Firstly, hi lads! I've been reading interesting stuff on this forum, and have found a lot of answers regarding hardware, but this is the first time I post.
Well I kinda got bit by the watercooling bug
And it's mostly from watching TinyToms vids!! Thanks Tom keep ut the long awesome vids mate!
I have a perfectly "fine" gaming rig:
- White Thermaltake gt-10 case
- MSI 990 board
- some corsair 1600 mhz ram
- 8150 cpu (feel like a donkey after watching Toms review...Wish I knew before)
- two 7970s
Now, this is doing very well as far as gamin goes, but its getting a bit boring for me at this point...It's very limited with regards to watercooling without ripping the case apart with a dremel. That might be something I'll do at a later date, but since this is my first WC build, I wanted do keep it to attaching things, since I'm really not so handy with a dremel
So I decided I wanted to get a new case! I looked on tons of different ones, and there are a lot of cases I could have used with great success, but when I saw TinyToms review of the STH10 I fell completely in love with it... I loved that industrial massive feel it seemed to have, and by the time I was watching it for the umpteenth time, I knew I had to get it!
Fast forward, and I've spent countless hours finding out what parts I want, both with regards to the options the STH10 itself, and lets not even discuss how much grayer my hair is after the struggle I've had with learning all I can about the different watercooling parts and matching together what I'm going to get etc...puh :wacko:
As I said, I've never done anything like this before.
The case itself has finally arrived! I was prancing around like a kid on christmas, and I REALLY enjoyed putting this monster of a case together! It was pure meditation for me
About the case itself, it's of immense build quality and everything just feels sturdy. It's made of thick aluminium, and has a very industrial texture to it. No smooth baby crap here
Some pics:
It is here! You can see the case I'm using now on the left
Open sesame
Getting somewhere!
Had to change the coverplate on the front buttons (on/off and reset)
Close up of the side panel texture
Aaand done! For now That's a 1,5 Liter bottle of pepsi, and the image doesn't do the monstrous size justice at all!
More to follow! I'll post what I'm planning to stick inside the case in a bit, and would love any experienced input on the bits and bobs...Stay tuned folks :beerchug:
Edit, here you go airdeano Ready with the spec list, let me know what you lads think!
- Mobo: ASUS Rampage IV Extreme
- CPU: Intel 3930K
- GPU: 2x7970s (Currently using them)
- Ram: 2x8Gb Corsais Dominator 1866 Mhz (Might get 2 more sticks later, for symmetrical looks )
- * SSD: Samsung SSD 840 Series 500GB 2.5" OEM
- * HDD: Seagate Barracuda 3Tb
- Corsair AX 1200w (currently using it)
- * Dell 27" LCD UltraSharp U2711
- Sennheiser PC 350 headset (currently in use as well)
- ASUS Xonar DG (have been usind it for a while, but I enjoy good sound, is it worth getting a better soundcard then this?)
- Probably still gonna use my faithfull Logitech G15 keyboard <3
- Currently using a Razer Naga Hex MOBA, with 6 thumb buttons in a hex pattern, but I'm super annoyed by it at this point, I just can't play without hitting them when moving the mouse...
So any advice towards getting a better suited gaming mouse is welcome...(I prefer big mice)
The ones with a * are things I've yet to order at this point, so if you'd advice against those parts, now is the time
Various things I've aquired thus far:
- red sleeved corsair cables
- NZXT black sleeved LED Kit Cable 2M White led's with variable lighting strength (I don't wanna go red here, It might be too much ...I want to keep it subtle in the main compartment)
Next, the watercooling parts!
Well I kinda got bit by the watercooling bug
And it's mostly from watching TinyToms vids!! Thanks Tom keep ut the long awesome vids mate!I have a perfectly "fine" gaming rig:
- White Thermaltake gt-10 case
- MSI 990 board
- some corsair 1600 mhz ram
- 8150 cpu (feel like a donkey after watching Toms review...Wish I knew before)
- two 7970s
Now, this is doing very well as far as gamin goes, but its getting a bit boring for me at this point...It's very limited with regards to watercooling without ripping the case apart with a dremel. That might be something I'll do at a later date, but since this is my first WC build, I wanted do keep it to attaching things, since I'm really not so handy with a dremel
So I decided I wanted to get a new case! I looked on tons of different ones, and there are a lot of cases I could have used with great success, but when I saw TinyToms review of the STH10 I fell completely in love with it... I loved that industrial massive feel it seemed to have, and by the time I was watching it for the umpteenth time, I knew I had to get it!
Fast forward, and I've spent countless hours finding out what parts I want, both with regards to the options the STH10 itself, and lets not even discuss how much grayer my hair is after the struggle I've had with learning all I can about the different watercooling parts and matching together what I'm going to get etc...puh :wacko:
As I said, I've never done anything like this before.
The case itself has finally arrived! I was prancing around like a kid on christmas, and I REALLY enjoyed putting this monster of a case together! It was pure meditation for me
About the case itself, it's of immense build quality and everything just feels sturdy. It's made of thick aluminium, and has a very industrial texture to it. No smooth baby crap here
Some pics:
It is here! You can see the case I'm using now on the left
Open sesame
Getting somewhere!
Had to change the coverplate on the front buttons (on/off and reset)
Close up of the side panel texture
Aaand done! For now
That's a 1,5 Liter bottle of pepsi, and the image doesn't do the monstrous size justice at all!More to follow! I'll post what I'm planning to stick inside the case in a bit, and would love any experienced input on the bits and bobs...Stay tuned folks :beerchug:
Edit, here you go airdeano
Ready with the spec list, let me know what you lads think!- Mobo: ASUS Rampage IV Extreme
- CPU: Intel 3930K
- GPU: 2x7970s (Currently using them)
- Ram: 2x8Gb Corsais Dominator 1866 Mhz (Might get 2 more sticks later, for symmetrical looks
)- * SSD: Samsung SSD 840 Series 500GB 2.5" OEM
- * HDD: Seagate Barracuda 3Tb
- Corsair AX 1200w (currently using it)
- * Dell 27" LCD UltraSharp U2711
- Sennheiser PC 350 headset (currently in use as well)
- ASUS Xonar DG (have been usind it for a while, but I enjoy good sound, is it worth getting a better soundcard then this?)
- Probably still gonna use my faithfull Logitech G15 keyboard <3
- Currently using a Razer Naga Hex MOBA, with 6 thumb buttons in a hex pattern, but I'm super annoyed by it at this point, I just can't play without hitting them when moving the mouse...
So any advice towards getting a better suited gaming mouse is welcome...(I prefer big mice)
The ones with a * are things I've yet to order at this point, so if you'd advice against those parts, now is the time
Various things I've aquired thus far:
- red sleeved corsair cables
- NZXT black sleeved LED Kit Cable 2M White led's with variable lighting strength (I don't wanna go red here, It might be too much ...I want to keep it subtle in the main compartment)
Next, the watercooling parts!
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