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Hi guys,
First off, I need to apologise for my potato English as it is not my first language. If I make any mistake, feel free to correct me.
So, my initial idea was about building a Black and White system, just Black and White. It started nearly over a year ago when I first saw the Gigabyte Z97 black edition and Kingston hyperX fury RAM series. Then my idea grew a bit more when I saw Asus demonstrated their Asus Z97 Sabranco, now is known as Asus Z97 Mark S,. At that point of time, these were the components I had in my mind:
1. Asus Z97 Sabertooth Mark S
2. Kingston HyperX Fury
3. KFA2 GTX 780 Hall of Fame SLI (GTX 900 HOF was not announced yet)
4. Superflower white PSU
5. Some random cases and CPU cooler which I was not so sure. I was indifferent between Corsair 750D or Lianli PC V2000, but there are too many points which I don't really like about them still now. I also have a thought about Inwin Tou but its cost was so big.
I was changing my system like almost every month, mostly because I was trying to find a good combination of hardware which can make a unique look. I changed from the yellow composition of Avexir Blitz Mpower edition + MSI Mpower Z87 to a black/grey composition of Corsair Dominator Platinum + Asus Z97 AR during March - June last year. Before that I also tried traditional Black and Red composition of Gskill Ripijaw RAM + Asus Rampage IV Extreme/Formula but I found out that it was just too mainstream. Not enough style points for me.
Here are some photos of my journey.
![](http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv212/vozervanh/IMG_9607.jpg)
![](http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv212/vozervanh/IMG_1021.jpg)
Good thing when I switched to Corsair Dominator was that I knew it looks much more better than just plain white. That (50) shade of grey is an excellent transition between Black and White. So my idea grew up a bit more. Kingston fury was/is out of my game, other components stayed the same. Then Asus announced the Asus X99 Deluxe/S, I knew something in my mind has changed. Around, October or something last year, Asus announced the Asus Z97 Mark S to the market as well as the introduction of GTX 900 series Hall of Fame from Galax. I was so happy. But after observed some detailed photos of the Mark S, I quickly became very disappointed. Maybe it has a premium price but I see no premium in that series also the maximum CPU cores can be archived with socket 1150 are 4 so I decided to move on to Asus X99-S which has much more potential to upgrade later on.
My mind has an upgraded as follow:
1. Asus X99-S
2. i7 5820K
3. Corsair Dominator Platinum
4. Galax GTX 970 HOF SLI
5. Superflower 1000w platinum white (or Seasonic Snow white 1050w)
6. Random cooler
7. Undecided case
So what I needed was a case that suits the above components. I found no case that satisfies my preferences. They all have flaws, uncomfortable/unadjustable flaws. Then a friend of my suggested CaseLabs. I had look on their range. 10 minutes later, I knew the way to go was Caselabs SM8 Black and White customised. So I ordered it. It took more than a month to arrive to the UK.
![](http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv212/vozervanh/IMG_1277.jpg)
Time to replace my old inwin 904.
![](http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv212/vozervanh/IMG_1235.jpg)
Who can say no to this kind of clearance and interior design really?
![](http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv212/vozervanh/IMG_1323.jpg)
So I built it based on Air cooler first while waiting for other parts to arrive.
![](http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv212/vozervanh/IMG_1341.jpg)
![](http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv212/vozervanh/IMG_1354.jpg)
![](http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv212/vozervanh/IMG_1347.jpg)
![](http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv212/vozervanh/IMG_1367.jpg)
Best feeling?
![](http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv212/vozervanh/IMG_1368.jpg)
Finished
![](http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv212/vozervanh/IMG_1387.jpg)
Not much to say since it is just air cooling.
Some adjustments to the cables with the help of OverclockersUK's E22 Cable Combs.
![](http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv212/vozervanh/IMG_1400.jpg)
First off, I need to apologise for my potato English as it is not my first language. If I make any mistake, feel free to correct me.
So, my initial idea was about building a Black and White system, just Black and White. It started nearly over a year ago when I first saw the Gigabyte Z97 black edition and Kingston hyperX fury RAM series. Then my idea grew a bit more when I saw Asus demonstrated their Asus Z97 Sabranco, now is known as Asus Z97 Mark S,. At that point of time, these were the components I had in my mind:
1. Asus Z97 Sabertooth Mark S
2. Kingston HyperX Fury
3. KFA2 GTX 780 Hall of Fame SLI (GTX 900 HOF was not announced yet)
4. Superflower white PSU
5. Some random cases and CPU cooler which I was not so sure. I was indifferent between Corsair 750D or Lianli PC V2000, but there are too many points which I don't really like about them still now. I also have a thought about Inwin Tou but its cost was so big.
I was changing my system like almost every month, mostly because I was trying to find a good combination of hardware which can make a unique look. I changed from the yellow composition of Avexir Blitz Mpower edition + MSI Mpower Z87 to a black/grey composition of Corsair Dominator Platinum + Asus Z97 AR during March - June last year. Before that I also tried traditional Black and Red composition of Gskill Ripijaw RAM + Asus Rampage IV Extreme/Formula but I found out that it was just too mainstream. Not enough style points for me.
Here are some photos of my journey.
![](http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv212/vozervanh/IMG_9607.jpg)
![](http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv212/vozervanh/IMG_1021.jpg)
Good thing when I switched to Corsair Dominator was that I knew it looks much more better than just plain white. That (50) shade of grey is an excellent transition between Black and White. So my idea grew up a bit more. Kingston fury was/is out of my game, other components stayed the same. Then Asus announced the Asus X99 Deluxe/S, I knew something in my mind has changed. Around, October or something last year, Asus announced the Asus Z97 Mark S to the market as well as the introduction of GTX 900 series Hall of Fame from Galax. I was so happy. But after observed some detailed photos of the Mark S, I quickly became very disappointed. Maybe it has a premium price but I see no premium in that series also the maximum CPU cores can be archived with socket 1150 are 4 so I decided to move on to Asus X99-S which has much more potential to upgrade later on.
My mind has an upgraded as follow:
1. Asus X99-S
2. i7 5820K
3. Corsair Dominator Platinum
4. Galax GTX 970 HOF SLI
5. Superflower 1000w platinum white (or Seasonic Snow white 1050w)
6. Random cooler
7. Undecided case
So what I needed was a case that suits the above components. I found no case that satisfies my preferences. They all have flaws, uncomfortable/unadjustable flaws. Then a friend of my suggested CaseLabs. I had look on their range. 10 minutes later, I knew the way to go was Caselabs SM8 Black and White customised. So I ordered it. It took more than a month to arrive to the UK.
![](http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv212/vozervanh/IMG_1277.jpg)
Time to replace my old inwin 904.
![](http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv212/vozervanh/IMG_1235.jpg)
Who can say no to this kind of clearance and interior design really?
![](http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv212/vozervanh/IMG_1323.jpg)
So I built it based on Air cooler first while waiting for other parts to arrive.
![](http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv212/vozervanh/IMG_1341.jpg)
![](http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv212/vozervanh/IMG_1354.jpg)
![](http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv212/vozervanh/IMG_1347.jpg)
![](http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv212/vozervanh/IMG_1367.jpg)
Best feeling?
![](http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv212/vozervanh/IMG_1368.jpg)
Finished
![](http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv212/vozervanh/IMG_1387.jpg)
Not much to say since it is just air cooling.
Some adjustments to the cables with the help of OverclockersUK's E22 Cable Combs.
![](http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv212/vozervanh/IMG_1400.jpg)
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