Predator 2.0

[Iceever]

Hi everyone,

 

so it`s time update my profile and also tell you about my new..ish pc - Predator 2.0

No it has nothing to do with monitor, except i am using dell 21:9 monitor.

 

So long story shot, i retired my "old" pc "Beast" to work as a server and desired something different then before. 

 

 

"The Beast" spec:

AMD FX-8350 4,3 Ghz
Cooler Master watercooling kit Seidon 120M
Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0
Corsair Vengeance Red 16GB (4x4GB) 2133MHz CL11
Asus Radeon HD 7950
Creative Sound Blaster Zx
Samsung 160GB
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB
WD Green 2TB x4
PSU NEXUS RX1K 1000w
Corsair SP120
Tacens AURA II x3
Enermax Ostrog ECA3250-B

 

 

About a year ago there was Linus video about silent gaming pc with be Quiet Base 800. I liked it. So i waited and waited, and finally after 3 month they showed up in Lithuania. So i got one - black one. And gears in my head started to spin with ideas what i could do, but finally i came up with camo skin on case. After a month in design studio (yes, i know, they work slow with outside customers that one something different then simple sticker on a side) and like 10-15 different designs i chose this one.

At this point is close to the middle of the summer so rummers goes around about Skylake coming up at any moment know + that tease from Linus about upcoming Noctua/Linus fan on WAN Show. Since "The Beast" works just fine i resided to wait, i am not in hurry. And after somo more waiting Skylake came and...as always just evolution, not revolution. Since just after release of new product prices are HIGH at least + DDR4 i still waited another month to see were prices will level out. Bare in mind the i already had my be quiet case for like 3-4 month at that moment. So after one crappy day at the office i needed something to bust my mood i finally started to pick parts for my new pc, my "Predator 2.0". After some hours on retailers pages, forums and etc. there was two configurations -  Haswell-E and Skylake and difference in price 30-50 eur. (Haswell-E more expensive). Not to rush everything, i printed out both specs and hang them on the wall at home - to sink in all cons and pros about both configurations. But decision was made - Haswell-E

 

After that it was easy - just order pats and assemble them by pc shop. I know some of you might criticise my, for not assembling pc by myself, but there is reason for that. More like 2 of them. First is a little back story, from long long time ago, in a galaxy far far away..sorry, couldn`t resist temptation When i was building Pentium 4HT and i broke some pins from CPU and from that came fear to mess thing up, especially expensive thing, and i simply didn`t want to do that (i am also lazy) . Second one - since i know the guy from retail shop, i am buying parts from him like 5-6 years know, i know that he won`t mess things up (shouldn`t) , i won`t need to mess with drivers, installations and etc. and it cost 10eur. for me. So i chose easy rout.

 

Two days later "Predator 2.0" was in my possession.

After some benchmarks something bothers my, i do not know that but there is something. Finally it came to my - memory was in dual channel not quad. So i popped open case and there it is - 2 stick of RAM in wrong position. changed than and everything is ok. For the moment There is still that idea about Linus Noctua fans that i want i my case. So again waiting start.

 

I know you are here - you want to see specs

Predator 2.0 spec:

be Quiet Silend Base 800 with camo wrap

MSI X99A SLI Plus

Samsung SM951 256GB bood drive

Samsung 840EVO 250GB from "The Beast" + software update

3TB WD Green

Gigabyte G1 Gaming 980Ti

Enermax ELC-MR240-BS Liqmax II

Kingston HyperX Fury 4x4GB 2666mhz

 

About month ago on wan show the was announcement, that they will be showing up soon. Since in Lithuania retailers don`t even sell Noctua products there was no hope to find them in Lithuania so google is your best friend here. So i found a UK retailer that will sell them, and you can pre-order them. At least that what was idea. But if you are foreigner, or don`t have anyone living in UK, you can`t pre-order. 

Then i found German retailer and there i pro-order fans. After 3 delays they finally here and it`s time to update pc

 

They are finally here

 

I bet you can`t see my pc here

 

Let`s star update

I know it is intake - there is dust filter outside 

 

 

Some cable management 

 

 

All fans are on low speed adapters except CPU radiator 

 

 

Sorry, for the long post...and no, i will not give you a potato

[DarkBlade2117]

Nice case choice

Silent Base 800 Fan Club, welcome.

[Cobiee]

Love the camo wrap! I also have the LTT noctuas hoorah for fan girling lmao

[Iceever]

Thanks

It is good case, with a lot of space.

Next thing i am going to do is remove last drive cage and put hdd in 5,25 bay, even more to free air flow

 

I remember in some WAN Show Linus said "i don`t think people will do builds with these fans, i think, they just buy one" and in my mind is was  "yea....right "

[SoloTurkey]

The wrap is amazing!

[Iceever]

The wrap is amazing!

Thank you, i will give your words to a girl that designed it 

[Iceever]

 new photos

[ristan99]

Yeah man that's a wicked case wrap, props to her. And congratulations on your build!