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(Air Cooled) Forge: Carbon Fiber & Aluminum Corsair AIR 540

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About the project


 


This build is my second custom built PC, first build log and first water-cooled build. The majority of the work begins in February because I am currently deployed. However, I have already purchased all of the components, paint and other extras and its all waiting for me at home. This rig is going to be the main rig, which will be used for gaming, streaming, light content creation, and whatever else I feel like doing at that time! 


 


UPDATE: Due to back to back issues with the water setup, I sold all of it, upgraded and switch to the green team for first time all at once. Two GTX 980 TIs and a rare single tower cooler. The choose to use the Xigmatek Dark Knight II Night Hawk edition because of the performance, lightweight and matte black coating. 


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Theme


 


Carbon fiber, aluminum, and mild white LEDS.


 


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Components


 



 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (Purchased For $315.98) 

CPU Cooler: Swiftech H220-X 55.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (Purchased For $139.95) 

CPU Cooler: Xigmatek Dark Knight Night Hawk Edition w/ 2 Noctua NF-P14r Redux Fans

Thermal Compound: Gelid Solutions GC-Extreme 3.5g Thermal Paste  (Purchased For $12.99) 

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (Purchased For $197.20) 


Storage: Crucial MX100 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For $200.98) 

Storage: Crucial MX100 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For $196.99) 



Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 295X2 8GB Core Edition Video Card  (Purchased For $679.99) 

VIdeo Card: EVGA ACX SC+ GTX 980 TI x 2

Case: Corsair Air 540 ATX Mid Tower Case  (Purchased For $109.99) 

Power Supply: OCZ ZX 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For $110.00) 

Sound Card: Asus Xonar Essence STX 24-bit 192 KHz Sound Card  (Purchased For $140.00) 

Other: MCRx20-XP "eXtreme Performance" Radiator Triple 120mm (Purchased For $72.95)

Other: TruFlex tubing x2 (Purchased For $15.98)

Other: Compression Fittings (Purchased For $39.92)

Other: Ekoolant Clear premixed x2 (Purchased For $32.98)

Other: XSPC r9 295x2 waterblock and backplate (Purchased For $220.98)

Other: Dust Filters (Purchased For $41.48)

Other: Rosewill Hyperborea Fans (Purchased For $91.90)

Total: $3038.37

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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Sponsors

 

None! but I hope that what I show with this build is enough for me to get some sponsors on-board for the next one :)

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The build is done as far the components and everything. I still have to finish the Carbon Fiber pieces but I am waiting for a third radiator. 

 

Here is what it looks like so far.

 

 

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I need to see more :D subbed

so do I :D

CPU: Intel Core i5 4460 | GPU: XFX r9 280x DD BLACK OC EDITION | RAM: 8gb Kingston HyperX Fury 1600Mhz | Mobo: Gigabyte h97n-WIFI | PSU: EVGA 600B | Case: Cooler Master Elite 120 | Cooler: Stock intel | SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 120gb | Storage: WD 150 gb

CPU: Intel Core i7 4710MQ | GPU: NVIDIA Geforce GTX 850M | RAM: 8gb Corsair 1600Mhz | Mobo: Metabox WA50SJ Motherboard | Case: Metabox WA50SJ case | Cooler: Stock | SSD: Sandisk 256gb

:wub:  :wub:  :wub: 

Best purchase this year, bcuz forza

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Thanks guys.

 

In other news,

 

XSPC responded to my question and said they would have the r9 290x waterblock available in 3 weeks, im thinking about trifire and a bigger PSU.

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Just got home a couple of days ago, already started the painting and wrapping process of the case. I apologize in advance for the picture quality, I shipped my DSLR from another country and it hasn't arrived yet, so its iPhone pictures for now.

 

 

 

 

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Are you going to be using actual carbon fiber or just carbon fiber looking vinyl?

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will be using CF vinyl and clear coating it.

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will be using CF vinyl and clear coating it.

I hope you put enough to make it thick looking like the real epoxied stuff or it'll just look like clear coated vinyl.

 

edit : subbed though, looks interesting!

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I hope you put enough to make it thick looking like the real epoxied stuff or it'll just look like clear coated vinyl.

 

edit : subbed though, looks interesting!

 

I figured that out this morning, just picked up more paint

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I figured that out this morning, just picked up more paint

Put enough that you can buff it off after to get that mirror out of it or it'll look like orange peel. It'll look closer to the actual carbon fiber.

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Put enough that you can buff it off after to get that mirror out of it or it'll look like orange peel. It'll look closer to the actual carbon fiber.

 

gotcha, appreciate the advice. 

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coming along. have to redo a panel, but can finish the CF tonight I think.

 

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Looking nice so far

 

Thanks, here is where im stopping tonight. There is some minor flaws that bug me, might redo after I get the rest of it all together. 

 

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The silver parts look like cheap plastic from the pictures :P

Aside from that, I love the air 540, great case.

Specs: CPU - Intel i7 8700K @ 5GHz | GPU - Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming | Motherboard - ASUS Strix Z370-G WIFI AC | RAM - XPG Gammix DDR4-3000MHz 32GB (2x16GB) | Main Drive - Samsung 850 Evo 500GB M.2 | Other Drives - 7TB/3 Drives | CPU Cooler - Corsair H100i Pro | Case - Fractal Design Define C Mini TG | Power Supply - EVGA G3 850W

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Nice.

Ketchup is better than mustard.

GUI is better than Command Line Interface.

Dubs are better than subs

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Very nice. I like cases that allow you to strip down individual parts.

 

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I have to redo the carbon fiber bits, I found a better wrap to work with, just waiting on order.

 

In the meantime, going to take pictures of other stuff :)

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Oh nice! Wrapping is not an easy part I hope you have enough patience! :D

Be sure to keep us updated!

The X Desk«BuildLog»

.:Custom Watercooled Desk - Gaming Cave:.

Feel free to take a look, I would highly appreciate it.

 

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Update! so I had to redo a couple of things but while that was going on the components arrived this morning... I have such a mess going on in here lol.

 

I tested all of the components and only ran into one issue. Each ram sticks works but I cannot get all 4 of them to post, I can get 3 oddly enough lol. I will tinker with that later.

 

Tonight, I will be assembling pretty much everything except some aesthetic stuff.

 

stay tuned :)

 

PS. Taking pictures with a different phone... my old iphone 4s wasn't cutting it.

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You know a build is serious when a trolley is involved :)

 

haha using what I got :P

 

think I oversprayed the ASUS thermal armor, it was perfect until I added a clear coat... oh well... will have to redo it tomorrow! :P

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