[Build Log] Ice White by Ymac

[Ymac]

Well, in Linus' livestream he said that he didn't found a nice build in Fractal cases, so I thought that my build is...pretty decent :D So, there are,the specs!

Intel i5 2500K

Asrock Fatal1ty P67 Professional - replaced by a MSI Big Bang Z77 MPOWER

Corsair Vengeance 8GB Red 1600MHz - Replaced with Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer 8GB 1600MHz CL8

Corsair AX850

Fractal Design Define R4 (of course)

CoolIt ECO A.L.C - Broken, Going for custom loop

EVGA GTX 680 SC Signature Replaced with an EVGA GTX 780 reference

Corsair Force 3 120GB

WD Caviar blue 500GB

Pics!: before AX850 upgrade: outside pics:

[shirokado]

ax850 is overkill. you could power 3x gtx680 in SLI with that.

[shirokado]

wait what the PSU changed lol

[Wats]

Oooo, I like that MoBo

The PSU changing mid-way threw me off.

Decent cable management. Nicee build!

Meh...It's taking me so long to finish my R4 build..

[Musguelha17]

The pics with the CX600 were before he upgraded to an AX850. And although I understand that 850W is overkill I can see why he upgraded. If he's building in an R4 it's probably because he wants a relatively silent machine, and with the 850W his PSU fan is probably barely even spinning (if not off at all) even when's he's at full load. And also, the all black cables look awesome.

[Ymac]

I know that the psu is overkill, but it was on sale at ncix for just 160$ and I really like the black cables of the ax series.

Thank you for the kind (and less kind) words :D

[liveturbo24]

looks awesome.

[Whaler_99]

Nice build! Decent cable management in the back. Looks good overall.

[Ymac]

Nice build! Decent cable management in the back. Looks good overall.

Thanks!

[totjup5]

looks great!

[Ymac]

Thank you all!

just noticed I uploaded the wrong picture for the back of the case, I did the same one with a black SATA cable.

my plan is to MDPC sleeve it all! :)

but I'm stuck with an MDPC SATA data cable which is impossible to route without destroying the heatshrink.

also, I don't know if to go heatshrinkles or with heatshrink. because heatsrinkles is easier and cheaper, but the look of heatshrink (especially MDPC) make it more..professional.

any suggestions?

[SeaDooSnipe]

Very clean build! Being super picky I would've gotten an AX860i from the red color scheme, but that's getting really picky. Very nice build, cleaner than my 600T build.

[Ymac]

Very clean build! Being super picky I would've gotten an AX860i from the red color scheme, but that's getting really picky. Very nice build, cleaner than my 600T build.

I know, but AX860i costs like 240$, 80$ more then the AX850 on sale (160$), but I like the gold touch ;)

[asusfan]

That's awesome build, very clean looking and love the case.

[Ymac]

That's awesome build, very clean looking and love the case.

Thanks, I'll might switch for an XL R2 but it isn't for sure (switching with a friend)

[SeaDooSnipe]

Very clean build! Being super picky I would've gotten an AX860i from the red color scheme, but that's getting really picky. Very nice build, cleaner than my 600T build.

Again, just me being super picky. :)

And I don't really like gold in my systems, just me.

[Ymac]

Very clean build! Being super picky I would've gotten an AX860i from the red color scheme, but that's getting really picky. Very nice build, cleaner than my 600T build.

So you aren't liking Linus' build (which is like "bling bling")? I wanted to get a Gold edition apogee HD and get into watercooling. but I wasn't fast enough.. :(

[Dani]

Looks awesome dude! Hopefully getting the R4 very soon, i was literally salivating over the pictures.

[Ymac]

thanks!

somebody knows why do I see my avatar black in comments?

[Wauthar]

Ooh, I like the looks of that motherboard! Plus, the graphics card fits the black and white theme of the case nicely. Awesome!

[andrevautour]

Nice work!

[Ymac]

thanks!

when hasswell will go out, I'm thinking of upgrading the platform, 4570K or a 4770K depends of new game engines and the overclock ability of those chips,

what color of motherboard should I pick? same Asrock Fatal1ty? maybe Asus ROG? Asus TUF? gigabyte blue (ud5) or even MSI's new Dragons or Mpower (red and yellow respectively)?

the budget is up to 500$ for CPU-MOBO combination (maybe 600 if I'll catch onto an i7) but there is long time from now ;)

[Ymac]

BIG UPDATE

you thought it's done?! NO!

my computer is NEVER done.

and I got some good stuff in mail...:

^ EK supplies very good quality TIM

but Ymac (can call me Yoav), you might say "waterblocks, that's it?!" NOPE again

here he is, in all of his glory (yesyes andrevautour, that is him) the MSI Big Bang MPower!:

old vs new

My Corsair Vengeance Reds, will be replaced to match the theme to Patriot Viper Black mamba

The horror of the stock cooler!

my 2500K

I really liked this shot :)

assembly

wait, are you still here!?

well, you are probably asking:" WTH you are using the stock cooler?!"

so, the coolit ECO backplate is installed with double-sided sticky pad, and I needed to take it off my old board, well:

and:

so now I am stuck with this noisy stock cooler :( somebody know if coolit will send me new backplate? I didn't pull that hard, and my 775 backplate did survive after much more stress.

stay tuned!

(how can I edit the main title of the thread?)

[defunkt]

I like :)

[WitzTech]

Fantastic job with the cable management. I have a white R4 and these cases are just fantastic for cable management.