May i introduce you please, to a Blue and white Cheddar Cheese - H440 Build

Spursingham · 22 Mar 2014 at 15:54

Hi Project logs!

Today have have bought the last remaining bits for my H440 Build.

Here are the specs:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11227-03-40G) £329.99 (£659.98)
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Corsair AX760i Digital ATX '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020036-UK) £149.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £125.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £107.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-DDC 3.2 PWM X-RES 100 £96.95
1 x NZXT H440 Mid Tower Case - White £94.99
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U24001004G-2CI) - Blue Light £89.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC R9-290X - Nickel £85.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy Clean CSQ - Nickel £52.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-CoolStream PE 360 (Triple) £49.99
1 x EK-EKoolants UV Blue £5.99
1 x Primochill Primoflex Advanced Tubing 13/10 - White £5.99
1 x Akasa AK-CB002 PWM Fan Splitter Cable £3.59
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-CSQ Fitting 10/13mm G1/4 - Nickel £2.99
Total : £1,719.89 (includes shipping : £13.75).

I may have missed a few things out but that's the basic gist of it.
I've gone over budget by around £500. This was done by constantly saying to myself "well if I buy that, I might as well spend £XX extra and get that." Hopefully the girlfriend doesn't find out.

I honestly feel a little sick about spending this much on a PC but hey-ho. At least it'll be future Proof.

The plan is a Blue and white theme. I also want it to be silent as possible.
I'll upgrade the fans at some point if I feel the stock fans are not good enough.

Once everything has come in I'll take a picture of it all. I'll probably leave it until a free weekend before building.

Peace.
See you soon.

Rainagul · 22 Mar 2014 at 17:28

I've got a friend who is also looking at using a H440 for a WC build, will point him in the direction of this thread.

Looks like a nice spec, looking forward to how this turns out! I wouldn't feel to bad about the money you are spending, better to have it the way you want rather than doing smaller increments that will probably end up costing you more

Mads1 · 22 Mar 2014 at 18:30

stupid question how do you copy your spec build basket to put in here is it a matter of copy and paste your basket

ExtremeIC3cream · 22 Mar 2014 at 18:53

paulm71 said:
stupid question how do you copy your spec build basket to put in here is it a matter of copy and paste your basket

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18371076&highlight=browser
There you go

jimbaw · 22 Mar 2014 at 20:36

ExtremeIC3cream said:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18371076&highlight=browser
There you go

I was actually looking for that yesterday. Cheers! And looking forward to this build!

Bart_Hunt · 22 Mar 2014 at 20:52

Looking forward to see updates, name is very interesting

At least it's not swiss cheese so don't need to bore any holes

GiraffePencils · 22 Mar 2014 at 21:09

looks good, I'm waiting for more stock on the:
EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy Clean CSQ - Nickel

ShivP · 22 Mar 2014 at 21:44

Spend the extra for a UD3H/UD4H? Opens the possibility up of x16/x8 crossfire, but entirely your choice

Spursingham · 23 Mar 2014 at 17:45

Shivy011 said:
Spend the extra for a UD3H/UD4H? Opens the possibility up of x16/x8 crossfire, but entirely your choice

The Mobo was the first thing I bought. The PC was only meant to be some average gaming rig with a GTX 770/280. Then I got the taste of it all and ended up going a little nuts with watercooling, R9 290 and a digital Power supply.

Not too bothered by Crossfire just yet. Maybe when the Graphics prices come down a little in the future.

One thing i have noticed with my Specs is the Graphics.
I think I may have jumped into it a bit quick again.

The one I bought is the 11227-03-40G. The other one is 11227-00-40G.

Would anyone know if this is the same card, but just OC'd? I just realised the Waterblock is for the 11227-00.

Bart_Hunt · 23 Mar 2014 at 20:38

Check with EK's site:
Coolingconfigurator.com

I think blocks are mostly universal, if its reference card.

TheyCallMeAndy · 24 Mar 2014 at 17:17

Looking forward to this to as i have pretty much the same hardware as you and hopefully this gives me some inspiration can't wait!

WalderX · 24 Mar 2014 at 17:25

Love this case - looking forward to finally seeing some pics of it

Spursingham · 24 Mar 2014 at 19:29

Final parts arrived today!

Here it all is:

I'll be taking it slowly. I'll update with pics as I go along.

Mads1 · 24 Mar 2014 at 21:38

looks good, keeping an eye on this build

Spursingham · 25 Mar 2014 at 07:45

I've mounted the CPU Block and screwed the Mobo into the case.

Not sure how I didn't realise this before hand but the Stock fans are not PWM. I have no idea why I thought they were. I'm going to try them out anyway.

More pictures to follow.

Spursingham · 25 Mar 2014 at 16:39

Few Pictures:

I know, I'm no David Bailey.

Also, if anyone has any questions regarding the case. Info on measurements etc, then fire away. i'll answer what I can.

I'll throw up a few Pictures on here. Most Pics i'll upload to here: http://spursingham.imgur.com

TheyCallMeAndy · 25 Mar 2014 at 17:17

Spursingham said:
Few Pictures:

I know, I'm no David Bailey.

Also, if anyone has any questions regarding the case. Info on measurements etc, then fire away. i'll answer what I can.

I'll throw up a few Pictures on here. Most Pics i'll upload to here: http://spursingham.imgur.com

Whats your overall opinion on the space inside of the case im debating between this and the air 540 for a watercooling case so your opinion would be very valid to me

Spursingham · 25 Mar 2014 at 21:19

TheyCallMeAndy said:
Whats your overall opinion on the space inside of the case im debating between this and the air 540 for a watercooling case so your opinion would be very valid to me

I've not seen the Air 540 other than from what I've seen in pictures. Looks like there's plenty more space in the 540.

Picture here from inside the case:

That has the Rad and Fans on. I think the Rad I bought was pretty thin too. Not much room for much else there.

With the stock cooler, the graphics card would need to go under that top cage of the three. Without the cooler it would fit fine.

I plan to put the Pump on top of that third cage.

There are still two more spaces for 2.5" HDD or SSDs on top of the Power Supply Case and two underneath. There's also some nice cable management around the back of the case.

It is quite a tight case but it's definitely the tidier and better looking one of the two. I guess it depends how much you want to put inside.

TheyCallMeAndy · 26 Mar 2014 at 22:08

Spursingham said:
I've not seen the Air 540 other than from what I've seen in pictures. Looks like there's plenty more space in the 540.

Picture here from inside the case:

That has the Rad and Fans on. I think the Rad I bought was pretty thin too. Not much room for much else there.

With the stock cooler, the graphics card would need to go under that top cage of the three. Without the cooler it would fit fine.

I plan to put the Pump on top of that third cage.

There are still two more spaces for 2.5" HDD or SSDs on top of the Power Supply Case and two underneath. There's also some nice cable management around the back of the case.

It is quite a tight case but it's definitely the tidier and better looking one of the two. I guess it depends how much you want to put inside.

Yeah thanks for doing that for me man, looks great gonna wait till yours is done then go ahead and decide what case to go with!

Bart_Hunt · 26 Mar 2014 at 22:50

This looks nice.
The motherboard looks great in this case.

Andy, I had a 540 and didn't really like it. There are a lot of problems with front 360 rad mount, very tight space for fittings.
I'd go for 750D instead.

May i introduce you please, to a Blue and white Cheddar Cheese - H440 Build

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