Project 300r

Garage1217 · Oct 28, 2012, 01:03 AM

Building a new rig. Not much to say right now, but excited to get on it! Just some shots and planned equipment so far. Mobo, Ram and some other goodies will be in next week

Case: Corsair 300R
Mobo: Asus ROG Crosshair V Formula Z
CPU: FX-8350
CPU Cooling: Still weighing options. Have both an H100 and custom Koolance setup here I can use
Fans: All Corsair SP & AF series, 120 & 140mm
RAM: 2x4GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 2133
GPU: XFX R7970 Ghz Edition
Primary HDD: 2x Corsair Performance Pro's in Raid 0 (Drives have outstanding built in garbage collection so I am good with lack of trim in R0)
Backup HDD: 2x Samsung HD204UI 2TB drives
Power Supply: Seasonic X750 750W Gold Cert Modular
Blu-Ray Drive: LG WH12LS30
OS: Win 7

I have both Intel and AMD, not loyal to anyone. Digging the 8350 and happy to support AMD. Will be a very fine machine when done!

Some of the goodies, more pics to come!

For as cheap as this case is, I really dig it! Very clean and professional looking. Ordering in grommets for the obsidian series as it did not come with any. Will most likely waterjet out the door and laser cut a new custom acrylic door. Current side panel is not so great looking and came scratched (corsair is being awesome and shipping a new one)

Garage1217 · Oct 31, 2012, 03:00 AM

More goodies in today

8GB of Corsair Platinum / 2133. Also got in my Asus Crosshair V - Formula Z, and 140mm front fans. Yes I have more fans than I need - returning some of the 120mm fans. Mounted the mobo and PSU tonight.. also stuck in the ram just to check it out but will get pics of that later.

Also got in some of my stainless steel allen cap screws as I generally do not like phillips. OCD I guess.

[H]@RD5TUFF · Oct 31, 2012, 03:01 AM

Nice PSU, I love mine!

Garage1217 · Oct 31, 2012, 03:06 AM

Thanks, smart choice! My current 560W version of the same supply has been flawless.

[H]@RD5TUFF · Oct 31, 2012, 03:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Garage1217

Thanks, smart choice! My current 560W version of the same supply has been flawless.

Yeah I have abused my 750 and it keeps on trucking I am for sure a sea sonic customer for life!

Garage1217 · Nov 2, 2012, 02:56 AM

Just some pics of tonight's work. LONG ways to go and taking it slow

Tons more to come this weekend!

Using stainless allen caps for most everything including mobo mounting. A little OCD on this

dude12564 · Nov 2, 2012, 02:58 AM

Very neat - literally!

My kind of stuff. =D

sneekypeet · Nov 2, 2012, 03:03 AM

very close to what I am trying to pull of in my TJ11 over the next day or so, nice build!

xBruce88x · Nov 2, 2012, 03:08 AM

I see the colored ring on car rims has made its way to the pc market with the fans

Looks pretty nice so far!

Garage1217 · Nov 2, 2012, 03:37 AM

Thanks guys! I have a Bitfenix Recon fan controller that is USB - OS controlled, inbound tomorrow. http://www.bitfenix.com/global/en/pr...ssories/recon/

Thinking about keeping the Blu-Ray drive out of the case and putting it in an external esata housing since my PC sits under the desk right now. Will make things cleaner appearance wise too.

[H]@RD5TUFF · Nov 2, 2012, 03:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Garage1217

Thanks guys! I have a Bitfenix Recon fan controller that is USB - OS controlled, inbound tomorrow. http://www.bitfenix.com/global/en/pr...ssories/recon/

Thinking about keeping the Blu-Ray drive out of the case and putting it in an external esata housing since my PC sits under the desk right now. Will make things cleaner appearance wise too.

You'll have to let me know how that fan controller is, as I plan on buying the white version once it's finally released!

Garage1217 · Nov 2, 2012, 04:04 AM

Will do! From reading up on it, Bitfenix did a good job. Does what it says it does so I have high hopes for it. The white one in a white case would be slick.

Garage1217 · Nov 2, 2012, 04:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sneekypeet

very close to what I am trying to pull of in my TJ11 over the next day or so, nice build!

Feel free to post a link, would love to check it out!

Garage1217 · Nov 3, 2012, 03:32 AM

Well tonight was a fail. Even though the top fan mounts are offset, the VRM heatsinks on the crosshair mobo prevent me from mounting a 240mm rad or even a thin H100! Wow that sucketh HARD. Guess plan C... H80 with rad and 1 fan inside and 1 fan external with a custom grill in back. All good. System is rather compact - not a ton of room in a 300R.

I was able to get 4.8ghz stable on an 8150 with an H80 running a single fan in a micro ATX setup and it performed decent so I am ok with this lol. Not what I had envisioned but is what it is and will still look good.

Garage1217 · Nov 4, 2012, 07:14 PM

She is up and running! Still a ways to go but so far doing very well. Rock stable at 4.8ghz. Have not pushed it further yet.

Also going to have covers for the PSU, top of vid card and other areas laser cut of acrylic. Will be working on this later this week.

And some benchmarks:

dude12564 · Nov 4, 2012, 07:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Garage1217

Nice man!

Do they have red lightbars for the Dominator Platinum RAM yet?

Garage1217 · Nov 4, 2012, 09:55 PM

Not sure if they do or not! Heard rumors they were going to.

dude12564 · Nov 4, 2012, 09:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Garage1217

Not sure if they do or not! Heard rumors they were going to.

Ahh. How do the white ones look?

Garage1217 · Nov 4, 2012, 10:12 PM

I really like them, will. try to get a good shot later on. Just enough light. More of a 6-8K color temp. Gives just enough light off to highlight things in the case. So far, they have performed excellent. At 1600, have them running at 8-8-8-16-24 1T and I have not even got a chance to really test or push them.

dude12564 · Nov 4, 2012, 11:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Garage1217

I really like them, will. try to get a good shot later on. Just enough light. More of a 6-8K color temp. Gives just enough light off to highlight things in the case. So part, they have performed excellent. At 1600, have them running at 8-8-8-16-24 1T and I have not even got a chance to really test or push them.

That's nice! I'm guessing you're going to go for 2133?

MxPhenom 216 · Nov 4, 2012, 11:11 PM

Is that paracord sleeving I see there?

Delta6326 · Nov 4, 2012, 11:28 PM

Nice setup! Looks great with the red.

Quote:

Originally Posted by MxPhenom 216

Is that paracord sleeving I see there?

That's what I was going to say. I want to use some, I hear its harder to put on but looks great.

Garage1217 · Nov 4, 2012, 11:30 PM

I cheated, but yes it is. They are actually Bitfenix Alchemy sleeved cable extensions. Look amazing, quality wire and workmanship. Also no heatshrink - sleeved up into the molex. Quite pleased with them! Building a cover for the power supply so it will not be seen anyways.

Garage1217 · Nov 4, 2012, 11:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dude12564

That's nice! I'm guessing you're going to go for 2133?

Actually no. I generally buy higher rated ram as I can usually squeeze better timings out of it than their lesser rated counterparts.

dude12564 · Nov 4, 2012, 11:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Garage1217

Actually no. I generally buy higher rated ram as I can usually squeeze better timings out of it than their lesser rated counterparts.

That's a good idea.

Oct 28, 2012, 01:03 AM	#1
Garage1217 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Az Posts: 118 (0.44/day) Thanks: 12 Thanked 69 Times in 29 Posts System Specs	Project 300r Building a new rig. Not much to say right now, but excited to get on it! Just some shots and planned equipment so far. Mobo, Ram and some other goodies will be in next week Case: Corsair 300R Mobo: Asus ROG Crosshair V Formula Z CPU: FX-8350 CPU Cooling: Still weighing options. Have both an H100 and custom Koolance setup here I can use Fans: All Corsair SP & AF series, 120 & 140mm RAM: 2x4GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 2133 GPU: XFX R7970 Ghz Edition Primary HDD: 2x Corsair Performance Pro's in Raid 0 (Drives have outstanding built in garbage collection so I am good with lack of trim in R0) Backup HDD: 2x Samsung HD204UI 2TB drives Power Supply: Seasonic X750 750W Gold Cert Modular Blu-Ray Drive: LG WH12LS30 OS: Win 7 I have both Intel and AMD, not loyal to anyone. Digging the 8350 and happy to support AMD. Will be a very fine machine when done! Some of the goodies, more pics to come! For as cheap as this case is, I really dig it! Very clean and professional looking. Ordering in grommets for the obsidian series as it did not come with any. Will most likely waterjet out the door and laser cut a new custom acrylic door. Current side panel is not so great looking and came scratched (corsair is being awesome and shipping a new one)

System Name:	PROJECT 300R
Processor:	FX-8350 @ 4.8ghz
Motherboard:	CROSSHAIR V FORMULA Z
Cooling:	Corsair H80i
Memory:	8gb Corsair Platinum PC2133 @ 2400
Video Card:	XFX 7970 GHZ Edition V1.0 @ 1250/1725
Hard Disk:	240GB Corsair Neutron GTX / 2qty of 2TB samsung H204UI
Optical Drive:	LG BR
Case:	Corsair 300R
Sound Card:	E-MU 0204 / Project Sunrise II - Project Horizon tube amplifiers
PSU:	Seasonic SS-750KM Gold cert, modular PS
Software:	Win 7 64

System Name:	PROJECT 300R
Processor:	FX-8350 @ 4.8ghz
Motherboard:	CROSSHAIR V FORMULA Z
Cooling:	Corsair H80i
Memory:	8gb Corsair Platinum PC2133 @ 2400
Video Card:	XFX 7970 GHZ Edition V1.0 @ 1250/1725
Hard Disk:	240GB Corsair Neutron GTX / 2qty of 2TB samsung H204UI
Optical Drive:	LG BR
Case:	Corsair 300R
Sound Card:	E-MU 0204 / Project Sunrise II - Project Horizon tube amplifiers
PSU:	Seasonic SS-750KM Gold cert, modular PS
Software:	Win 7 64

Oct 31, 2012, 03:01 AM	#3
[H]@RD5TUFF Eligible for custom title Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 5,589 (4.34/day) Thanks: 1,825 Thanked 1,710 Times in 1,431 Posts System Specs	Nice PSU, I love mine! __________________ Stuff 4 Sale! Heat Ware ebay

System Name:	White Boy
Processor:	Core i7 3770k @4.6 Ghz
Motherboard:	ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
Cooling:	CORSAIR H100
Memory:	CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB @ 2177
Video Card:	EVGA GTX 680 CLASSIEFIED @ 1250 Core
Hard Disk:	2 Samsung 830 256 GB (Raid 0) 1 Hitachi 4 TB
Optical Drive:	none
CRT/LCD Model:	1 Dell 30U11 30"
Case:	BIT FENIX Prodigy
Sound Card:	none
PSU:	SeaSonic X750 Gold 750W Modular
Software:	Windows Pro 7 64 bit \|\| Ubuntu 64 Bit
Benchmarks:	2017 Unigine Heaven :: P37239 3D Mark Vantage

Oct 31, 2012, 03:00 AM	#2
Garage1217 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Az Posts: 118 (0.44/day) Thanks: 12 Thanked 69 Times in 29 Posts System Specs	More goodies in today 8GB of Corsair Platinum / 2133. Also got in my Asus Crosshair V - Formula Z, and 140mm front fans. Yes I have more fans than I need - returning some of the 120mm fans. Mounted the mobo and PSU tonight.. also stuck in the ram just to check it out but will get pics of that later. Also got in some of my stainless steel allen cap screws as I generally do not like phillips. OCD I guess.

Oct 31, 2012, 03:06 AM	#4
Garage1217 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Az Posts: 118 (0.44/day) Thanks: 12 Thanked 69 Times in 29 Posts System Specs	Thanks, smart choice! My current 560W version of the same supply has been flawless.

Nov 2, 2012, 02:56 AM	#6
Garage1217 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Az Posts: 118 (0.44/day) Thanks: 12 Thanked 69 Times in 29 Posts System Specs	Just some pics of tonight's work. LONG ways to go and taking it slow Tons more to come this weekend! Using stainless allen caps for most everything including mobo mounting. A little OCD on this

Nov 2, 2012, 02:58 AM	#7
dude12564 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 457 (0.88/day) Thanks: 640 Thanked 216 Times in 127 Posts System Specs	Very neat - literally! My kind of stuff. =D

System Name:	Dell Studio XPS 8100 / Current PC
Processor:	Intel Core i5-750 @ 2.66 GHz / i5-3570K @ 3.4 GHz
Motherboard:	Dell Stock H55 / ASUS P8Z77-VLK
Cooling:	Stock
Memory:	Hynix 8GB DDR3-1333 / Kingston HyperX Blu Black 8 GB DDR3-1600
Video Card:	MSI Radeon HD 7770 / EVGA GTX 560 Superclocked
Hard Disk:	1TB Western Digital Caviar Black / 128 GB Crucial m4 + 2TB Seagate Barracuda
Optical Drive:	LG 16X DVD-R / None
CRT/LCD Model:	Samsung 19'' LCD / Dell 24'' LCD
Case:	Dell Studio XPS 8100 / Bitfenix Merc Alpha
Sound Card:	Realtek Integrated
PSU:	Dell Stock 350W / OCZ ModXStream 700W
Benchmarks:	Dell Keyboard + Dell Mouse / Azio Levetron Clicker + Razer Lachesis

Nov 2, 2012, 03:03 AM	#8
sneekypeet Unpaid Babysitter Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 19,004 (7.31/day) Thanks: 3,035 Thanked 5,487 Times in 3,950 Posts System Specs	very close to what I am trying to pull of in my TJ11 over the next day or so, nice build! __________________ Hers: ASUS Maximus V Gene / i7 3770K / Swiftech H220 / 4X8GB Corsair Dominators / ASUS GTX660 / Corsair AX-760 / Windows 7 64bit / Fractal Design ARC Midi R2 Test: Gigabyte Z68X-UD4-B3 / i7 2600K / A lot Of Coolers / Ripjaws Currently / HIS HD7950 IceQ Turbo / Silverstone SST-ST85F-G / Windows 7 64bit / InWin D-Frame Limited Edition

System Name:	His
Processor:	Intel i7 3770K Cooled with Swiftech Apogee Drive II
Motherboard:	Asus Maximus V Extreme
Cooling:	Swiftech MCR-320 Cooled With Corsair SP120 Fans
Memory:	4X4GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 2666 C11
Video Card:	Asus GTX680 Direct Cu II TOP
Hard Disk:	Corsair Force GT 180GB / Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB
Optical Drive:	- - - - - - -
CRT/LCD Model:	Samsung 40" 120hz LCD
Case:	SilverStone Temjin TJ11
Sound Card:	Realtek on board > Sony receiver > Cerwin Vega's
PSU:	Corsair AX1200
Software:	Windows 7 Ultimate 64

Nov 2, 2012, 03:08 AM	#9
xBruce88x Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Winder, GA, USA Posts: 2,218 (1.70/day) Thanks: 652 Thanked 506 Times in 401 Posts System Specs	I see the colored ring on car rims has made its way to the pc market with the fans Looks pretty nice so far! __________________

System Name:	Phenom-inal / IBM T43 2668-45U
Processor:	Phenom II X4 920 OC 3.2ghz / Pentium M 735 1.7Ghz
Motherboard:	ECS IC780M-A V2.0 / T43
Cooling:	7 80mm and 1 92mm case fan, Contac 30 / Stock
Memory:	Super Talent DDR2-800 2x 2GB + G.Skill 2x1GB DDR2 533 / 2x 1GB Samsung DDR2 533
Video Card:	ASUA DirectCU II HD 7850 2GB / ATI X300 64MB
Hard Disk:	500GB Hitachi 16mb 7200RPM, 1x 250GB seagate 2.5in 5400, 160GB IDE / 40GB
Optical Drive:	DVD/CD-RW combo 16x/48x Sony / DVD-ROM CD-R/RW combo
CRT/LCD Model:	ViewSonic @1280x1024 / 14.1in 1024x768
Case:	Unknown but cool / IBM Thinkpad T43
Sound Card:	Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 THX 200W and RT ALC662 / SoundMax via Intel
PSU:	CX500 / 6cell battery - 125w brick
Software:	Windows 7 Pro x64 / XP Pro SP3
Benchmarks:	The IBM can handle Farcry with Med/High settings

Nov 2, 2012, 03:37 AM	#10
Garage1217 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Az Posts: 118 (0.44/day) Thanks: 12 Thanked 69 Times in 29 Posts System Specs	Thanks guys! I have a Bitfenix Recon fan controller that is USB - OS controlled, inbound tomorrow. http://www.bitfenix.com/global/en/pr...ssories/recon/ Thinking about keeping the Blu-Ray drive out of the case and putting it in an external esata housing since my PC sits under the desk right now. Will make things cleaner appearance wise too.

Nov 2, 2012, 04:04 AM	#12
Garage1217 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Az Posts: 118 (0.44/day) Thanks: 12 Thanked 69 Times in 29 Posts System Specs	Will do! From reading up on it, Bitfenix did a good job. Does what it says it does so I have high hopes for it. The white one in a white case would be slick.

Nov 3, 2012, 03:32 AM	#14
Garage1217 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Az Posts: 118 (0.44/day) Thanks: 12 Thanked 69 Times in 29 Posts System Specs	Well tonight was a fail. Even though the top fan mounts are offset, the VRM heatsinks on the crosshair mobo prevent me from mounting a 240mm rad or even a thin H100! Wow that sucketh HARD. Guess plan C... H80 with rad and 1 fan inside and 1 fan external with a custom grill in back. All good. System is rather compact - not a ton of room in a 300R. I was able to get 4.8ghz stable on an 8150 with an H80 running a single fan in a micro ATX setup and it performed decent so I am ok with this lol. Not what I had envisioned but is what it is and will still look good.

Nov 4, 2012, 07:14 PM	#15
Garage1217 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Az Posts: 118 (0.44/day) Thanks: 12 Thanked 69 Times in 29 Posts System Specs	She is up and running! Still a ways to go but so far doing very well. Rock stable at 4.8ghz. Have not pushed it further yet. Also going to have covers for the PSU, top of vid card and other areas laser cut of acrylic. Will be working on this later this week. And some benchmarks:

Nov 4, 2012, 09:55 PM	#17
Garage1217 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Az Posts: 118 (0.44/day) Thanks: 12 Thanked 69 Times in 29 Posts System Specs	Not sure if they do or not! Heard rumors they were going to.

Nov 4, 2012, 10:12 PM	#19
Garage1217 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Az Posts: 118 (0.44/day) Thanks: 12 Thanked 69 Times in 29 Posts System Specs	I really like them, will. try to get a good shot later on. Just enough light. More of a 6-8K color temp. Gives just enough light off to highlight things in the case. So far, they have performed excellent. At 1600, have them running at 8-8-8-16-24 1T and I have not even got a chance to really test or push them. Last edited by Garage1217; Nov 4, 2012 at 11:31 PM.

Nov 4, 2012, 11:11 PM	#21
MxPhenom 216 Knowledgeable Posting Whore Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,781 (5.80/day) Thanks: 1,284 Thanked 1,084 Times in 836 Posts System Specs	Is that paracord sleeving I see there? __________________ Motocross is not just a sport, it's a lifestyle. File Server: Intel Pentium G630, 8GB PNY 1600, AsRock H77M Micro, Corsair CX430M, Vertex 2 90GB (OS), 2x WD Red 2TB in RAID1 “We will never know our full potential, unless we push ourselves to find it. -Travis Rice”

System Name:	My System
Processor:	Intel Core i5 2500k @ 4.5GHZ 1.36v
Motherboard:	AsRock Extreme4 Gen3 P67
Cooling:	Prolimatech Megahalem w/ Push/Pull Corsair SP120s and H2O GPU
Memory:	Corsair Dominator Plats 8GB 4GBx2 2133mhz 1.5v
Video Card:	.........................................................
Hard Disk:	Samsung 830 128GB SSD, Corsair Neutron 240GB, Samsung F3 500GB
Optical Drive:	Asus 24x SATA DVD
CRT/LCD Model:	Dell U2412M IPS 24" 1920 x 1200
Case:	Corsair Carbide Series 500r w/ 2x Corsair AF120 fans
Sound Card:	HT Omega Striker 7.1
PSU:	Corsair HX850 Gen1 Silver
Software:	Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1
Benchmarks:	P33304 Vantage

System Name:	THE CUBE
Processor:	Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield V1.28
Motherboard:	ASUS P5Q Pro Bios 2102
Cooling:	XIGMATEK S1283 w/crossbow(120mm x4 Left, Back, Back, HSF)
Memory:	Mushkin Blackline 4GB (2 x 2GB) 800Mhz @ 1Ghz 5-5-5-15
Video Card:	2x SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 4850 1GB.
Hard Disk:	WD Black 500GB/WD EXT 2TB/ Toshiba 250GB Test Drive
Optical Drive:	SAMSUNG 22X DVD Burner
CRT/LCD Model:	ASUS VH226H 1080p Black 21.5" 2ms LCD
Case:	"THE CUBE" Custom built pure Red Alder wood
Sound Card:	Onboard/ Logitech Z-2300 200 watts 2.1
PSU:	XION AXP Lan-Party AMP Edition 146A 800W
Software:	Windows 8 Pro x64

Nov 4, 2012, 11:30 PM	#23
Garage1217 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Az Posts: 118 (0.44/day) Thanks: 12 Thanked 69 Times in 29 Posts System Specs	I cheated, but yes it is. They are actually Bitfenix Alchemy sleeved cable extensions. Look amazing, quality wire and workmanship. Also no heatshrink - sleeved up into the molex. Quite pleased with them! Building a cover for the power supply so it will not be seen anyways.

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Project WaterFall -- A water cooling project log by Phenom	MxPhenom 216	Project Logs	244	Nov 17, 2012 01:13 AM
Corsair Carbide Series 300R Available in Windowed Version	btarunr	News	11	Jul 13, 2012 02:50 PM
Corsair Carbide 300R	Darksaber	Reviews	6	Mar 21, 2012 01:16 PM
Anyone remember a little game project called Project Offset?	happita	Games	7	Jul 15, 2011 08:05 PM
[Project] Uninterestingly Named Project	jspace	Cases, Modding & Electronics	17	Jun 18, 2009 07:30 PM