No Name Red/White Build

[carvin1972]

So, this is my first build log, but by no means my first build.  This project all started with a guy I work with wanting to upgrade his RAM.  He is currently using an IBuyPower rig ( I cringed also), with Ryzen 5 1600x, 8Gb of RAM all on an ASUS MicroATX board, 1TB HDD, and a 400 watt power supply by some unknown manufacture.  While discussing the possible RAM upgrades, he just asked about doing a complete overhaul. New mb, ram, storage, everything, except the CPU, which hey I would've at least went with Ryzen 7 but, not my money.

 

So, after some discussion, he settled on the following

 

Case          Corsair Carbide Series SPEC-OMEGA RGB

MB             Gigabyte X470 Aorus Gaming 7 WIFI AMD 50 Edition

Ram           Corsair Vengeance Pro RGB 32Gb 3200MHZ White

PSU           Corsair RM750x

HD             1 - WD Black M.2 NVME 250 GB

                  1 - WD Blue SSD 1 TB

GPU          MSI GeForce GTX 1060

 

He also decided to watercool the cpu. Will be using a XSPC Raystorm Pro waterblock, Black Ice Nemesis 240GTS Xflow rad, and XSPC ION pump/res.

 

Now this where I get to tear up stuff (which I'm really good at :)). 

 

I didn't think of taking pictures of the actual products before I tore into them, but I am providing stock photos.

 

The Case

The Inside ... a lot to work with here.

 

Ok ... so I'm adding the fan because its getting a make over too

 

 

Now I have all of this and paint too ... what ever shall I do 

 

Well this

 

 

Had to make some changes to the fans. 

 

 

 

And the GPU.

 

 

And of course the case needed some special love from a can.

 

That's where I am as of this post. The rad's last coat of paint is drying overnight, along with the mounting brackets for the pump/res. I should start some assembly tomorrow and also start the custom cable sleeve I'll be doing for this build.  I will post more pics tomorrow as the build progresses.

 

[JoaKimzen]

I really like the GPU and fans with that color combo, It looks really nice

 

[NeRLeY]

what paint did you use for the gpu?

[carvin1972]

3 hours ago, JoaKimzen said:

I really like the GPU and fans with that color combo, It looks really nice

 

Thanks. My buddy has a thing for white and red. The only reason I did not paint the blades, is because I was afraid of getting them out of balance.

[carvin1972]

1 hour ago, NeRLeY said:

what paint did you use for the gpu?

For the White - Krylon Fusion Matte White

For the Red - Rustoleum High Performance Enamel Safety Red

The MSI logo and Dragon are vinyl I cut on my cutter

[carvin1972]

UPDATE!  So, got the rad finished, and even started the build. Would have got more done, but kept losing power due to thunderstorms. What fun!

[carvin1972]

Sorry for not updating in a couple of days. Real life got in the way. But started sleeving cables Sunday, got the 24 pin and 8 pin CPU cables done then. Finished the 4 pin CPU and 8 Pin EPS tonight.

 

24 pin under construction.

 

Also re-positioned the rad for better tubing flow. Will start bending tubing tomorrow evening, after a slight modification to the psu cover to allow for the pump/res.