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Member since 2025-02-17
Giethoorn, Netherlands
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The State

| WORK IN PROGRESS |
The watercooling parts that are listed, is what I've planned to put in, most of the parts are underway. Stay tuned for updates!

I always had a thing for premium cases. The first PC I built in ‘99 cut my hands in so many places… But then, around 2005 I saved for a Lian Li PC60 and I swore never to buy cheap steel fingercutting rubbish again. I kept my word and that case until I gave in to the Apple-craze because of work and having something else to do but pC MAst3R RaCe Emoji

I’ve been using Apple devices in one way or another until a couple of months ago an itch came up to assemble my own build once again. Bought a Fractal (Pop Silent) case after summer 2024, just so there would be an office system to do some hybrid stuff on for work.

When my employer suggested that I'd use a grant to build something cool for myself ánd use for work, I searched the web for the perfect case. Couldn't find it at Lian Li, NZXT, Phanteks, Fractal and all the screaming gaming-wild cases made me throw up a little in my mouth. And then I found the HS420 VGPU and after that the only search was what components would be in it.

It's perfect. I love it. It makes me want to build it out to near perfection, make it pretty, make it as good as I am able to. Fantastic that the case is able to suit all needs, so no cutting, gutting, grinding and screwing up needed.

… and then discover that you've put 24h++ just to build the first iteration in a weekend, having a blast! And the hobby was reborn.
Since the first build quite a lot has changed already, more about the process will be posted soon, as I find out how this site works...

This is what it is now, but a custom loop watercooling system is coming very soon, preparations starts next week.
Color(s): Black White
RGB Lighting? Yes
Theme: Color
Cooling: Custom Liquid Cooling
Size: E-ATX
Type: General Build

Hardware

CPU
$ 485.00
AMD - Ryzen 9 7950X
Socket: AM5
Cores: 16
Integrated Graphics: Yes
Motherboard
$ 399.99
ASRock - X870E Taichi Lite
Chipset: X870E
CPU Socket: AM5
Size: E-ATX
Memory
$ 199.99
Graphics
$ 2,949.99
Gigabyte - Aorus GeForce Master 24G
Chip Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip: RTX 4090
Interface: PCIe x16
Storage
$ 144.99
PNY - XLR8 (CS3140)
Form Factor: M.2
Interface: M.2 (M)
Capacity: 2 TB
PSU
$ 186.76
NZXT - C1200
Wattage: 1200
Form Factor: ATX
Efficiency: 80+ Gold
Case
HAVN - HS 420 VGPU
Type: Full-Tower
Side Panel: Tempered Glass
Case Fan
$ 440.93
Corsair - iCUE QL140 (RGB) (7x)
Size: 140 mm
Cooling
$ 343.42
Cooling
$ 249.00
Cooling
$ 112.80
Cooling
$ 129.00
Watercool - Heatkiller Rad 420-S Black
Type: Radiator
Size (WxHxD): 420 mm (3 x 140 mm)
Estimated total value of this build:
$ 6,114.71
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