[Build Log] The Khan

Valrak40k · 18 Nov 2014 at 19:26

I'm a huge Warhammer junkie and have been wanting to design a Space Marine inspired Computer for a few years now. With the upcoming release of Eternal Crusade I've decided to get my ass into gear and get building.

The theme for this build will be based on one of the Space Marine Chapters, the White Scars. I will be adding some red to the case and I'm getting a kick ass decal to go on it as well, here is the sketch of the design I'm having.

First parts started to arrive today

Will update when I have something to add!

Thanks Chaps,

Valrak

Edit: Forgot to add the entire spec

1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV "Frost Edition" 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX Titan 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache -
1 x XFX 850W Black Edition PSU
8 x Corsair AF120 Quiet Edition Low Noise High Airflow

virdee2 · 18 Nov 2014 at 21:49

can i just ask; why did you (an so many people) choose the Titan still over perhaps a 980 or R9 295 etc?

can't wait to see all the pics when its done though

Valrak40k · 18 Nov 2014 at 23:15

I got the Titan when it first came out, I'm taking it from my old rig

Valrak40k · 4 Dec 2014 at 17:56

Started to do the case stuff.

These are the stock the fans:

Took them out and added some Corsair 120mm Silents:

Spray painted the grill as well, just waiting for it all to dry to put it back on:

Going to install all the components tomorrow when I have more natural light to work with

Fallen god · 4 Dec 2014 at 21:09

Looks very interesting mate. Just a quick question did you use plasti dip to strap your grills, and how many coats. I'm looking to do something similar with orange.

scrivz69 · 4 Dec 2014 at 21:12

Looking good and the specs look awesome.

Valrak40k · 4 Dec 2014 at 23:30

Fallen god said:
Looks very interesting mate. Just a quick question did you use plasti dip to strap your grills, and how many coats. I'm looking to do something similar with orange.

All Spray paint mate, this is my first coat and it came out well. Waiting for everything to dry and another coat tommorrow should do it.

Thanks for the comments lads

Fallen god · 4 Dec 2014 at 23:40

Looking forward too that decal, going to be insane, is it going on the side (none window) or the window side.

Valrak40k · 4 Dec 2014 at 23:58

Still deciding on that, I'm leaning on the non-window side because I want the parts on full view

Valrak40k · 5 Dec 2014 at 17:00

Another update, really happy how it the red looks, was going to install the CPU and motherboard but was too busy:

The metal back plates:

virdee2 · 6 Dec 2014 at 12:59

very impressive!

Dirk Diggler · 6 Dec 2014 at 15:13

Why have you chosen SP120 fans for the front? If you're not fitting a 360 rad there you would be better with AF120, no?

Looking nice so far.

DLMousey · 6 Dec 2014 at 16:45

I really like the paintjob on the grill

Did you use Plastidip?

Laputacake · 6 Dec 2014 at 19:17

Looking nice, Dont see many white and red builds.

Valrak40k · 9 Dec 2014 at 19:23

String said:
Why have you chosen SP120 fans for the front? If you're not fitting a 360 rad there you would be better with AF120, no?

Looking nice so far.

Got a great deal on all the fans mate, really cheap plus I want it as silent as possible

DLMousey said:
I really like the paintjob on the grill
Did you use Plastidip?

Nope, Spray Paint.

Laputacake said:
Looking nice, Dont see many white and red builds.

Thanks, here are some images of it running, still waiting on few more colour extension wires to jazz it up a bit more

Valrak40k · 13 Dec 2014 at 13:15

Video of it all up and running