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Help me figured out a build theme for my new build. I like all of these combinations and I can't decide. My favorite would be a white/black/purple but I can't find a good way to accent the purple.

 

The build will have either rubber tubing for cooling, so the coolant will be visible.

The fans will be colored

I will have alchemy strips

Components will be bought with combination in mind.

Custom Sleeving

Nothing will be visible from the front, I'll leave all the panels on. (900D, I'm referring to the odd drivebay size cuttout)

 

If anyones curious, my current desk is black metal with a glass top (thin pipes)

Maple wood lamp

Brown leather couch and chair

Light wood dresser and side table

White/black/blue bedding. (Probably going to switch to all black)

 

The main problem I have is I want it to be unique in its color combination but look good to me as well. & so many people do blue/black or the generic color combinations, which is what's keeping me from deciding.

 

Theme

Will:

White/Black

Black/Blue

Black/Red

Black/Green

Black/Purple

 

Might:

White/Black/Purple

Blue/White/Black

Orange/Blue/Black (LTT Theme)

 

Won't:

(I'll be using 900D so black is a must)

I hate yellow & grey looks meh

 

 

If someone suggests something or gives me a setup idea I like I'll give them a code to a game or something nice like that :)

 

Here's my setup (just my laptop till stuff arrives this week)

http://postimg.org/image/7m6omob23/

 

Edit:

Alright well it seems like I've narrowed my choices down to one of these four

 

Black/Purple

Black/Blue

Black/Purple/White

Black/White

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Can you post a picture of your setup

 

I suppose, let me turn lights on and pick up a little lol.

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Black and Yellow.

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Black/White would look really nice. Especially with a custom loop. White coolant with white lights, and a full black motherboard & radiators... 

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A nice Black and sleeved PSU cable and purple liquid for cooling?

 

I was thinking about doing something close to this, like black everything except what I can get white in, then do purple coolant, but I was afraid the coolant would make the white lights purple as well so it'd look silly 

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I was thinking about doing something close to this, like black everything except what I can get white in, then do purple coolant, but I was afraid the coolant would make the white lights purple as well so it'd look silly 

Use white LED to highlight everything and to avoid color shifts. 

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Black and green. :)

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Use white LED to highlight everything and to avoid color shifts. 

Are you sure that would work?

 

Black and Yellow.

No yellow

 

Can you post a picture of your setup

Done
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Gold and black

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i7 4770k + OCUK Fathom HW labs Black Ice 240 rad + Mayhem's Gigachew orange + 16GB Avexir Core Orange 2133 + Gigachew GA-Z87X-OC + 2x Gigachew WF 780Ti SLi + SoundBlaster Z + 1TB Crucial M550 + 2TB Seagate Barracude 7200rpm + LG BDR/DVDR + Superflower Leadex 1KW Platinum + NZXT Switch 810 Gun Metal + Dell U2713H + Logitech G602 + Ducky DK-9008 Shine 3 MX Brown

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Alright well it seems like I've narrowed my choices down to one of these four

 

Black/Purple

Black/Blue

Black/Purple/White

Black/White

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To mainstream haha

The too mainstream color schemes imo is: black/white & black/red

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I'm build mine right now and it wont have lights until Christmas (no pun intended), but look a videos of done builds with lighting and see if the watercooling tubing transfers the light color (if so I have not seen it to an extreme extent). Best thing to do is research right now go look a the lighting kits you are buying and see how they act in different builds and cases. 

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Alright well it seems like I've narrowed my choices down to one of these four

 

Black/Purple

Black/Blue

Black/Purple/White

Black/White

I wouldn't do black and blue. IMO it looks too 9 year old and mainstream unless you do an amazing job

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I wouldn't do black and blue. IMO it looks too 9 year old and mainstream unless you do an amazing job

 

Well whatever I plan on doing I plan on doing perfect :)

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Did you come to a decision? 

 

 

Good :P

 

I think I'm going to run black/white and buy purple coolant and try it out. althought draining will be a pain, the only way to findout if i like it is to try it:)

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Purple and red.

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Red Alert

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Purple and red.

 

Actually thats not a bad idea, ill look at another build with it.

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For the Black / White / Purple, make the case white, with black components on the inside and a purple LED strip. Or a black case with white components and a purple backlight. On the other hand, if you dont want to use purple, make the case black and all the components red (Asus Maximus mobo, Asus DCUII gpu, etc.)

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