Project suit and tie

[Capnspace]

Hey all,

Just wanted to share my almost finished build.

I live in an apartment with my girlfriend who has a crafting station already. This limits my space for a gaming setup so I went with a small case for factor. I decided to go with the corsair air 240. Below are parts of my build:

 

Case: air240

 

Cpu:i77700k delidded with rockit88 kit applied conductonaut ti cpu die

Also, replaced intels ihs with rockit's beautiful copper ihs. Temps stayed dropped hard after installation. 

 

Gpu: 1080 ti founders edition

 

Ram: 16gb (8 x 2) corsair vengance lpx 3000mhz cl15

 

Ssd: Samsung evo 960 1tb

 

M.2: Samsung evo 960 250gb nvme m.2

 

Mobo: asrock z270m extreme4

 

Psu:SeaSonic Electronics PRIME Titanium 650W 80 Plus Titanium Modular Power Supply

 

Fans: 3x corsair ml120 white 

 

Custom Waterloop

Gpu: ek full cover waterblock

Cpu: ek supremacy evo 

Radiators: 240mm ultra stealth black nemesis white radiator & 120mm ultra stealth black nemesis white radiator

Reservoir: Alphacool: 150mm eisenbacher reservoir

Pump: ek d5 pump

Tubing: thermaltake petg (the best tubing known to man. So easy to work with)

Fittings: eK white hardline fittings

Fluid: cl1000 opaque white

 

Peripherals not shown in pictures:

Mouse: corsair m65 pro

Mousepad: corsair mm800 rgb

Keyboard: corsair k70 rgb rapidfire

Headset: corsair void pro

Monitor: acer predator x34P overclocked 120hz (just bought this baby today )

 

Back of case tubing: ek zmt matte black soft line tubing with ek soft line fittings and horsepower spout

 

 

Custom cable sleeving from mainframe customs

*custom wires ti exact length with custom sleeving.

 

Also added a custom side panel made of cle as r acrylic with 1/2" standoffs (painted copper)

 

I think I got everything lol! 

 

This build was certainly a challenge. My first pump alphacools vpp755 d5 pump was a dud and delayed build by a week. So picked up eks pump and it is working wonderfully. Another challenge was working in such a small case. Truly a challenge. From being able to find the parts that actually fit in the case, to running soft tubing in back without kinks in the back, to making sure the build was nice, neat, and clean looking. That was my main goal. I wanted a clean looking build like when you get all dressed up for a formal dinner party in your "suit and tie", hence the name of this build "suit and tie" along with that I tried to stay with the black and white theme. But then i realized that my blocks were copper so i wanted to incorporate copper copper into the color scheme. I will be adding more copper to this build by painting white fittings copper, and putting copper painted accents when I do the white mobo tray which will take up the entire back side of the case. This build is far from over as I want to clean it up a bit by adding more white acrylic paneling to the top and, as previously mentioned to the backside of the case as a mobo tray. I also spray painted the metal grates copper to incorporate more copper into the color scheme. Please let me know what you think. All critisicim is welcome as I am constantly upgrading/updating/modding this build. In my eyes this build will never be complete :))

 

 

 

 

[Capnspace]

Since I documented the process here are some pics of the delidding. This is a pretty simple installation if you have the right tools. I may even put some lm on my gpu as well, but have heard horror stories so I am hesitant. 

[Skiiwee29]

Excellent looking system, however I believe you have your RAM in the wrong slots. Could be wrong, but i'm 99% sure I am correct. Only other thing I would suggest is to remove the TP Link sticker from your wifi card. Kinda sticks out like a sore thumb to me. 

[Capnspace]

Thanks man I do appreciate the comments. It's funny you mention the sticker because I didn't even notice it until today. But upon noticing it i ripped that sucker off. As for the ram sticks, they work properly in any slot I put them in. They register and everything. The 2 slots empty is just temporary as I plan to get two more along with ek monarch x4 waterblock to add the 32gb of ram to my loop :))

[Capnspace]

6 minutes ago, Skiiwee29 said:

Excellent looking system, however I believe you have your RAM in the wrong slots. Could be wrong, but i'm 99% sure I am correct. Only other thing I would suggest is to remove the TP Link sticker from your wifi card. Kinda sticks out like a sore thumb to 

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

My OCD is just like... sharpie those wires black, anything to get rid of the colour.

 

[Skiiwee29]

2 minutes ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

My OCD is just like... sharpie those wires black, anything to get rid of the colour.

 

Or just not worry about plugging in the from HD Audio header lol. Who honestly actually uses front audio anyways?

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

Just now, Skiiwee29 said:

Who honestly actually uses front audio anyways?

<- This guy

[Skiiwee29]

Just now, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

<- This guy

You are a Minority then. 

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

Just now, Skiiwee29 said:

You are a Minority then. 

Time for a poll. 

[Capnspace]

Haha yeah it is quite pointless. Just plugged it in for completion purposes. But that rainbow wire is quite ugly. I appreciate the comment because now I'll probably unplug it

[vegaspimp22]

On 4/16/2018 at 1:09 AM, Skiiwee29 said:

Or just not worry about plugging in the from HD Audio header lol. Who honestly actually uses front audio anyways?

buy a small sheet of acrylic, white acrylic, cut it that length and hide the whole panel...that would look the best honestly.  I still love white and black builds, my current build on this site, is also white and black.  mainly black though

[Capnspace]

11 hours ago, vegaspimp22 said:

buy a small sheet of acrylic, white acrylic, cut it that length and hide the whole panel...that would look the best honestly.  I still love white and black builds, my current build on this site, is also white and black.  mainly black though

Hey thanks for the advice. My original thought was to make mobo armor with acrylic. Possibly stay white or do white with copper/black accents. And then do a mobo tray that will take up the entire back side of the case. For that I would just use white acrylic. And then I was going to do white acrylic panel on the top. That way it would basically be a clean white box. 

[vegaspimp22]

13 hours ago, Capnspace said:

Hey thanks for the advice. My original thought was to make mobo armor with acrylic. Possibly stay white or do white with copper/black accents. And then do a mobo tray that will take up the entire back side of the case. For that I would just use white acrylic. And then I was going to do white acrylic panel on the top. That way it would basically be a clean white box. 

 

Haha, thats what i thought too! Then you have to check out my build,

 

 

[Capnspace]

3 hours ago, vegaspimp22 said:

 

Haha, thats what i thought too! Then you have to check out my build,

 

 

I cant seem to find it. Can you send picks. I'd love to see it.

[Capnspace]

Update: 

Painted my fittings copper to go with the white, copper, black, theme. In addition, I added white acrylic paneling to the top of the case. I realized that it would cut off air flow from the top of the case so I decided to jigsaw/dremel square cutouts, to allow breathing. In addition, I spray painted the mesh and fan filter white to blend in with the white paneling. Let me know what you think. Next is the mobo armor and the mobo tray, both going to be white. 

[Capnspace]

Just made a new emblem out of acrylic to match my copper, white, black theme.