Always! The cat is more like a dog. Greets everyone at the door, high fives, rolls over for food, and even devours potato chips.

I mean, this case deserves the popularity.

It's a mix :)

Fresh off the press! Thanks so much! :)

Probably a little turbulent but I haven't dived into testing the thermals entirely. They're stable at idle and stay within the safe limitations during use load. All I know is that mounting the GPU vertical in this setup reduced the temps by few degrees overall.

Thanks! I've been looking into the ModFlex to really make it complete when I go to swap out the GPU. Been debating of doing a simple black cable set or a combo of black/orange and grey maybe? Of course I'll do some more photos then :)

haha, thanks! That's the goal :)

Thanks, I would agree. As much as I originally wanted the black ones I was pretty happy to see how the white versions looked in the build. Better than I thought!

Thank you very much!! :)

Thanks! I really only play Apex Legends, then occasionally Overwatch and BF1. With Apex Legends I get about ~125 frames pretty solid, that's with all the settings turned down low. I haven't looked at the FPS on the other games so much. I just turn down the graphic settings and play. It runs smooth so I haven't cared to look but I'll check them out later. This PC looks great but not exactly power house quite yet until I'm able to upgrade the GPU and CPU for the higher end graphics. I'm sure you'll easily get more available frames moving to PC. At least the options to do so are out there (in limited supply...).

Thanks, you're very welcome!! Enjoy your build, I hope to see it on here some day :)

Thank you! Simple lighting goes a long way!

I think they're great, no complaints at all and fit this case dimensions perfectly! They connect together by the ends and then one wire to the MB with I believe the 3-pin RGB header. Simple and can be adjusted with Aura.

Thanks! :)

Love it! I don't think I can switch to anything else now.

Welcome to the feature :)

Thanks for taking the time in your day to write such a kind comment! Happy to hear you like it that much :)

haha, hopefully happy tears :)

Yeah, wasn't sure how it would look before I mounted it vertical but was pretty happy to see that it looked good once I did!

lol, it's fun. You have to learn the art of 3rd parties, then you will get your wins :)

I know a guy ;)

Yay :)

fingers crossed

So far no complaints but I don't have much to compare to. I imagine case fans like the Noctua NF-F12 or similar would provide more performance, just no RGB like the uni fans.

It definitely hold up well still!

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That's a very kind comment!! Thanks so much :)

Woot woot!!

A little :)

You're very welcome! I always enjoy other photographers sharing their setups and tricks to getting their shots. Not that you'll create the same images, but at least have the tools and knowledge to create your own. Cheers!

Thanks, I most definitely will!

Good to hear! :)

The pricing shown isn't accurate. I paid way less than it's currently pulling from the vendor sites.

Thanks for the info! I like the monitor and SSD options. I do plan on upgrading the ryzen 9 CPU and 3080 GPU which is why I went with the cooler listed. The MB and RAM was a lot cheaper than it's currently listed. The pricing is being pulled off the latest prices as found on Amazon and stuff. So scalper prices...

Thank you!! :)

Plan is to just upgrade the cpu and gpu, revise some of the hard drives and get some custom cables :)

There's a few software running for this:

• Lian Li L-Connect for the UNI Fans.

• Aura Sync in the ASUS Armory for the Motherboard, RAM, and the RGB STRIP inside the glass panel.

• Razer Synapse for all the exterior case lighting.

• NZXT software for the display on the CPU cooler.

Awesome, good to hear! I really wish I could get my hands on 3080 anything right now! You're absolutely right and need to add a USB hub. I ordered this one which I guess is "tried and true" for this. Be sure to NOT plug in the SATA cable. Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QHQF92K/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Use the motherboard to control the fans. For RGB control use the Lian Li hub. Then you'll be good to go. I look forward to seeing your build!

Thank you so much!! Glad this one inspired you a bit and helps guide you on your own build. I was a bit skeptical as well with adding an RGB strip, most cases I think they look tacky. I was confident that if I could keep it generally straight along the edges then it wouldn't look atrocious. Now that it's there it definitely filled the empty areas that I think were lacking for additional lighting.

Good luck, I hope to see your dream build featured!

Thank you! I may or may not have eyed your system very very very carefully during my build ;) Ok ok, it was 100% inspired! I made a few changes along the way and absolutely love it. I'm hoping to get some updated pics soon since I've upgraded my GPU. I'm trying to figure out if I should swap out the NZXT fans on top of the radiator with uni's or not. I feel like they won't be visible with the LED strip I have in place. Wouldn't hurt to give it a try though.

Thanks! It was definitely fun to build and photograph! Nobody can hate on the color scheme, I think it hits just right and do agree that the crinkly crystal would be a nice touch. Happy 2022, cheers!

I just uploaded my phone pics of the 3080 TI installed and being installed. One of these days I'll get the big camera and lights out for the juicy pics.

Thank you!

There's a total of 12. 8 of them were found on a good deal. Had to buy one more on amazon to finish the 9 RGB fans as seen. The additional 3 are on top of the radiator unseen.

1440p averaging 125 fps on Apex

I'm not familiar with MSI but quick research looks like MSI Afterburner is the software you're looking for. My experience for my ASUS motherboard was with using A.I. Suite. However I found that it had it's share of issues and ended up removing it and just using my BIOS for everything. Not sure if that's the same for MSI. It might be more solid than the ASUS software.

Totally! I figure I'll exchange to those when I replace the GPU. Not sure if I'll do an all black sleeve or a combo of orange/black and maybe a grey? I'll update with new photos then of course :)

Very cool, I look forward to seeing it!

Thanks so much!! I'm very overwhelmed with the response of likes it already received. I think a couple changes and this thing could move up a notch. Thanks again for the support! :)

Thanks! It wasn't really a headache for either since they use separate software, just had to play around with colors to get them to match close. The Lian Li fans use the Lian Li Connect and for the RAM I used the ASUS Aura. Unfortunately I haven't found an all-in-one RGB software but I have seen another build integrate Corsair with Lian Li for some awesome results. I'll try to find a link for that.

Here is the build with the iCUE running everything RGB: https://pcpartpicker.com/b/YHykcf#cx3981538

I haven't noticed any.

Thank you so much! I'm definitely enjoying it and keep tweaking things as I go. I'll have to get updated pictures going since I've replaced the GPU. Working on my desk situation too, hoping to include some of those shots when it's completed.

That's what I got going here and I'm not disappointed at all with it. There's lots of other examples of black cases with black fans.

I have yet to get any sleeved cables. Something I should hop on doing soon. I was waiting to upgrade my GPU before doing that. I might check out what CableMod has to offer.

I am! They're great and I don't have any big complaints with them. The only one being that there is no visual or easy way to see what the battery status is. You have to go into the software which is annoying. So, plan to charge after a few uses otherwise it'll suddenly tell you it has about 5% battery life left.

Previously I was using a pair of Bose QC35 with mod mic. Great setup but wanted to go full wireless. Took some tweaking for the audio (I'm no audio tech) but out of the box I didn't like the type of surround sound it defaulted to. I think I ended up turning off the THX spatial audio. Counter intuitive for what it's supposed to do but it worked better that way for me.

I'm still trying to figure out my mic levels. I think I'm going to scrap the plug-in mic and go with an XLR microphone in the near future and keep the headphones for audio.

Most definitely! As said the CPU was a $150 placeholder for now, and the 1080 GPU was thrown in with my last build. Once I can get the 5900x and 3080 they'll be swapped together at the same time. Fingers crossed that happens in the next few months.

It wasn't as expensive compared to what you're seeing. I just noticed that the pricing is dynamically linked to current pricing which seems to have just doubled for things like the motherboard and case. Not sure if I can put in what I actually paid for the items.

Most definitely is! Did it in advance to upgrading my CPU down the road. Hoping to acquire a new gen ryzen 9 sooner than later.

In the description it says he is going to upgrade to a Ryzen 9 5000 series and a Highend 3000 series card.

100% agreed! This deserved to be featured!

Wow, thank you kindly!! Gotta love photography for the ability to adjust the overall appearance of just about any subject with simple lighting and color. Definitely can't wait to get that GPU as that's the biggest bottleneck right now. Thanks again for the positive support!

That would be rad!

Luckily this cat doesn't even climb up on the desk (as far as I know)...

I have played that once but wasn't the inspiration for it. Just started with the orange color I liked then found out that the GPU had a blue color I couldn't adjust. I then just complimented the rig to balance the two colors with each other. Originally the PC was just going to puke a subtle orange everywhere :)

I don't see that it can.

There's 9 uni fans, they're all visible. 3 on top, 3 on bottom and 3 on the side.

There is 3 more fans (not visible) that are NZXT and are mounted on top of the radiator. That's mounted above the 3 upper uni fans.

Definitely needing a gpu upgrade soon. It's holding up well for what I'm doing though. Not great but not complete junk either.

I'm using the Canon R6. I don't do video very much, which is limited to 4K recording. Still images come out to about 5472 pixels x 3648 pixels (20mp). Plenty big enough for what I produce. The big brother Canon R5 is able to record 8K and it's images are 45mp in size.