First ever YELLOW Corsair 780T monster rig

[dolanmiu]

Corsair may have discontinued their yellow version of their 780T case!!!

I was really upset as I wanted to build one for my brother as a Christmas present...so I had to improvise.

 

Specs:

Case: Corsair 780T White

Spray paint: Canbrush Spray Paint C12 Yellow

Processor: Intel i7 4790K

Memory: Avexir Blitz 8GB (Yellow)

GPU 1: Radeon R9 290

GPU 2: Radeon R9 290

GPU 3: Radeon R9 290

Motherboard: MSI Z97 MPower OC Edition

Power supply: Corsair AX1200i

SSD: Kingston 128GB SSD

HDD: Western Digital 512GB

Watercooling kit: XSPC Raystorm 750 EX420

Watercooling liquid: Mayhem Pastel Yellow

Watercooling Misc: XSPC Compression fittings

 

Parts

 

 

 

 

Painting

First, I bought a white version, and suitable spray paint. I had to disassemble the white parts from the metal chassis, so that I could isolate the painting, otherwise I would have to use masking tape to block off all the parts I didn't want sprayed, which is not ideal. After It's sprayed, I assembled the parts back together. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Doesn't look too bad right? First time I painted anything. Could've gone a lot worse. After this experience, I can also appreciate why people get hooked on solvents. I then cut up the tubing for the watercooling...and messed up.

 

Painting the LED

Yes I even painted the LED to make it fit the colour scheme...Turns out that doesn't work, as the original colour still shows through, so I bought new LEDs

 

A few hacks

The radiator doesn't actually fit in this case, and it was far too late to order a new one, and I couldn't exchange one either (because corsair promised to release the yellow version of this case around October, and even now, there is no word... so I had to have my parts laying around for 3 months, which exceeded the refund date) *hate intensifies*

 

I had to drill a few holes in this case to accomodate for the bigger triple 140mm rad, and I had to bend the CD drive bay a little so the reservoir can fit. I'm not sure why the reservoir wasn't made to fit all case sizes.

 

 

 

Water blocks on the graphics cards

There are three graphics cards, so I had to buy 3 water blocks. This was my first time even attempting to take apart a graphics card, so it was quite daunting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Water cooling tubing

I couldn't find any shops with the correct PVC tubing, and ordering online would mean the project would be delayed until after Christmas which will ruin the whole thing, so I had to improvise... deduct 3 points from me.

 

 

 

Assembly and water cooling

This was probably the most stressful part as there were leaks as I didn't screw in the bolts tight enough. I left the loop running for 3 hours to see if there were any potential leaks.

 

 

 

 

 

Result

 

 

Glamour shots

Pictures include the external shots on both sides, and internal shot with the new yellow LEDs I ordered for the CPU heatsink.

 

 

Thanks for viewing!  

[GhostWindGamer]

Holy shit thats nice

[C0LL0SS0S]

Nice Build log, maybe put some LEDs inside the Case

[ForsakenLive]

Really nice! Loved that double fitting for draining! really clever.

[2khc]

Nice! Looks sick! And that HD mon (Y);

[dolanmiu]

Nice Build log, maybe put some LEDs inside the Case

Thanks guys! Yes I will put LEDs, just that the LEDs that came with the XSPC watercooling kit is blue, so I ordered some new LEDs

[Swndlr]

holy yellow ;-;

[ilikemacandpc]

Dem tubes. 

[Statik]

Very nice.

 

It looks like you're running orange juice through your tubes.

[Wferr]

thats a nice box for ram.

[DEAMONFROST]

There was apparently a lot of firsts for you in this build and all of them turned out great so hats of to you =)

I just wished you would have not had that extra unnecessary tube there for draining my tip for you would have been to put that fitting on the tubing that goes between the gpu and pump/res combo instead and just have that bit of tubing a slight bit longer so you can pull it out of the case.

Also angled fittings really helps clean up the look of the tubing runs but as i understood it you had a tight schedule for the build and it takes a lot of planning and testing to be able to order the correct fittings.

Also one thing i have found to be very helpful when building water cooling is a quick disconnect so for your next build (wich i hope there will be more considering you did so well on this one =P) i would recommend a few of those.

[Liam-McShane]

Nice paintwork. I really don't like those tubing runs though, they're far too long and cross over each other a lot.

[DeViLzzz]

Thanks guys! Yes I will put LEDs, just that the LEDs that came with the XSPC watercooling kit is blue, so I ordered some new LEDs

So you are going to mod all the lighting to yellow?  What about somehow capping the LEDs on the motherboard and making them yellow?  

[Jimstah87]

very nice!

[Norman_the_Owl]

Uhhhh...Those tubing runs...Uhh

What

 

But anyway, you have 3 290x and you're gaming on what looks like a pretty crappy monitor?

 

This build is pretty nice, but there are so many little things that irk me QQ

Like those waterblocks, gah they dont match at all

[dolanmiu]

Uhhhh...Those tubing runs...Uhh

What

 

But anyway, you have 3 290x and you're gaming on what looks like a pretty crappy monitor?

 

This build is pretty nice, but there are so many little things that irk me QQ

Like those waterblocks, gah they dont match at all

 

Yeah I should really upgrade my monitor, but I wanted to get the computer sorted first before worrying about the monitor. The monitor can always be upgraded later. Considering waiting for 5k monitors to be more mainstream

Ah yes the waterblocks, I bought those water-blocks specifically for the window (so you can see the liquid inside). Thought it might look pretty cool! Turns out you cant see the liquid very well from that angle

Should I spray paint the waterblocks black?

[dolanmiu]

So you are going to mod all the lighting to yellow?  What about somehow capping the LEDs on the motherboard and making them yellow?  

 

What do I cap them with? I don't think MSI would do specific coloured caps for their motherboards, and I fear the colour won't shine through properly through the cap

When I painted the LEDs yellow, the light coming through became green (blue + yellow). Just too many issues

[dolanmiu]

Updated post with glamour shots

[Iron_Hart]

Hey man, I'm also planning to do a paint job. A Orange/Black paint job, but I ran into a problem. I almost stripped all the white parts, the only ones I can't turn my head around are the bottom ones.

 

It seems, looking at your pictures, that there is somesort of connection between the feet and the bottom white parts. Also there are 4 snaphook each, but I think those are not all of the connection points.

 

Could you or somebody else tell me, or show me, how to strip the bottom parts. Thanks

 

 

*Edit*: Got it already, the screws for the bottom part are covered by the grippad on the feet. Lift these pads slightly from the inside part of the case to the outside. You should see two set of screw.

[ELSknutson]

That looks pretty nice now all you need to do is get a better monitor and your set

[Guest TekNut]

Awesome Build!!

[athesean1]

looks amazing

[swety111]

Love it, I have a black and red themed build so i think ill spray my black 780T red, you have inspired me to try it, not sure if red will need a white base coat though