[NZXT Phantom 820] Project X-1996

[Lystfiskern]

Your shoppinglist at Komplett.dk is a mess Fredrik - Clean-up?
Have u decided on the Ax760i?
See that u have chosen a 60GB Force Series 3 SSD.
U might wanna go for at least 128GB for your OS and your most popular programs. Would also suggest a change to the Force Series-GT.

 

[wassupdoc]

Sounds like a nice plan to me

 

[Xayer]

Your shoppinglist at Komplett.dk is a mess Fredrik - Clean-up?
Have u decided on the Ax760i?
See that u have chosen a 60GB Force Series 3 SSD.
U might wanna go for at least 128GB for your OS and your most popular programs. Would also suggest a change to the Force Series-GT.

I forgot to upload it for a while, I've only got it fully updated and I will be doing a major update to the shopping list today.

 

[Xayer]

Time for another update!

Changelog:

• Replaced H220 with H100i
• Replaced Phantom 630 with Phantom 820
• Removed Cable Sleeves
• Updated Fan Overview
• Replaced Corsair SSD Force Series GS 240GB 2.5" with Corsair SSD Force Series GS 128GB 2.5"

 

[Xayer]

Okay then time for the update of all the updates!

I've changed mostly all of the parts for the build and gone with the white 820. You might be asking yourself.. Why would he do that?

Well I've got an offer I cannot refuse, a friend of mine in Germany is selling the 820 to me for £50!

Also went all Watercooling and so on, check it out!

Now for the things that I didn't add to the list yet but will be soon, is the UJ-235A Blu-ray slot loading Drive, and the
SilverStone FP58 Slim Slot Load Drive Bay.

Next thing, the XSPC Raystorm!

I will be taking the black "top" cover off and painting it white. Why? Because not alot of people has done that

That's it for now peeps!

-Frederik Rabøl "Xayer"

 

[BPRSM]

Okay then time for the update of all the updates!

I've changed mostly all of the parts for the build and gone with the white 820. You might be asking yourself.. Why would he do that?

Well I've got an offer I cannot refuse, a friend of mine in Germany is selling the 820 to me for £50!

Also went all Watercooling and so on, check it out!

Now for the things that I didn't add to the list yet but will be soon, is the UJ-235A Blu-ray slot loading Drive, and the
SilverStone FP58 Slim Slot Load Drive Bay.

Next thing, the XSPC Raystorm!

I will be taking the black "top" cover off and painting it white. Why? Because not alot of people has done that

That's it for now peeps!

-Frederik Rabøl "Xayer"

Sounding good mate, looking forward to some build images

 

[Xayer]

Sounding good mate, looking forward to some build images

Thanks Billy, I'm waiting on James' Response on this

 

[jamesriley94]

[NZXT Phantom 820] Project X-1996

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The Build

• SDD: Corsair Neutron Series GTX 240 GB
• GPU: EVGA GTX670 FTW 4092MB,PCI-E,2xDVI,DP,HDMI
• PSU: Corsair AX 860i, 860W PSU
• CPU: Intel®Core i5 I5-3570K 6 MB Proccessor
• Motherboard: ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77, Socket-1155
• RAM: Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR3 2400MHz 16GB (2 x 8GB)
• Chassis/Case: NZXT Phantom 820 Big Tower White

Watercooling!

• Corsair Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition TWIN PACK(3x) (Tom is gonna be proud )
• XSPC Razor GTX670
• Corsair Professional Sleeved Cable White
• Corsair Individually Sleeved Cable White 24 pin MB connector
• EK - Push On - G¼ - 13/10mm - Black
• EK - Adapter 45° G1/4 - Black
• XSPC - Twin LED - 4-pin Molex - 3mm White (x2)
• XSPC - Twin LED - 4-pin Molex - 5mm White
• Feser One Cooling Fluid - 1L - UV Black/Blue
• XSPC RS240 - Black(For the Bottom in the front)
• XSPC RayStorm 750 RS360 WaterCooling Kit(obviously not gonna use the included fittings there)

Watercool routing!

Note: I know it's supposed to be 45° fittings, and not 90° fittings

Accesories

• NZXT Avatar Gaming Mouse, 2600dpi, Black

Few issues with the watercooling.

The pump from the kit you've listed isn't powerful enough for 2 blocks. You need a D5 really, and there's not really any getting around that.
Also, as it's a pump/res combo anyway, not sure why you've mapped out for the two to be put in separate locations.

The blocks are absolutely fine.

Fittings, we tend to prefer 1/2 inch barbs with 7/16 tubing over compression fittings. They just look better really. But that's your choice.

The rads - you're running 2 30mm thick rads, in a case big enough to support 80mm thick rads in both places. I'd be looking at minimum of 60mm thick rads as you can fit them really. Massive waste not to really.

XSPC do do a D5 pump/res combo (2 actually) which are alright. You should look into them if you want a bay res. If not, it'd look quite a lot nicer to get a tube res and pump top in there.

Maybe put the 240mm up the front as well as it'll make bleeding easier

 

[njallday]

As James said, you're definitely going to need a D5, especially with that bottom rad. You're also better off going with Alphacool UT60s (360 and 240).

Regarding the tubing/fittings, I think its less of "we" and more of Tom and a few others that prefer barbs. I personally think compression fittings look significantly better . What my point is, to each there own. As long as you get what you think looks good and have the correct sizing, you can't really go wrong.

 

[Xayer]

As James said, you're definitely going to need a D5, especially with that bottom rad. You're also better off going with Alphacool UT60s (360 and 240).

Regarding the tubing/fittings, I think its less of "we" and more of Tom and a few others that prefer barbs. I personally think compression fittings look significantly better . What my point is, to each there own. As long as you get what you think looks good and have the correct sizing, you can't really go wrong.

I've completely changed the watercooling specs again(3rd time, thanks James ). But my point is that I'll have that fixed sometime.

One thing is that I'll probably be going for a completely diffrent case, as the one I was getting was already sold.

Anyway, so I'm on the hunt for a new case, either going to be something completely diffrent or S810 or the P630.