Hello OCN. This is my introduction to the community! This is my first build log and this is a pursuit of my dream PC. I just received my matte black version in the mail today and I am super excited.
Finally on 11/7/12 I have an awesome name for my build. Vespula vulgaris! Much thanks to Hanoverfist for helping me with that name. It would have been called something lame like Switch Up! forever. LOL HUGE Thanks again! I have an extreme inability to be creative with names for my video game handles/alias and forum names as you can see! SO here it is Vespula vulgaris aka the wasp!
CURRENT STATE:
I am starting this build based on aesthetic obsession and OVERKILL water cooling with silence. This PC will likely be in the living room. As for hardware there will be nothing amazing over the top in here. Just a i5 3570k and a gtx 670 both overclocked. I only really game and surf with my PC with a single monitor. Maybe a 2nd 670 in the future if I get bored and NEED to tinker.
The cooling is totally overkill but I have no addictions other then this so it's ok.
Also call me crazy but this PC will be stationed at a standing desk to simulate playing video games at an arcade machine like bACk iN thA dAY! but this time only with a mouse and keyboard. I have spent too much time sitting in my life and my gaming sessions aren't 8 hours like they used to be. Standing it shall be! I'm tired of wasting money on crappy office chairs that never last!
I have chosen to go with a black and yellow build color because I have actually never seen one in the past. I was quite happy with my blue and black current theme but it's been done a billion times. Same with the red ROG thing. I just wanted something a little more unique. Oddly enough cases have to be the one thing I have researched the most. Spending hours and hours looking at case pictures and watching review videos and reading build logs. After months and months of searching and switching my case 3 times over the past year I landed on the NZXT Switch 810. I am hoping this will be my case for years to come. It is damn near perfect. I will be updating this build log as I progress through, likely starting with the case itself. As for modifications here is a list of what is to be done.
Spraypaint all grill areas Yellow to match fans.
Spraypaint Ram heatsink tips Yellow. I'm thinkin Mushkin Blackline Enhanced and paint the tips Yellow. I think it would give a nice effect similar to the corsair Dominators. I could even go very detailed and paint only the ridge tips.
Sleeve Corsair AX 750 PSU with MDPC Shade 19 and Yellow sleeving.
3M Di-noc Carbon Fibre on front and top panels. I am toying with this idea as grey/yellow/black look quite nice together. I'm thinking the ratio of black will throw it off though and the di noc might not look good. I really have to see it first to decide however I would love to hear opinions.
Cut Drive bay so the corner cannot be seen through window. Remove portion of top of drive bay for radiator push/pull.
Hardware specs:
CPU : i5 3570k
Motherboard : MSI Z77 Mpower
Memory : Mushking Blackline Enhanced 4x4GB 1600 CL9
GPU : MSI GTX 670 OC (in current PC)
PSU : Corsair AX750 (in current PC)
Storage : Crucial m4 128gb (in current PC)
Case : NZXT Switch 810 SE Matte Black
Fans : 9x Akasa 140mm x 25mm Viper PWM Fan w/ Hydro Dynamic Bearings
Watercooling specs:
CPU Block : Swiftech Apogee HD 4-Port
GPU Block : Watercool HEATKILLER® GPU-X³ GTX 670 Ni-Bl
Radiators : Alphacool NexXxoS XT45 Full Copper 420mm , Alphacool NexXxoS UT60 Full Copper 140mm
Pump : Dazmode STORM D5 Vario
Reservoir : XSPC Dual 5.25" Reservoir for One Laing D5 , Alphacool Cape Corp Coolplex Pro 25 LT (just for show)
Fittings : Monsoon 16/10mm (ID 3/8" OD 5/8") compression fitting straight Six Pack - Matte Black x2 , Monsoon Angled Matte Black
I will be updating this build log as I progress through, likely starting with the case itself which probably won't happen for a couple weeks. I am moving in 10 days so this will all have to wait till I get settled in. Hopefully I can catch a couple followers in the mean time and build some hype.
What I really really really need is recommendations for something to control my fans with. I have no experience with fans and have always just let them run full blast. All my fans for this build are PWM and the radiators are for ultra low speeds. There will be 9-11 fans in here.
So here is my first picture for you guys. My mock up of the build in paint.
The light blue is a mock up of an airbox shroud. It is mainly for looks to keep the lines the same for having the top 5.25" drive bays not look out of place.
The red is to represent the radiators.
The light green on the 5.25" drive bays is going to be cut out. The stealth optical bay above will be removed and mounted below in the PSU cover. There will also be fan controller(s) stealthily mounted into the PSU cover but I spent a long time making an essay of a thread and don't want to go back and re do it.
This is all for now. Hope it wasn't a TL;DR.
Cheers!
To start the modding the good old fashion way! By hand! this gave me a much straighter cut then I could get with the dremel. I used the dremel on the top and sides because they aren't as superficial.
Can no longer see that ugly drive bay corner sticking out. Still very structurally sturdy and best of all cannot see the pump still.
MMMM Gummies!
Finally on 11/7/12 I have an awesome name for my build. Vespula vulgaris! Much thanks to Hanoverfist for helping me with that name. It would have been called something lame like Switch Up! forever. LOL HUGE Thanks again! I have an extreme inability to be creative with names for my video game handles/alias and forum names as you can see! SO here it is Vespula vulgaris aka the wasp!
CURRENT STATE:
I am starting this build based on aesthetic obsession and OVERKILL water cooling with silence. This PC will likely be in the living room. As for hardware there will be nothing amazing over the top in here. Just a i5 3570k and a gtx 670 both overclocked. I only really game and surf with my PC with a single monitor. Maybe a 2nd 670 in the future if I get bored and NEED to tinker.
The cooling is totally overkill but I have no addictions other then this so it's ok.
Also call me crazy but this PC will be stationed at a standing desk to simulate playing video games at an arcade machine like bACk iN thA dAY! but this time only with a mouse and keyboard. I have spent too much time sitting in my life and my gaming sessions aren't 8 hours like they used to be. Standing it shall be! I'm tired of wasting money on crappy office chairs that never last!
I have chosen to go with a black and yellow build color because I have actually never seen one in the past. I was quite happy with my blue and black current theme but it's been done a billion times. Same with the red ROG thing. I just wanted something a little more unique. Oddly enough cases have to be the one thing I have researched the most. Spending hours and hours looking at case pictures and watching review videos and reading build logs. After months and months of searching and switching my case 3 times over the past year I landed on the NZXT Switch 810. I am hoping this will be my case for years to come. It is damn near perfect. I will be updating this build log as I progress through, likely starting with the case itself. As for modifications here is a list of what is to be done.
Spraypaint all grill areas Yellow to match fans.
Spraypaint Ram heatsink tips Yellow. I'm thinkin Mushkin Blackline Enhanced and paint the tips Yellow. I think it would give a nice effect similar to the corsair Dominators. I could even go very detailed and paint only the ridge tips.
Sleeve Corsair AX 750 PSU with MDPC Shade 19 and Yellow sleeving.
3M Di-noc Carbon Fibre on front and top panels. I am toying with this idea as grey/yellow/black look quite nice together. I'm thinking the ratio of black will throw it off though and the di noc might not look good. I really have to see it first to decide however I would love to hear opinions.
Cut Drive bay so the corner cannot be seen through window. Remove portion of top of drive bay for radiator push/pull.
Hardware specs:
CPU : i5 3570k
Motherboard : MSI Z77 Mpower
Memory : Mushking Blackline Enhanced 4x4GB 1600 CL9
GPU : MSI GTX 670 OC (in current PC)
PSU : Corsair AX750 (in current PC)
Storage : Crucial m4 128gb (in current PC)
Case : NZXT Switch 810 SE Matte Black
Fans : 9x Akasa 140mm x 25mm Viper PWM Fan w/ Hydro Dynamic Bearings
Watercooling specs:
CPU Block : Swiftech Apogee HD 4-Port
GPU Block : Watercool HEATKILLER® GPU-X³ GTX 670 Ni-Bl
Radiators : Alphacool NexXxoS XT45 Full Copper 420mm , Alphacool NexXxoS UT60 Full Copper 140mm
Pump : Dazmode STORM D5 Vario
Reservoir : XSPC Dual 5.25" Reservoir for One Laing D5 , Alphacool Cape Corp Coolplex Pro 25 LT (just for show)
Fittings : Monsoon 16/10mm (ID 3/8" OD 5/8") compression fitting straight Six Pack - Matte Black x2 , Monsoon Angled Matte Black
I will be updating this build log as I progress through, likely starting with the case itself which probably won't happen for a couple weeks. I am moving in 10 days so this will all have to wait till I get settled in. Hopefully I can catch a couple followers in the mean time and build some hype.
What I really really really need is recommendations for something to control my fans with. I have no experience with fans and have always just let them run full blast. All my fans for this build are PWM and the radiators are for ultra low speeds. There will be 9-11 fans in here.
So here is my first picture for you guys. My mock up of the build in paint.
The light blue is a mock up of an airbox shroud. It is mainly for looks to keep the lines the same for having the top 5.25" drive bays not look out of place.
The red is to represent the radiators.
The light green on the 5.25" drive bays is going to be cut out. The stealth optical bay above will be removed and mounted below in the PSU cover. There will also be fan controller(s) stealthily mounted into the PSU cover but I spent a long time making an essay of a thread and don't want to go back and re do it.
This is all for now. Hope it wasn't a TL;DR.
Cheers!
To start the modding the good old fashion way! By hand! this gave me a much straighter cut then I could get with the dremel. I used the dremel on the top and sides because they aren't as superficial.
Can no longer see that ugly drive bay corner sticking out. Still very structurally sturdy and best of all cannot see the pump still.
MMMM Gummies!