Project Maximus Monsta

fireisdangerous

fireisdangerous

fireisdangerous

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This build came around as I wanted to get a new case and had planned on going for the new fractal design arc midi 2 but then that got delayed until the end of April which scuppered my plans. But then Alphacool released probably the best looking rad ever and I needed to own it!



So I purchased the rad and then had the issue of finding a case that would fit it!! Enter the NZXT switch 810 matte Black edition. This project has been a bit of a slow burn as I have had all the new components since January but I have been waiting for my NZXT switch 810 to be modded. It has been with the modding company for over 2 months. But hey good things come to those who wait!

I am having a custom back plate created without all the numerous grommet holes that the original had as I think it looks to cluttered. I wanted it to look nice and clean with only a couple of holes for cable routing. It is being made out of aluminium and will be powder coated Black .

New vs Old :)



New motherboad tray fitted



Once powder coated it will look like this (pic is from another user's mod)




They are also making me a psu cover that will run the length of the back plate but leaving me enough space to get my Monsta 240 rad with one set of fans in the front. Again this is made of aluminium and will be powder coated black.

The final mod they are doing is making the window bigger as I hate how the default window is triangular..



Whilst I have been waiting for my case I have managed to sell most of my old watercooling stuff from my current build and obviously purchased new parts



Just what every build needs a massive fluffy cat!!




Also got by psu braided, looks preety awsome if i dont say so myself :)







Hardware List:

I5 2500k @4.5ghz
Asus Maximus V Gene
16gb ddr Corsair Low profile ram
120gb Corsair SSD
Corsair AX850 – custom braided
NZXT Switch 810 Matte Black
8 x Corsair SP quiet edition fans
2 EVGA 570 superclocked editions with full EK waterblocks and Black plates
Alphacool Monsta 360 rad Bhite
Alphacool Monsta 240 rad Black
EK supreme CPU water block
XSPC D5 Bay res
D5 pump with bitspower mod kit
White delux Bitspower compression fittings
Primichill tubing
Mayhems blood red collant (might change)
 
I had originally planned on having blood red mayhems coolant for this build but I gave it a test and found that the colour looked more similar to wine and would work in my build. I then decided to give Mayhems pastel red a try and I really like the colour.



Also spent today cleaning my Gpu water blocks and filled one with the pastal red to see how it looked.



Mobo shot



Since I was so happy with the white powder coat on my fan grills I got to thinking what else could I powder coat white in the build. My plan is to get the black bracket on my cpu water block, gnu back plates and the faceplate for my xspc bay res all white. What do you think? will it be too much white.?

 
Here are some mid build pics, really happy how the mods have turned out and how clean it looks, its a bit top heavy with my Matx boar but still love how it looks. Just waiting for my cpu bracket and gpu backplates to come back from the powder coaters then i can start tubing up. What do you think?







 
I have started to tube up the build but need some feedback. I am going to use black tubing but have used some clear tubing just to test length etc.

The aim is to keep the loop as clean as possible to match with the rest of the build. What do you guys think of the first attempt of the loop. Any suggestions are more then welcome :)



 
Thanks for all the coments on my loops much appriciated. Think I am happy with the final loop and have now used the black tubing as planned. Although it is black, it is a gloss black so will reflect the led's in the case nicley (when I put them in!). What do you think?
















 
Final part of my modded switch arrived!

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