BWABAGC (another Black & White Box)

WoodenMarker · January 1, 2018

Wasn't really sure what to call this (Box with a bright-ass graphics card) thing.

Originally built with a friend over two years ago, this system has spent most of its time with the window against the wall.

After finally removing a few of the gaudier stickers, swapping to the white version of the ETS-T40, a beefier graphics card, and some temporary sleeved extensions (apparently, he wants gradient black > white sleeves), we finally got to take some photos.

Along with the component changes, I also removed some mesh from the top and front panels and taped some paper to the top in front of the top 140mm fan to prevent heat from reentering the case. This ended up lowering temps by a few degrees.

Since the storage drives are in the upper compartment, I glued a few layers of card stock together to make a wall that channeled airflow from the bottom fan into the upper chamber. I'm not really sure how much that helped but it's not like the cables in the basement need cooling.

CPU: Intel i7 4790K

CPU Cooler: ETS-T40W w/CorsairAF120 Quiet Edition

Motherboard: Msi Z97S SLI Krait Edition

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black/White 4x4GB 1600mhz CL9

SSD: Seagate 600 Series 480GB

HDD: WD Red 3TB

Graphics Card: Galax GTX 1070 EXOC

Case: NZXT H440 V1

Case Fans: 3x 120mm Cougar Vortex Black, 1x Corsair AF120 Quiet Edition, 1x Corsair AF140 Quiet Edition

Power Supply: Corsair RM750x w/White Sleeved Cables

LEDS: NZXT Sleeved LED Strip White