New Dawn

Cre8 Modding · 23 Jul 2020 at 21:20

We are starting a brand new project and this time, putting my ugly mug in fornt of the camera too! Im hoping to do more of my builds via videos so people can actually see them coming together, alongside my usualy write ups.

This build will be based on the following hardware spec;

be quiet! Dark Base 700
MSI MPG X570 Gaming Pro Carbon Wifi
AMD Ryzen 3700X
32Gb TeamGroup Xcalibur 4x8Gb DDR4-3600
EVGA RTX 2070 XC Ultra
1Tb Seagate FireCuda 520 Gen 4 M.2
500Gb Seagate FireCuda 520 Gen 4 M.2
10Tb Seagate IronWolf Pro
be quiet! Straight Power Pro 11 850 PSU
be quiet! Individually Sleeved Cables – Black
be quiet! Silent Wings 3 120mm x7
Custom Alphacool Loop inc 2x 360mm Radiators

The Dark Base 700 is one of my favorite all-time cases and I have been dying to do another build in this since I did Project Octane. With the recent release of the Pure Base 500DX from be quiet!, I want to bring more airflow to the 700 with some custom 3D printed case mods and panels. This will be a be quiet! themed build so it’s all black and orange on this one with a few other custom parts to really help it stand out.

Il be using this as my day to day rig, it will be great to take advantage of Gen 4 storage and while the RTX2070 will do for now, hopefully, I will be able to upgrade this in the future. I’m going for an all Alphacool hardline loop with dual 360s to ensure this one stays as cool as it can. Its also the first time I will be using an MSI motherboard, I mainly went for this to fit the black and orange theme, and because of the dual M.2 slots.

Cre8 Modding · 23 Jul 2020 at 23:42

Thanks for the input bud, yeah I did wonder about breaking thia one up into 2 episodes to keep them shorter and so there wasnt as much in the way.

All a learning curve, sure it will get better as i go

Cre8 Modding · 24 Jul 2020 at 14:13

Thanks @Deus Ex, Yeah there were a lot of parts, its something il sort out for part 2. Part of this move to Youtube is that I was sent a new electric desk by Ergo Desks so that comes in really handy for not only Youtube but for the practical side of building these rigs. To get me and all the parts in meant raising it quite high. It will mainly be just me and the case for part 2 onward with a few components here and there. thanks again, taking everything onboard as I go.

Cre8 Modding · 29 Jul 2020 at 20:43

Ha! Thanks bud, yeah its not a great town is it!

Cre8 Modding · 5 Aug 2020 at 14:45

Part 2 is here!

Cre8 Modding · 7 Aug 2020 at 17:35

Thanks bud, yeah its been a real eye-opener for sure, taking all the feedback into account so keep it coming please!

Hope you like the build so far

Cre8 Modding · 23 Aug 2020 at 17:44

A quick teaser of the new Dark Base front panel before its cut today.

I will reprint the vents for this to tidy things up more but it should all start coming together really soon.

Cre8 Modding · 11 Sep 2020 at 09:05

Thanks, @Baden, its took a back seat for a little while. The panel is cut and I have printed the main parts but I am still not happy with them to be honest. Il get round to doing some more on this soon, I might stick a couple of pics up to see what people think and maybe re-evaluate.