Project Preditor!

jacob1995knight · 8 Dec 2012 at 18:01

Hey there peeps, over the past three months i had been trying to find a case that had decent air flow, loads of room, white and looked amazing, i finally planned out what i was going to get and i went for it, here is the list of items that i baught:

1 x Aerocool X-Predator Ultimate Gaming Case - White
6 x Zaward Golf II Fans 140mm - white
2 x Artic F9 92mm fans
2 x white cold cathodes
1 x 4 pin PSU extension cable
1 x white medium size pack of white sleeving and heat shrink

So where to start, i ordered all of the parts at 11:00 at night and all of them where delivered by 10:00 the next day (this being friday) i have seen big cases but this one is huge!
i succsessfully hauled all of the stuff upstairs (3rd floor) and got myself set up for the work ahead:

First off was the case

then all of the other bits and bobs

So theres all of the stuff that i had baught, now after taking all of the pics i started to install the fans and the easy stuff

I was really impressed with how strong and decent the skrews where, not cheap and not easy to cheese

So after i had installed the simple items i decided that it was finally time to "kill" my gaming rig

After doing so, it was time to bring back my machine from the dead

I succsessfully installed my motherboard without any problems

I have been watching and reading mant tutorials on how to "sleeve" cables, so i thought i would have ago, i went with white sleeving so that it would go with the computer case and theme in general, i tried to sleeve as many cables in the computer as possible to make it look good, here is what happened

One sata cable

So far so good, then i tried to cable some more items like the 4 pin extension cable

SUCCSESS!!!

Then i went on to the PSU cables :mad:

THEN!!!

I slipped when trying to pull one of the cables out, my thumb succsessfully got married to one of the staples that i was using, i can tell you for sure that it hurt :mad:

after i cleaned off the blood and took a deeper inspection i found a decent 1cm clean slice

So after cleaning off my wounds i carried on and installed some other sleeved items

My new CPU fans with white sleeving

I wanted to install my cold cathode switch somewhere that would look cool and would be easy to use

Almost near the end of the build and i thought i would see if the PSU would reach the 24 pin through the back of the case...... guess what....... it didnt!!! :mad:

So until i can get some more cables that are long enough my system will look like this

the final wiring setup on the back of the case

I had finally installed the rest of the stuff for my system and was ready to start her up

As you can see i was writing this up as i took the pictures

Well there you go peeps, i hope you enjoyed looking and reading, have a great christmas

cheers

jacob1995knight · 8 Dec 2012 at 20:46

hey there guys, thanks for the tips and comments, dneill2006 i simple counted the spaces of each hole, found the centre, then cut a hole that the switch would fit through, after doing so i placed the foam behind and then cut a hole for the switch, i used a pair of wire cutters and also a file to get rid of the rough bits

jacob1995knight · 8 Dec 2012 at 23:51

So just been playing with the system some more, the card reader that i had put in was the wrong one and was not reccognised by the system becouse it did not have the correct drivers, so i went through the buisness of sleeving another card reader that was a little shorter:

I think thats it for now but i should be uploading some more pictures when i ever buy a whole new PSU or just an extension cable for the 24 pin

cheers

jacob1995knight · 9 Dec 2012 at 12:41

I know, im thinking of getting the corsair 750 proffesional edition, due to the fact that it is 80 + gold and also you can change the cables for white, but still thinking about it

jacob1995knight · 9 Dec 2012 at 20:46

Hey there chris-82 i found that once i could get the sleeving onto the cable it was really easy, i would seriously reccomend getting the connector removal kit, as you can see above, if you mess up then you mess up big time, it should be easy once you know how to do it

jacob1995knight · 9 Dec 2012 at 21:41

Hey there peeps, just a quick update on my case, i wanted to make sure that the whole system was bright not just the bottom or top so here are some pics of where i have moved the white cold cathodes to, also, where the window fans connected to the plugs, i was getting bored of having to fish them out when ever i unplugged them so i came up with a smart idea, enjoy

I think thats all until a little i get my new PSU

cheers

jacob1995knight · 9 Dec 2012 at 23:11

To be honest mickyflinn i have no idea, i dont think i will however due to the fact that the names of the ports are written on the motherboard, i do find them usful

jacob1995knight · 10 Dec 2012 at 00:13

yes, well im more of a performance over looks person im afraid, im not a fan of people who make there machines worse to make them look good, its there to work, not to look good

jacob1995knight · 10 Dec 2012 at 20:14

Cheers IC3 i have noticed a 7.C change in the temps when i push her hard, apart from that its about a 3.C to 4.C difference when casual use applies.

jacob1995knight · 10 Dec 2012 at 22:05

Aha, so i see, by this i mean i want to be able to see my nice strong machine in full light, i dont loose any performance vy adding two cold cathodes, nice try tho

jacob1995knight · 11 Dec 2012 at 16:33

So i finally think that i have made my mind up on what im going to do next, i am going to get the Seasonic X-Series 650w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply and then to go with that i will get the Corsair Professional Series Gold AX1200 Individually Sleeved Modular Cable Kit - White , i have been doing some research and yes, they do work together, i also think that they will look amazing in the case!

jacob1995knight · 13 Dec 2012 at 22:32

Cheers for the advice guys, i have a seriously large amount of plans for the PC anyway, i want to make sure that i join the 1000W club due to the fact that im looking at going into the duel or mabye even triple gaphics card setup, dont know what graphics cards yet, might get a different motherboard due to the graphics card slots on this board, i would also like to go to 32GB or RAM aswell, but still, got to get the old bank acount flowing again.......lol

jacob1995knight · 14 Dec 2012 at 01:03

True i guess, i will be covering all areas of use from game design to video creation to game play, i really do want to go for the 1000W psu tho

jacob1995knight · 14 Dec 2012 at 19:14

Why is that, just saying a little bit of information on what is inside

jacob1995knight · 16 Dec 2012 at 14:51

Hey there Tattysnuc with the fans on slow they are really quite but you can still hear them, however, when the fans are on high they are quite noisy due to the fact that i have set them up to create posative air pressure in the case, the way that i think about it is that the more noise means the cooler my machine will be

jacob1995knight · 16 Dec 2012 at 16:57

So a little update, i went for the idea of putting a blue cold cathode light in with the white, to be honest, unless you turned off the white cold cathodes there was no change becouse white is a more vivid colour then blue, i went through the stage of finding the blue cold cathode first then fitted it above the white cold cathode in the top of the case, here are a few pics of what it looks like:

so here is before i put the blue cold cathode into the case

Then after

I then turned the white cold cathodes off and it did look ok but still

So for now i am just keeping the white, i want to stay to my theme as much as possible, the final setup of my rig...... for now

jacob1995knight · 29 Dec 2012 at 22:54

So time for another update, I have been researching posative air pressure and decided to try and make my case posative, i have baught 2 x Zaward 80mm fans to cover the side pannel in the window:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-037-ZW

I also wanted to add a little bit more light to the case :rolleyes:

(i know) so i have baught a 60cm light strip to go on the left hand side of the case:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CM-032-AK

I will post some more pictures when the time comes to fit the new items, cheers and merry christmas

jacob1995knight · 3 Jan 2013 at 00:02

Hey guys
so yet another late night post, my new parts should be arraving soon so i thought i would make some preporations to the case so that i could save time fitting the new items, i decided to fit my old multi - controller:

As you can see there are many different fetures, the main reason that i am using this is becouse i am fitting two more fans to the computer system, i have no more fan controlling slots in the case so i have to use what i have.
Here are the cables that i had to braid, 2 hours and a numb rear end!

I didnt bother putting up the pics of me braiding them, just like blue peter "heres one i made erlier"

I tried to make them neat in the case, it is really coming together:

Finally the front view:

Another great thing about this multi - controller is that it has a led screen that tells the speed of the fans and two different temps, here is the temp sensor in the case:

And the one for the CPU cooler:

Thats it folks until my new parts arrive

cheers