- Joined
- Oct 14, 2007
Hello all, it's time for another beautification project! A lot of the system components will look familiar, with a fun new addition. It's all going into a new case with a twist to the water loop and other fun stuff.
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Project Updates
Post #2 - Cooling, with New Primochill Reservoirs
Post #7 - Tubing, lights & pump top arrived.
Post #12 - Leak Test!
Post #18 - Small build log
Post #19 - Not Quite Project Redefine Finished
Post #20 - Fractal Design's Define XL R2 review published.
Post #21 - Thanking Cooler Master for supplying the PSU
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Rhapsody in Red was, well, pretty easy based on the insane amount of RED in the system. This one will be less uniform than the previous build, with some contrasts thrown in. I hope it looks good when we're all finished. Since it's using a lot of the same components, my astute colleague mdcomp has helped me come up with a perfectly fitting name: Project Redefine.
The name is actually very astute considering the first part of the project to arrive was a case we received for review, the Fractal Define XL R2. It is a massive piece of hardware I'm looking forward to building in.
The system going in it shares many of the same components as Rhapsody in Red, with one large upgrade....TITAN!
CPU: Intel i7 3960X
MB: ASUS Rampage IV Extreme
RAM: 32GB G.Skill TridentX DDR3-2400 in Quad Channel
GPU: NVIDIA GTX TITAN
SSDs: OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS 240G (main OS), Patriot Inferno 100GB (benching OS)
HDDs: Samsung 1TB, Hitachi 2TB
ODD: ASUS CD/DVD RW
Fan Controller: Lamptron FC9
PSU: Cooler Master Silent Pro Hybrid 1300W
In the next post, I'll go over cooling.
As always, I'll update the top of this post with links to project additions in case you miss some or want to refer back to a spot.
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Project Updates
Post #2 - Cooling, with New Primochill Reservoirs
Post #7 - Tubing, lights & pump top arrived.
Post #12 - Leak Test!
Post #18 - Small build log
Post #19 - Not Quite Project Redefine Finished
Post #20 - Fractal Design's Define XL R2 review published.
Post #21 - Thanking Cooler Master for supplying the PSU
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Rhapsody in Red was, well, pretty easy based on the insane amount of RED in the system. This one will be less uniform than the previous build, with some contrasts thrown in. I hope it looks good when we're all finished. Since it's using a lot of the same components, my astute colleague mdcomp has helped me come up with a perfectly fitting name: Project Redefine.
The name is actually very astute considering the first part of the project to arrive was a case we received for review, the Fractal Define XL R2. It is a massive piece of hardware I'm looking forward to building in.
The system going in it shares many of the same components as Rhapsody in Red, with one large upgrade....TITAN!
CPU: Intel i7 3960X
MB: ASUS Rampage IV Extreme
RAM: 32GB G.Skill TridentX DDR3-2400 in Quad Channel
GPU: NVIDIA GTX TITAN
SSDs: OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS 240G (main OS), Patriot Inferno 100GB (benching OS)
HDDs: Samsung 1TB, Hitachi 2TB
ODD: ASUS CD/DVD RW
Fan Controller: Lamptron FC9
PSU: Cooler Master Silent Pro Hybrid 1300W
In the next post, I'll go over cooling.
As always, I'll update the top of this post with links to project additions in case you miss some or want to refer back to a spot.
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