Project Storm Trooper

[kemical]

SHES AWESOME

[bradscoolio]

Brilliant job! Nothing to extravagant, and you've made it look extremely clean.

I'm jelly :D

[Guest]

That tube wrap job looks amazing :)

[Lethal Squirrel]

I made it on the live stream, holy crap! :'D

such a surreal feeling. really honored!  ^_^

[Tek_Addict]

Nice build man congrats on making onto Linus livstream build log.

[dxbpc]

Cool rig! A feast for the eyes! :D

[josh_05]

Beautiful build! love what you did with the H100!

[Jozi]

Very nice!

[Rodney]

Hi,

 

I am looking into buying a Fractal Design R4 + MSI Z77A-GD55 + 3570k + Corsair H100i.

 

How hard is it to mount the radiator?

I am asking because of the limited space in the top of the case and because of the heatsink right above the cpu socket on the motherboard.

It would be awesome if you could post a picture from the top of the case, so I can see which holes you used to mount the radiator and also how much space there is between the top mainboard heatsink, radiator and RAM slots.

[hamsor]

nice build and really nice h100 mod, wouldn't never came up with this idea :)

[romellobethebest]

This is totally awesome!!!

[Maskot]

What's the diameter of the white tubing you put over the H100's tubing? I'm doing a build soon and putting 2 black lights in it, trying to get the most white in it to make it very nice.

[PositiveProton]

What's the diameter of the white tubing you put over the H100's tubing? I'm doing a build soon and putting 2 black lights in it, trying to get the most white in it to make it very nice.

Also the length of the tubing, and where you got it!

 

I really, really want to do this.

[Torey]

I've always been curious why no one ever removes the HDD Slider under the Drive bays? Is it not just a couple screws?

[Maskot]

Also the length of the tubing, and where you got it!

 

I really, really want to do this.

I suspect you should buy 3 feet of tubing, because the tubing on corsair water coolers is between 11 and 12 inches as stated on their website.  They do not however show an external or internal diameter which is irritating... Hopefully we'll get some feed back from the original poster of this beautiful machine.

[j1philli]

Some nice tricks in this build, i like it......taking notes. lolz

[Maskot]

I had a mate measure his H100i tubing thickness, he said it's 1/4 inch external, but on the newer model corsair coolers, such as the H110, it's 3/8 inch external.  So any tubing with 1/4 inch ID for the older models and 3/8 ID for the newer models should be good, I also suggested 3 feet, since it's only about $2.50 per foot of nice tubing, I would go with Primochill Primoflex tubing with 5/8 inch OD.

[iSuzak]

So clean ! Good job :)

[kotf]

The lighting  :wub:  and that backplate! 

[rhoscrazy]

The force is strong in this one.

[nitrousoxide10]

Incredible build!

[atomicmonkey101]

I like the STX you threw in there.

[Inimigor]

I'm doing the reverse of this one, i'm doing a Darth Vader Project using my NZXT Phantom xD

[rhoscrazy]

@Lethal Squirrel

Hey there, first off great build, looks really smart and I love the black and white colour scheme.

I was wondering how you managed to squeeze the H100 into the define R4 with such large Mosphet/VRM Heat-sinks on your motherboard. I ask because I am planning a build somewhat similar to yours in the Define R4, with a H100i and an MSI GD65, which has heat sinks similar in height to that of yours. Did you have to offset the mounting holes, if so by how much and could you possibly take a few more images of radiator placement for me. 

 

Sorry to bother you just lots of reviews say that a h100 will not fit in a Define R4, considering you got it in with such tall heat-sinks, this must be bull, just curious as to your method.

 

Thanks.

 

EDIT: My planning log = http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/25974-new-build-planning/

[RJF049]

Nice! The tubing turned out pretty good. Perfect specs for gaming as well.