My first build - Black / Orange Corsair 300r

Heavenkiss said:
No haribo unfortunately!
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I've just received today's overclockers delivery and.... NO HARIBO!? They must have run out or something :(

They did however supply a UK kettle lead with the superflower psu :p but to be honest I would have rather had the Haribo! (got a box with a thousand kettle leads here at work lol)

Gonna have to email my account manager and demand missing Haribo is sent in the post, can't really build the machine without it...
 
I messaged support today and they were shocked no UK kettle lead and said they would include in all future orders with the same PSU and sent me one out today so looks like issue is rectified.

Now they just need to get some more haribo in it seems!
 
WalderX said:
They did however supply a UK kettle lead with the superflower psu :p but to be honest I would have rather had the Haribo! (got a box with a thousand kettle leads here at work lol)
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I hadn't even thought of that but I didn't get any Haribo with my order today either, why did you have to point it out to me :(
 
Seem's OCUK has phased out haribo then! Least I know i wasn't getting bad treatment on my first order lol.

Sorry about pics guys been mega busy. Planning on this weekend!
 
WalderX said:
Temps look excellent mate. The software is referring to the R9 200 'series' of cards which your 290 is part of - this is normal and you will find other softwares show this too.
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Hey Walder,

Initially I had the H80i as sucking air in, i've now changed this to exhaust (due to new fans currently on order) and the temps are looking even more healthy - despite me lowering fan RPM due to noise:



Exhaust recommended from me for H80i if you have the correct airflow in case!
 
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Ok as it's Saturday and i'm not working today, time to do the complete project log! Please bear with me as i'll separate each post for each part of the build.

First up we have the opening:



Christmas?!



Ready to build!
 
My next step was to install the PSU block:



Really nice packaging.



Was really impressed by the packaging at this point. PSU in a nice dust bag and velcro bag for all the cables. It just felt so premium opening this bad boy!



Unfortunately when installing fan down, the sticker shows :( It's a real shame for this PSU as the other side looks so cool in my build. Would much prefer the fan to be facing down though. If you want to see what the other side looks like, check out OCUK product page :)



PSU installed. Now originally the case had 4 thumb screws for this but some reason I can only get 3 to allign with the PSU. The 4th hole you can see in the picture is actually the PSU metal mesh and not a screw hole (Looks like it is due to me grinding paint off trying to get a screw in it) I don't see this as a problem though and PSU is therefore attached with 3 thumbscrews. If this is wrong, please let me know.




Only downside to the PSU was that it ships with a Euro plug! Was a nightmare at the time but I luckilly had a spare kettle lead. Big shout out to 5UB at OCUK though who upon finding this out, instantly shipped me a UK kettle lead out and this arrived at my door today. Great CS guys!
 
Next I cracked open the motherboard. As with the PSU, was really impressed with the packaging and the motherboard came with lots of accessories that are always welcomed:



Really like this box too!



static bag



Beautiful board! CPU in the top right too, in white box. OEM so nothing special so won't be dedicated a post to that.
 
Quick post for the CPU - Felt bad leaving it out ha:



Motherboad ready.



CPU Inserted. The noises this made when bringing arm back down was unreal! Looks like no harm was done though :)
 
So next I installed the RAM into the motherboard. Although the RAM is orange, the stickers on them have an oil/water affect which is pretty cool. I tried to capture this:



Packaging



Opened



Oil like stickers.. hopefully this comes across well. Looks cool in real life.



Installed
 
With all the major motherboard parts installing, I decided to fit the I/O panel and install the motherboard.

Believe it all not, I actually found the I/O panel a tricky part of the installation. For some reason it has sponge backing with this motherboard that didn't help. With some brute force however I got it inserted properly and the screw holes on the motherboard finally matched up with the case:



Before



After



Motherboard installed :)

I did however have one question on this, in the middle of the motherboard, one of the screw holes has a protrusion from the case. Is this normal and do i need to do anything with it? It's the only screw hole without a screw and so just left it - Pic for clarity:

 
Heavenkiss said:
I did however have one question on this, in the middle of the motherboard, one of the screw holes has a protrusion from the case. Is this normal and do i need to do anything with it? It's the only screw hole without a screw and so just left it
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Corsair 540 is the same, I just assumed it was to help you line the motherboard up for screwing everything else in. It's fine how you have it don't worry about it.
 
With the motherboard installed I decided to unpack the daddy aka the GPU and install it. I later learnt this was a bad mistake due to the size of it, and it's location but we will get onto that later:



Box -I was happy with the box but in reality, it's just a sleeve. Pull the sleeve off and it's a plain carboard box.



Carboard box can be seen here. Again, for a product that was so expensive, I expected more I guess. Plain carboard box and the GPU in a stattic bag surround in sponge. Nothing else, no accessories or anything. Bit disappointed with that. Even some stickers or some crossfire cables would have been better than nothing.



Still in its plastic



Side on plastic



No plastic



Installtion



Another installation shot.

At first I was surprised at how long this card is, it almost looks like it doesn't sit straight due to it's length and wait! Size has grown on me though. It's a big shame the colour it is, doesn't match the orange in my case also. It's almost more yellow than orange. Will look to mode this maybe in future or leave as is as its not a massive issue. Breaks up the orange slightly.
 
That protrusion is supposed to be there. Helps you line up the motherboard without any difficulty. If it wasnt there you be sliding the more around to screw in.

Nice build btw.
 
Next i concentrated on the hard drives. Nothing special here so just pictures of external packaging, installed in trays and front shot of case:



Packaging



In trays



Installed
 
DVD drive next, again nothing exciting but some pics anway:



Front shot



Ready and waiting



Unsightly gap when installed - anyone else have this problem?



Side on, again gap is prominent.



Side shot of case after DVD Drive install.
 
Next step was the CPU Cooler. By far this was the most annoying part of the build. Corsair instructions are really poor and it led to a lot of Googling, trial and error and a lot of time down the drain. Will expand further on each picture:



Nice packaging



upon opening the packaging - nothing special
 
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