svtfmook Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 i've never logged any of my builds, nor have i named any of them, lol, but here are 2 builds of mine, just finished the first the other day, the second is a work in progress. Build #1 first one, i'll call it "night terror" lol spooky. it's a basic unmolested (not modded) machine to handle graphic design work and light/moderate gaming on a 21" monitor lol poor. parts: i5 3570k ASRock Extreme6 16GB DDR3 1866 G.Skilll Sniper EVGA GTX 660 Superclocked 250GB Samung 840 SSD 3TB Seagate Corsair HX750 Corsair H60 Corsair 500R Here's the finished product http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g404/svtfmook/mikes%20computer/IMG_2987_zpscefe9987.jpg http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g404/svtfmook/mikes%20computer/IMG_2992_zpsdc994e25.jpg http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g404/svtfmook/mikes%20computer/IMG_2994_zps2dd8b6e7.jpg http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g404/svtfmook/mikes%20computer/IMG_2995_zpse722deb7.jpg http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g404/svtfmook/mikes%20computer/IMG_2998_zpseca52d63.jpg http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g404/svtfmook/mikes%20computer/IMG_3000_zps0b4bc7c5.jpg Build #2 this one is my main everyday gaming machine (19" monitor lol still poor) and has basically just sat in a static state since last winter since my kids and i race bmx all summer long, so i don't spend a lot of time in the house. anyhow, i decided to do something with it as a gift to myself, and since i love the white 500R case that i've had for over a year now so much, thought i'd go with a black/white/carbon fiber theme. and the case kind of reminds me of a storm trooper, so i'm calling it "carbon storm trooper" lol trekie. anyhow, here it was yesterday afternoon i5 2500k Biostar TP67B+ 8GB Patriot G2 DDR3-1600 Corsair Force 3 90GB (boot) Microcenter 64GB SSD (games) MSI GTX 560Ti Corsair TX750 (v1) Corsair H50 (v1) Corsair 500R Samsung F3 1TB (Data) WD Green 1TB (Back up) 4 Xigmatek 120 fans http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g404/svtfmook/Computer/IMG_20121029_184157.jpg I ordered: H100i Corsair HX750 5 White SATA cables then i went to microcenter, lowes, autozone and taco bell lol had to share came home with 16GB Corsair Vengence DDR3 1600 (black) 4 Corsair AF120 acrylic sheets fake cabon fiber stick on stuff heart burn *montage* measuring, cutting, swearing, re-measuring, re-cutting, drilling, band aids *montage* now, keep in mind that i went into this with no real idea as to what i wanted lol surprise! i cut everything free hand and i spent about an hour on it all together, so this is basically just a mock up of some ideas that i have, and this is what i had before going to bed last night http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g404/svtfmook/Computer/IMG_20121227_194234_zps715e725f.jpg http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g404/svtfmook/Computer/IMG_20121227_194623_zpsb94512c3.jpg now i think what i'm going to do is make the faux carbon piece covering the gpu taller to cover more of the pci slots, remake the drive bay covers, then make an inlay to surround the motherboard and cover up some of the wiring. will update as more work is done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stratosrally Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Sounds great, but pics are definitely needed - will check back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svtfmook Posted December 28, 2012 Author Share Posted December 28, 2012 odd, not sure why the pics didn't show up anyhow, worked somethings around differently just now, still not sure if i like it. and again, all the pieces still need to be cut to a different size http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g404/svtfmook/Computer/IMG_20121228_164630_zps75a1498f.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Technobeard Posted December 29, 2012 Administrators Share Posted December 29, 2012 odd, not sure why the pics didn't show upForum gallery pics have to be approved manually by a staff member. They've been approved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svtfmook Posted December 30, 2012 Author Share Posted December 30, 2012 had sometime today http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g404/svtfmook/Computer/IMG_3011_zps94250edc.jpg http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g404/svtfmook/Computer/IMG_3006_zps358a3f0c.jpg now just waiting on the power supply and h100i to show up to finish everything still not sure on arranging everything lol going in blind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svtfmook Posted January 3, 2013 Author Share Posted January 3, 2013 h100 came today http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g404/svtfmook/Computer/IMG_20130102_180544_zps9f674242.jpg my sweet socks http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g404/svtfmook/Computer/IMG_20130102_210128_zpscb143d1b.jpg mounted all of my fans in, used the 2 from the h100 for upfront, the af120's went around inside the case. http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g404/svtfmook/Computer/IMG_20130102_210413_zpsa8fd1889.jpg had to mount the radiator outside on top because it wouldn't fit with the vengence ram http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g404/svtfmook/Computer/IMG_20130102_210921_zps6ec1ca14.jpg http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g404/svtfmook/Computer/IMG_20130102_212119_zps4d3de6fa.jpg http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g404/svtfmook/Computer/IMG_20130102_213608_zps5c4d60ed.jpg still waiting on the power supply to arrive, and i'm going to make a custom window this weekend and mount a couple more af120's in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svtfmook Posted January 5, 2013 Author Share Posted January 5, 2013 made a window for the 500r tonight and installed the hx750. window didn't turn out as good as i wanted it to, but oh well lol settled. i have some super sweet non-conductive fiber re-enforced battery tape around the window right now, going to replace that with some carbon fiber vinyl as soon as i get around to cutting strips. need to pick up a grill for the fan before i have some 8 fingered kids running around my house. http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g404/svtfmook/Computer/IMG_20130104_212539_zps2562dbd2.jpg http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g404/svtfmook/Computer/IMG_20130104_233113_zps78eda0f9.jpg http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g404/svtfmook/Computer/IMG_20130104_233305_zpsbf104325.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svtfmook Posted January 6, 2013 Author Share Posted January 6, 2013 just about done http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g404/svtfmook/Computer/IMG_3035_zps6f0b8998.jpg http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g404/svtfmook/Computer/IMG_3034_zps5bb730fa.jpg http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g404/svtfmook/Computer/IMG_3032_zps8294ea56.jpg http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g404/svtfmook/Computer/IMG_3031_zps32d693f4.jpg http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g404/svtfmook/Computer/IMG_3025_zps3c68c0f8.jpg http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g404/svtfmook/Computer/IMG_3024_zps4218bd53.jpg http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g404/svtfmook/Computer/IMG_3021_zps0008fe8d.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andr3_0 Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 They all look great. That temperature sensor at the front of the case, I think I want one too lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joejoe69 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Looking sweet but why put a fan on the clear window? It defeats the purpose of getting rid of the original window. Btw, I believe the floor AF120 is blowing down. I'd flip it around to give that GPU some air and get rid of the window fan so none of your hard work is blocked. Coming from a fellow concerned 500R owner...:D: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOODedAssault Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 I like the window fan pushing air straight onto GPU and mobo but u can still see the components. But iI agree the bottom fan should be in taking with a fan filter and it looks like the front 2 fans are exhausting as well. These should be intake for sure. My bad that's the h100i fans. Had to look close at the one pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svtfmook Posted January 8, 2013 Author Share Posted January 8, 2013 front intake, side intake, rear, bottom and top exhaust. setup was completely balanced with the 200mm in the side as far as cfm in:out was concerned. i wanted to retain a side intake for gpu and fresh are to radiator at the top, my next step is mounting a 140mm fan in there, that's why if you look closely, the hole is a lot larger than the fan thats there now. for the bottom fan, i like to think that the psu and bottom fan exhausting are creating negative pressure, or at least pulling air from the front more into the case. either way, temps are super low inside the case, so i'm going to rock this setup for a while and see how the temps are in the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOODedAssault Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Positive pressure is what you want. Negative promotes dust. Remember your GPU exhausts quite a bit of air as well. Personally I just wouldn't use the bottom fan at all. All its really doing is redirecting the air coming from the side fan right back out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svtfmook Posted February 6, 2013 Author Share Posted February 6, 2013 mounted the drives a little differently. used a piece from a fractal core 1000 case to mount the drives on. http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g404/svtfmook/Computer/IMG_3045_zpsdfb55636.jpg so far, the parts: i5 1500k biostar tp67b+ corsair vengeance ddr3 1600 8gb corsair hx750 corsair 500r corsair h100i 4 corsair af120 2 corsair sp120 corsair force 3 90gb ssd (OS) samsung 1tb f3 (docs) adata 64gb ssd (bf3) bitfenix recon corsair vengeance 1100 headset i still have to replace the fans on my corsair ram cooler, then i'll install that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svtfmook Posted February 11, 2013 Author Share Posted February 11, 2013 new motherboard in MSI Z77A-GD65 http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g404/svtfmook/Computer/IMG_3073_zps7f7813f9.jpg http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g404/svtfmook/Computer/IMG_3070_zps94c5eda7.jpg http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g404/svtfmook/Computer/IMG_3067_zpsb0e2381a.jpg http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g404/svtfmook/Computer/IMG_3060_zps34974a37.jpg http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g404/svtfmook/Computer/IMG_3058_zps87809510.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svtfmook Posted March 25, 2013 Author Share Posted March 25, 2013 added some lighting http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g404/svtfmook/Computer/IMG_3106_zps22951803.jpg http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g404/svtfmook/Computer/IMG_3105_zpsd7b15285.jpg http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g404/svtfmook/Computer/IMG_3103_zps44c15b92.jpg and then here's another project i built over the weekend 3570k asrock extreme6 corsair vengeance 16gb ddr3 1600 evga gtx 660ti samsung 840 250gb toshiba 1tb hdd wd 3tb hdd corsair ax760 corsair h110 corsair carbide 500r bitfenix recon fan controller corsair af120 x 4 corsair af140 x 3 http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g404/svtfmook/build%2003-22-13/IMG_3101_zps1f19c224.jpg http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g404/svtfmook/build%2003-22-13/IMG_3097_zpsfed87979.jpg http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g404/svtfmook/build%2003-22-13/IMG_3095_zpsc24077b5.jpg http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g404/svtfmook/build%2003-22-13/IMG_3094_zps705ae1d2.jpg http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g404/svtfmook/build%2003-22-13/IMG_3091_zps59c313d6.jpg http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g404/svtfmook/build%2003-22-13/IMG_3090_zps77cd9da7.jpg http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g404/svtfmook/build%2003-22-13/IMG_3088_zps6b5fc7db.jpg http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g404/svtfmook/build%2003-22-13/IMG_3087_zpsfb04ed5d.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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