I think it looks f_cking awesome, don't know what they're on about. I'm really digging those rads and the whole build has a great industrial look. Probably better with just white lighting though.

Thanks bud. Different strokes for different folks; I might add a small white LED in the back near the exhaust fan so that you can see the Heatkiller block (it's gorgeous all nickel with silver Bitspower fittings) but that will be down the road.

The main thing is that performance is absolutely stellar :)

What are the temps like with your setup?

CPU is a very 1:1 comparison. I was running direct-die with the same LM with an EVGA 360 AIO (lapped the plate) with 3x Noctua A12x25's @ 1250rpm. Same basement, roughly same ambient (maybe 1-2c difference). I'm running fans now at 1000-1100 (staggered fan speeds).

I went from 80-85c max during RealBench (with Core4+Core6 touching 89-92c - they're my hottest cores always) to 58-60c max with Core4+Core6 topping at 62-64c.

The GPU was also massive, but not really a fair comparison. My 3080FTW3 was on the Hybrid cooler on a 450watt BIOS (2x Noctua A12x25). I would see 65-66c max during sustained loads. With the 3080TI STRIX on 450watt BIOS, seeing 45c max with fans at 1100rpm.

You should maybe consider the displate of the 011D. Turn the entire front pannel to a pump/res combo to save space.

I thought about it, but I don't love this case enough to pay for a distro plate that costs as much or more than I paid for the case as a whole. I do know of the plate you're talking about though.

I'm currently considering a Thermaltake W100 with the P100 pedestal. It's the closest thing to a CaseLabs. I wish I had the money to buy one when they were still around ..

New proc installed this morning.



With Noctua U12S and 5700XT. MSI X470 Gaming M7 AC motherboard (for any randos from the internet who want to know what kind of clearance to expect). Case is Fractal Design Define 7.



And finally what it looks like powered on.




Thanks to meh good lord Jeebus that I opted for the tinted tempered glass to hide that hideous cooler.

All the hate, but not bad for your first go at it Nunz. Soft tubing is a bitch to make a clean "pretty" build. Hard line is also a bitch and costs a small fortune unless you're God tier at bends, and don't need a distro plate like my pleb ass. :lol:

I will say hard line seems much easier to drain.

Bitch post yours

I need to post some solid color shots of mine.

It's still not finished. :lol:

At the rate you are going it's never gonna be ffs post it

Bish, I don't want to put the block on my GPU, because I can't replace the damn thing if something does go wrong. For now I bridged the GPU slots on the distro plate.

which means it's done so post

Gay I herd you like RGB

I am going to open it today to rewire the fans and fix that. It must have done this when I was trying to shove the back panel lol.

Ended up going back to original setup.

Cool, so you gonna do a giveaway of the cooler since you aren't using it?

Sure I can. Someone just needs to pay shipping.

I love it!

Did you make that Dave? It's awesome

Jeez Dave, save some creativity for us.
Very cool!:cool:

:lol:


No I did not


https://mycherrytree.com/collections...-borg-cube-atx

I hate Star trek but that's a damn cool case. Blueprint art is a nice touch too.

Need to update your system spec's Dave :D

Holy crap Dave…I can’t even go back into my own man cave after those pics lol.

Very nice :up:

Amazing, but daaaamn... I have a hard time convincing myself to spend 1/5 of that on a case. :) (yes, I'm cheap.)


"Um... yeah, honey, it's art. It uh... warns of the dystopian future ahead for all of us if we let technology rule our lives. I need to be reminded of that constantly."