Carson's Custom Loop Dark Base Pro 900 Build

[carsonwen]

So this isn't exactly a build log I guess, but here is what I have done so far. I will say now that I am not the most handy person out there.

 

I wanted to do a custom loops into my Corsair 780T, so I bought all the parts for it. Four radiators (120 bottom, 140 rear, 280 top, 280 front) and they all fit into the massive case. However, my new Asus Strix 1080 has coil whine, and I guess I am sensitive to coil whine, as it seems to be normal with this card as I went out and bought a second Strix 1080 and it has the same whine.

 

So! I then decided I would do this in the new Dark Base Pro 900, since it has noise dampening with the tempered glass, it should really block out the whine. I didn't want to waste any radiators, so I tried to get them all in, the 140 will not go in at the rear due to there being no clearance for fittings when top radiator is installed. But the 120 went in, and of course the two 280s.

 

Because the top radiator mount is not offset, the motherboard tray had to be moved down to lowest position for clearance. This meant that the PSU had to be moved forward to make clearance for the pci slot cover section that protrudes into the case. Which made mounting the pump difficult. I ended up zip tying it to the vents at the bottom with some rubber washers to decouple it.

 

Issues:

-Nowhere to mount SSDs!! I know I could do something with those holes and slots where the hard drive cages are normally installed, I just don't know what or how.

 

-Lighting. I don't see any good place to install lighting on this case. There just isn't a spot where the light will illuminate the insides evenly. I have a picture of my 780T with white LEDs below. And it looks even, I'm not sure how I will do that here.

 

 

[arnavvr]

I would use double sided Industrial Tape to mount the SSDs.

[carsonwen]

-Used HDD adapter brackets to cover those HDD mount slots, and it allows me to mount SSDs there as well.

-Removed top 120mm radiator as I wanted more storage space for drives so I will be using the 5.25" bays to mount drives.

-Cable management in this case is not easy without leaving a visible mess down at the power supply area.

-Again, no good place to put lights!