(build log) ? J U I C E B O X • NZXT Manta • Titan X • 6700K • Z170 Stinger • FINISHED!

[Hasle]

#fillingherup

 

Tissues are in. Let's do it!

 

 

Going with Mayhems Pastel Orange.

 

 

 

 

Been leak testing for a while here, and everything seems perfect! Air bubbles are slowly receding, and it's nice and quiet. The only "leak" I had, was when I got a bit to overeager with the filling, and some fluid came out the fill port, ran down the side of the reservoir, and dripped onto the power connectors for the Titan. 

 

All was good, though. No biggie.

 

Final state of cable management. Could be neater, but I just needed it to be flat, so the covers would fit over them...

 

 

Voila! Really love the way these came out. It might seem silly spending so much time and effort on something you won't really see that often, but yeah.

 

 

 

 

But this is more or less it! Here it stands in its, potentially, final form, ready to crush some games! Thanks for sticking around, hope you enjoyed the build and the result, I certainly do. 

 

I'll shoot a few more glamour shots in a bit.

[Hasle]

 

 

[DocSwag]

Dammnnn that looks really good!

[Hasle]

1 hour ago, DocSwag said:

Dammnnn that looks really good!

Thanks man!

 

A few more shots to wrap things up (sort of accumulated some orange peripherals over the past few months ):

 

 

 

[DildorTheDecent]

black and orange is best combo

[mrchow19910319]

Your setup looks sexy as fuck....

 

 

[Hasle]

On 5/26/2017 at 6:27 AM, mrchow19910319 said:

Your setup looks sexy as fuck....

Thanks dude! Although, a little more pzazz has never hurt anyone...

 

 

What's that lurking in the bushes? 

 

 

Oh god... YES!

 

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Sorry. 

[mrchow19910319]

3 minutes ago, Hasle said:

 

I almost type in some japanese shit like kawayi or some shit then i thought it would be too weird.

 

[DildorTheDecent]

7 hours ago, Hasle said:

 

that's hilarious!

:3

[Guest]

Spoiler

 

[Foxxer]

7 hours ago, Hasle said:

-Snip 

OMG, SO CUTE LEL!!

[Prokart2000]

On 2017-5-25 at 0:20 PM, Hasle said:

Snip

 That looks amazing

[stealth80]

Looks great, I initially thought you could have spray and labelled the SSD's, but with the res mounted in front it would probably have ruined the contrast you have there at the moment

[Hasle]

7 hours ago, stealth80 said:

Looks great, I initially thought you could have spray and labelled the SSD's, but with the res mounted in front it would probably have ruined the contrast you have there at the moment

I certainly considered doing just that, but the SSDs are identical, so the same exact finish and such, and as you say, not very visible, so I didn't bother.

[_blackknight_]

if it was me I'd get rid of that flow spinner thing

[DocSwag]

5 hours ago, _blackknight_ said:

if it was me I'd get rid of that flow spinner thing

But it's like a fidget spinner than you don't have to spin yourself!

[leg bouncer]

Holy fucking molly and here I am being all happy with my first build just because of a cool case and a few RGB leds. Man, this is awesome, I hope one day I can build something as good as this!

 

Oh and congrats!

[Hasle]

7 hours ago, kettu said:

Holy fucking molly and here I am being all happy with my first build just because of a cool case and a few RGB leds. Man, this is awesome, I hope one day I can build something as good as this!

 

Oh and congrats!

Thank you! I hope you still enjoy your build though, looks like a great mix of parts - and the InWin 301 is an awesome case - plenty of potential for modding! 

[Natsoup]

Wow, it's not often I read through a build log as nice as this one. Awesome PC and setup.

[domandric034]

Amazed m8.

[Not_Sean]

Great build man, For a second though it was going to be a Parallel loop for that super sick clean look but didn't realize you also had the top rad, thought it was only the front one. 

 

Did think however with your skills for the Cable Hinder thing you would drill hopes and have a 24pin individually threaded through it with the black plate on it. 

 

Overall really nice man and good management of all colors not just one color going ham all over the place. 

[IAmOctonaut]

nice build! very cool photos and love the colors! 

[Wydz]

Very nice build man, I don't have the balls or knowhow to do a loop lol

[Hasle]

9 hours ago, Not_Sean said:

Great build man, For a second though it was going to be a Parallel loop for that super sick clean look but didn't realize you also had the top rad, thought it was only the front one. 

 

Did think however with your skills for the Cable Hinder thing you would drill hopes and have a 24pin individually threaded through it with the black plate on it. 

 

Overall really nice man and good management of all colors not just one color going ham all over the place. 

My initial idea was actually going parallel loop, but the ports on the CPU and GPU block didn't line up quite right, and I knew it would bug the hell out of me if the runs weren't straight. I spent weeks pondering how to do the loop, and settled on this solution, as I liked the simplicity of it - especially the "stealth" fittings on the GPU, hiding the tubing under the card, mimicked by the upward-facing fittings on the CPU block.

 

Your idea with feeding the ATX cable through the acrylic plate is ingenious - why didn't I think of that? Would have looked so awesome! The plate was a bit of an afterthought in the final stages of assembly, so it actually never crossed my mind.

 

Thanks for the kind words everyone!

 

There a matter I'd like to discuss a bit, regarding...

 

#temps'n'overclocking

 

Before I chose the Manta for the project, I did hear talk about its relatively limited ability to dissipate heat, but figured I would be in the clear with just the four fans, and was willing to sacrifice some overclocking for the design of the case. After doing the initial light benchmarking, I jumped straight into overclocking, but soon realized that there wasn't much leeway with the way I had things set up, and soon decided to stick to stock values, to have a more silent system.

 

My CPU idle temps are good, hovering around 28-31C, and a GPU temp around 26C, with a practically silent system - very low fan RPM, and the pump speed at around 70%. But as soon as I delve into games that put a heavy toll on my system, like my heavily modded SweetFX-induced and beyond-Ultra set Witcher 3, things get quite toasty with CPU temps hovering around 68-71C spiking up to 80C if I mess around in nVidia Ansel too much, but GPU temps staying in the low end around 50C as the highest I've seen - maybe there's some headroom here for some light GPU overclocking, but that would again affect the CPU temp, so I'll just leave it.

 

But again, it's a very compact system - most of the airflow is restricted on either side - small indirect air in- and outlets on the front and top of the case, and the reservoir, pump and cables hindering the airflow through the front radiator. Just something to keep in mind if anyone here's thinking about investing in a Manta.

 

I think I'll try installing a slim 120mm fan as rear exhaust, and try to see if that helps circulate the air a bit better.