Projext : White is the new black.

paulstung

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Time for another project, this time I'm actually moving away from black and yellow like my last 5 rigs, and going for a white Enthoo Luxe, one of only 2 cases in white I actually like, the other being the Luxe's big brother the Primo, and that is just too big. Along with the white, it's going to be blackk, with the odd touch of silver, in the XFX DD cooler and trim and a 3rd cable colour.

I'm not going for any insane mods, just a nice clean build with the odd different touch hear and there. Like a panel to block off, the drive bays, and a stealth motherboard tray cover.

The specs for the build are :

White Enthoo Luxe
I5 4690k
MSI Gameing 5
2 x 4gb sticks Teamgroup 2666MHz Frost edition
2 x 4gb sticks Teamgroup 26666MHz Black ( coming tomorrow )
XFX R9 290 DD, in Crossfire
SuperFlower Leadax 1000w 80% gold
2 x Kingston HyperX 4K 120gb SSD's
2 x Kingston 60gb SSD's ( free with GPU's )
Samsung250gb 840 Pro SSD
1TB Seagate SSHD


Cooling :

XSPC RX360
XSPC Raystorm CPU block
Aquacomputer Aqualis 150ml Res
Bitspower Deluxe White fittings
Mayhems black X1 coolant / Mayhems silver Aurora 2 1ltr
PrimoChill Advanced LRT 1/2" tube
Pump Koolance PMP500
120/140mm Alpenfohn black and white wing boost fans
2 120 Corsair SP120 LED fans up front
Custom Black White, and silver cable extensions, in the middle of doing
1m Phanteks RGB LED strip





Firstly I had to remove the heatsinks to change the red to white, MSI make it very easy as the claws just come off by un screwing 2 screws on each.












I'm undecided on this, I've got another one cut to size, that I'm going to try a different effect, I'm just waiting on a mate to bring his scroll saw over.





And a few to show the LED strip off, it's a shame that my camera doesn't do the colours any justice in person they pop.

Red


Green



Yellow


White


I'm just waiting on a 3rd batch of fittings, coolant, silver cables, and memory, I can then finally get cracking and get her wet. I'm planning on adding the GPU's to the loop, but money is a bit tight at the moment, plus the UK seems to have a shortage on R9 290 water blocks, every where seems to be out of stock. I've got a selection of radiators, and I've bought enough fittings, I think, so, as soon as I can find a matching pair they'll be added.
 
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Looks like a really nice spec and the case is awesome. Can't wait to get one and compare it with Primo.

Great job with the mainboard heatsinks, so you are gonna stash the other 3 ssd's in the optical bay behind the plate? Will the plate affect the airflow from front much do you think or you doing some cutting?

Really enjoying the fact we got two Luxe builds ongoing for me to follow :D
 
Hukkel said:
White indeed IS the new black. You should have taken the red MSI emblem off as well. Loving the new look you gave it so far.
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No mate, that's only a badge, it deserves to be left alone.

The other SSD's are in one of the 2 removable drive bays. The bay plate, I have 2 made in one there are drilled holes in areas where, they are needed, but in the second I'm going to use a scroll saw and cut out some design, of some sort, and then mount fine mesh behind.

They have made one big change compared to the Primo, and that is to the top mesh, they've added a centre spring loaded pin between the 2 push clips, other than that no changes to the bay sleds, or clips.

The only fault I can find is that the paint finish on the metal has two different finishes, the top and bottom parts of the Chassis, and psu cover are smooth pure white gloss, but the rest is rough and slightly off white, and that goes for the plastic as well the front panel and top are smooth glosss, whereas the feet, and the sides of the top, are that slightly off white and rough. I can't understand why they went about the finishes the way they did.

I also wish they had provided another res mount, because once you've got your GPU /s in, there isn't enough room left to mount a res on the provided bracket. With the drive bays removed, you can mount drives in the top 3 bays, and then the res bracket could have been mounted just set back by about 30-40mm would have been a great option. between my 290's it only leaves 50mm to mount the res on the bracket.

I bought the thinest res I could find the Aquacomputer Aqualis 150ml but even that at 50mm is too big. I've had to mount it on the rear.

Other than that they have pulled another great case out of the bag again, I think I prefer the Luxe over my black Primo, and the lED's are a must buy, for the price they are bloody awesome, about the best RGB's iv'e used, or even seen.

 
paulstung said:
No mate, that's only a badge, it deserves to be left alone.

The only fault I can find is that the paint finish on the metal has two different finishes, the top and bottom parts of the Chassis, and psu cover are smooth pure white gloss, but the rest is rough and slightly off white, and that goes for the plastic as well the front panel and top are smooth glosss, whereas the feet, and the sides of the top, are that slightly off white and rough. I can't understand why they went about the finishes the way they did.
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This makes me sad. LUXE is first case I have ever liked the white over the black and was all set to go with this option. Guess I will wait for final build pics just to see overall effect. Do you think that once the chassis is full, the differences may not be as noticeable?
 
To be honest mate, it's done in such a way that it looks right, and can't really be noticed, with the top being one finish and the sides being another, it looks even, and matches quite well.
 
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To be honest mate, it's done in such a way that it looks right, and can't really be noticed, with the top being one finish and the sides being another, it looks even, and matches quite well.
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Good to know and thanks for feedback mate. Not going to make snap decision until I see some finished build logs. Reckon once it is completed, the difference will also be less noticeable...

Good luck with rest of build, looking fwd to it!
 
It's alright mate, once you have 2 gpu's installed though there isn't any room up front to use the res bracket, you have to mount it on the rear beneath the fan. Even then if you want a rear fan, you will have to choose wisely with the height.

A little update, I've decided to go in a slight different direction with the build, I'm adding the stealth motherboard tray, and GPU blocks from day one, so whilst I wait till payday, I can concentrate on hole placement in the tray, and finish the black white and grey, extensions.

I've got just over a week to get all I want done, and I'm off work for 10 days, so plenty of time to wrap this build up, and a couple of days to play with the finished product, yea me...


This is just a mock up, with a scrap piece of hard board for the tray, and acrylic for the bay panel, the drilled hole idea was a bust, so I've got some very fine black insect mesh from my old reptile keeping days, so I'll cut some design out of the bay cover and place the mesh behind. I also need to measure and drill some holes for tube inlets and outlets, as the res is going to be under the rear fan.






Not much of an update, only the 24 pin cable extension finished, god they take an age to do
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Cables look amazing mate, really nice job there. It's interesting after reading 4/5 reviews of the LUXE and not seeing a score below 99.7328% awesomeness for them for wc (OK slight exaggeration...) in practice the builds are maybe not going as smoothly as one would expect?
 
Luggs said:
Cables look amazing mate, really nice job there. It's interesting after reading 4/5 reviews of the LUXE and not seeing a score below 99.7328% awesomeness for them for wc (OK slight exaggeration...) in practice the builds are maybe not going as smoothly as one would expect?
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Actually who cares - still the nicest looking case out imho at the mo...

(should I be concerned that I am quoting and replying to myself? :confused:)
 
Luggs said:
Actually who cares - still the nicest looking case out imho at the mo...

(should I be concerned that I am quoting and replying to myself? :confused:)
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Yes & Yes (To both of your selves) :eek:

It is a stunning looker indeed the lighting options are great and I'm sure more manufactures will offer similar in the future.
 
We both agree you :D

Phanteks have defo put the pressure on other case manufacturers. Though I was slightly disappointed the smaller new smaller Phanteks case (mini XL?) isn't just a smaller LUXE... Or is that just me?

Anyway, about time for some more pics Paulstung?
 
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