Project: Red Racer

Hey there,

Recently I finished building my new rig the Red Racer (name clarification later).

Let's start with the parts I've chosen:

• CPU: Intel Core i5-4670
• MB: Gigabyte Z87-D3HP
• RAM: G.Skill Ares 8GB 1866 CL9-10-9-28
• Graphics: Gigabyte GTX 770 Windforce 3X OC
• PSU: Cooler Master G600 600W
• SSD: Samsung 840 Evo 120GB
• Case: Aerocool Mechatron black
• Side Fan: Aerocool Lightning Red 200mm fan
• Top Fan: Bitfenix Spectre black 200mm fan

After a long wait of 1 week, every part has arrived. Here is me unboxing them:







Freshly cleaned room to avoid as much dust as possible



Alright let's get going! First step: barebone test to discover any faulty parts.







CPU in place.



Stock CPU cooler for now. Might buy an aftermarket one some time in the near future.







I had a big fat grin on my face when I unboxed this beauty









Booted up the first time and everything seems to run fine!



RAM test.



I just love how this case looks



*eyegasm* You might notice why I called it the Red "Racer". I think the front kinda looks like a Porsche or Ferrari.



Dat feel.





Stripped down case with included 200mm fan (which I think is freaking awesome of Aerocool to include such a big fan)



My two other 200mm fans and the SSD







Aerocool put 3 motherboard standoffs with it and I thought I didn't have enough. So I ventured out to buy some, but my local hardware store didn't have any and it was too late to go to my local computer shop.



I asked a friend if he had any old pc I can get some standoffs from. Quite frankly, he had 2!



At this point my freshly cleaned room has become a mess again



I feel like it's the 90s all over again



Smallest CPU cooler ever!







The first pc just had some cheap plastic clips for standoffs and the second one had too long standoffs...



Quite frustrated I went to sleep. On the next morning I went to my local computer shop and bought some standoffs for a buck.



After I put all in and tried to fit the motherboard I realized that I didn't need any standoffs. Great!! Stress for nothing and time and fuel wasted...

Anyways, after my historic discovery I mounted the motherboard into the case.





Here is my old build for reference



And my new build



Quite an upgrade I'd say!

Old and new build side by side



First boot up with the build assembled in the case





Ooooh, shiny!



Most ghetto windows install ever with power coming from the old pc and the SATA cable going into the new pc





After installation and before graphics driver installation



After graphics driver installation (dunno why I didn't take a screenshot at this point)



My old warrior. Farewell good friend! You've served well.



Everything's running fine!



Unigine Valley old vs. new





Some glamour shots







I might buy a fan controller since I'm not quite happy how the motherboard handles the fans. I'm looking at the Bitfenix Recon.

If you want a higher res pic of something just ask. I cropped everything down to 720p to save bandwith.

I hope you like it

Regards,
Pp

nice and clean case you've got there

why is the red racer filled with blue parts?
other than that, nice and clean, not a huge fan of the case but oh well, that's personal preference. good job.

SeekaX said:

why is the red racer filled with blue parts?

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Well I've picked the parts way before I discovered the case. There is a white-blue version of the case, but I didn't like it as much as the black-red one. And since you can't really see the blue from the outside it isn't that much of a deal. I actually kinda like it to have black-red on the outside and black-blue on the inside.

I see alot of modding potential in this case