Red/Black themed Build

[TonyTBR]

As the wonderful brother i am i offered to build my brother a gaming computer as a Christmas present from the family. and here is the finished article, still a few things need like a second pci extension cable and a rear fan!!

Specs
MSi Z77-GD65 Gaming
Intel i7-3770k
Corsair H100i
Seagate Barracuda 1Tb
SanDisk Extreme SSD 120Gb
MSi Gaming GTX 780
Antec High Current Gamer 520W
Define R4
Corsair SP120 Quiet Fans

So Here are he pics from start to finish, I think it turned out rather nice!!

Here got the majority of the parts and built the rig in an old Antec case i had, everything was running fine!

Here it was decided to ditch the antec case and go with an r4 and while i was at it ad a h100i and quite fans for an extra touch!!

Here she is re assembled in the r4 with the new stuff, looking pretty nice and performing well, but cant help but think there's something missing.

Ahhhhh thats right last but not least peace of the puzzle the 780!!!!

Now here she is all ready and assembled with just a few minor tweaks left.

I will upload some more pictures when she is well and truly finished, all in all i'm chuffed with the way she turned out!!

 

[Edge]

Aiming for a similar build myself soon. Good job with it, looks great. You gonna drop some lighting in?

 

[NeverBackDown]

Next upgrade. A new modular PSU!
Other than that looks good

 

[tinytomlogan]

We'd love more pics dude - definitely has potential

 

[TonyTBR]

Right it has been a while since i posted the original thread but i have been ultra busy with uni stuff and the holidays and finally got around to posting some updates.

So some things that have been done, i have now added the second PCI extention for the 780 and it makes so much of a difference it looks so good, also went and picked up one of the Corsair AF 120 LED fans and it really finishes it off nicely!!

Here is a pic of the new additions.

Here is a close up of the lights with it a little darker!!

So now the things to do next, i thought about maybe getting some of the braided LED's to go around the inside but not completely sold on them yet. One of the next big things to change is probably the PSU, I've been looking around and it has to stick with the scheme of Black/Red and it also has to modular because this non-modular has way to many cables and i feel that it looks really untidy both what you can and can't see, the only one that i can see fitting is something like a 760i or higher but not sure, suggestions welcome. But thats it for now, if anyone has anything else to add or suggestions then they are more welcome.

 

[wassupdoc]

Is the rear fan supposed to be intaking air? you might want to throw a dust filter on there if you meant it to be that way round

 

[TonyTBR]

Is the rear fan supposed to be intaking air? you might want to throw a dust filter on there if you meant it to be that way round

Yes it is meant to be intaking air, ive got 2 in the front also intaking and the 2 at the top are pushing out, ive never really thought of putting a dust filter on, since its been running there has been very little dust in the machine, but i will definitely keep that in mind if things change. Thanks

 

[wassupdoc]

Yes it is meant to be intaking air, ive got 2 in the front also intaking and the 2 at the top are pushing out, ive never really thought of putting a dust filter on, since its been running there has been very little dust in the machine, but i will definitely keep that in mind if things change. Thanks

No problem mate that's what forums are for ^.^

 

[SeanAngelo]

may i ask, why is the rear fan intaking? i mean you already have 2 fans on the front taking in air, maybe you should put that as an exhaust?

good looking rig though! i like the theme

 

[mod_ex]

looks really good mate

 

[Dicehunter]

may i ask, why is the rear fan intaking? i mean you already have 2 fans on the front taking in air, maybe you should put that as an exhaust?

good looking rig though! i like the theme

It's best to have more fans blowing than out, I remember Tom talking about this in a vid somewhere