Fractal R4 Red/Black Watercooled Build

[KoNLaR]

Hello just joined the forums and thought I'd share my rig and setup with you guys as I am a bit proud of it

Built this PC around last summer and just finished upgrading it from Corsair H100i and air cooling to custom loop. This my first time.

Using it for gaming CS:GO, H1Z1 and tomorrow some GTA V!

Specs:

Fractal Design Define R4 Black Window
i7 4790K @ 4,4 GHz 1.2V (Reached 5Ghz when I had the h100i, but not stable during stress test, will probably play with it a bit again with this new setup)
ASUS Maximus VII HERO Z97
Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB DDR3 @ 1866Mhz 1.65v
EVGA GTX780 Classified Hydro Copper (Custom Bios - 1.4Ghz Core 1.325V, 7,6Ghz Memory 1.65V)
Samsung EVO 840 120Gb
WD Green 2TB
Corsair CS650M
Corsair AF140
4x Noctua NF-F12
NZXT Hue RGB Controller
Bitfenix Sleeved Red Extensions
Windows 8.1 x64

Watercooling Parts:
XSPC Raystorm
EVGA Hydro Copper
EK D5 Vario X-Res Pump Combo 140
EK-ACF Fittings
Bitspower Mini Valve 1/4
Bitspower T-Block
Primochill Bloodshed Tubing
EK Coolant Red
EK Coolstream XTX 240 Rad
EK Coolstream PE 240 Rad

Gaming Setup:
BenQ XL2420Z 144Hz
Cooler Master CMStorm Quickfire TK Cherry MX Red
Zowie FK1
Kingston HyperX Cloud II
Steelseries QcK+
AKRacing Premium Gaming Chair

Let me know if you have any feedback or want some more photos, sorry for the bad quality as I don't have anything better than my Samsung S3.

Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed checking out my rig and setup, looking forward to be reading the forums here and seeing the rigs of you guys

 

[KoNLaR]

No love for my build?

 

[Tripp]

very tidy build mate, nice to see someone else that makes use of the optical bays for HDD storage haha

 

[KoNLaR]

very tidy build mate, nice to see someone else that makes use of the optical bays for HDD storage haha

Thanks a lot Yeah had to have it somewhere, so luckily had some space left in the optical bay. Had to leave the SSD at the back, but not screwed or locked in place to anything as the R4 doesn't have support for it.

 

[Dawelio]

very tidy build mate, nice to see someone else that makes use of the optical bays for HDD storage haha

^+1 on this one, had the thought myself for a while ^_^

Is it just me though, or is the graphics card a bit slaggy in the top picture? :mellow:...

Nice looking build though!... and nice going on the traditional Noctua fans, not many that have them in such a colored themed build

 

[KoNLaR]

^+1 on this one, had the thought myself for a while ^_^

Is it just me though, or is the graphics card a bit slaggy in the top picture? :mellow:...

Nice looking build though!... and nice going on the traditional Noctua fans, not many that have them in such a colored themed build

Yeah its a bit saggy, pretty noticable on picture but dont notice it really in everyday use looking at it. Went for the Noctua because you cannot see the fans with the side panel on anyway And Corsair is just for looks, dont even had it on with my fan profiles (Quiet edition aint so quiet for Corsair)

 

[KoNLaR]

^+1 on this one, had the thought myself for a while ^_^

Is it just me though, or is the graphics card a bit slaggy in the top picture? :mellow:...

Nice looking build though!... and nice going on the traditional Noctua fans, not many that have them in such a colored themed build

Fixed the. sag now )

 

[Dawelio]

Fixed the. sag now )

Nice one ... how did you fix the sagg?...

And do I see it incorrectly, but you don't have any front fans yes?, only the noctuas on the back side of the front 240 rad, pulling the air through the rad or?...

 

[KoNLaR]

Nice one ... how did you fix the sagg?...

And do I see it incorrectly, but you don't have any front fans yes?, only the noctuas on the back side of the front 240 rad, pulling the air through the rad or?...

Having a black backplate for the cpu sitting on the fitting for the Res pushing the card up. I only have fans pulling through. Need to make own holes to do pus pull

 

[NeverBackDown]

Did you offset the rad in the roof to make enough clearance? Or did you just drop it in?

 

[KoNLaR]

Did you offset the rad in the roof to make enough clearance? Or did you just drop it in?

Cannot offset it any further, if I had the R5 there would be more space to move it further away from the motherboard, but here its a very tight fit so currently not screwed in place as its pushing against the motherboard and I cant get it to lineup.