Tohrchur

I've never messed with packages before. Do I just have to put at the top like "package myPackage;"?

I'm going to try and sum everything up and give you a final answer.  
 
Your 290's are producing too much heat along with your CPU overclock.  Bottom line: you need more radiator space.  If you cannot do that, then lower your clock speeds to get lower and more comfortable temps.
 
The rad's are quite thick so a push/pull setup would help a little but the most drastic temperature decrease would come from more rad space and lower clock speeds.

Finally got the HDD cage! It is VERY tight in the case so I didnt end up having to use anything to secure it down.  works create in my opinion. Looks much better then the HDD and SSD just sitting on the bottom of the case. 

 

 
The SSD would not fit in the tray that came with the cage because there wasnt enough clearance for the SATA power. So I put it on its tray that came with the SSD, Im going to paint it black soon.  But for now, itll do.

 

 
Sorry the pictures aren't good quality, I didn't have my camera so I had to use my phone

Its highly recommended that you not put all the pictures in the quote as you have done

As the weekend came I modded my case!
The radiator is installed and it looks great to me!

 
I used the old hard drive cages I removed to make a bracket to hold the fans and radiator. It worked flawlessly.

 
Just waiting for my new, smaller hard drive cage to come in the mail, should be here Monday.

Hello! ALL the watercooling components arrived! But I am waiting until Christmas to see them and install them.  I got the radiator today though and I am modding my case to fully accomadate it because that would be a pain in the neck to do on Christmas. But here are the pictures of the rad, I will be modding my case this weekend.

 

 

I took a video of what happens so here it is. 

 
The start up program in the video was uTorrent and I just installed it thats why it came up.

Hey guys! I should be ordering my watercooling components very soon! Tell me what you think!
System Specs:
i5-3570K - Will overclock when watercooled. Plan on getting to 4.6+ Ghz  Radeon 7970 - Plan on overclocking from 925 Mhz to above 1 Ghz when watercooled. 8Gb Kingston HyperX Beast RAM ASUS Sabertooth Z77 400R - modded to accommodate a 360mm Rad. OCZ ZT 750W PSU Kingston HyperX 240GB SSD Boot Drive WD Black 2TB HDD I sleeved my cables myself, some of them need to be redone, though. Then my watercooling components:
Swiftech Apogee HD CPU Block EK-FC 7970 GPU Block EK-RES 150mm Swiftech MCP655 Pump Alphacool NexXxoS UT 360mm Rad Primochill Tubing Corsair SP120's Current Build 11/19/14
 

 
Old Build

 
 
This is my system as of the first post:

The HDD and SSD are just cooling until I can make a shroud for them.
Then here is a close up of my 24 Pin sleeved cables:

 
The case was also modded to have a side window which can be seen above as well.
Hope you enjoy! 
 
I realized I never updated this.  Well here is my rig as of right now.

hahahaha. As soon as I saw you reply I was just like "this guy is going to find something that I couldn't and make me look dumb." then you did. But thanks a lot. much help! I love you.

excuse all the wires and the HDD and SSD being on the PSU.  Waiting to make everything pretty when I get the watercooling parts.  Also im putting the ssd and hdd behind the motherboard when i get some heavy duty velcro. 

so i passed?? Finally i passed a test!! Unlike my physics grades..awkward.

My case arrived, and this thing is huge!



First things first, unscrew everything, i have to say i expected better buildquality. it's a bit wobbly with no hardware in it.



The first decision was the motherboard. I didn't want to buy a ROG board because than you kinda have to go red/black with your build. I saw the MSI XpowerII it's completely black! Now I can go any color I like...maybe even red :D The heatsinks are ugly, but XSPC makes a waterblock for it.













90° USB 3.0 nice!

The XSPC waterbock for the board





Board with no heatsinks on it looks silly!



But with waterblocks really good :D



I think for socket 2011 there is only one good choice when it comes to the CPU: 3930K



I want do go CF/SLI and sleeve the PSU, so i need a fully modular PSU around 800W. I went with a Seasonic Platinum 860W, because it's semi passiv and i'm a Seasonic fanboy!





Even a XL-ATX board gets lost in the 900D




So long!
 

So today I did a mod to remove the front HDD cages and the drive bays in preparation for a 360mm rad
Here are some pics of everything.
 
Took out everything by just getting rid of some rivets, then I had to paint over the silver:

 
So this is everything back in the case and the jumble of wires is the HDD and SSD, once I go buy some heavy duty velcro I am going to move those behind the motherboard.

thank you! i couldnt remember "hose clamp" i tried hose tie, tube tie, tube clip. i dont know why it was escaping me

Hello to the Build Logs,
 
About a year ago I had an Idea for an Orange and Black Build.  I started thinking about different shades of Orange, what parts to have color and what would remain black.
I had an old Antec DF-85 that was Empty and collecting dust, and so it began.  I few ideas and many hours later "Electric Orange" was Born.
 
 
 
Lets start at the Beginning.  There is Definitely some potential here with this case. At this stage I really don't know how much yet. :unsure:
 
 

 

 

 
 
 
I don't do Sketch work or Create Renders for Mods.  Everything with this Project is off the Hip and very spontaneous..
 
Windows Paint is about as High tech as it gets for me.
 
 

 
 
 
Well, That looks good, lets rip it apart..
 
 

 
 
 
Now that its in Pieces,  I needed a Color.  Searches for Electric Orange Paint really didn't lead to the right shade for me.  So, I decided on a shade of Orange called Omaha.
This Shot of a 69 Mopar in Omaha Orange Inspired me.
 

 
 
A Quick trip to my friends at Napa and Presto..  Omaha Custom Mixed to Aerosol..
 

 
 
 
So I Started spraying panels and fans and You name it.  But in the End, I just wasn't happy with the Final Product.  Lots of Orange Peel.. :blink:
 

 

 

 
 
 
There has to Be a Better Way to paint this.. At this point in the Project is it too late to start over?  Nope.
 
Quick Trip to the Acid Tanks at my Powdercoater and Wah-La.. All Better..  Oh,, Why not Build a Paint Booth in my Basement and get a Full Blown HVLP set up and teach myself how to paint Professionally while I'm at it..
So I Did.
 
 
 

 

 

 

 
 
Now that I set myself up with Pro Hardware.  Lets Paint. :lol:
 
 
Much Smoother and controlled Surface Now.  Rattle cans are a thing of the Past for me.
Here is an Example of the Surface top Coat I can Produce now with my HVLP Gun.  Color is "Burma Black Pearl" and "Omaha Orange"  Front Panel Shot here.
 
 

 
 
 
 
Enough about the Painting..  Lets talk some Hardware.
 
Instead of listing all this Out.. Lets take a Picture Tour ..   More Fun than Reading..
 
 
Gtx 360's and Gt's.. Bought Rads Third hand for great price  .  Stripped and painted 
 

 

 
Intel 3770k
 

 
Msi Z77 MPower and Seasonic 1000w
 

 

 
Engraved Block from DT
 

 

 
Koolance PMP-500
 

 
Evga Gtx 670 FTW's and Bits Power VG-NGTX680's
 

 

 
Bits Power 250ml Clear Res
 

 
Samsung 840 Pro's
 

 
G.Skill Ares 2133
 

 

 
Case Feet.  Custom.
 

 
Front Panel. Custom.
 

 
Primochill Acrylic and Revolvers
 

 
Lamptron CW611's
 

 
MDPC Sleeve
 

 

 

 
Evga Sli Bridge
 

 
 
 
This is where the Build stands today.  Still Working on it,  Would have been nice to have it done today , being Halloween 
 
 
Still Bending the Acrylic.. which has proven to be more challenging than Expected..
 
Still running Electrical, but have wrapped up the PSU for the most part.
 
Working on an Idea for a cover for that top area to conceal the backside of top panel.  Forgive some of my Wrinkle Backdrop shots,
Still working on my photo Studio :blush:
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
To Be Continued... 
 
 
Complete....
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Welcome!
I thought I would share a project I have been working on for a few years! Some of you may have seen it on other forums or somewhere else but now I have started the work log here as well. It is a fully custom chassis built and designed by me.
 
I have been a long time watcher of LinusTechTips on youtube but I never realized that this forum was here. Because of that I never got around to make a work log here for the whole progress only the last month or so of the build. Anyway I hope you will enjoy it! (Updated the pictures to the final ones and added videos!)
 
History behind the Project:
About 5 years ago I decided that I was going to water cool my computer. Back then I had a Antec P180, not exactly the perfect chassis for water cooling your components. I looked at a lot of different chassis but I was never really happy with any of them. So I started sketching on my own design. First they were really awful, but as time progressed I got better and better at drawing. Early drawings was in MS-paint. I then moved on to Google Sketchup and finally Autodesk Inventor. I have probably gone through about 30 different designs until I finally decided on this one. This was my first custom designed chassis and also my first ever water cooled computer! The basic goal was to design a very quiet high-performing system with a minimalistic and clean design.
 
Edit: Compiled all the Pictures and Videos in the first post.
 
Making of Model 01:



Final Result:


The "complete" work log is almost 500 pictures. Below is a compact 100 pics of the process and the final results. If you want ALL 500 pics check out this album: http://imgur.com/a/dTRqx 
(all text and info is included in pics! You will not miss a thing!)
 





















































 
 
 
FINAL PICTURES
 
                                                         
If you have any questions you can go ahead and post it here or via pm and I will always try to answer!
 
Edit: Changed the first post to a "final post" with all the pictures, videos, text etc.

I have no words to describe this build so have a gif:

Hey guys! So today I modded my case to have a side window.  I didn't take many pictures sorry.  If you're interested I can explain the process. 
 
 
Here I cut the first side and it was pretty terrible, filed it a little and it came out to be nice and straight.  

 
The side panel didn't fit on the case because the acrylic was in the way so I got a dremel and cut down the parts that were keeping it from fitting in the case.

 
And the final product! Tell me what you think

Hello! This is my new project: Darklight. I've been upgrading my PC for a few months and there are only a few things left I want to do before I finish my first build.

Specs:
Corsair 400R
ASUS Sabertooth Z77
Intel 3570K
8GB Kingston HyperX RAM
MSI 560Ti Sapphire HD 7970
OCZ 750w
Kingston 240GB SSD
WD Black 2TB HDD
NZXT Sentry Fan Controller
Corsair AF120's

Future Upgrades:
GTX 770
Sapphire HD 7970✓
Full Water Cooling
Case Window Mod✓
 
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Current Build:
 
Added the 7970 today, here's a pic of the current rig.

 
7970: 
 

 
Before the 7970:












Some minor cables that need sleeved:





Hid the tags on the CPU cooler upon request.





Today I moved the HDD and SSD to the back of the case.
My reasoning behind this was to help airflow from the front of the case because my HDD and SSD don't get hot.
Also, I wanted to see if they could fit back there because they would need to be there if I want to install a 240mm rad in the front of the case, which I want to do.
I moved the HDD and SSD back to the cages, I didn't want to take then chance of them being damaged.





If I remove the hard drive cage I could easily out a 240mm radiator in the front of the case. :)



Finally I removed the NZXT Sentry fan controller and my disk reader because they made it so I had ugly wires stretching throughout my computer.


** I should be ordering the 770 in a few weeks! **
I ended up getting a Sapphire HD 7970







I know the red and black doesn't fit my color scheme but I will be watercooling it all so it will all fit in :)

If you want the 3570k I would just get a asus z77 LK motherboard its like $125.

becuase i like to show off my rig and to show the cable management is boss on an R4 that is a non modular power supply an antec earth watts 500 to be specific

:D yay! Glad I could help you! :)!

I can record BF3 ultra settings with Fraps at 50-60 frames, with a 2 year old card. So I would say yes it will do the job! :)

Hello! This is my new project: Darklight. I've been upgrading my PC for a few months and there are only a few things left I want to do before I finish my first build.

Specs:
Corsair 400R
ASUS Sabertooth Z77
Intel 3570K
8GB Kingston HyperX RAM
MSI 560Ti Sapphire HD 7970
OCZ 750w
Kingston 240GB SSD
WD Black 2TB HDD
NZXT Sentry Fan Controller
Corsair AF120's

Future Upgrades:
GTX 770
Sapphire HD 7970✓
Full Water Cooling
Case Window Mod✓
 
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Current Build:
 
Added the 7970 today, here's a pic of the current rig.

 
7970: 
 

 
Before the 7970:












Some minor cables that need sleeved:





Hid the tags on the CPU cooler upon request.





Today I moved the HDD and SSD to the back of the case.
My reasoning behind this was to help airflow from the front of the case because my HDD and SSD don't get hot.
Also, I wanted to see if they could fit back there because they would need to be there if I want to install a 240mm rad in the front of the case, which I want to do.
I moved the HDD and SSD back to the cages, I didn't want to take then chance of them being damaged.





If I remove the hard drive cage I could easily out a 240mm radiator in the front of the case. :)



Finally I removed the NZXT Sentry fan controller and my disk reader because they made it so I had ugly wires stretching throughout my computer.


** I should be ordering the 770 in a few weeks! **
I ended up getting a Sapphire HD 7970







I know the red and black doesn't fit my color scheme but I will be watercooling it all so it will all fit in :)