350D Build - The Terpshell (delayed posting)

[msikora]

 

Hey LTT, welcome to my first build.

 

Finally getting around to posting my rig after building it over the summer. You'll see why I call it the "Terpshell," but it's also because I'm a University of Maryland student (we're the terrapins). I only have a couple good shots of my build as a whole, I'll post more when I can get around to taking some quality ones. Let me know what you think.

 

I use this for Solidworks, Matlab, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere/Vegas Pro, and light gaming.

 

Specs:

Corsair 350D

- i7 4770K (no OC right now)

- MSI 760 Twin Forzr (no OC right now)

- 16GB Corsair Vengance

- Cooler Master Seidon 240M 

- Gigabyte Z87MX D3H

- 1 TB WD Blue

- 120 GB Samsung 840

- Corsair CX600M

 

Here are the pictures, had to scale them down quite a bit:

 

 

Couple things here: 1) There is an awful clicking/whine noise coming from the pump which I am going to send back soon. 2) The fans are facing the opposite direction once I put this into my build.

 

 

 

Interesting thing I did, not sure if it hurts/helps/has no effect on my temps. Air comes in from the top and front, and exits the back. Let me know what you think about this.

[Ryan Leech]

I like the external fans, just like my case.

[Quantum]

nice build .  I love how you made a cover for the seidon 240m block.  

[ArumanBE]

i think the only thing you wan't to do is get you some kind of dust filter for the top intake. 
Nice build though. How's the 350d to build in?

[Monty007]

I would recommend to flip the air flow for your cooler. I would have the air coming from the inside out. You are fighting against the natural flow of heat which is upwards. I personally have my rear fan pulling in and I have my top fans pushing out. It keeps things very cool and on top of it helps maintain positive air pressure in my case which cuts down on dust. My $0.02

[msikora]

i think the only thing you wan't to do is get you some kind of dust filter for the top intake. 

Nice build though. How's the 350d to build in?

Thank you! Oh yeah I've been using filters on those fans Had them off when I took the picture. Building in the 350d was very smooth (space and cable management are plentiful), only struggle was the radiator but I'll chalk that up to first time inexperience.

 

I would recommend to flip the air flow for your cooler. I would have the air coming from the inside out. You are fighting against the natural flow of heat which is upwards. I personally have my rear fan pulling in and I have my top fans pushing out. It keeps things very cool and on top of it helps maintain positive air pressure in my case which cuts down on dust. My $0.02

Yeah good points, I was struggling with that when I initially installed the cooler. I've got two thermistors I was going to use to evaluate the efficiency of the cooler depending on the direction of airflow, so I'm going to be switching the airflow direction soon to test that.

[QcDExtreme]

HHHHHNNNNGGG. why must people have such sexy builds especially compared to mine. but anyway i love the cover on the cpu block and the little accents around the build

[Giancarlo124]

Nice rig. And hello fello Maryland'er.

[BiFii]

One moar Corsair Fan in the back of the case PLEEEEEEASE

Love the shrouds though

[iceberg]

Very nice build!