Cheers luv! My entry for the AMD E-Sports Battle, UK vs Germany by Maki Role (Update 30/11/16)

[Maki Role]

Hello everybody!

So earlier in the year, AMD approached me asking whether I would be interested in taking part in a themed mod "battle" to help promote the new RX 470. Well I've never even done a themed build before, never mind one in a head to head competition! I'll be competing against Jens Schwalbe of BIRD Customs, so it'll be no mean feat. I will be representing the UK and Jens Germany.

I'd like to thank everybody at AMD involved in setting up this competition, along with all the companies who were willing to sponsor gear for it. So a big hand to Thermaltake, Asus RoG, Gigabyte and Corsair for each providing hardware that will be going into the build.

 

 

As you can see, my theme for this build will be Overwatch. Whilst I don't like playing the game itself much, I do like the art style. So without further ado, here are the first photos of the kit going inside!

I'm going to be using Thermaltake's new View 27 chassis for this build. IMO it's a beautiful case, plus the internal layout is very tidy.

 

 

 

 

Thermaltake also supplied the cooling gear for this rig along with the PSU.

 

 

 

Lots of RGB going into this build, including all the fans and fittings!

 

 

 

Every build deserves an RGB power supply of course haha

 

 

 

Gigabyte have supplied the build with an FX990-Gaming. No RGB unfortunately yet on AMD's boards from them, but this is very pretty anyhow. Love the PCIe slots and the super matte PCB. An FX 8370e will be going into this board.

 

 

 

 

More RGB goodness in the form of Asus' Strix RX 470. Great cooler on this card, was nice and quiet even under full load. Perhaps not waterblock level, but you can't complain for one at this budget end.

 

 

 

Corsair insisted on sending some Dominator Platinum DDR3 for the build. Perhaps doesn't quite fit in with the other specs (bar watercooling) but like I'd refuse an offer like that, many thanks!

 

 

 

 

 

[Ezzy-525]

Looks like it could be a fun build! Will there be videos too?

[Maki Role]

1 hour ago, Ezzy-525 said:

Looks like it could be a fun build! Will there be videos too?

Quite possibly, I'm toying with the idea of including them in my future logs.  Got the kit, just need the time and inclination haha

[Maki Role]

First progress for this mod!

 

First step of any build, testing the hardware. This case is really so easy to build in. Only took a few minutes to get it like this.

Hardware now extracted, case ready to be worked on

Where we're going we don't need PSU shrouds...

Nor rear IO panels... 

Definitely won't be needing these

And not this bit either. This will be sanded smooth later.

[Maki Role]

So seemingly a small update but woah it took longer than anticipated. Been so packed over the last few days I haven't been able to put in the time I'd like. Trying to get the front panel all sorted before moving on to the rest of the case.

 

 

 

 

And yes, it is insulated don't worry