My first build - Black / Orange Corsair 300r

TO BE CONTINUED

Looks like my hogging of photobucket has caused the site to crash guys so will continue this later. Enjoy the pics and any help on some of my comments would be appreciated.
 
Really like the ram with that motherboard, the colours match great. I'm really liking the look of these orange builds I've been seeing.

Hope you get some more pics up soon ;)
 
I just recently put the finishing touches on my orange and black build today and can recommend Valspar orange paint from B&Q. Easy to spray with and it matches the colour of the motherboard perfectly.
 
Agree with the motherboard comments. I just got a gigabyte motherboard (different model, but similar) and the sound when putting in the CPU was terrifying :p Also, the padded I/O panel was also a small issue for me.

Looking good. Envious of the people with a nice case :D :D
 
colinmcr said:
Really like the ram with that motherboard, the colours match great. I'm really liking the look of these orange builds I've been seeing.

Hope you get some more pics up soon ;)
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Yes mate, the RAM and motherboard are a PERFECT match, I think that's why I was so disappointed the GPU wasn't the same colour. At the end of the day though all different manufacturers so can't expect them to use all the same colour. I'm going to look into taking off the shroud of my r9 and spray painting it. That is, if the orange spray paint I ordered off OCUK is a decent match.

If you check back tommorow, I'm going to post the H80i install (By far the worst part of the installation) which was the last step really and then some final build images.


The__Malteser said:
Agree with the motherboard comments. I just got a gigabyte motherboard (different model, but similar) and the sound when putting in the CPU was terrifying :p Also, the padded I/O panel was also a small issue for me.

Looking good. Envious of the people with a nice case :D :D
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Glad someone in the same boat as me mate. Sound is crazy isn't it! I thought I was just going to break the IO panel too with the install, sponge makes it feel like it's in far enough but in reality it's not. Being my first build I guess I was just scared in case I broke anything, nothing a little elbow didn't solve.
 
Ok chaps, so carrying on from my last update.. H80i... :



Out of the packaging









Tried to capture on the camera here. My radiator seemed to have a lot of dents / bumps where the pattern was distorted. My H80i is pretty loud so I hope these minor imperfections are normal and they're not causing the adverse noise.



Time to mount! Noticed the Corsair 300r has weird bubbling on fan locations.



Mounted with one fan. ANYONE looking at purchasing a H80i this is how you install it! Corsair says to install both fans after attaching Radiator to case. This is a bad move! I lost count of how many times i had to take the fan off nearest to the CPU. It had to be removed to attach the pump to CPU, it had to be removed to insert PSU power cables, it had to be removed to then hook up the USB connection. All these removals were due to the instruction manual telling me to do something after I installed the second fan and so definitely leave the most internal fan last!

I also had to remove the graphics card to install the pump / second fan as was conscious they were really close and didn't want to damage anything.





Fully installed. This is setup as INTAKE as Corsair recommends but I have since swapped to Exhaust (notice dust in case after just 2 days) and the temperatures are surprising better for both CPU and GPU.
 
Ok guys so what you have been waiting for next really, final build pics!

















All these images were taking over the course of the last few days.

Only changes are really (Not seen in some pics here) is the corsair logo on my H80i I've changed to a dark orange to match build and i've swapped the fans to exhaust.

I'm going to look at some better cable management next week when my SP/AF 120/140's for the case come :)
 
Some better and more recent pics:











Anyone know what this strange orange light is on bottom right of motherboard?



Also, only one button lights up (if i exclude the power button) which is 'Tag', is this right or should they all light up?



Enjoy :) If you want any more pictures let me know guys.

Once I get my Fans spray painted and installed in the next few days I'll update with more pictures.
 
Looks good mate. The H80 looks bigger than I would have expected in that case! I've got an H100 and can't even see it looking into the side of my case. I've got the radiator mounted on the outside top with fans mounted inside and exhausting through top.

Get some orange LED strip in there will look awesome. Wouldn't worry about sorting the mess of cables at the back as you can't see them anyway!
 
WalderX said:
Looks good mate. The H80 looks bigger than I would have expected in that case! I've got an H100 and can't even see it looking into the side of my case. I've got the radiator mounted on the outside top with fans mounted inside and exhausting through top.

Get some orange LED strip in there will look awesome. Wouldn't worry about sorting the mess of cables at the back as you can't see them anyway!
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Yer the h80i is HUGE. I originally opted for it due to hating big CPU air coolers. This is just as big in reality haha. Was tempted to get the H60 due to this but nevermind. Might play around with just one fan and see how temps look. Will considerablly remove some bulk.
 
Heavenkiss said:
Yer the h80i is HUGE. I originally opted for it due to hating big CPU air coolers. This is just as big in reality haha. Was tempted to get the H60 due to this but nevermind. Might play around with just one fan and see how temps look. Will considerablly remove some bulk.
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Yep you will probably only see a couple of degrees difference between running 1 or 2 fans. That was the case for me with my H100, running with 4 fans only dropped the temp but 2 or 3 degrees compared to 2 fans!
 
Might see how it looks. Seen some pics with 1 fan on the rad looks ugly. I think once I have the SP120s on the rad with orange rings it could look pretty sweet.

See how it goes :)
 
So I just received my new package of OCUK:

New fans & grommets for case:



And for modding purposes - Spray paint! Hopefully this colour matches well, will keep you all updated:



On a side note too, I also went to Ikea on the way home and picked up a markus chair. Seems to have a lot of good reviews around here and having an Ikea gift card, I thought why not:

 
Spray paint aint a bad colour - Think i'll give it one more coat and see how it looks before loading into case. At the moment though, i can live with this orange. Not sure if i'd prefer gloss over matte now though ha. Looks too matte this:


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