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    Andrei_P reacted to Enz0man in || Enz0man's Dream Rig || Liquid Cooled Corsair Air 240 Build ||   
    Hey everybody! Welcome to my dream rig that I am finally building after thinking about it for years.
     
    Ever since I started getting into computers and watching Linus' videos, I've wanted to build my own badass gaming machine. However that was back when I was about 15 years old and didn't have the money or the know-how to do such a thing. However, I have now taken the plunge and started building my dream rig, so let's get going! Here's the parts list:
     
         SYSTEM COMPONENTS:
     
    Case: Corsair Carbide Air 240
     
    Motherboard: Asus Z97-M PLUS
     
    Processor: Intel Core i5 4690k
     
    Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury 16GB 1866mhz
     
    Graphics Card: EVGA Geforce GTX 760 SC ACX EVGA Geforce GTX 980 SC ACX 2.0
     
    Storage: Seagate 1TB Hard Drive Crucial M500 960GB SSD
     
    Power Supply: Corsair RM650
     
       COOLING:
     
    Processor: Coolermaster Hyper 212 EVO (EK Supremacy EVO Nickel Plexi)
     
    Graphics Card: EK FC980 GTX Copper Acetal
     
    Radiators: EK Coolstream XT120mm and Hardware Labs Black Ice Nemesis 240GTS
     
    Pump: Alphacool Liang DDC310 w/ Barrow Clear Top
     
    Reservoir: Barrow PMMA DDC Pump Integration Reservoir
     
    Tubing: Primochill 3/8 x 1/2 PETG
     
    Coolant: Mayhems Pastel Orange
     
    Fans: 2 Corsair AF120's 3 Fractal Design Venturi HP-12's
     
    Fittings:
              - White Monsoon Hardline Economy Fittings
              - NoName Drain Valve
              - Barrow Clear 3-way Junction Fitting
              - XSPC Male to Male Fitting
              - Barrow Clear Plug
     
        ACCESSORIES:
     
    Cables: Icemodz Value Extensions Orange and White
                 Icemodz Front Panel Extensions White
                 ModDIY White Sleeved USB 3.0 Extension
                 Bitfenix Alchemy White Sleeved HD Audio Extension
     
    Backplate: V1Tech Nvidia Claw White and Orange Acrylic Backplate
     
    Case Lights: NZXT 2m White LED's Cheap NoName eBay LED Strip
     
        PERIPHERALS:
     
    Monitor: Asus MX279 27" 1080p IPS
     
    Speakers: Audioengine A5+ and Audioengine D1 DAC
     
    Keyboard: Logitech G710+
     
    Mouse: Func MS3² and Steelseries Hard Mousepad
     
     
    So those are the parts i'll be using. For what I do with the system, general use and gaming, it is a little overpowered because I don't play many AAA titles. However I decided to use powerful components like this because once the system is liquid cooled, it'll be a pain in the ass to upgrade, especially since i will be using rigid tubing. The only reason i'm using rigid tubing, and probably the only reason anybody uses it, is for the looks. It'll be a bit of a pain to work with but i'm up to the challenge because I know the results will be stunning. That's all I have to say about the build and the idea in general for now, so let's get on to the building itself!
     
    The first thing I bought was the Air 240. And when I first got it, I was surprised that the outside was white, but the inside and chassis itself was black. So that had to change. I stripped it down, which is super easy to do in this case, and painted the chassis white. Since i'm lazy however, I only painted the parts that people will see; inside the main chamber and the back. It turned out good enough for me, but it's certainly not perfect. And while I was painting the chassis was when I decided to do the orange accent colour. Originally, I was going to do absolutely everything white. Complete white out build. But while painting it I decided it might look a bit bland, so I went and picked up a can of orange spray paint and sprayed the grilles orange. The bad part of all of this is I lost all of the pictures I took of the painting process.
     
    I have been buying all of the parts in stages so after I bought the case, I waited about a month until I bought the motherboard, CPU, memory, and power supply.
     

     
    So here is a quick potato quality phone pic I snapped while i was temporarily assembling everything to make sure it all worked and posted and everything. Now i'll warn all of you that I often get carried away and forget to take pictures while I work. And when I do take pictures, they are often with my phone.
     
    Now this is where things get a bit unusual and possibly controversial. I bought an Asus Z97M-PLUS because it was on clearance at my local computer store. However the brown PCB was the ugliest thing I have ever seen which needed to change. So I did some googling and found out that (apparently) it's safe to Plasti-dip motherboards! Since I really wanted to get rid of the horrible brownness, I went ahead and did it.
     

     
    Here is the motherboard (mostly) masked up. The keen viewers will notice that I forgot to mask off the M.2 slot which I noticed shortly after taking that picture. I also took off the CPU mounting bracket, and the heatsink for the power delivery stuff right beside the socket, because I painted that with spray paint. I did 5 coats of dip on the motherboard, and took a picture after each coat. 
     

     

     

     

     

     

     
    I think it turned out very well! I also painted the large gold chipset heatsink too, which I forgot to take pictures of. So after all of that had dried, I started to reassemble everything.
     

     
    There is the occasional rough edge where the tape peeled up the dip a bit, but a lot of it isn't visible. You can also vaguely see the white painted mosfet (or whatever they are) heatsink.
     

     
    Here you can see the white painted chipset heatsink.
     

     
    And there is the motherboard stuff all put together. I am currently just using a Hyper 212 Evo from my previous computer because I still want to overclock before I liquid cool. There is a small problem with this though...
     

     
    The side panel doesn't fit because the cooler is too tall... but I would much rather have the side panel off than use the stock Intel heatsink.
     

     
    And here it is all assembled and lit up with my old GTX 760. And that is all i'm posting for tonight. This isn't how the computer looks right now and I still have more pictures and stuff to post, but I need to go to bed so i'll post the rest of it tomorrow. Anyways, hope you guys enjoy my first meaningful computer build as much as I have so far! I would love to hear what you guys think of it!
     
    Also if the pictures for some reason don't work, i'm sorry in advance. I'll fix it ASAP
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    Andrei_P reacted to jojoharalds in Project C.Through [Buildlog 2016] "Make it Yours" [FINiSHED]   
    They said "Make it Yours"
    I guess i did
     
     
     
     


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    Andrei_P reacted to Frankie in Frankie's modded Air 540 Build   
    I'm really sorry guys, I had some OS problems. Let me tell you, Skylake reeeeally doesn't like win 7 and I didn't know that. But I figured it out and everything seems to be in order now. I will get you all some pictures today.
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    Andrei_P reacted to OzModz in In Win S Frame Aggresive ROG Build   
    Hi Everyone,
     
    Im only just starting out on this forum and this build has already come to completion but i wanted to take the time to share it with everyone. It has been alot of fun and it was great working with Stuart from GGF Lan Party! This build has been my dream build from the start and im so happy with the final result as my everyday gaming rig.
     
    Specs: In Win S Frame, Asus Rampage V Motherboard, I7 5930K, 2 x Asus Strix 980ti's , 8 x Corsair Dominator DDR4, Corsair AX1200i PSU,Bitspower Australia fittings and Blocks, EK 360 Radiator, Thermaltake RGB Fans, 4 x Samsung EVO Pro SSD, 2 TB Black Western Digital,ModGuru Cables.
    Peripherals: Monitor X34 Predator, Corsair K95 Keyboard, Corsair M65 Mouse. Republic of Gamers Mouse Pad.
     
    For more Information on my upcoming builds feel free to subscribe or check out Oz Modz on Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/Oz-Modz-784354365026358/
     
     
     







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    Andrei_P reacted to ciobanulx in [MSI PRO MOD S3] KRAIT VENOM   
    Hey guys!
     
    Back with another update as the build is getting closer to completion!
     
    The shroud is now installed and of course you can see more vinyl work being done!
     
    Some snake skin going over the shroud that I thought would look really cool. It didn't come out perfect due to my transfer paper not being very good at the time but I'm pretty happy with it.
     
    Underneath the shroud at the back there will be an LED strip so this will light up between the vinyl quite nicely.
     
    I've also done the front panel vinyl but this again due to the transfer paper finishing and I believe that it wasn't really that good towards the end, I messed up towards the bottom where the MSI logo is and this had to be pulled off to be redone but in the end ran out of transfer paper and vinyl so ordered some more to do the rest!
     
    Check out the results guys!
     

     

     
    I've also re adjusted the tube here and instead of redoing it completely I've decided a little curve like that makes it match more in line with the snake theme of the build.
     

     

     

     

     
    You can imagine that once the front panel is completed it will look so much better once on and lit up. It should light the snake head really nicely!
     
    Thanks for checking it out guys and stay tuned for more!
     
    Cheers,
     
    Alex
     

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