Corsair Ice Cube

[Dielan]

My first real build! First post on this site! Let me know what you guys think!

 

Day 1

New Case Corsair Carbide Series Air 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case, Black

 

Fan Swap!

Old.

 

New

 

[JoshM]

What else is going into the build? Nice case man!

[CwGoh]

Nice build!

 

PS: I thought this was a news post abut Corsair starting to sell ice cubes lol.

[Dielan]

Here are some more parts I got so far.

CPU: Intel i7 4770K

MOBO: Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H

 

the rest is open to suggestions and gonna be scavenged from my old system for now.

[Dielan]

PSU old but still works good!

 

 

In the case.

[GAlaX1]

GPU ?

[Dielan]

For the GPU right now i have my old GTX570, but did put a new cooler on it awhile a go!

Runs about 20*C cooler now, mostly because it had msi blower style cooler and the fan was full of dust before.

[Dielan]

CPU finally came from Intel's Retail Progarm today!

Pretty good deal from Intel for doing a couple quizzes, just the dam shipping to Canada Sucked!

[Ps_domingo]

Since this build is mainly a lot if wooosh go for Windforce cards! The one with the triple fan design!

I also prefer that for your build cause I tend to stick to a brand or two for my builds.

[Dielan]

did some more work on my build!

 

Installed CPU! Little scary haven't done one for awhile!

 

Just gonna use the stock intel cooler for now.... Any suggestions on a better one? Was thinking of going with a Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo

 

It Boots! Front fans look pretty cool too!

[loony979]

Nice case (i use it Need any help with this case Anything @ all ask me)

Question Did i just see a piece of wood behind the Mother Board ?

Spec: in full if you can get time ...

Have a look @ my build log if you want . you may

be able to get some ideas of it or not .

:)

[Muffinator]

Since this build is mainly a lot if wooosh go for Windforce cards! The one with the triple fan design!

I also prefer that for your build cause I tend to stick to a brand or two for my builds.

Windforce cooler is loud, go for something like MSi's Twinfrozr or Asus's DCUII. They are both excellent coolers.

@Dielan

[Ps_domingo]

"Just gonna use the stock intel cooler for now.... Any suggestions on a better one? Was thinking of going with a Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo"

Please don't. ) Don't ruin this beauty of a rig with a 212... 
Something from Noctua but replace the fans? or something from dark Rock. 

Better yet are you interested in the Zalman Reserator? (I dont think I spelled it correctly)

[Dielan]

Thanks, I figured out some of the case soo far removed the 2.5" bays and the 5.25" bays where kinda tricky but i got it.

A piece of wood? Where?

 

Ill do a full specs later tonight maybe..

[Ps_domingo]

Windforce cooler is loud, go for something like MSi's Twinfrozr or Asus's DCUII. They are both excellent coolers.

@Dielan

Not so much. I've built rigs with them and they seem ok. Louder but by much. 

Also with the amount of fans in his system I dont think he is concerned with how loud the system is.  

[Ham1234]

That looks cool

[Dielan]

Yea, I don't mind a bit of fan noise, and probably will go with the windforce just to stick with Gigabyte and I think they look pretty cool too.

 

What cooler from Noctua would be a good fit for in here? Not a fan of there brown fans.....

[zxcvbnmmssdh]

Yea, I don't mind a bit of fan noise, and probably will go with the windforce just to stick with Gigabyte and I think they look pretty cool too.

 

What cooler from Noctua would be a good fit for in here? Not a fan of there brown fans.....

If you don't like the color scheme of noctuas, get a dark rock or hyper 212 evo cooler

[Dielan]

Hyper 212 with a couple of Corsairs SP120 Performance fans be alright or would the one of the dark rock ones be better? i haven't really hear of them much.

[Ps_domingo]

Hyper 212 with a couple of Corsairs SP120 Performance fans be alright or would the one of the dark rock ones be better? i haven't really hear of them much.

AF at the back and SP at front. 

 

The dark rock ones are beefier and sleeker looking. 

With Noctua one you can get the D-14's and replace the fans. You can NEVER go wrong with noctua

[loony979]

Thanks, I figured out some of the case soo far removed the 2.5" bays and the 5.25" bays where kinda tricky but i got it.

A piece of wood? Where?

 

Ill do a full specs later tonight maybe..

Never mind i know what wood is ,in 1 of the pics it looks like wood but it some thing else behind the case it self. Any way ,

Yes those bays can be tricky .Do ya self a favor the hot swap cables take those 4 screws out & remove those cables ,i did that with mine & i tell ya less cables to contend with is great ,plug the power / sata directly in & bobs ya uncle.

[Dielan]

This might sound like a noob question but why one SP and one AF?

[loony979]

sp af ? what's that haha doesn't come to mind sorry mate.

[Dielan]

Some cable management.

 

Old SSD gonna be used for the OS and a couple games

 

Installed

[Dielan]

For the cpu cooler, i was thinking of getting a hyper 212 evo with some corsair fans on it. They have SP and AF, with rads i thought you were supposed to use the SP ones (Static Pressure).