'Pastel switch'

[*Rich*]

Nothing too special here, i can't find my old build thread so here is another.

I had previously built a new system into a Cosmos 2 case. Brilliant case, but limited places to store it, so decided to 'Switch' into a NZXT Switch 810. It seemed to be a fairly popular case so here it is. A few items including rads have change a little so...

Quick spec list:

i7 3770K @ 4.6
GTX 680 SLi @ 1200/1600
G1 Sniper 3
Kingston Hyper x 16gb
Corsair GS360gb SSD
2 x 1tb WD HDD's
XSPC RX360 Rad (mounted at the top)
Black ICE GT Extreme 280 Rad (mounted at the bottom)
Added some braided cables to the mobo and gpu's.
Changed coolant to Mayhems Pastel Blueberry.
Added two cathodes, one at bottom and one at top.
XSPC Dual bay res/pump.
5 140mm fans set in pull on both rads.

Now some pics.

Started by moving the base of everything into new case.

Nice thick rx360 ready to go in

Decided i would open up my EK Supremacy block and see what was lurking in there after a few months running on mayhems X1 UV blue.

All cleaned out, not much in there really. Tried using some MX-2 i had laying around this time, see how it goes.

Tight fit on the gt extreme rad, sat on top of the fans. Tubing all fitted. You can also see top rad.

Top rad fitted and then top fans added.

All new tubing, used XSPC tubing this time for a change from the masterkleer i used last time.

After some checking, filling, leak testing and final checks, all was good.

I suppose it will do for now....

 

[Jay85]

Looks good mate! What waterblocks have you got on the cards?

 

[*Rich*]

They are XSPC Razor waterblocks.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-178-XS&groupid=962&catid=1520&subcat=2328

Quite good at cooling, and look good too. Pity they are underneath and not seen.

Thanks.

 

[Rooster212]

Lovely looking build, maybe one day I will be able to have 2 680s looking that great

 

[*Rich*]

Thank you, i'm sure your time will come

 

[Skeese]

Loving the pastel colour

 

[*Rich*]

Loving the pastel colour

Something i wasn't sure on at first, but i really like it too

 

[DaleTheWhale]

The blue pastel looks so nice against a black case, specially with 2 GPU's, nice build!

 

[*Rich*]

The blue pastel looks so nice against a black case, specially with 2 GPU's, nice build!

Thank you.

 

[noj]

pasel blue fluid does look nice, nice looking ram as well.

lovely looking build

 

[*Rich*]

pasel blue fluid does look nice, nice looking ram as well.

lovely looking build

Thank you very much.

 

[~>Dg<~]

very nice

 

[*Rich*]

very nice

Cheers

 

[cammy5477]

Looking great Sir

Loving that mayhems pastel blue

 

[jashon093]

haha I like the placement of the gigabyte and nvidia "powered by" stickers on the SLI bridge. Looks good better than on the case.

 

[*Rich*]

Looking great Sir

Loving that mayhems pastel blue

Thank you, it seems quite popular at the moment

haha I like the placement of the gigabyte and nvidia "powered by" stickers on the SLI bridge. Looks good better than on the case.

I have a different idea for the Sli bridge, but yeah, not a fan of covering the case in random parts stickers........well, not anymore lol

 

[davido_labido]

looking really good man, might actually dual up my cards, if i can persuade the missus that another 500 quid needs to be spent to make me a happy chappy!!

 

[*Rich*]

looking really good man, might actually dual up my cards, if i can persuade the missus that another 500 quid needs to be spent to make me a happy chappy!!

Haha, sweet words are all that's needed sometimes to 'er indoors' lol

Thanks

 

[TonyTBR]

That build looks ******* sick, and dat blue coolant is just sexy as hell!!!

 

[blitz_911]

There's quite a few fractal define builds on here now. I see that your rad clears th cpu block by some way, the mb looks like its set lower. My r3 build hit a bit of stickler on that. Pastel blue looks pretty cool too. Nice build.