Project Ghoster

simon.deighton · 26 Jan 2017 at 08:55

Well here's my first build in a very very very very very (you get the idea) long time.

I've decided I don't want anything too garish, not sure the RGB route is good for me on this build so I think I'll be doing a subtle black and white theme eventually

Here's the spec so far :

Intel Core i7-7700K
NZXT Kraken X62
Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO
Corsair Vengeance LED 32GB DDR4-3200
Samsung 960 Evo 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive
Asus GeForce GTX 1080 8GB STRIX Video Card
NZXT S340 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case
EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold

Got everything apart from the GPU and SSD so far, that's still up in the air of what i want to get

Onto the potato quality photos!

Seating the ram

Starting on some cable management

Processor arrived!

Shiny

Fans going in

Kraken going in, the pump seems to be slightly pushing against the ram

More to come!

simon.deighton · 26 Jan 2017 at 14:09

orbitalwalsh said:
Will you be using NZXT Grid+ for fan control ?

Not sure really, do you have it, is it worth it?

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With regard to fans so far I have the 2 rad fans plugged into the connector that comes with the X62, thats what the instructions said to do anyway

The other top and back fan I just have plugged into CHA_1 and CHA_2 for now figured that was the easiest route but ideally id have all those wires totally out of sight but ive dont a pertty good job of hiding everything so far.

On a side note the build quality and premium feel of those Silent Wings is top notch.

simon.deighton · 26 Jan 2017 at 14:10

Has anyone had a similar issue with the X62 pump tubes pressing the ram slightly? ideally I dnot wantr to move it, because the NZXT logo will be the wrong way round

Also while im asknig questions, anyone had issues with USB3 cable coming frmo the elite case, the connector you plug into the mobo is bloody huge and hard to hide! (Not pictured)

simon.deighton · 2 Feb 2017 at 15:20

Quick update M.2 arrived and going in

simon.deighton · 2 Feb 2017 at 21:35

orbitalwalsh said:
Got any ram heatsinks for the 960?

Ive seen some that I might buy, some nice black ones that should suit it nicely!

This kinda thing, https://i.imgur.com/9AXP3TJ.jpg

UPDATE - GPU arrived today, I stupidly bought the wrong one. RMAing it to buy the higher clocked version

simon.deighton · 3 Feb 2017 at 09:36

True, I'll look into that thanks.

NEXT STEPS - Once the GPU is in, there's going to be a big session on cable tidying around the back and start to add in some of the white features to create this ghoster!

White cable mod flex to start with plus a few more ideas I've got....