

CPU: Intel i7 4770k.

MOBO: Gigabyte Z87m D3H.

RAM: Kingston Hyper X Fury 8gigs 1600MHz.

GPU: Gigabyte R9 290 Windforce edition.

Hdd: 1 x Corsair GT 128Gb SSD and 1 x 2TB Seagate SSHD.

PSU: Yama Titan 750 Watt (temp replacement, my Corsair GS800 broke).

Cooling: 1 x Corsair H110 for CPU, 1 x Corsair H105 for GPU(with NZXT Kraken GPU mount), 2 x Corsair AF 140mm Blue LED, 1 x Corsair AF 120mm Blue LED and finally 1 x Kingston Hyper X RAM cooler.

Cabling (Not complete yet): some Bitfenix Alchemy Multisleeved cable .

Extras: Bitfenix Recon fan controller, Lian-Li 5.25" bay Hdd and ODD combo and Deepcool 4 to 1 fan adaptor.

Future thoughts: upgrading all the cabling, replacing the 2 H110 fans with the new Corsair SP 140mm LED fans and replacing the PSU.

 

Answers:

Yes i will be overclocking the CPU, GPU and RAM hence the H110, H105 and RAM cooler.

Yes my cable management needs to be looked at.

Yes i would like some thoughts on the fan setup in the front of the chassis with the 2 140mm LED fans been in front of the H105 (lots of debate on whether fan on fan is good or bad).

 

I will be posting better pics when i get a proper camera to use, sorry just couldn't wait.

[Wauthar]

That stuff looks crammed inside the case!

It's a nice look, though.

[Homicidium]

What are your temps on that GPU? Kinda interested if you'd really see all that much of a difference with a 240 vs. a 120mm rad.

[STARSCREAM]

hi Wauthar

 

thanks for the post, yes it is a bit crammed but it is a small case. 

 

any suggestions?.

[STARSCREAM]

hi Homicidium

 

i will let you know tomorrow as i will be testing it tonight. only installed the H105 last night and it was a replacement for an H75. the H75 was good but its a hot card to begin with, and i havent overclocked it yet.

[l3gendluk3]

That's a very impressive build, especially with the space allocated. The only problem I see is that the r9 290 looks very naked

[STARSCREAM]

hi I3gendluk3

 

It is, unfortunately its the price i had to pay for noise and cooling.  

 

Any suggestions to improve it?.

[Marvzl1357]

Dat ram fan 0.o Nicely crammed, would like to know the temps on the cpu

Also, just a note, put @ in front of a username so they get notified. e.g. @STARSCREAM

[Jacknif]

WOW ! I looove your case, but a bigger case could look so damn cool, i feel like this one is a bit too small for all of your water cooling thing  What are your  temps on your CPU, GPU and RAM pls ?

 

" Yes i would like some thoughts on the fan setup in the front of the chassis with the 2 140mm LED fans been in front of the H105 (lots of debate on whether fan on fan is good or bad). "

 

Well the AF120 are nice, but SP120 are better when it comes to cooling radiator, and too bad we can't see those super sexy fans at the front.

[STARSCREAM]

HI Marvzl1357 and Jacknif

 

thanks for the posts.

 

Marvzl1357 thanks for the suggestion i will do when i figure it out. 

 

Jacknif the fans on the H105 are all sp120L fans that come standard with the H105 (p.s i used the other 2 fans that came with my H75 on the H105). I have to say i have been through many many chassis and this one is the perfect size for me, e.g if you had the Cooler Master Cosmos SE (which is pretty big "like i said one of the many many chassis") the only big difference is that the SE can fit a full ATX MOBO in it and has a bit more space for Hdd's and to fit a 360mm rad in it you would have to mod the chassis a bit.

 

and for everyone i will inform you of the temps as soon as i get them.

[STARSCREAM]

So Temps are as follows.

 

I Played BF3 on ultra settings for about 2 hours, near the end i minimized BF3 and took a screenshot of CPUID HWMonitor.

 

When i started the CPU was idiling on 20-21°C and the GPU on 27-28°C

As you can see when i took the screenshot the CPU was between 35-38°C and the GPU was at 34-35°C

 

and according to HWMonitor the MAX temp on the CPU was 48°C and on the GPU 37°C

 

Now when i had the H75 on its max was about 50-52°C.

 

Now about the ambient temp, i dont have anything to accurately measure it with. Please correct me if i am wrong, I would assume that no mater what the ambient temp is at, the cooler would perform at the same temperature differences, meaning if the ambient was at 20°C and the cpu temp when running the game went up to 30°C there would be a 10°C difference so if the ambient was at 30°C then i would assume that the cpu temp when running the game would be at 40°C, and the difference would still be 10°C on different ambient temps.

 

look at this article it probably explains it better.   http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/How-Ambient-Temperatures-Affect-Your-PC-158/

[-ism]

Quite a nice build. Shame corsair has an obnoxiously large window. I would personally try and plastidip the whole mobo (or at least the gold accented parts) and also the top of the CPU block so your build is all black and blue. Great job on it, looks great.

[Laputacake]

Them temps though. That's awesome

[STARSCREAM]

Hi TristanDaVoulas and Laputacake

 

TristanDaVoulas thanks for the advice i will see what i can do.

 

And yeah Laputacake i was also amazed at the temps, i will be tracking the temps and will let everyone know after it heats up a bit here.

[ltguy]

Please stop making brown pcb's. Awesome build though... love the overkill gpu AIO!

[Zauski]

This is an amazing build omg. I love the fact you have a 240mm rad cooling your GPU

[STARSCREAM]

Hi Itguy and Zauski

 

Thanks for the posts. i was thinking of upgrading the system MOBO to a Z97 chipset either Asus or MSI, really strugling to find a board with the right color scheme. i love the MSI gaming edition boards with the mat black finish but they all have a red and black theme and Asus have a black and gold or on the Gryphon boards a black and like olive brown theme.

 

With regards to the GPU rad i have to admit i started the build with my old H100 on my cpu and actually bought the H110 for the gpu... but the chassis doesnt support it without removing the 5.25" bays which i really wanted to keep in, So i bought a H105 and replace the H100 with the H110.

 

Some of the boards i was looking at...

http://us.msi.com/product/mb/Z97M_GAMING.html#hero-overview

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Z97MPLUS/overview/

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/GRYPHON_Z97_ARMOR_EDITION/

http://www.msi.com/product/mb/Z97MG43.html#hero-overview%C2'> (maybe the best one to support my theme)