Red a dAIR 800D

ripperOFflesh · 24 Apr 2010 at 14:42

Hello and welcome to my first build (ongoing) i have always bought built pc's but decided it was time to build my own..This will be an air cooled build untill later in the year when i'll atempt water cooling.The build will have a Red and black theme and a little overclock im no expert but im sure some will help if i run into problems

Platform :-AMD 8-series
Case :-Corsair Obsidian 800D
Processor :-P

henom II X6 1090T
Graphics Card :-Asus ATI Radeon HD 5870
Motherboard :-ASUS Crosshair IV Formula AM3 890FX
Memory :-G.Skill Ripjaw 4GB DDR3 1600MHz
Hard Drive :-W D Caviar 640GB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache
PSU :-Corsair HX 750W
Cooler :-Titan Fenrir Special Edition

Scythe Kama Bay
Zalman ZM-MFC1 Fan Controller
Fans Phobya Nano-G 140mm x3
Phobya Nano-G 120mm x5
Pic of some parts

im not sure how the pics look hope they are okay and not to big or small

Well just called me project Red a dAIR lol strange name i know anyhow moving on im not decided on me Graphics Card yet im thinking of getting a XFX ATI Radeon HD 5850 and a 1090T Black Edition Thuban will decide in next couple of weeks
Quick question:will my power supply be okay for this build ? i worked it out to about 600\650 watt
Right i'll go and sort some pics of the case

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Here is the case with the fans in ive made a red sticker for the power supply i'll show better pic later the case is quite big and a bit awkward to lift about but still a lovely case right i'll update soon thanks for reading

crisbduck · 24 Apr 2010 at 14:54

Looks really good, everything goes together really well!

Nico_Joey · 24 Apr 2010 at 15:00

Very, very nice build, not a fan of the case though. Have two of those phoyba fans myself for my build (allso red theme) and they do look very good.

Looks like its aching to be watercooled though, with one of those LUND reservoirs and some bitspower fittings....and red tubeing...and nickel blocks.....

ripperOFflesh · 24 Apr 2010 at 15:06

yeah i'll watercool later in the year be nice with some red blood pipes in lol

bash247 · 24 Apr 2010 at 15:53

That looks really nice mate. Love the colours

Aod · 24 Apr 2010 at 16:16

looking great matey!

ripperOFflesh · 24 Apr 2010 at 16:25

Hi just showing my test of the kama bay was making sure components work ,i replaced the Scythe fan with a Phobya 120 seems to blow quite well lot better than the corsair i'll have 6 running of the controller and the 2 hard drive fans running of a single molex to 4 fans adapter i'll update as i get pics and parts thanks

Fallen god · 24 Apr 2010 at 18:04

Looks really sexy man, would look so nice in some blood water cooling XD.

mel d · 24 Apr 2010 at 18:10

mmm looks good now ,would look very tasty with blood wc

Troezar · 24 Apr 2010 at 18:14

Does look very good, thinking of the 800D myself but still thinking of a theme...

mike gunnz · 25 Apr 2010 at 00:21

Looking good, especially like the colour combo and the fans. Do they shift a lot of air?
That rig is aching to be water cooled btw.

Nico_Joey · 25 Apr 2010 at 11:02

Troezar said:
Does look very good, thinking of the 800D myself but still thinking of a theme...

Have a look at white case +green bits, looks soo much diffrent from the other cases that are a dark colour. Not sure you could do that with a 800D though would cost a small fortune to p.c it. Would sooo love to see a white 800D though

Technics · 25 Apr 2010 at 12:26

Subscribed, Great hardware , Great colour scheme, Great build!
Looking forward to seeing this eventually make it to watercooling ¬!

Speed · 25 Apr 2010 at 12:49

ripperOFflesh said:
Hi just showing my test of the kama bay was making sure components work ,i replaced the Scythe fan with a Phobya 120 seems to blow quite well lot better than the corsair i'll have 6 running of the controller and the 2 hard drive fans running of a single molex to 4 fans adapter i'll update as i get pics and parts thanks

What fan controller is that?

Tobywon · 25 Apr 2010 at 13:15

Looks to be the Zalman MFC1
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BB-001-ZA&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=189

Speed · 25 Apr 2010 at 14:22

Ah yes, even says in the OP. My bad!

Speed · 25 Apr 2010 at 14:24

How you finding it ripperOFflesh? Need to replace my Sunbeam, most of the movement on its dials doesn't actually affect the fan voltage, which seems silly.

ripperOFflesh · 25 Apr 2010 at 16:42

Hi thanks for the comments the fans do push quite a bit air they are
Phobya Nano-G 12 1500rpm Airflow: 107,76m³/h / 63,44 CFM
Only tested 1 fan in the controller it seems to work quite well they have a blue led on untill half way up then the led turns red when more power is added thanks

Here is me attempt at red corsair sticker

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Looks a lot pink in the pic to real life i did it in paint shop pro and printed it onto photo paper then used double sided tape to stick it on i have some spares so might try a red marker on 1 of them better than the blue anyhow
Has anyone used Royal Grease thermal paste what cums with the Titan Fenrir cooler or should i get some other thermal paste ?

ClassicEnergie · 26 Apr 2010 at 12:33

ripperOFflesh said:
Has anyone used Royal Grease thermal paste what cums with the Titan Fenrir cooler or should i get some other thermal paste ?

For my latest build and have done another two for my buddy and his brother I used Indigo Extreme thermal paste.

This stuff is really good but its not easy to get in Europe.

Another good choice which I will be trying next is the Shin-Etsu X23. This is the hardest to find.

The most common choice and close to those two is the Arctic Cooling MX-3.

Here is an excellent review of the above mentioned thermal paste.

http://www.skinneelabs.com/tim-v2.html

ripperOFflesh · 26 Apr 2010 at 15:47

Thanks for that ClassicEnergie im going to get sum Arctic Cooling MX-3 Thankyou