Project Base^2

[Barfnargle]

Project Base²: The beginning of so much more...

 

It looks like an ordinary build now, but stay tuned to see how far it'll go :)

 

The Specs:

 

-Fractal Design Define R4 Black Pearl (non-windowed)

-Corsair Builder Series CX430 80 PLUS Bronze 430W PSU

-AMD FX-series FX-6300 3.5GHz six-core processor

-MSI 970A-G43 AMD 970 ATX Motherboard

-Crucial Ballistix Tactical LP 8GB DDR3 1600MHz RAM

-Sapphire Radeon HD 6450 1GB DDR3 PCIe 2.1 GPU

 

-Western Digital VelociRaptor 160GB 10000RPM SATA 3.0Gbps HDD (x2 - RAID 0)

-Seagate Barracuda 1TB 5400RPM SATA 3.0Gbps HDD

 

Pictures! (I apologize for the cruddy iPhone pics, my girlfriend has the Nikon)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for taking a look! :)

 

[LolNope]

Looks a bit basic, for now i guess, nice cable management tho, looking forward to seeing more

[Exotath]

Isn't that case fantastic? The quality really blows you away when you see it in person. The features make builds so simple and clean too.

[Barfnargle]

Isn't that case fantastic? The quality really blows you away when you see it in person. The features make builds so simple and clean too.

 

Oh absolutely, it is built better than any other case that I've ever used. The only issue I'm having is the top fan grills are slightly bent in, kind of like a curve.

[Exotath]

Con-caved right? My R4 Arctic White w/ window came the same way....ever so slightly curved downward (or inward lol). Interesting that you have that too.

[Barfnargle]

Con-caved right? My R4 Arctic White w/ window came the same way....ever so slightly curved downward (or inward lol). Interesting that you have that too.

Yes! That's the word I was looking for haha :p

[Barfnargle]

I actually have the same issue with 2 of my old R4's, a black and white one. I kinda never really fussed over it though as I had the moduvent covers on the top or fans that are exhausting air so the blades never really got in the way. I think it's a pretty common issue.

Hopefully when I stick a 240 rad up top it'll flatten it out.

[maddogl]

it looks nice clean anyways what are you planning for the future of this build.

[Barfnargle]

A 240 won't exactly help out because the radiator core isn't going to be applying any preasure to the middle of the bow in the top to push it back up. It's really only a minor issue anyway.

Oh, I see now. Well I guess that leaves me the option to mod the top panel to fix that problem ;)

[Barfnargle]

it looks nice clean anyways what are you planning for the future of this build.

I won't reveal too much, but the internals will change drastically, there will be water cooling, and plenty of it, and the case should look slightly different :)