steverebo
New member
Finally finished my latest build using the be quiet dark base 900. I loved the simplistic look of this case and the idea of inverting the motherboard. I started the project with the intention of going inverted but ran into a few problems.
When inverting the motherboard you need to drop the motherboard down to its lowest level in order to accommodate a decent thickness radiator but due to the motherboard heatsink and I/O shield you can't as it hits the power supply. Due to the mounting issues I had to go with standard orientation. I stripped the internals bare and used some trusty 3mm acrylic to neaten it up.
Specs are:
Dark base 900 black with tempered glass window
Asus maximum IX Hero
I7 7700k clocked at 5.1ghz @1.36v
Corsair dominator platinum 3200 16gb with light bars
Gigabyte Auros extreme GTX 1080ti @ 2080 core 12000 memory
Samsung 960 evo 500gb
Samsung 850 evo 500gb
Soundblaster Z
Corsair hx750i
Watercooling:
EK supremacy Elite nickel waterblock
EK DDC PEN Elite 3.2 pump and 250 res combo
EK XE 360
EK CE 280
EK Auros full cover nickel plexi 1080ti block
EK nickel 12mm OD fittings
Corsair ML120 pro fans with blue corners
When inverting the motherboard you need to drop the motherboard down to its lowest level in order to accommodate a decent thickness radiator but due to the motherboard heatsink and I/O shield you can't as it hits the power supply. Due to the mounting issues I had to go with standard orientation. I stripped the internals bare and used some trusty 3mm acrylic to neaten it up.
Specs are:
Dark base 900 black with tempered glass window
Asus maximum IX Hero
I7 7700k clocked at 5.1ghz @1.36v
Corsair dominator platinum 3200 16gb with light bars
Gigabyte Auros extreme GTX 1080ti @ 2080 core 12000 memory
Samsung 960 evo 500gb
Samsung 850 evo 500gb
Soundblaster Z
Corsair hx750i
Watercooling:
EK supremacy Elite nickel waterblock
EK DDC PEN Elite 3.2 pump and 250 res combo
EK XE 360
EK CE 280
EK Auros full cover nickel plexi 1080ti block
EK nickel 12mm OD fittings
Corsair ML120 pro fans with blue corners


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