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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...

Cheers bud, yeah its gonna look sweet. Cant decide on coolant color, red or maybe white, not sure.

With the case review now done, it's time to get onto the build itself! Going over the spec, we have an ASUS Dark Hero 8, paired with a 5900X courtesy of AMD. For graphics, we will be going with the 5700XT Red Devil from Powercolor, it's still a more than capable card, and with the vertical...

Well, we finally have the inner part of the case back from the powder coaters and it looks amazing! The blue is exactly what I was looking for and it really makes the case pop. There's a slight issue with one part, the modified I/O plate for the GPU was painted white instead of blue so it's...

While my Pan Slim from Raijintek is away for powder coating, I have received a Hyte Y60 for yet another new build! A huge thank you to Hyte for sending this over, this is an 011 competitor for sure, and I know we will see more builds featuring the Y60 in the coming weeks and months ahead. I...

A quick update while the case is still away at the powder coaters. The RAM has come in this week, 32GB of TeamGroup Xtreem DDR4 3200. It's a beautiful kit that will fit the build theme really well and I cant wait to get it all installed! A huge thank you to TeamGroup for sending this over for...

Hey Eddy, It's not as bad as the pic tbh but yeah, one of the swivel bends might have made it a bit cleaner. It's the first build where all the runs will be straight, no bending whohoo! Worst comes to worst, one line will have a slight bend, but its tiny. More than anything I need this up and...

Sorry for the delay, but time for a quick update. I'm struggling for time at the moment and this week I picked up a new role at KitGuru, so I need to get cracking on! Right so, the Pan Slim tray is ready for powder coating, lets catch up with what happened inside it. The screen I will be using...

OK update time on the new IO for the Pan Slim! So to recap, the original GPU IO had the backplate facing up, not the look I want for this build and so I had to mod the casing to what was needed. Cue donor parts from an old be quiet! Dark Base 700. I had originally used the standard set of 7...

OK, slight change of plan because this happened More soon, I promise!