Recent content by Cre8 Modding

So I have been away for some time, but I had a project started before I had some time off. Well, today it's finished. I owe a lot to be quiet! for their support, and Alphacool too. Ive been modding for some time now and I needed to get this one done, not for me, but for them. So this sadly...

It's been a while, so it's time to crack on with another mod! I'm returning to modding after a bit of a break, so my friends over at be quiet! are kindly sending me a whole load of goodies to start with. This build is going to be based around the all-new Shadow Base 800 FX black edition...

Okay, so I have run into a few problems with how I wanted to set out the Y40. Some of this is specific to the cooling hardware I want to use from Alphacool, and some is down to the design of the Y40. I wouldn't say limitations as such but the case in terms of space for water cooling in certain...

Moving swiftly on! My first job is to remove the included Hyte fans from the Y40 and then get the motherboard into place. MY Z690 Carbon has my 12900K in place, awaiting the arrival of the 13900K from Intel so it can stay in here until it drops in. Next, it's time for a look at what...

For 2023 I am kicking things off with a build in the new Hyte Y40, I've previously built in their Y60 and I thought it would be nice to follow that one up with something similar. Hyte was kind enough to send over a white version of the case and on first impressions, it looks lovely! I will be...

Hey Thomas, thanks! Yeah of course il send them over today.

Well first, sorry to rush through this one! The 802 build is completed but there have been a couple of snags to get this one all finished. The first issue is the GPU I had for this build died, so it has been swapped out for an RTX 2080 that I had blocked already, but even that seems to be...

So the screen is ready and I can move on to getting some of the other bits now installed. I'm actually rushing to get this one finished due to current work commitments. I am rather ahead of these images but I have been cracking on with the actual build over taking a load of photos so my...

Ok so moving on quite quickly! Time to strip down the Silent Base ready to install the screen before I get on with anything else. This involved cutting away the HDD drive bay mounts on the motherboard tray and it's really good to be able to remove this from the case in its entirety. I didn't...

Hey all, hope you are doing well! It's time for another build to wrap up 2022 and so I am putting together a build in one of my favorite cases, the be quiet! Silent Base 802. A huge thank you to be quiet! for sending over this case and a few other bits to get this one going. To start I have...

Well, finally, it's done! I've been so busy with KitGuru and life in general that this had to take a back seat for a while. Now though, it's finished for my son to enjoy. On the glass etching, he couldn't decide in the end so for now we have left it blank until he decides what he wants, Marvel...

Forgive me guys, I've been so busy and have been cracking on with this build without posting an update, so here's a quick one to bring us up to date. To shift some parts around to different builds I needed to get this at least functioning so I could use it while the build is still in progress...

A small update, the GPU is now ready to be water-cooled! Our PowerColor 5700XT Red Devil may not be the latest and greatest, buts it's a card that performs well and will not leave this system short. This system will be running 1440P comfortably, on reasonable settings for many a moon to come...

Yeah, it probably will be red to be fair. Just sorting cables too, black doesn't look right so they will be going red too.

Some progress shots then The build has been coming along rather well over the past 24 hours or so. The first job was to strip out the Y60 as far as possible, removing the pre-installed fans, the glass, and storage bays. Removing all that glass gives us so much room to work in, airy af! With...