Evolv ITX Air
Built on a budget with mostly used and discarded parts. Case and cable kit are the only parts that were bought new.
Fell in love with this case when I spotted it on reddit a few years ago, and while I think it is a great case, it has very poor airflow. I have modded it slightly to improve airflow: Front panel is spaced out ~1cm, and I cut a hole in the bottom for an additional 140mm fan. This fan also has a dust filter.
Lighting is a simple white led strip on the bottom of the case, with a toggle switch added on the rear of the case.
I use a Zalman 6 channel fan controller for the fans as they are all 3-pin and the motherboard only controls pwm fans.
The shiny aluminium brackets on the Dominators had to be removed for them to fit under the D14.
I've been happy with the build, and it stays relatively quiet due to the noctua fans and 0db modes on the gpu and psu.
Pictures were taken with a GoPro Hero 2 HD, so that's the reason for the over the top fisheye effect and the somewhat mediocre image quality.
Fell in love with this case when I spotted it on reddit a few years ago, and while I think it is a great case, it has very poor airflow. I have modded it slightly to improve airflow: Front panel is spaced out ~1cm, and I cut a hole in the bottom for an additional 140mm fan. This fan also has a dust filter.
Lighting is a simple white led strip on the bottom of the case, with a toggle switch added on the rear of the case.
I use a Zalman 6 channel fan controller for the fans as they are all 3-pin and the motherboard only controls pwm fans.
The shiny aluminium brackets on the Dominators had to be removed for them to fit under the D14.
I've been happy with the build, and it stays relatively quiet due to the noctua fans and 0db modes on the gpu and psu.
Pictures were taken with a GoPro Hero 2 HD, so that's the reason for the over the top fisheye effect and the somewhat mediocre image quality.
Color(s): Black Red White
RGB Lighting? No
Theme: Color
Cooling: Air Cooling
Size: Mini-ITX
Type: General Build
Contests
This build participated in 1 contest.
| Rank | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| #196 | The builds.gg Stock Cooling Showdown - Air Cooling Division | ended |
Hardware
CPU
$ 150.99
Motherboard
Graphics
Storage
$ 42.99
Western Digital - WD Blue Desktop (WD10EZEX)
Form Factor: 3.5 Inch
Interface: SATA 6 Gb/s
Capacity: 1 TB
Case
$ 211.92
Case Fan
$ 19.99
Case Fan
$ 19.99
Case Fan
$ 29.99
Keyboard
$ 196.47
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