Cre8 Modding

Okay, so I have run into a few problems with how I wanted to set out the Y40. Some of this is specific to the cooling hardware I want to use from Alphacool, and some is down to the design of the Y40. I wouldn't say limitations as such but the case in terms of space for water cooling in certain applications is a little limited. For example, if I install the top 360 radiator with the outlet ports to the rear of the case, then the rear case fan obstructs access to the ports as there isn't enough height to the case. With them to the front, and if I install the side radiator with the ports to the top, then they are blocked slightly by the top radiator and fans for a straight run out. The only way to have the side radiator clear the top 30mm radiator and fans, is to mod the case by drilling now mounting holes for the side radiator. Otherwise, the radiator has to be mounted with the ports to the bottom. The pictures below show the modified mounting solution, it's a shame Hyte didn't make the mounting holes longer for more adjustment. For the top of the radiator to be mounted, luckily I had an Alphacool pump mount spare and I used this to secure the top of the radiator. I then added extra screws into the 140mm mounting holes with spacers. With the additional holes and the radiator flipped, it now clears the top radiator. In order to get all the radiator fittings accessible, I had to change the original configuration. Luckily I had a ST30 45mm radiator on hand and so I swapped out the dual rad configuration for a single thicker one. Again this threw up some issues, with the radiator as far forward as it would go, with the Alphacool fans installed, the rear fan blades catch on the top fans. In order to overcome this I have swapped out the white fans for some be quiet! Light Wings. There is a slight difference in thickness, but its enough so that the rear fan does not catch on the top one. Movig on and overcoming the issues, it was time to fit the RTX 3080FE. I have had the Alphacool backplate power coated in white to match. With the card ready it was time to install it and the distro plate and start tubing things up. Space is still tight to get some nice runs for the distro in and out radiator ports but it's better than it was with the side radiator, fans, and then the distro block attached to the front. So now it's time to get the rest tubed up and I've got a set of white and black extensions coming, kindly supplied by CableMod. Il post another update when they get here, it may be a while as they are currently renovating I believe orders are delayed. Up to now then, a bit gutted, its not turning out as imagined, but hey, sometimes builds don't but I am sure it will still look amazing when its finished @Cre8Modding

Moving swiftly on! My first job is to remove the included Hyte fans from the Y40 and then get the motherboard into place. MY Z690 Carbon has my 12900K in place, awaiting the arrival of the 13900K from Intel so it can stay in here until it drops in. Next, it's time for a look at what Alphacool kindly sent over! Alphacool Core Distro Plate 240 Links VPP/D5 Alphacool NexXxoS ST30 Full Copper 240mm Radiator V.2 - White Special Edition Alphacool NexXxoS ST30 Full Copper 360mm Radiator V.2 - White Special Edition Alphacool VPP Apex Pump Alphacool Core Distro Plate 240 Right VPP/D5 Alphacool Eiszapfen 13mm HardTube compression fitting 90° rotatable G1/4 for Acryl/Brass tubes - 4pcs Set Deep Black Alphacool Eiszapfen L-connector rotatable G1/4 AG to G1/4 IG - 4pcs Set Deep Black Alphacool Eiszapfen screw plug G1/4 - 6pcs Set Deep Black Alphacool Eiszapfen extension 20mm G1/4 outer thread to G1/4 inner thread - deep black Alphacool Eisrohr 13/10mm Acryl (PMMA) HardTube satin 80cm - 4pcs Alphacool Eisblock Aurora Acryl GPX-N RTX 3080 Founders Edition with Backplate Alphacool Eiszapfen extension G1/4 outer thread to G1/4 inner thread - deep black EK Water Blocks EK-CryoFuel Solid premixed fluid, Cloud White - 1000ml Alphacool Rise Aurora 120mm Fan White (120x120x25mm) Alphacool Core 6x 4-pin PWM/DRGB splitter with SATA power connector The one component I was really excited to see was the 240mm Core Distro Plate. Now this will sit to the side of the motherboard tray with a 240 radiator behind it, along with two of Alphacools Aurora Fans. With the parts now here I can start making some progress, the first job is to get the top-mounted radiator and fans installed. With the top radiator installed, things are tight, really tight, especially to get the rear fan installed, its actually just slightly trapped by the top radiator but it doesn't prevent the fan from spinning. However, I can see a problem with being able to connect up the ports in this configuration, but I will get the side radiator and distro in place to see how it looks, if there is then a problem, I will swap the 360 around so that the ports are to the rear and drop the rear-mounted case fan.

Thanks bud, yeah they are coming up with something a little different. Sure, the Y40 could be seen as an 011 alternative, similar to the Y60 but so far so good from Hyte!

For 2023 I am kicking things off with a build in the new Hyte Y40, I've previously built in their Y60 and I thought it would be nice to follow that one up with something similar. Hyte was kind enough to send over a white version of the case and on first impressions, it looks lovely! I will be throwing a full hardline system in this with the following; MSI Z690 Carbon Wifi Intel 13900K 32GB of TeamGroup Vulcan DDR5 5200 RTX 3080 Founders Edition be quiet Dark Power Pro 1200W Seagate FireCudas 520/530 approx 10TB total I will get to those main components later as they are still mixed between other systems. The Alphacool parts are on their way, and again thank you to them for supporting this build, when they arrive I will throw some photos up. I'm quite excited as I will be putting in one of Alphacool's new Core distro plates to the side area of the Y40. I am a little concerned about how deep this is going to be though, a 30mm rad, fan, and then the distro in front of that so it will step out a lot from the rear of the case. Until the water-cooling parts get here though, here's some shots of the Y40!

Well first, sorry to rush through this one! The 802 build is completed but there have been a couple of snags to get this one all finished. The first issue is the GPU I had for this build died, so it has been swapped out for an RTX 2080 that I had blocked already, but even that seems to be playing up sadly. Seems I will be on the lookout for some new cards in the new year, using the same cards for so many builds does have a downside it seems! With the rush to get this finished, I haven't got any images of the loop going in, and it's been a case of making the best of this one. The bulkhead fittings were drilled in with the 30 series card in mind, but given the change to a 20 series, the alignment is now off and so I have had to use extra Alphacool fittings to get this lined up to where it was first intended. It's the same for the custom cables, again the 802 internal panels were cut for more of a straight-up design, but now have a curve to them, luckily the length of them was enough to get them where they needed to be. The display, pretty much the same dimensions as what I used in the 20th Anniversary build looks great. Ive slapped a good old be quiet! logo on there for now but I might get creative with AIDA 64 in the new year and see what else I can come up with. So yes, it's done. Not what was originally planned, and it certainly doesn't look as good as it did with the 30 series plumbed in, but overall it's a nice build. Not my favorite, but certainly not my worst! Il be back in 2023 with some more builds, I have a few bits lined up and a couple of cases I am really excited to get my hands on!

So the screen is ready and I can move on to getting some of the other bits now installed. I'm actually rushing to get this one finished due to current work commitments. I am rather ahead of these images but I have been cracking on with the actual build over taking a load of photos so my apologies! First the 45mm and 30mm radiators and be quiet! Light Wings fans, these are great with the included hubs, and it's easy to tie everything together for onboard lighting control. Next is my graphics card an RTX 3080, with that Alphacool block it is going to look great in this build. I'm hoping to have this finished by the end of next week in between shifts so I will update more as soon as I can!

Ok so moving on quite quickly! Time to strip down the Silent Base ready to install the screen before I get on with anything else. This involved cutting away the HDD drive bay mounts on the motherboard tray and it's really good to be able to remove this from the case in its entirety. I didn't grab any photos during the process but the new Waveshare screen and 3D-printed mount are now in place and fit perfectly. The HDMI connector and USB power cables are also in ready to go. I've also got the motherboard and power supply installed at this point. Next, it will be time to move on to all the water-cooling parts!

Hey all, hope you are doing well! It's time for another build to wrap up 2022 and so I am putting together a build in one of my favorite cases, the be quiet! Silent Base 802. A huge thank you to be quiet! for sending over this case and a few other bits to get this one going. To start I have the Silent Base and a Dark Power Pro 1200W to throw into this system. For this build I want to incorporate a display, in the same way I did for be quiets! 20th Anniversary build recently while I was at KitGuru and keep the theme again black and orange throughout, but a little darker than the Pure Base 500FX looked. Moving on, the motherboard I will be using is the MSI Z690 Carbon Wifi, crammed with a 12900K and full of Seagate FireCuda 510s and 530s, for a total of 8TB of fast NVME storage, and as you can see I will be going with Alphacool as usual for my cooling on this build. Again a huge thank you to Alphacool for sending over everything I am going to need for this build including an Apex VPP pump, a ST30, and an XT45 radiator, both at 360mm, a 30 Series GPU block, and all-black Eiszapfen fittings. There will be a mixture of hard and soft tubing here as the pump will be located in the spacious PSU shroud and have bulkhead pass-throughs to the GPU and radiators. So il get some work done and be back with an update soon!

Hey bud. With my day job and also starting at KitGuru earlier this year I am still catching up with personal projects. Ive got the Hyte Y60 finished and this is next on the list so keep checking back for when I get it finished. I can supply the 3D files, but I still havent designed and printed the middle portion. Il put some pics up of these parts when I get them done as part of the process, but I am not sure if they would suit as you would have to cut the opening exactly as I have to match them up, happy to share them though when its ready.

Well, finally, it's done! I've been so busy with KitGuru and life in general that this had to take a back seat for a while. Now though, it's finished for my son to enjoy. On the glass etching, he couldn't decide in the end so for now we have left it blank until he decides what he wants, Marvel, Apex Legends, Pokemon, who knows! Final Spec: HYTE Y60 AMD 5900X ASUS Republic of Gamers Dark Hero 8 Seagate FireCuda 530 1TB / FireCuda 510 2TB TeamGroup XCalibur DDR4 3200 16GB Alphacool Full Custom Loop TTW - Custom Cable Extensions Be quiet! Pure Power 11 FM 650W Be quiet! Light Wings 120mm x8 PowerColor Red Devil 5700XT

Forgive me guys, I've been so busy and have been cracking on with this build without posting an update, so here's a quick one to bring us up to date. To shift some parts around to different builds I needed to get this at least functioning so I could use it while the build is still in progress. In order to do this meant that it has been tubed up, filled, and tested, and the EK coolant in this looks great. The CPU to res is annoying me as it's not perfectly straight so I might replace this with a slightly angled tube. I've been using the stock PSU cables until the new custom ones arrive, just to get the system to a usable state. My last update, I was in the middle of painting the ASUS B550-I board, well that's now done to tie in with the rest of the white and overall I am really happy with the color scheme on this one. With the powder coating done, the mods to the rear really blend in. I've still got to build a cover for the rear-mounted SSD that sits where the PSU originally was. Back around the front, my new front panel has arrived. I designed this in my CNC software and sent it off to be laser cut. The mirror panel is a perfect fit and will be great for the smart display going in the front. Space is getting a little tight. I've now got to design and print the third section of the panel mount that will hide the rear of the screen and cables. This will take a little while as I am still trying to find the HDMI and USB cables that will suit my needs. I'm after a 50CM HDMI female to male that I can loop around to the back of the case into the GPU. I will also need to sort the USB power, but I have some options for that. The power button is also located within the screen mount and fits really well. I just need to adjust the depth by half an mm with washers so that the button has enough pressure to activate when pressed. So for now that's it, cables are being ordered today and CableMod has kindly decided to sponsor this build. Further, il get the 3D printing sorted and ready for a close to final update, and a lot of better images. I'm just trying to clear projects now, this and the Y60 are in the way and I need them done and ready for filming for KitGuru!

A small update, the GPU is now ready to be water-cooled! Our PowerColor 5700XT Red Devil may not be the latest and greatest, buts it's a card that performs well and will not leave this system short. This system will be running 1440P comfortably, on reasonable settings for many a moon to come. There might be a slight change to the theme though, see, this system will be used by my 13 year old son and originally he wanted a Marvel theme, but he recently saw the Timmy Parker Helios Apex Legends build and is having a change of heart. He plays a lot of Apex and so it might be the more fitting theme, we will see what he decides!

Some progress shots then The build has been coming along rather well over the past 24 hours or so. The first job was to strip out the Y60 as far as possible, removing the pre-installed fans, the glass, and storage bays. Removing all that glass gives us so much room to work in, airy af! With space created, it's time to get the Dark Hero fed, with the AMD 5900X, Seagate FireCuda drives and an Alphacool XPX block to keep the CPU nice and cool. With the board ready to go, I've added the TeamGroup XCalibur RAM. and once installed, it all looks great in the Y60! Next up were fans and radiators, I'm not sure where the radiator pictures went though I've gone with an Alphacool NexXxos 30mm in the top and one of their XT 45 45mm for the side panel. It helps to really fill out the space and these will be provided coolant via the Eisbecher Aurora. The glass res is a chunky beast that is mounted to the be quiet! Light Wings on the 240mm radiator. I've 3D printed some little spacers for the brackets, the RGB wiring that exits the rear of the pump housing would be rubbing on the fan if these were not put in place. More fans have been added to the top, rear, and bottom compartment to completely outfit this case with 8 fans total, it's a good thing be quiet! include an RGB controller with each 3 pack, so that they can all be connected and tucked out the way in the rear of the case. Finally to the rear, I've installed the Pure Power 11 FM to gauge how much room I will have for cable management, and to be fair there's loads of room. The fan RGB hubs will be attached to the storage sleds once I start tidying up the back end. My next job though is to get the PowerColor Red Devil 5700XT stripped down and the ALphacool block installed.

With the case review now done, it's time to get onto the build itself! Going over the spec, we have an ASUS Dark Hero 8, paired with a 5900X courtesy of AMD. For graphics, we will be going with the 5700XT Red Devil from Powercolor, it's still a more than capable card, and with the vertical mount, will be shown off with a full Alphacool block. Power and fans are from one of my favorite brands, be quiet!, their new Light Wings are simply amazing and will help bring a dash of color to this one. Seagate is my go-to for M.2 storage, using their FireCuda line up to give us 3TB of total storage. We also have 16GB of TeamGroup XCalibur RAM. Finally, we have a whole host of goodies sent over from Alphacool for the full custom hard loop. So, it's time to get some building done now and bring another update once we start making some progress this week.

Well, we finally have the inner part of the case back from the powder coaters and it looks amazing! The blue is exactly what I was looking for and it really makes the case pop. There's a slight issue with one part, the modified I/O plate for the GPU was painted white instead of blue so it's going back and will hold things up just a little longer sadly. The power supply mount and GPU backplate are also ready for installing, I just need to 3D print some small standoffs for the PSU cage to make it sit evenly. Our Alphacool pump is also looking quite fine with its new white legs! While I am waiting for the powder coating to be sorted, I have got the radiators in, the rear SSD mount and have also started stripping down the motherboard for the paint to the I/O cover. This includes the metal fan vent so this has had the paint stripped to match the silver theme. I also have the measurements for the acrylic front panel now, so that's been drawn up with the DXF sent off to the supplier who are going to cut it for me. So, hopefully, it won't be long before I can start putting it all together. At this point, I am torn on the top panel. As much as a large window would look good, I kind of like this as a bit of a sleeper build too, with a hint on the outside that is got something a little different on the inside,

Thanks buddy!

While my Pan Slim from Raijintek is away for powder coating, I have received a Hyte Y60 for yet another new build! A huge thank you to Hyte for sending this over, this is an 011 competitor for sure, and I know we will see more builds featuring the Y60 in the coming weeks and months ahead. I just hope people don't do the same thing, the same case, as we have seen in the 011, come on peeps, let's get creative! So, Hyte has kindly sent over the red/black version, and this is in mind for a Marvel-themed build. I know roughly what spec we will be going for, but I will save that for another day For now some images of this amazing case, you can tell right away that the airflow will be superb, even without testing! The build quality looks impressive, I love be quiet! cases, and use them as the standard, but this so far, is impressing me! I do have a Y60 unboxing video planned so that will be the next post on this one, drop your questions about this case here, and I will try and answer them in the video!

A quick update while the case is still away at the powder coaters. The RAM has come in this week, 32GB of TeamGroup Xtreem DDR4 3200. It's a beautiful kit that will fit the build theme really well and I cant wait to get it all installed! A huge thank you to TeamGroup for sending this over for me. I've also been busy working at home creating a new studio, I recently picked up a new role at KitGuru so that has been taking up a lot of my time to get things sorted, and so there are the first shots coming out of there! a new background will be used for all future builds and videos, excited to get started

You have not even put forward a use case, just a budget. Dude if this is trolling then fine have a great day, but if you are seriously after a system that will run max 10-15% faster than what you currently run the sure, hit me up in DM, Il take the fee, but would aslo advise on why? Ive built for Intel, ASUS, Mumbo Jumbo and plenty of others, if its a one off piece I understand, but in what context, just cash to burn?

Reputable on the forums, or reputable as in providing what they state? I dont post a lot here but consider myself to be reputable. To give you an idea on what you are looking at, this was a dual system build I did for Intel, at estimated £23000 GBP, so thats around $28000 USD Thats just in hardware mind, so custom work/build fees are extra.

Sorry for the delay, but time for a quick update. I'm struggling for time at the moment and this week I picked up a new role at KitGuru, so I need to get cracking on! Right so, the Pan Slim tray is ready for powder coating, lets catch up with what happened inside it. The screen I will be using for this mod is the Waveshare 7.9 inch display and it will be housed to the front of the case. A huge shout to Alphacool for sending over a new Dremel to make this take a whole lot easier! The screen was measured up and the front panel has been cut, between the mounting holes. This is so I can 3D print the housing for the screen and use these mounts to secure it to the inner tray. The original front panel, as you may notice has gone, this is being replaced with a 2-way mirror to give a Smart Mirror effect with the screen. The power button shall remain, but I have done away with the front IO for a cleaner aesthetic To the rear, in situ of the PSU original mounting point, I have added a 2.5 SSD cage that was not being used in a Lian Li Q58, it will allow me to add an extra Seagate BarraCuda 120 1TB SSD. The wiring for this will tuck nicely under the GPU and given the space would have just been blanked off, it makes use of this area really well. I just need to3D Print a rear blanking panel for the casing. The SSD itself will also be getting powder coated to match the theme. Relocating the power supply for fitting an additional 240mm radiator made a lot of sense, but the original plan was to use it with an RTX 2080S, a long old card. Being able to get my hands on a 3080 FE, meant that I could move the PSU over from in front of the motherboard, to the end of the GPU, it's tight but it fits! With the relocation, again a mod is required, more leftover parts stripped from a Q58 meant that I could use the internal power cord extension and PSU mount in this case. The mount is another part going for powder coating. There is still a little edge clean up to do on the tray, the Dremel once again came out for fitting the PSU power cable, but I have made it slightly bigger in case the powder coating is too thick and would prevent installation. With all internal mods now done, it was time for a test fit of everything. A huge thank you to Alphacool for sending over a load of parts for this build, sadly I haven't had time to take pictures of everything but here is the build in its final mock-up state. We have all Alphacool chrome fittings, 2x XT45 white edition radiators, 3080FE block, VPP655 Ice pump and finally...a Corsair CPU block. Yes, I'm an Alphacool guy and I did request a block from them for this build, then, I went to grab some parts and remembered I had a Corsair block that I won in a competition, and it just fits the theme so well and so I had to use it (Sorry Alphacool) The PSU is being changed for a white version, so it's now time to make some final clean up to some edges and get it off to powder coat. Il be saving the top and bottom covers for a later date, I just need to have this part done and back so I can get it hard-lined and in use!

OK update time on the new IO for the Pan Slim! So to recap, the original GPU IO had the backplate facing up, not the look I want for this build and so I had to mod the casing to what was needed. Cue donor parts from an old be quiet! Dark Base 700. I had originally used the standard set of 7 PCIe slots for this but it stepped out the slots into the case, and I wasn't happy about that. So a rethink brought me to use the vertical mount from the 700. With a little cutting, I detached the mount from the rear panel and started to clean up all the bends and edges. Compared with the original mod, this is a lot cleaner and slimmer, giving me more room to work with internally. Then it was time to start cutting up the Pan Slim itself, removing the brackets completely ready to accept our new panel. A quick mock-up showed that a little more refining was needed to fit the new part to the case. Some more Dremel action and finally it takes shape, fitting perfectly to the case. Once this is powder coated, it won't be a noticeable modification and will blend in really well to the original case. Its glued for now and its solid, but I will be adding some rivets too. The case is now coming along nicely. With the new slots installed you can see how I am planning to lay this one out. The Alphacool 240mm radiators are on their way but it's starting to take shape. Next up is to complete the rest of the case modifications, including the second radiator mount, the new power cable mount, the new PSU bracket, SSD mount and, a new front screen mount!

OK, slight change of plan because this happened More soon, I promise!

Time to make some headway into this build then. I've spent the day figuring out some of the things I want to do with this build so lets start making our way around some of the progress I have made. First up, let's talk a little more about the Pan Slim, its an ITX based case, but as mentioned before, could easily accommodate an ATX sized board. The case comes with two hard drive mounts but we won't be needing them and so they have been removed, next, I whipped off the top brace bar for a little easier access. The front of the Pan Slim includes 2x USB 3.0 and one Type C. Given I won't be using a lot of USB devices, this, paired with the ASUS ITX board should easily cover all my needs. I mentioned in the first post some issues with the Pan Slim, so let's cover them. By no means are these detrimental, but should a V.2 appear I would love to see some small changes made to the rear. To the right, we have our PSU mount for an SFX unit and it would be great to see this expanded to an ATX, with an SFX adapter plate included in the box. There's enough room to do this so I think it would be a great addition to the Pan Slim. Next up is probably my biggest "why" moment, the GPU mount is positioned so that the card is fitted with the backplate facing up, there's plenty of ventilation cut into the bottom of the case and so I can see why this was done. Here it would be nice to have a removable plate that can be flipped and screwed back into the case so that we have the option on which way up our card is displayed. The case can also easily accommodate ATX boards, so why not just include standoffs out of the box, it is again a small thing but would bring the Pan Slim to so many more potential customers. One nice touch is the inclusion of a riser cable for the GPU and this, a handy little box for keeping everything in its place during a build! With the minor imperfections out the way, let's dig into what's going in this build. First I have pretty much decided to go with the ASUS B550-I Gaming over an ATX for a couple of reasons, first, it makes the build a little easier and gives me more room to work with, and second because its more than adequate. Paired with the AMD 5900X and down the road, some decent cooling, it's a system that will perform so well without needing much more. Our motherboard gets all onboard storage with Seagate FireCuda NVME drives, a 530 Gen 4 1TB for Windows and a 2TB 510 for Steam. I love these drives, they perform well and being NVME means that precious space isn't wasted on bulky 2.5 solutions. The next piece of this puzzle is the PSu and I have gone for the Cooler master V850 SFX in black. I have used Cooler Master PSUs for years and along with be quiet! units, I trust them to deliver whats needed for my systems. Once everything is installed I will be going for some custom cables to keep everything nice and tidy. OK, so let's see how it's looking, the motherboard and PSU are in to give an idea of what room is left to work with. The left-hand side is getting a 240mm radiator at either 45 or 60mm thickness. There is scope to add another to the right, moving the PSU above the motherboard but then that means I have to find somewhere else to add the pump. The GPU and CPU will both be water cooled so I need to maximise the amount of cooling potential going into this, a standard thickness radiator wont cut it so the more surface area I have, the better. Now onto the more nitty-gritty parts of this. I mentioned before that the GPU is to be flipped over. The card I am potentially going to use, unless I can get my hands on a 30XX series, will be the MSI RTX 2080S Gaming Trio X. This has literally just come out of the Moto GP build and I have a new block for it so excuse the sight of it, for now, it's only being used to measure up the spacing. If I had decided to go with the standard layout, we do run into an issue, the PSU prevents the GPU from fitting properly due to the ports on the card. Going back to adding ATX PSU support, I still stand by that but maybe the Pan Slim could be made around 30-40mm wider, just to accommodate these sometimes overlooked issues we builders run into! How to flip the card then, well that's easy enough to some extent. I keep old case parts for days just like this, and sure enough, I will be able to flip it without too many issues. I have cut up an old PCIe backplate, it still needs some work but once it is filed and riveted into place, I can then cut out the rear of the case for the new one to look like it has always been there. Remember this is going to be powder coated too, so it won't look out of place with the new colours I am going for. A test fit shows just how well this will work out, but then that throws up another issue on spacing towards the motherboard. With the card sitting where I need it to be, space is tight for memory to be installed, I might have to go low profile on this one. The other reason for wanting to go for a 30XX series card is that the Alphacool blocks offer horizontal terminal options, so routing tubes will be a lot easier than with the 2080S That's where I am at for today then, next up will be planning for the front screen, cutting and modifying the case ready for powder coating. The powder coating is around a 3-week job due to how busy the guys are so then there will be a bit of a lull while I wait for it to come back. A huge thank you to AMD, ASUS, MSI, Alphacool, be quiet!, Cooler Master, and Seagate for being on board for this one!

Well, time to kick off another build! This time out I am super excited to have Raijintek on board, kindly sending over their beautiful Pan Slim chassis. After working with Intel on the Gamer Days build, a project that used the Raijintek Enyo, I knew I wanted to try out another one of their cases. The design and craftsmanship in the Pan Slim are superb, however, it's not without its flaws, something I will come on to in a later post when we take a closer look at the case. For now, I don't even have a project name for this, so for now it will simply be known as the Pan Slim build. I do have some ideas that I know will feature; powder coating, water cooling, a vented clear top panel, and a new look front panel incorporating a compact screen for easy access to certain programs and features. Kicking off the build I have a few of the components already lined up, again thanks to all my partners for making this one possible! Now some of these may change and I still have the memory to sort out, there's also a temptation to throw in an ATX board in the form of the ASUS Dark Hero 8, something @orbitalwalsh did with his Pan Slim build. For now I have the following lined up: ASUS B550-I Gaming ITX Motherboard Cooler Master V850 SFX PSU Be Quiet! Light Wings 120mm MSI RTX 2080 Super Gaming X Trio Seagate FireCuda 510 2TB and 530 1TB NVME Cooling as always will be from Alphacool, my go-to for all my builds So that outlines this build to an extent, next up I will cover opening up the Pan Slim and seeing what we have to work with and start planning out some aspect of this build.