Downsizing the Beast!

[Jwolf7722]

Moving system over from a Corsair 800D to a Fractal Design Define R4 (w/Window). Oh how I miss the space but not the size. Project is 80% complete with some minor cable management and cleaning up to do.

Core Components

Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth X79

CPU: i7-3930K

PSU: Corsair AX860i

Ram: 16GB Corsair Domintor Platinum

GPU: EVGA TITAN!!!!!!!

Cooler: Corsair H100i

Boot SSD: Samsung 840 PRO 256GB

Video Editing SSD: Intel 330 Series 180GB

Ramdon SSD: Samsung 840 128GB

Storage (Besides home server): 2TB Seagate Barracuta

Case Fans: Noctua+Cougar (Favorite things about the build)

Random Home server Pic:

[hiyayhi]

Looks sweet!

Why the downsize? And where is the beast now?

[Jwolf7722]

Beast is in the Fractal R4. Corsair 800D will find a new home shortly. Amazed at how much small and quieter the Fractal is.

Got tired of the size of the 800D plus its not setup for air cooling.

[sebastianoswell]

Wow that looks sweet as! Now I kinda wanna ditch my case for an R4 :P

Bet you are enjoying that Titan too!

[<boss2939>]

should turn out boss post it on youtube i'm a sub good to see you in the forumz

[Jwolf7722]

Video is already done. Just have to upload it. Did a LONG video of the switching cases build. At some point will do a more professional showcase on youtube.

[Nit3Rid3R]

unf, done very nicely, good job man!

[Wheres_The_Money]

great work man

[DJ46]

Could you show us where you placed your LEDs? I'm doing a similar build in R3 and I want exactly this effect.

[HoZy]

Hey man, I have purchased some Cougar 140mm fans for my R4 Water cooling build, How do you find them? Noise?

Do you run them at 12v? Love the rig.

Cheers

Mat :)

[Jwolf7722]

Could you show us where you placed your LEDs? I'm doing a similar build in R3 and I want exactly this effect.

Ya I will shot a short video tonight or tomorrow of the location and put in on Youtube. They are in the upper top of the case and along the right front side. I had the molex cable in the DVD/CD bay as I dont use a CD drive.

[Jwolf7722]

Hey man' date=' I have purchased some Cougar 140mm fans for my R4 Water cooling build, How do you find them? Noise? Do you run them at 12v? Love the rig. Cheers Mat :) [/quote']

They are silence optimized fans so they are quiet. Similar to Noctua fans. I have them plugged into motherboard so I can control them with BIOS/Asus AI software.

[downcast]

i would love to see a link to your youtube video regarding this build! :D

[Samdb]

I really do like that case :)

[airdeano]

great swap...

you might wanna look for a quad channel kit for a better enhancement of

the X79 platform. running that style of RAM in single channel mode should

be annoyingly buggy. especially rendering on CPU-side of posting. linus'

tech quickie on RAM selection will help out on that chore. great for LN2

overclocking, but not real-world productivity. again, great to see a functional

move into the newer tech.

airdeano

[Mabc01]

Why are the SSDs there? Im thinking of getting the R4. Is there not space for the ssd's or hdd?

[Jwolf7722]

Why are the SSDs there? Im thinking of getting the R4. Is there not space for the ssd's or hdd?

 

Hard drive was put in the 5.25 inch bay and SSD's placed their for convince. Had to do that as the CPU cooler wouldnt mount in the top of the case. For that reason i'm switching designs. 

[Theo]

that looks sooooooo gooood, Well done!

[mjKneafsey]

I like the way you mounted the h100i so you can't see it through the window.

[Jwolf7722]

I like the way you mounted the h100i so you can't see it through the window.

 

Its not ideal for cooling GPU. I notice the GPU runs warmer in this case than my 800D which is nuts. Moving system over to Corsair 650D. 

[RFM-PC]

What camera are you using? 

[Mabc01]

Its not ideal for cooling GPU. I notice the GPU runs warmer in this case than my 800D which is nuts. Moving system over to Corsair 650D. 

IS the H100i pushing air out of the case or into the case?

[Jwolf7722]

What camera are you using? 

 

Canon 5DM2 with 50mm F1.4 lens. Some of the shots are taken with a older Panasonic GH2. Both produce similar quality when taking pictures. 

[dylandylandylan]

Hmm, I might look into getting the fractal R4.

[DJ46]

They are in the upper top of the case and along the right front side.

I will have to do it a different way since I'm using a huge aircooler. I will probably go 1-2 strips on the sidepanel from the inside mounted verticaly along the window. How much light do these strips put out to the side? It would be amazing If I could light it up using only one of them.