Blue Frost

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Eugene30
Eugene
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Blue Frost

First time doing custom liquid cooled build. I'm a fan of white colored things, so I decided that the build is definetely going to be mostly white. And may be mixed with something else, like blue. The case I used is Antec Striker which is absolutely beautiful, has unique form and irregular eye-catching shape.

The case comes black tinted but instead of painting it white I wrapped almost every part of it in white colored vinyl film covered with some carbon-like texture. The good thing that you can fully disassemble the case and do any custom stuff you'd like, which is awesome. The resrvoir for the coolant I used fits very well right infront of the motherboard, I feel like this case and that tube were both designed to fit to each other.

As you can see PSU cables come in white and blue color combination. Those are fully custom made by myself. It took me a while to wrap every single wire individually in paracord material. All cables overall are hidden behind the back plate of the case.

I used two HW Labs 240 mm radiators guarded with 2x 120 mm IN-WIN fans, that provide enough airflow to push it through the radiators and the case itself. Good thing that the case is open so hot air won't stay for too long inside it and will escape quickly. Tubes are mostly located around the case and visible from every angle. There are no bended tubes since I used 90-angle fittings for that. There are lots and lots of Barrow fittings all around (I don't remember their exact models so I didn't put them in the hardware list). By the way the frosted look of the tubes is my favorite. Quite unusual.

This was heck of a long journey, it took me like half a year (or even more, I don't remember exactly) to get all the hardware, accessories, tools etc., make basic design sketch and finally bring the idea to this world. I present you the Blue Frost - small but powerful machine with unique look, suitable for everyday needs.
Color(s): Blue White
RGB Lighting? Yes
Theme: Case Mod
Cooling: Custom Liquid Cooling
Size: Mini-ITX
Type: General Build

Hardware

CPU
$ 271.00
AMD - Ryzen 7 7700x
Socket: AM5
Cores: 8
Integrated Graphics: Yes
Motherboard
$ 299.99
ASUS - ROG Strix B650E-I Gaming (WiFi 6E)
Chipset: B650
CPU Socket: AM5
Size: Mini-ITX
Memory
$ 96.99
TeamGroup - T-Force Delta (6000MHz) (Black/RGB)
Type: DDR5
Capacity: 32 GB
Graphics
$ 1,299.99
XFX - Speedster MERC 310 Radeon XTX Black Edition
Chip Manufacturer: AMD
Chip: RX 7900 XT
Interface: PCIe x16
Storage
$ 109.08
Samsung - 970 EVO Plus
Form Factor: M.2
Interface: M.2 (M)
Capacity: 1 TB
Storage
$ 159.99
Samsung - 980 Pro
Form Factor: M.2
Interface: M.2 (M)
Capacity: 1 TB
PSU
$ 99.99
Phanteks - Amp
Wattage: 550
Form Factor: ATX
Efficiency: 80+ Gold
Case
$ 207.40
Antec - Striker
Type: Mini-Tower
Side Panel: Tempered Glass
Case Fan
$ 68.00
IN-WIN - Sirius Loop (3Pack) (RGB) (2x)
Size: 120 mm
Cooling
$ 10.00
Cooling
$ 229.99
Cooling
$ 195.98
Hardware Labs - Black Ice Nemesis 240GTS (White) (2x)
Type: Radiator
Size (WxHxD): 240 mm
Cooling
$ 104.95
Cooling
$ 89.95
Watercool - HeatKiller Tube 150 D5
Type: Custom Loop
Size (WxHxD): 150 mm
Estimated total value of this build:
$ 3,268.20
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2024-04-14
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