HTPC Code Name - Optimus

[Ace]

Hey guys,

 

It's been a while since I last done my first build log with my ridiculous corsair 900D and GTX Titan and after a few dramas (none the less finished) water cooling that baby it was time I moved on to my next build of a HTPC.

 

Case - Corsair 350D

CPU - Intel i5-4670

Motherboard - MSI Z87M-G43

GPU - Nvidia Geoforce GTX 780 - Asus Directcu II

PSU - Seasonic -660 Platinum

SSD - Samsung 840 Evo 250GB

HDD - 3x Seagate Barracuda 3TB

RAM - 2x 8GB Corsair Vengeance

Optical Drive - LG Blu-ray Reader

CPU Heatsink - Corsair H100i

Fans - 2x Corsair SP-120, 3x Corsair AF-140

Sound Card - Sound Blaster Z

 

There is a few dramas with this build such and the card I was gonna use was bricked from my last build (GTX Titan) that hurt a bit on the wallet. So Money was pretty tight for this build I was originally going to put in a custom loop but they change quickly.

 

 

Then I decided to continue on from my previous build of a Decepticon (Red and Black) PC and make an Autobot one (Blue and Black). This involved alot of spray painting and carbon fiber wrapping and custom sleeving from ModDIY. Sorry about the quality of the pictures but my camera is out of battery. By the way the brown on the motherboard isn't that light in real life its just the camera (my poor photo taking skills).

 

[Zeke]

Do you have a topic on your Titan? Now I'm kinda eager to know what happened to it and how exactly did you paint it blue.

 

(also your style of photos reminds me of Star Trek with all its lens flares )

[Ace]

No but I searched up how to do it on another forum basically taking off the cover of the heat sink is separate so its quiet easy. Spray painting a white metal primer then hitting it with a baby blue. Same for the sound card which was originally red and red leds that I took off and soldered on just one blue led as they are quite bright. Back to the Graphics Card I also sanded off the green paint from geoforce GTX logo so it was white. Unfortunately it was completely short circuited after a link occurred in my other build (user fault). So now it stands on my shelf forever a reminder of what I shouldn't have done... fuck up haha.

[Quantum]

Sorry to hear about the Titan... Must hurt the wallet... alot.  So now you have a $1000 showcase piece at least...

Nice looking build nonetheless!   

[Ace]

Sorry to hear about the Titan... Must hurt the wallet... alot.  So now you have a $1000 showcase piece at least...

Nice looking build nonetheless!   

Thanks dude haha