Throwback UV glowy thing

[Prolly_dyin]

So... I got bored and had a couple extra parts lying around. Seeing all the new trends of big glass side windows and UV coming back on the market a little bit I started getting flashbacks to the days of big acrylic boxes filled with UV cathodes. So that’s where I started. 

 

For the system I started with a 303 from Inwin. I thought it was an interesting layout and I’ve been digging cases that have been trying new ways to hide power supplies. Plus for the size there’s a good amount of cooling potential without making it look like too much of a cluster. 

 

For parts:

- 5960x

- Asus X99 Deluxe 

- AMD R9 fury X

- 16GB CORSAIR Dominator Platinum ddr4

- Power supply is tbd

- storage- 3 500gb ssds of varying brands

- Cable mod rgb/UV led kit

 

Cooling:

- EKWB Supremacy csq full nickel cpu block

- EKWB Fury X block acetal / backplate

- EKWB 140 D5 revo pump/res combo

- EKWB PE 360 radiator

- EKWB XE 360 radiator

- lots of random nickel fittings from ek

- Vardar f3 fans throughout except the CORSAIR af120 in the back of the case

- Primochill lrt tubing 3/8 x 5/8 

- Primochill bright UV orange anti-kink coils

- Primochill UV electric blue coolant with some intensifier in it. 

 

The power supply is tbd due to the ax860i that I bought for this causing some huge instability issues and random crashes/boot loops. It’s currently running a nearly 10 year old pc power and cooling silencer I borrowed from my old x58 build that’s still going strong. (Kudos pc power and cooling) That will probably get switched out this weekend when I get a chance to go exchange it.

 

Anyway here she is in close to her final form. 

[RollinLower]

11 minutes ago, Prolly_dyin said:

had a couple extra parts lying around

 

11 minutes ago, Prolly_dyin said:

5960x

wow, you lucky bastard

 

loving the retro look tough! definitely something i didn't think would go so well with the super boxy 303 frame. kudos!

[Prolly_dyin]

28 minutes ago, RollinLower said:

 

wow, you lucky bastard

 

loving the retro look tough! definitely something i didn't think would go so well with the super boxy 303 frame. kudos!

I had spending problem for a while. Followed by a long diet of peanut butter sandwiches. Lol.

 

Thanks though! I’ve definately had a love/hate relationship with the 303. It’s a fun case to build in and build very well but has some odd quirks. It does feel like with all the soft tubing and bright colors going on it should be in some big ugly gamer style case as well. At the moment though I’m pretty happy with how it came out. 

[Tech_Dreamer]

i love it & hate it at the same time!

[Prolly_dyin]

10 hours ago, Tech_Dreamer said:

i love it & hate it at the same time!

LOL. My exact relationship with this build. It's sort of everything that I cringed having done in the past just updated and way cleaner looking. Pc parts have come quite a ways in quality and aesthetics since my lga 775 build that I'm sort of trying to mimic.