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Black Ice

Another customer build. Yet again from the GPU shortage era.

A single blue tube was used to create something of a reverse shadow. The further away from the components the tubes/coolant were, the darker they were.

The CPU block is what I like to call the Optimus Prime Velocity as it's a bit of a protest to the inlayed logo. XPSC photon has my usual aluminum cover over the D5. I don't get why XSPC still doesn't use a full cover collar over the D5, but, hey, easy fix for me. Fittings are Bitspower Touchaqua.

Several other small aluminum covers added as well over the bottom connectors on the motherboard, the connectors on the side of the GPU, and a cable bar over the cables on the side of the motherboard. I like cable bars like this and use them in nearly every build now as they cover up the cables that I want hidden while allowing me to control how I want the visible cables to show through. It's also way easier to replace just the bar if a change in build components requires a change in cutouts. If you do single slab covers over the whole mobo tray instead of modular ones, then you could have to replace the entire thing in a component swap. This cable bar has a small cutout to allow the 24 pin so it rounds over a bit better. It sits exactly flush with the GPU so I added a bit of foam to prevent scratches.

Cables are black Cablemod Modmesh Pro E-Series.
Color(s): Black Blue Chrome Light Blue
RGB Lighting? Yes
Theme: Color
Cooling: Custom Liquid Cooling
Size: ATX
Type: General Build

Hardware

CPU
$ 171.00
AMD - Ryzen 7 (5800X)
Socket: AM4
Cores: 8
Motherboard
$ 179.99
MSI - MPG Gaming Edge (WiFi)
Chipset: B550
CPU Socket: AM4
Size: ATX
Memory
$ 85.15
PNY - XLR8 Gaming (3200MHz)
Type: DDR4
Capacity: 32 GB
Graphics
$ 599.99
ZOTAC - GeForce Gaming Trinity OC
Chip Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip: RTX 3070 Ti
Interface: PCIe x16
Storage
$ 88.98
Inland Professional - Premium 2280
Form Factor: M.2
Interface: M.2 (M)
Capacity: 1 TB
PSU
$ 199.99
EVGA - SuperNOVA G5
Wattage: 1000
Form Factor: ATX
Efficiency: 80+ Gold
Case
$ 361.11
Fractal Design - Meshify 2 (Light Tempered Glass)
Type: Mid-Tower
Side Panel: Tempered Glass
Case Fan
$ 118.83
Corsair - LL120 (RGB) (Black) (3x)
Size: 120 mm
Case Fan
$ 239.76
Fractal Design - Aspect 14 RGB PWM (4x)
Size: 140 mm
Cooling
Bitspower - Fittings
Type: Custom Loop
Cooling
Cooling
Hardware Labs - Black Ice GTS
Type: Custom Loop
Size (WxHxD): 360 mm (3 x 120 mm)
Cooling
XSPC - Reservoir
Type: Custom Loop
CableMod
CableMod - E-Series Cable Kit for EVGA G5 / G3 / G2 / P2 / T2
Mode: Stock
Sleeve: PRO ModMesh
Color: Black, Blue
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