LJPowell

Hi all, thought I'd share my finished PC with you all.  This is my first ever build using acrylic tubing and I thought, "why not try acrylic tubing in a tiny case?"  I've always loved the Corsair Air 240 and so the challenged began, how to fit all this hardware in a small case with hardpipe water cooling...
 
Specs
 
Case: Corsair Air 240
PSU: Corsair AX860i
Motherboard: Asus Gene VII
CPU: Intel Core i7 4790k
Ram: 32Gb Corsair Platinum Dominator
Graphics Card: MSI GTX970
System Disk: 2x Samsung 850 Pro 512Gb (Raid 0)
Storage: 4Tb Western Digital Black
CPU Waterblocks: EK-Supremacy EVO
Radiator: EK-CoolStream XE 240
Reservoir: XSPC Photon 170
Pump: EK-DCP 2.2 X-RES
Tubing: Monsoon Hardline Acrylic Tube
Fittings: Monsoon Chain Gun Hardline
Fluid: Mayhems Pastel - Ice White Coolant
 
I sadly lost all the images from my SLR Camera as I dropped the SD card in a glass of soft drink
 
However I was able to upload some of the images from my phone so sorry about the lack of quality of the actual build process
 
Anyway hope you like it guys, let me know what you think as I'm tempted to start my next hardpipe build... just don't know what colour theme I should use...I'm thinking either green or purple, yep, purple
 

Hi all, thought I'd share my finished PC with you all.  This is my first ever build using acrylic tubing and I thought, "why not try acrylic tubing in a tiny case?"  I've always loved the Corsair Air 240 and so the challenged began, how to fit all this hardware in a small case with hardpipe water cooling...
 
Specs
 
Case: Corsair Air 240
PSU: Corsair AX860i
Motherboard: Asus Gene VII
CPU: Intel Core i7 4790k
Ram: 32Gb Corsair Platinum Dominator
Graphics Card: MSI GTX970
System Disk: 2x Samsung 850 Pro 512Gb (Raid 0)
Storage: 4Tb Western Digital Black
CPU Waterblocks: EK-Supremacy EVO
Radiator: EK-CoolStream XE 240
Reservoir: XSPC Photon 170
Pump: EK-DCP 2.2 X-RES
Tubing: Monsoon Hardline Acrylic Tube
Fittings: Monsoon Chain Gun Hardline
Fluid: Mayhems Pastel - Ice White Coolant
 
I sadly lost all the images from my SLR Camera as I dropped the SD card in a glass of soft drink
 
However I was able to upload some of the images from my phone so sorry about the lack of quality of the actual build process
 
Anyway hope you like it guys, let me know what you think as I'm tempted to start my next hardpipe build... just don't know what colour theme I should use...I'm thinking either green or purple, yep, purple
 

Hi all, thought I'd share my finished PC with you all.  This is my first ever build using acrylic tubing and I thought, "why not try acrylic tubing in a tiny case?"  I've always loved the Corsair Air 240 and so the challenged began, how to fit all this hardware in a small case with hardpipe water cooling...
 
Specs
 
Case: Corsair Air 240
PSU: Corsair AX860i
Motherboard: Asus Gene VII
CPU: Intel Core i7 4790k
Ram: 32Gb Corsair Platinum Dominator
Graphics Card: MSI GTX970
System Disk: 2x Samsung 850 Pro 512Gb (Raid 0)
Storage: 4Tb Western Digital Black
CPU Waterblocks: EK-Supremacy EVO
Radiator: EK-CoolStream XE 240
Reservoir: XSPC Photon 170
Pump: EK-DCP 2.2 X-RES
Tubing: Monsoon Hardline Acrylic Tube
Fittings: Monsoon Chain Gun Hardline
Fluid: Mayhems Pastel - Ice White Coolant
 
I sadly lost all the images from my SLR Camera as I dropped the SD card in a glass of soft drink
 
However I was able to upload some of the images from my phone so sorry about the lack of quality of the actual build process
 
Anyway hope you like it guys, let me know what you think as I'm tempted to start my next hardpipe build... just don't know what colour theme I should use...I'm thinking either green or purple, yep, purple
 

Hi all, thought I'd share my finished PC with you all.  This is my first ever build using acrylic tubing and I thought, "why not try acrylic tubing in a tiny case?"  I've always loved the Corsair Air 240 and so the challenged began, how to fit all this hardware in a small case with hardpipe water cooling...
 
Specs
 
Case: Corsair Air 240
PSU: Corsair AX860i
Motherboard: Asus Gene VII
CPU: Intel Core i7 4790k
Ram: 32Gb Corsair Platinum Dominator
Graphics Card: MSI GTX970
System Disk: 2x Samsung 850 Pro 512Gb (Raid 0)
Storage: 4Tb Western Digital Black
CPU Waterblocks: EK-Supremacy EVO
Radiator: EK-CoolStream XE 240
Reservoir: XSPC Photon 170
Pump: EK-DCP 2.2 X-RES
Tubing: Monsoon Hardline Acrylic Tube
Fittings: Monsoon Chain Gun Hardline
Fluid: Mayhems Pastel - Ice White Coolant
 
I sadly lost all the images from my SLR Camera as I dropped the SD card in a glass of soft drink
 
However I was able to upload some of the images from my phone so sorry about the lack of quality of the actual build process
 
Anyway hope you like it guys, let me know what you think as I'm tempted to start my next hardpipe build... just don't know what colour theme I should use...I'm thinking either green or purple, yep, purple
 

Nice build, but I would advise you to flip the front fans around to have some positive air pressure..

Hi all, thought I'd share my finished PC with you all.  This is my first ever build using acrylic tubing and I thought, "why not try acrylic tubing in a tiny case?"  I've always loved the Corsair Air 240 and so the challenged began, how to fit all this hardware in a small case with hardpipe water cooling...
 
Specs
 
Case: Corsair Air 240
PSU: Corsair AX860i
Motherboard: Asus Gene VII
CPU: Intel Core i7 4790k
Ram: 32Gb Corsair Platinum Dominator
Graphics Card: MSI GTX970
System Disk: 2x Samsung 850 Pro 512Gb (Raid 0)
Storage: 4Tb Western Digital Black
CPU Waterblocks: EK-Supremacy EVO
Radiator: EK-CoolStream XE 240
Reservoir: XSPC Photon 170
Pump: EK-DCP 2.2 X-RES
Tubing: Monsoon Hardline Acrylic Tube
Fittings: Monsoon Chain Gun Hardline
Fluid: Mayhems Pastel - Ice White Coolant
 
I sadly lost all the images from my SLR Camera as I dropped the SD card in a glass of soft drink
 
However I was able to upload some of the images from my phone so sorry about the lack of quality of the actual build process
 
Anyway hope you like it guys, let me know what you think as I'm tempted to start my next hardpipe build... just don't know what colour theme I should use...I'm thinking either green or purple, yep, purple
 

Hi all, thought I'd share my finished PC with you all.  This is my first ever build using acrylic tubing and I thought, "why not try acrylic tubing in a tiny case?"  I've always loved the Corsair Air 240 and so the challenged began, how to fit all this hardware in a small case with hardpipe water cooling...
 
Specs
 
Case: Corsair Air 240
PSU: Corsair AX860i
Motherboard: Asus Gene VII
CPU: Intel Core i7 4790k
Ram: 32Gb Corsair Platinum Dominator
Graphics Card: MSI GTX970
System Disk: 2x Samsung 850 Pro 512Gb (Raid 0)
Storage: 4Tb Western Digital Black
CPU Waterblocks: EK-Supremacy EVO
Radiator: EK-CoolStream XE 240
Reservoir: XSPC Photon 170
Pump: EK-DCP 2.2 X-RES
Tubing: Monsoon Hardline Acrylic Tube
Fittings: Monsoon Chain Gun Hardline
Fluid: Mayhems Pastel - Ice White Coolant
 
I sadly lost all the images from my SLR Camera as I dropped the SD card in a glass of soft drink
 
However I was able to upload some of the images from my phone so sorry about the lack of quality of the actual build process
 
Anyway hope you like it guys, let me know what you think as I'm tempted to start my next hardpipe build... just don't know what colour theme I should use...I'm thinking either green or purple, yep, purple
 

Hi all, thought I'd share my finished PC with you all.  This is my first ever build using acrylic tubing and I thought, "why not try acrylic tubing in a tiny case?"  I've always loved the Corsair Air 240 and so the challenged began, how to fit all this hardware in a small case with hardpipe water cooling...
 
Specs
 
Case: Corsair Air 240
PSU: Corsair AX860i
Motherboard: Asus Gene VII
CPU: Intel Core i7 4790k
Ram: 32Gb Corsair Platinum Dominator
Graphics Card: MSI GTX970
System Disk: 2x Samsung 850 Pro 512Gb (Raid 0)
Storage: 4Tb Western Digital Black
CPU Waterblocks: EK-Supremacy EVO
Radiator: EK-CoolStream XE 240
Reservoir: XSPC Photon 170
Pump: EK-DCP 2.2 X-RES
Tubing: Monsoon Hardline Acrylic Tube
Fittings: Monsoon Chain Gun Hardline
Fluid: Mayhems Pastel - Ice White Coolant
 
I sadly lost all the images from my SLR Camera as I dropped the SD card in a glass of soft drink
 
However I was able to upload some of the images from my phone so sorry about the lack of quality of the actual build process
 
Anyway hope you like it guys, let me know what you think as I'm tempted to start my next hardpipe build... just don't know what colour theme I should use...I'm thinking either green or purple, yep, purple
 

Hi all, as the topic header suggests, I'm really bored at work and on the last WAN Show when Linus mentioned about doing a long testing project to test which air flow is best at minimizing dust build up, I thought, "Hey why couldn't I think of something like that because I'm bored as hell in work,".  So basically I'm asking if there's anything people would like me to test.  I'm an IT Manager at the moment and have a crazy amount of tech available (and time apparently) to do testing and alike, whether it be a long project like Linus mentioned or a small one.  
 
Please give me something to do (and no peeling potatoes is not an option here )
 
I'm away now over the next few days but will check this early next week and will start to test some stuff.... if there's any lol

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ZOTAC sent us their two beastly editions of the GTX 970. These cards look pretty darn cool in our opinion, but do they overclock as well as their flashy design would suggest?
 

 
 

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