New more updated photo with 2080 TI FTW3 Ultra card and no zip ties
It runs! Still more to do along the lines of custom liquid cooling loop, updating the graphics card to a 2080 Ti, and adding a second machine to the case.
Parts arriving.
GSkill Z-Royal Ram
Obsidian
Currently under construction...
This is my first over the top build and I wanted something I could continue to grow into and upgrade more as time went on. I also wanted something that could do it all as I do a lot of gaming and I want to get into streaming more. Plus I do a lot of photo and video editing as well since I do photography/videography as a hobby. I have other things I will be including into this build as time goes on including a second rig I'd like to put into this case for storage management and possibly streaming, and build 2 separate custom liquid cooling loops as well, one for each machine. For now though it's up and running. I'll have to post some more photos later, but I wanted to get this up. And I'll also make some posts on the custom overclocking when I get to it.
Color(s): Black
RGB Lighting? Yes
Theme: none
Cooling: AIO Cooling
Size: ATX
Type: General Build
Build Updates
Added 5th hard drive (SSD)
This drive I added for photo and video editing as I wanted more performance than dealing with the platter drives, less bottle necks too.
More fans and new tray
Finally got the 4x120 tray for the top of the case to replace the 3x140 that was in there from when I purchased it. I also bought 4 more Corsair ML120 premium fans (the 2 packs) to match the current fans on my Corsair H150i Pro and did a push/pull configuration. I figured I might as well get these now since I will need them later when I build my custom loop and will have to buy more. I also bought 2 powered fan controllers as well to take off the amp load from the AIO for the new fans instead of just using splitters. I did the same thing for the front case fans as well to take the load off the fan extension card from the motherboard.
New Graphics upgrade and much more!
So to be able to do the liquid cooling loop I was planning I had to upgrade to a different graphics card. I decided to switch up to the EVGA 2080TI FTW3 Ultra graphics card, and I'm also working on getting the components to vertically mount the graphics card as well (I need to switch out a USB 3.0 cable with a 90 degree head as the cords currently get in the way and prevent me from switching it to a vertical mount). Once the holiday sales hit again, I'm hoping to remove the AIO and go with a custom loop and pick up the waterblock for my graphics card. I was planning to do this at a later time, but I want to drop the temperatures in my case a little more and fill everything up a bit more before I move.
Also once Christmas comes around and I'm on vacation again I plan to rip most of it back apart and install all of the cable mod cables to clean up the wiring a bit more.
New cable mod cables in! (Sort of)
New cablemod cables are mostly in! The kit unfortunately didn't have the right 8 pin cables for my board and what I had for 8 pins weren't long enough, so I'll have to order new ones at some point (located at the top of my case so you don't really see them very well). But the GPU and the 24 pin got installed. Wanted to put less stress on the motherboard so I added the Cooler Master 90 degree 24 pin adapter and it works great! I was going to mount the 2080 Ti vertical, but unfortunately since it's so chunky I didn't have enough room to fit the cabling between the motherboard and the GPU without bumping power and reset buttons on the motherboard, so that will have to wait until I liquid cool down the road. For now though I may pick up a GPU brace to help with the weight of the card.
Now I think though it may be time to liquid cool the cpu with a custom loop while I troubleshoot some issues with the front I/O panel (the rgb lighting is all messed up and it may need to be replaced) and decide on a liquid block for the 2080Ti.