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Thank you so much this will be my 1st full work log on here and you will get lots of pics updates will be later for sure

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Hi folks whilst I had no plans for starting any other projects until Silver Ghost was finished I got an email from EK waterblocks in January asking me to pick all the stuff I would need to build inside their new limited edition Vulture Case, Obviously this was way to exciting to pass on and that was never ever a thought so I got to thinking about what would look nice in the case............




Just love the red and grey thing so we are going to try and get in the zone with the colors and with the Case being so dam sexy In my mind they are well matched.

So this arrived last Friday:





















The Case Is Made from 3mm Aluminum held together with 8mm M4 CS bolts and is a fantastic bit of kit this is of no doubt long before you have started to build in it.



Inside next










And the much talked about curve






And next the Cooling or most of it as I am minus the 360mm Rad but that will be here very soon






















And Massive thanks to MSI for supporting this project with some hardware













The Specs :
CPU: Intel 4690k
M/B: MSI Z97I GAMING ACK
GPU: MSI Titan Black
RAM:Yes it will defo have some of that
PSU: Corsair HX850i
SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB

Cooling by EK with all of their latest Blocks fittings rads and the new Vadar fans.


That is all for now the case panels have been acid dipped to remove the powder coating and we be getting re coated in a grey as to be honest the cost alone of the Paint to match the car was out of the question when I can powder coat it for so much less and will be much more durable for taking to a LAN so the next update will be when the RAD arrives and we can get to the loop this is a very simple and easy project. the case itself has been designed to make the loop easy for the beginner or lots of fun for the more experienced out there and will be as ever done with rigid tube this time its EK's own one rather than my usual E22 but I am told its very nice to work with Ill get to bending some this weekend bye for now

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Thank you and sorry I not joined in here earlier Forums and build logs are my nemesis and 2015 I face them with lots of logs and posts so you will be sick of me soon

Hello folks and welcome to this single post build log featuring the all new Hex Gear R40. Let me begin by thanking Nate and Hans for giving me one of 6 cases that have been sent out to the lucky people to be asked to work with this amazing case that has been designed with much thought about what makes a great case to build a water-cooled PC or an Air cooled if that is what you want to do. From the moment you open the box It is a joy to work with, very simple to construct in less than an hour from flat this is not an Ikea wardrobe it’s so simple yet so effective and somewhat heavy once built you do get a nice manual in the box and can build it in remote location with no internet. So the project is only a single post as the mods are not heavy just some low key stuff decals the odd change of colour with some paint and was really all about the Case as nothing needs to be done to it to build a W/C PC aside from drilling some holes in a detachable pump/res bracket so without going on too much here are some pictures of the case I have decided on using mine inverted and I got the white one and opted for frosted white acrylic accents I am sure by the time retail happens there will be a whole number of colours and types of acrylic as an option from the standard black or whites accents. So here she is photographed outside in the frost the other night.


















The Hardware:
CPU: Intel i7 4770k @4.4Ghz
M/B: Asus Z97 Gryphon Armour Edition
GFX: Asus GTX 780 CUII SLi
RAM: Corsair Dominator GT 2000 MHz
SSD: Samsung EVO 840 250GB
HDD: 1TB Seagate hybrid drive
PSU: BitFenix Fury 750Watt


Cooling:
EK Supremacy CPU block with naked mounting kit
EK D5 140 Pump/Res Combo
EK 90 degree fittings
Bitspower 12mm OD fittings
Bitspower Drain valve and assorted fittings
HW Labs Stealth 360mm and 240mm Radiators
E22 Ultra Clear Tube
3 x 120mm Noise blocker eLoops
4 x 120mm BitFenix Spectre Pro Fans
Ice Dragon coolant

Extras / Mods/Changes
E22 3mm Cable Combs
Darkside UV lights
Use of my new Vinyl Plotter 
Painted :
Aluminium profiles matte black
GPU Back plate’s matte black
M/B Armour white
Ram Heat sinks white
CPU block thumb screws white





So here we go with some photos to show what happened once Nate dropped of the case and asked me to do my thing with it as soon as possible  .
Naked Intel 4770k

White Armour for the Z97 Asus




The only drilling you need to do if you want to mount your pump or res to the detachable plate.

Making some Decals with the Plotter




Think we need new thermal pads these ones look a little used but hey they will do one more time 


Had to give the back plates some matt black to match the profiles that I painted as the silver was not right for this build.

Next it was time to do this bit.




Then time for this.



So next it was time to take some photos of the filled loop and the case in all its glory.
















Some shots with the UV lights on




Before I go I must say that if you are in the market for a new case and you are thinking of getting one of these when they go retail then just do it you will be happy and know you got what you paid for and as a LAN rig the only worry would be the damage done to whatever this case hit if you dropped it as it’s like a sexy tank just pure quality all round. Designed with love owned with love and will forever hold a place like the TJ07 in my heart as a proper PC case hell I think I’ll buy a black one myself just a nice addition to my collection.

That is all for now folks I will take more Photographs soon maybe outside if we get some more frost 