Galion evo

[Galion]

I started this build 3 months ago with a budget of $1280 and a fractal design meshify c mini as a case and a msi b450m mortar titanium, after a bang here a scratch there and going thru 3 other cases (ML08, rvz03 and node 202) I finally found my perfect case.

 

Raijintek Ophion Evo with steel plate side paneling, the plates are strong enough to handle the bumps and bangs by the customs and luggage personnels. Keeping my R5 2600 I had to switch my matx board to a itx when I decided to use my gaming pc as my travel workstation as well, so I had to switch to a msi b450i gaming plus ac. With the new board I have wireless connection so even on site I'll still be able to use the system, I intended to use my be quiet shadow rock lp but it interfaces with my trident z rgb ram and bent my ram slots on the board and I had to purchase a new board. 

 

After changing my board I started looking for a compatable liquid cooler since the specs on the ophion evo does say it fits a 240 aio, at first I tried out deepcool and Id cooling budget units then a friend loaned me his td02 v1, it was pretty good but the radiator was too thick at 45mm along with the fans it blocked the power connectors for the gpu on the opposite of the frame. So I specially ordered the td02 slim from a shop it fit nicely but the cpu was a little hotter then I like when I was using it on full loads rendering. I've decided to get the silverstone td02-rgb since it's radiator is 34mm and the price is right $66.99 and it should do better then the slim with the extra inches. 

 

Here's my workstation so far, 

 

Case : Raijintek Ophion Evo + Steel side plates

CPU Cooler : Silverstone TD02 - RGB (AIO 240mm)

CPU : Ryzen R5 2600 - (upgrade to  3rd gen ryzen) 

Motherboard : MSI B450i Gaming plus ac - (upgrade to 3rd gen ryzen) 

RAM : Trident Z 16gb 3000mhrz RGB

Storage : Western Digital Black 250gb nvme m.2 - (boot drive) 

Storage : Western Digital Blue 1tb 2.5 inch ssd - (mass storage) 

Storage : WD Passport 4tb - (External ssd) 

PSU : Corsair SF 600 - 600W SFX + bracket

Fans : Corsair SP 120mm triple pack x1 - (upgrade to thermaltake riing trio triple pack for gen 3)

Accessories : 2 x fan filter extra fine silverstone