Project white skul H440 (v3 DONE!)

[Wesleydn]

Im From South Africa so we dont have the luxury of getting the variety the US, UK and Canada have also sucks that our products cost nearly twice as much for example my 970 converted into $ is $520 so dont expect the best of everything but i think i have done well with what i could get and afford.

If you want any info or pics that aren't below let me know

Version1 pics

Old before conversion:

 

 

Version 2

Current setup:

Case: NZXT H440 Black and red (Red parts painted white along with PSU back plate and PCIE slot covers + custom front panel paint job)

Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition

Memory: 16GB Corsair vengeance pro 2x4gb ddr3-1600mhz silver (painted white) + Corsair vengeance pro 2x4gb ddr3-1600mhz silver

Processor: Intel Core i5 4690k (OC to 4.5Ghz)

Graphics Card: MSI GTX 970 GAMING 4G (OC to 1500Mhz core and 7800Mhz memory)

Power supply: Antec EDGE 750w

SSD: Samsung Evo 120GB (OS + Programs)  + Crucail MX100 256GB (Games)

Hard Drive: Seagate Baracuda 2TB (storage)

 

COOLING:

Processor Block: XSPC RayStorm CPU WaterBlock (White face plate)

Radiator 1: XSPC AX360 Triple Fan Radiator (Black)

Radiator 2: XSPC EX240 Dual Fan Radiator (Black)

Graphics Cooling: G10+H90

Pump/Res Combo: XSPC X2O 450 Pump with Acrylic Reservoir

Fans: 5x Corsair SP 120 PWM quite editions + 1x AF140 Quite edition

V2 Photos:

 

Version 3 (Final)

Added the following

GPU Back plate: EK-FC970 GTX TF5 Backplate - Black

GPU Block: EK-FC970 GTX TF5 Full Cover Waterblock - Nickel Acetal

Pump: Swiftech MCP655 G1/4 Threaded Special Edition 12 VDC D5 Pump With Speed Controller

Res: Bitspower Water Tank Z-Multi 100 V2 - Clear Body & POM Version

Extra: Bitspower Flow Indicator

Cable management: A Few E22 Cable Combs

 

V3 Photos:

[79wjd]

What's up with the rear exhaust AIO 

[TheSLSAMG]

A pretty epic South African build? I'm sure Nicholas Marzio would appreciate this one

[Wesleydn]

What's up with the rear exhaust AIO 

Thats for the bracket its 140mm and cant fit in the V2 build with the 360mm rad + 240mm rad.

I was planning to replace it with the GPU block any way which is happening in 2 weeks

[SuperPug]

Why did you not paint the G10 shroud white

[Wesleydn]

Why did you not paint the G10 shroud white

Because its getting replaced with waterblock and a friend is buying it and wants it red.

[SuperPug]

Because its getting replaced with waterblock and a friend is buying it and wants it red.

 

ah fair enough... build looks badass btw

[alby800]

@athesean1 needs to see this. It looks great

[Wesleydn]

the hard drive dumped in the back will give me night mares 

Its not dumped, its screwed in, there are mounting holes for HDD there

[Wesleydn]

V3 final has been done,

[HatallaS]

Nice build boet!

[f0dor]

Why dont you put the build on your right side so you can see the interior of it and admire it every time you see it ?

[Neemil]

As a fellow South African I can appreciate a damn good build when I see one especially considering our absurd lack of water cooling and general pc components.

[Wesleydn]

Nice build boet!

Thanks

 

Why dont you put the build on your right side so you can see the interior of it and admire it every time you see it ?

Desk has draw on the left only so if i put the case on the right i wont be able to get my chair under the desk

 

As a fellow South African I can appreciate a damn good build when I see one especially considering our absurd lack of water cooling and general pc components.

Thanks and it does suck.

Im changing the case to the new thermaltake core x9 which the first 10 are due to arrive in SA at the end of the month have 1 on back order.

Will be posting a build log/upgrade log on the plan soon

[Denose16]

Dude this looks like an epic build! I am planning something very similar myself with G10's and an NZXT noctis!! And I can I say that it was great to notice your blog because I have been searching for a while and a fair few people were posting that a g10 wouldn't work with an msi gtx 970, this was an epic find for me; but something I cant find are the right tone cables for MSI etc, where did you get your sleeved cables from? 

 

Thanks! 

[Wesleydn]

Dude this looks like an epic build! I am planning something very similar myself with G10's and an NZXT noctis!! And I can I say that it was great to notice your blog because I have been searching for a while and a fair few people were posting that a g10 wouldn't work with an msi gtx 970, this was an epic find for me; but something I cant find are the right tone cables for MSI etc, where did you get your sleeved cables from? 

 

Thanks! 

this pc is long gona haha, iv got a new build in a Core X9 but the cables are bitfenix extension

http://www.bitfenix.com/global/en/products/premium-modding/alchemy-cables/

http://www.performance-pcs.com/cables/shopby/brand--bitfenix/ 

[Denose16]

Haha that sounds pretty epic too, what are you specs like for that one?

Did you find any over heating issues with the VRM on your msi gpu? That seems to be the main criticism about using it with the g10

[Wesleydn]

Same specs i think, just easier to mod in the X9

http://www.overclock.net/t/1538271/thermaltake-core-x-case-owners-club-x1-x2-x9-x9-snow-ed/950#post_23946675

 

I had no vram issues with the G10