Project Bumblebee Black and yellow X99 Build

[KillerTech]

So I have finally completed my main system, and it has took me just over two months to complete. The system was actually running over a month ago however I have just finished painting hardware and done some other small adjustments. I have more or less stuck to my original plan which was a strict black and yellow colour scheme. I also plan on upgrading more things over time as new hardware is released and I am also planning on doing a custom water cooling loop next year.

 

Parts 

 

• CPU - I7 5820k
• CPU Cooler   - Noctua NH-U14S cooled by a 120mm Corsair PWM fan (Custom painted yellow)
• Motherboard  - MSI X99A XPOWER AC
• RAM  - Kingston HyperX Fury Black 2 x 4 GB 2133 MHZ CL14
• GPU  - Sapphire R9 290 Tri-X 4GB (Custom painted yellow)
• Case - Corsair 900D with 4x Corsair SP120mm fans (Custom painted yellow)
• PSU  - Corsair CX 750M
• SSD  - Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB
• HDD  - Seagate Barracuda 2TB
• HDD  - Seagate Barracuda 1TB

• White custom made LED lighting - http://addoncustoms.com/
• Thermal Paste - Arctic MX4
• PcPartPicker - http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/HqWkBm

 

The Main Build 

The build itself went very smoothly with few exceptions. I had no issues apart from mounting my Noctua cooler. I have mounted it many times before on different boards however I struggled with the Intel mounting brackets, however after some research and talking to some friends, I managed to fit the cooler when mixing a combination of both AMD and Intel mounting gear however it turned out to be perfectly secure.

 

 

 

 

 

Installing LED'S

Now in my personal opinion if you are spending more than £1000 on a PC and your case has a side window you should definitely have LEDs. I have had different sets of LEDs in my computers for over 2 years now and Project BumbleBee was going to be no exception. I had originally planned on carrying my NZXT HUE over from my previous system, it is a solid lighting kit with hundreds of different colours, however it was just too dull and the supposed white looked blue. I needed something special for this PC, and so I began my quest for the best white PC lighting. I looked absolutely everywhere however all the white LED kits had complaints of being either too dull or having poor life span. I started asking around LTT and it got so bad at one point that someone even recommended I installed a 5m outdoor reel in my PC running of the mains, the 900D is not that big. Eventually I came across Marcus, the director of AddonCustoms, a company that hand makes LED strips to order. At this point I realised my quest for the best LED strips in the universe was over.

 

 

 

 

GPU Painting 

So like I said before I am trying to stick to a black and yellow colour scheme and as much as I did not want to admit it the R9 290 tri-X was orange. My first attempt with a yellow sharpie (NEVER DO THIS). It looked like a mass of small children had been let loose next to my work bench. I eventually decided I would have to do it properly, so I picked up some more yellow paint and took my GPU fully apart and I painted it just like I painted the fan rings. The end result was way more impressive than I had ever imagined.

 

 

 

 

SHOWCASE

So for now the system is complete, be sure to let me know what you think.

 

 

 

[ChasingPluto]

Oh...the Corsair PSU hate is coming friend. Prepare yourself...

[TheRandomness]

Veeeeery nice looking (Hey looks it's mah card ) What clocks can you get/have you gotten?

 

HOLY FU- Nice PSU.

[Hopsasa]

Now that is awesome. GJ

[jimakos234]

TFW you see a nice high end build based on a CX psu (meant for basic builds)

For real, ppl cant even read what even corsair says at their site......

[KillerTech]

To address the following concern (CX PSU's) nobody panic I already now about the issues surrounding corsairs CX series of PSU's I did not buy that PSU specifically for this build, I had this PSU from over 8 months ago when I first ordered my 290 and I needed more power cheaply in a lower end build, It will be changed out as soon as I get the chance. 

[Philz69]

Its sooo awesome, you have to put liquid cooling in there! You have to fill that case Great job!

[Hammer]

Looks nice! I was expecting MSI Lightning components since they are black and yellow, but you got a really nice and unique computer since you did it all by yourself.

[KillerTech]

Personally I'd get a smaller case like the 450D and use the extra money to get a better psu but it's your build

Other than that you have a nice customised build

Yea I had considered the corsair 760T a year ago however in the end I decided on the 900D because it is more customisable, better for future water cooling and I have more room to work with.