Project DarkFORCE

[rmilyard]

Here are some pictures of the build I am working on.

Asus Rampage IV Extreme
i7 3820 with Corsair H100
16gb of Corsair DDR3 2133mhz
2 120gb Corsair Force GT
1 2t Seagate 7200rpm Sata 3
HAF X
Misc stuff

HAF X at Start


Added these fans to blow out and change the stock red fan in front to push out also.


View of same fans from inside case.


Added fan in 5 1/4 bay to pull air into case.


Another view.


Front of case looking in.


Corsair H100


Fans added to H100 in push/pull.


Before mounting.


Back view.

[rmilyard]

H100 mounted.


Top View.


Top fans added back on.


Case view.


Case with lights on.


More inside.


LIghts on with panel on.



Added 120mm Red fan in 5 1/4 bay in front to help draw air in.


Lights out.

[rmilyard]

My setup for now.

[Zka17]

Hm... nice components... - specially those Corsair fans...

I would have two comments if I may... 1.) airflow and 2.) memories

1.) I'm really curious of the temps... Am I seeing it correctly: top exhaust, rear exhaust, the two front Corsairs (on the HDD cage) also exhaust... to much exhaust... intake only on the side and front top? It does not seem to me very efficient...

2.) Are you using Corsair Vengeance memories on the RIVE board? usually that calls for trouble... Is your system stable?

[rmilyard]

So far system has been running fine. I have it only OCed to 4.2ghz right now. Ram is at 2133mhz. Temps at idle are 35-40 and load 60-68 but I do live in Phoenix AZ and room has 2 computers in it 24/7 and pretty warm.

As for the fans on the case I wanted them as intake but no way to use the red plates on the back side. I am thinking the same as a lot on exhaust. The intakes from the front in the 5 1/4 are pulling in pretty nice air.

I was thinking about changing the H100 to pull air into the case. I saw a youtube video from Newegg with JJ from Asus saying the think it's best.

Zka17 wrote:
Hm... nice components... - specially those Corsair fans...

I would have two comments if I may... 1.) airflow and 2.) memories

1.) I'm really curious of the temps... Am I seeing it correctly: top exhaust, rear exhaust, the two front Corsairs (on the HDD cage) also exhaust... to much exhaust... intake only on the side and front top? It does not seem to me very efficient...

2.) Are you using Corsair Vengeance memories on the RIVE board? usually that calls for trouble... Is your system stable?

[asusrogboy]

needs cable management XD

[rmilyard]

I am having some issues with that. Having a hard time hiding stuff with wire lengths. I was thinking maybe getting some black tube to hide them better.

asusrogboy wrote:
needs cable management XD

[rmilyard]

asusrogboy wrote:
needs cable management XD

Getting a 24 pin Black/Red ATX Cable and 8 and 6 pin PCIe Black/Red cables soon. That should help some.

[Zka17]

What do you mean by load? Some kind of stress testing or your regular usage?

Actually I was thinking about setting up the fans on the H100's radiator as intakes on your built... of course, with the two fans above them... I did a H100 setup as top intake and proved to be the best option... - I have one of the air conditioning outlets above my computer... 🙂

[rmilyard]

At 100% load using AIDA64 and Running Heaven DX11 at same time.

Zka17 wrote:
What do you mean by load? Some kind of stress testing or your regular usage?

Actually I was thinking about setting up the fans on the H100's radiator as intakes on your built... of course, with the two fans above them... I did a H100 setup as top intake and proved to be the best option... - I have one of the air conditioning outlets above my computer... 🙂