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I think it looks great!.
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Just finished off my new build.
Lian Li Dynamic
8350K
Z370 Extreme 4
16GB Gskill
Vega 64
Lian Li Dynamic
8350K
Z370 Extreme 4
16GB Gskill
Vega 64
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Bought a new case, gfx card and case fans. I had the Corsair 600D, which was a decent case, but there were a few things I was never happy with. The lack of a proper usb3 front hub, the plastic and rather small window and the front fan being 200mm, instead of 140/120mm.
Really pleased with the Phanteks Enthoo Pro. The big glass side panel is amazing, but I keep glancing over and thinking there is no side panel on lol. Even though i always used a micofiber cloth to wipe my 600D window, it still managed to get full of scratches over time. Glass should hopefully mean it stays looking clear and scratch free for years. Also liked that there is a compartment at the bottom to hide the PSU wiring. Looks so much neater than having to stuff all the wires behind the mobo tray in the Corsair case. There is also more room behind the mobo tray and the side panel went back on without being bent out in the middle like my 600D.
There are a few design flaws that let it down, but nothing too bad. The front fan slots cover up a lot of the fan if you put in a 140mm fan, which means it's kinda pointless to use anything other than a 120mm. Its also not quite high enough to add 3 x 120mm fans with silicone vibration dampeners added. 10mm higher would have been ideal.
The top slide out fan holder thing means if you put a case fan on as an intake it'll be pulling warm air from the top of the case. I'd have liked to be able to screw fans straight into the case top so that it could pull 100% cool air from outside the case. Having the fan so low also means the fan would cover the diagnostic display on my Asus motherboard, which is annoying. I might have to mod in a way to attach a fan onto the case top and remove the fan tray.
Also not a fan of them replacing the reset button with some RGB lighting thing. They have also removed the power button led. On a £90 case I'd have expected them to add in the rbg thing as well as the power led and reset, instead of replacing them. Not a massive issue as I can see the PC is on through the window, but the reset button is useful when Stalker decides to lockup my PC.
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Wow really spectacular cases in here!
Just finished off my new build.
Lian Li Dynamic
8350K
Z370 Extreme 4
16GB Gskill
Vega 64
Is that some sort of prop for the gfx card? I have a 1070ti strix and just noticed today that its starting to sag quite a lot under the weight of the cooler. I was going to cut a piece of plastic pipe or something and wedge it underneath, but i'm worried it'll end up moving and going into the fan.
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Its 1 pole and the support out of the coolermaster universal vga support kit, I just cable tied to the fan.
@TechnoCorruption Thanks, i'll have a look for one. It looks ideal and shouldn't restrict airflow like some of the solutions I have seen.
my nothing fancy case i got from the Zon on friday, CiT F3, it replaces the Aerocool cs-102 thats in the pics because as you can see theres much more space to play with despite my messy cabling.
i like my budget cases and this F3 seems better quality than those CiT M-atx cases that includes the 500w psu and cost like £30-40 and a Slim line one i had before, i do own the AC - CS101 slim case which ive built to sell, really nice case for small factor, all 3 cases are fairly nice to work with and fits nicely on a desk or bookcase in my instance.
i like my budget cases and this F3 seems better quality than those CiT M-atx cases that includes the 500w psu and cost like £30-40 and a Slim line one i had before, i do own the AC - CS101 slim case which ive built to sell, really nice case for small factor, all 3 cases are fairly nice to work with and fits nicely on a desk or bookcase in my instance.
That case looks ancientMy fist post here, so what you think of this?
Yeah...it's the Cooler Master Stacker, from...2004...lol
What did you do for lighting inside the case? I'm just about to buy this case on the strength of your lighting, looks amazing.
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2 x Bitfenix Alchemy rgb strips 30cm.
Connected to a rgb header on motherboard. Thanks
Connected to a rgb header on motherboard. Thanks
Build is pretty much done for my sons first PC for Xmas. Details as follows:
i5 4670
20GB of RAM
Asus B85 motherboard of some description
Crucial M500 SSD
GTX 970 (off the MM)
Bitfenix PSU
ID Cooling AIO
Total cost for the build was £398, the mobo/ram/cpu was a skip find, SSD was also a throw away. Spent most of the money on the case, cooling and gfx card. For a first PC I think he'll be alright. Plays Farming Simulator a treat
Sorry for the second potato camera picture. Don't know how i'm going to keep this a secret until Xmas I want to play it now. I acknowledge its pretty much a shameless copy of what a lot of people are doing but I think they all look awesome.
i5 4670
20GB of RAM
Asus B85 motherboard of some description
Crucial M500 SSD
GTX 970 (off the MM)
Bitfenix PSU
ID Cooling AIO
Total cost for the build was £398, the mobo/ram/cpu was a skip find, SSD was also a throw away. Spent most of the money on the case, cooling and gfx card. For a first PC I think he'll be alright. Plays Farming Simulator a treat
Sorry for the second potato camera picture. Don't know how i'm going to keep this a secret until Xmas I want to play it now. I acknowledge its pretty much a shameless copy of what a lot of people are doing but I think they all look awesome.
Build is pretty much done for my sons first PC for Xmas. Details as follows:
i5 4670
20GB of RAM
Asus B85 motherboard of some description
Crucial M500 SSD
GTX 970 (off the MM)
Bitfenix PSU
ID Cooling AIO
Total cost for the build was £398, the mobo/ram/cpu was a skip find, SSD was also a throw away. Spent most of the money on the case, cooling and gfx card. For a first PC I think he'll be alright. Plays Farming Simulator a treat
Sorry for the second potato camera picture. Don't know how i'm going to keep this a secret until Xmas I want to play it now. I acknowledge its pretty much a shameless copy of what a lot of people are doing but I think they all look awesome.
Looks the part, pretty odd ram amount as well
Looks the part, pretty odd ram amount as well
4 slots used, so I'm guessing 8 + 8 + 2 + 2 GB?
Almost, 1 8gig stick and 3 4gig sticks. Neither here nor there tbh, a bit irritating that I can’t run a matching pair of 16gig. But it was free so I’m not complaining, if it turns out he sticks with PC gaming I’ll purchase an 8th gen bundle at some point.
I have been waiting ages for the cable mod verticals GPU mount to complete my build “Jedi”