Another Rakuten 15% off today.
I got impatient and finished my build already lol
Newegg had a small sale on the cpu and mobo I wanted, and they don't charge tax so it ended up being about the same as a rakuten sale.
It's pretty much looking like that right now. I've got blue lights on the ram and mobo and then the fans and the reservoir are both white. The fans are set up with a temperature setting. When it's at idle temps the fans are fairly dim, but as it approaches 60 celsius they reach full brightness. I keep my pc's on 24/7 and I didn't want the lights disturbing me at night, the temp setting is perfect for that.
I need to make a sticker to cover up the green light on the gpu. I'm gonna cut out a blue sticker with my vinyl cutter at work. It'll look a lot better with that green light gone.
My parts list ended up like this:
Case - Fractal Define R6
Fans - Corsair LL140 x4
PSU - EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G+
Ram - Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 8 GB 3000 MHz C15 x4
SSD - Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500gb + Samsung 860 Evo 1tb
GPU - PNY RTX 2070
Cooler - Alphacool Eissturm Hurricane 45 3x120mm
CPU - i7-9700k
Mobo - Gigabyte - Z390 Aorus Pro Wifi
Installation went pretty simple. Took a few attempts trying to turn it on until I realized I forgot to install 2 sticks of ram, then it turned on with the first attempt and gave me 0 problems installing windows and no compatibility issues with my hardware.
I love how quick it is. The m2 nvme is amazing. It's quiet as hell, but the pump can make some noise under a load. I'm thinking I need to adjust the pump curve so it stays quieter longer, but increase the fan speeds to kick on faster sooner.
I've been seeing like 33-36 degrees at idle and the highest temps I've seen under load was 62, but it usually sits at 59 or below. I need to do a real test though. I've just been watching the temps as I play Division 2 on all the highest settings, but the i7 7900k eats that game up. It's only putting about a 15% load on the cpu.
Future plans would be to replace the 2070 with a 2080 or a 2080ti, or a newer gpu if something comes out before I upgrade in the next year or 2. Then get a waterblock for the gpu and add the gpu into the water cooling loop.