New Rig - Help & Suggestions

My Old computer is going to moved downstairs for my daughter more of a media centre, the only things I'm taking from are my Titan GFX, PSU and one SSD.

This is what I was thinking of getting:


  • Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Arctic White
  • Asus Z97 Gryphon Armor - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Micro ATX Motherboard Bundle
  • Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
  • Western Digital VelociRaptor 1TB 10000RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache
  • Corsair Vengeance Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit
  • x 2 Corsair Air Series AF120 1500RPM LED Red Quiet Edition - Dual Pack

Wanting to get some RED Leds for the case, any suggestions?
 
Here we go - white + black scheme

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£35 Saving** £367.98
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV "Frost Edition" 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit £139.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Arctic White (CC-9011048-WW) £104.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
1 x Corsair AF120 Quiet Edition Low Noise High Airflow - Dual Pack (CO-9050002-WW) £22
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Premium Modding LED Strip - Connect White 30cm £16.79
1 x Silverstone Cable Extension Value Bundle - White £10.8
1 x No Molex to SATA Adapter Required £0
1 x Silverstone 8-pin PCIe 6+2 Pin 25cm PCIe Extension - White £3.29
1 x Silverstone 8-pin PCIe 6+2 Pin 25cm PCIe Extension - White £3.29
Total : £828.70 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Are you set on red + black? Personally I think it's a bit overdone

What Titan GPU do you have? Reference cooler? Also what size is the SSD you are reusing?
 
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BlackMamba said:
Are you willing to modify the case slightly because I think I have a cool idea if you can make it work? Thanks BM
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What are you thinking? Never really done a case mod before.

Shivy011 said:
Here we go - white + black scheme

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£35 Saving** £367.98
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV "Frost Edition" 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit £139.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Arctic White (CC-9011048-WW) £104.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
1 x Corsair AF120 Quiet Edition Low Noise High Airflow - Dual Pack (CO-9050002-WW) £22
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Premium Modding LED Strip - Connect White 30cm £16.79
1 x Silverstone Cable Extension Value Bundle - White £10.8
1 x No Molex to SATA Adapter Required £0
1 x Silverstone 8-pin PCIe 6+2 Pin 25cm PCIe Extension - White £3.29
1 x Silverstone 8-pin PCIe 6+2 Pin 25cm PCIe Extension - White £3.29
Total : £828.70 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Are you set on red + black? Personally I think it's a bit overdone

What Titan GPU do you have? Reference cooler? Also what size is the SSD you are reusing?
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That looks great, I think I might swap the White LEDs for Red, I want it more of a red glow inside :)

My GPU is:

Gigabyte GeForce GTX Titan 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

My SSD is:

Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic
 
Valrak40k said:
What are you thinking? Never really done a case mod before.



That looks great, I think I might swap the White LEDs for Red, I want it more of a red glow inside :)

My GPU is:

Gigabyte GeForce GTX Titan 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

My SSD is:

Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic
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Hmm
What I'd do is go for a red+black scheme on the components side then and put white LEDs in - this will highlight the red and black in the PC, and coloured LEDs often wash out the colours in a case, so white LEDs I think are better
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£35 Saving** £367.98
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD316G2666HC11CDC01) £113.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £98.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
1 x Corsair AF120 Quiet Edition Low Noise High Airflow - Dual Pack (CO-9050002-WW) £22
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Premium Modding LED Strip - Connect White 30cm £16.79
1 x Silverstone Cable Extension Value Bundle - Black & Red £13.16
1 x No Molex to SATA Adapter Required £0
1 x Silverstone PCI 8-Pin to 6 +2- pin PCIe Cable 25 cm - Black / Red £4.24
1 x Silverstone PCI 8-Pin to 6 +2- pin PCIe Cable 25 cm - Black / Red £4.24
Total : £805.42 (includes shipping : £11.75).





or... go for this NZXT Hue RGB controller which you can choose your colours with

YOUR BASKET
1 x NZXT HUE RGB LED Controller - Black £39.98
Total : £43.90 (includes shipping : £3.26).

 
Thanks for the feedback mate, once I get paid this week I'm going to order that. This will be my first build as well, really looking forward to it :)
 
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Valrak40k said:
Going to take your advice and go with the White option, going to be getting the desk that linked below so I want my computer to stand out on it :)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Piranha-PC2...qid=1414857457&sr=1-20&keywords=computer+desk
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This one?

Shivy011 said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£35 Saving** £367.98
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV "Frost Edition" 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit £139.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Arctic White (CC-9011048-WW) £104.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
1 x Corsair AF120 Quiet Edition Low Noise High Airflow - Dual Pack (CO-9050002-WW) £22
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Premium Modding LED Strip - Connect White 30cm £16.79
1 x Silverstone Cable Extension Value Bundle - White £10.8
1 x No Molex to SATA Adapter Required £0
1 x Silverstone 8-pin PCIe 6+2 Pin 25cm PCIe Extension - White £3.29
1 x Silverstone 8-pin PCIe 6+2 Pin 25cm PCIe Extension - White £3.29
Total : £828.70 (includes shipping : £8.00).

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Here's what I'm thinking you know the rubber grommets at the back of the case use that to connect this RGB led light strip 1m long www.amazon.co.uk/Tingkam-Changing-C...d=1414861795&sr=8-1&keywords=rgb+led+strip+1m that's the amazon link for it then you can put the receiver on the top of the case or where ever you want really then use the remote to use the RGB's fun multitude of colour variations and enjoy... Thanks BM
 
BlackMamba said:
Here's what I'm thinking you know the rubber grommets at the back of the case use that to connect this RGB led light strip 1m long www.amazon.co.uk/Tingkam-Changing-C...d=1414861795&sr=8-1&keywords=rgb+led+strip+1m that's the amazon link for it then you can put the receiver on the top of the case or where ever you want really then use the remote to use the RGB's fun multitude of colour variations and enjoy... Thanks BM
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You mean like this mod? :D

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18575513&highlight=awesome+rgb+led+mod

I've done this, connected to molex- it's awesome
 
I agree with you but I haven't thought about this to much but I love my grab case also maybe get some avexire RAM just because it looks cool that's just MHO thanks BM
 
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