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this video is brought to you by NCI XCOM great technology selection and service hello everyone I'm Dimitri with hairy Canucks and there comes a time when you need something different something fresh but also acting as a reasonable and functional that's very important upgrade do I say this because I'm in the process of upgrading my current workstation PC that I used to edit all of our hard knocks videos that is also acting as my test bench as well and used to run everything that you see behind me so the list of upgrades is not very long main one being is the transitioning of all of my hardware and drives from one of my favorite cases the NZXT aged 440 I've got the white one here ever since release into a white fantex and deluxe aesthetically though I still prefer the aged 440 over the my current upgrade as it is the best minimalist design on the market right now and I'm not making the switch because I'm unhappy with my current case selection but the n2 locks gives me a little bit extra flexibility one of those flexibilities is extra storage capacity a total of 6 Drive caddies that I can put in there plus one more inside the optical Bay and 2 SSD brackets on the back while the age of 40 has one less drive caddy for a total of five and while it's not a big difference I still need to add more storage to my workstation with our recent switch to 4k plus the slightly roomier interior on the locks the better lighting integration and hopefully better cooling results are all reasons for this upgrade I've also got two extra 140 millimeter fan Tech's fans to go inside the machine and really super excited for these awesome lighting strips in there as well I will be replacing my overkill 1000 watt power supply for something more efficient with less total wattage the corsair ax 760i to be specific and our friends at cable mod hooked us up with the latest black and white cable set so we pimp out this workstation build right but let's see if it's all worth it all right so the first thing I wanted to point out is how awesome the a true forty stacked up against heavy dust I kept the tower on the floor and look at just how much those dust filters picked up both on the front on the side and at bottom and despite the smaller interior everything fits it nicely and I gotta say I will miss the aged 440 but I've got other plans to recycle this gorgeous Tower but it was time to disassemble so I can get this upgrade started first came out all of my drives out of this terrible cable mess and that is one huge disadvantage of the age of 40 the back clearance is very limiting unplug the corresponding SATA cables from the motherboard and all my five populated trays are free to explore a new home next my gtx 980 has to take a break and all the cables must be unplugged from the motherboard i unscrew the top cooler first this is the NZXT x61 with a 280 mm in radiator followed by freeing the motherboard and the aged 440 looks extremely lonely but it's time for all this hardware to find a new home and the enthu luxe and why it was the perfect choice that still carries that metallic white exterior just like on the aged 440 I love the swivel side panels that open like car doors on deluxe and the internal power supply bracket that will make my job easier for cable management first I removed all the drive caddies and installed my 9 terabytes of total storage spread through for three and a half inch drives I'm almost at full capacity on those and might actually need to replace my low capacity one terabyte drive for another 4 terabyte drive then I quickly installed my dual 256 gigabyte Samsung 850 pros on to SSD brackets and it was time for all the storage to go to their respective places inside the lock I love the SSD placement in particular inside the case this is an awesome utilization of the space next I remove the power supply cover to install our 760 watt unit plus let's don't forget the rear i/o shield and finally it was time to lower in the motherboard and get that secured lastly I installed the second row of 140 millimeter fans on top for push-pull with the all-in-one cooler and here comes the fun part all the cable management I say fun because the interior is designed to handle water cooling no problem and thus is significantly larger than my previous case selection and this makes cable Ronnie and total breeze plus I am using the black white kit from cable mod and thanks to the entirely modular power supply I can minimize the total cable clutter so I could leave the power supply cover out because all the exiting cables are nice and tidy I even bundled up the long 6 pin PCI Express cables to keep order and check this out the build is ready and I could not be happier with how this turned out I did place the power supply cover back on to hide the red on the power supply and while it's not the totally color match to the white theme build the blue accents on the motherboard give this build a little bit extra character and I am planning on switching towards the x99 platform sometime in the future so leave your hardware suggestions below to compliment a future upgrade the optional lighting strips from fantex turned out quite useful as they are adhesive and connect to one of the lighting cables that's already built into the case and I'll show you what they look like in just a moment but first check out that cable management remember I am utilizing all of my drive slots so it's not the most tidy thing ever but most importantly look at how flat all the cables are to the back panel and I had no issues connecting both SSDs as I thought that the distance might be too large between them for a standard motif Kable and he or she is fully lit and operational luckily no funky noises upon first boot means I did everything right and my only gripe with this entire build is the adhesive on the lighting strip that isn't very strong in some sections but that would be out of the view with the window on it's definitely worth the extra ambience the internal lighting adds especially with the tinted window look looks fantastic and one of the main reasons why I added the optional lighting strips is the multicolored support on the locks with the press of button I can cycle through this range of options to suit your mood or color coded build plus the soft built in strips running on each side at the front and above makes the chassis really stand out from the rest of the offerings but that is pretty much it for my workstation upgrade build log we hope you enjoyed and feel free to share your upgrade suggestions for the future and just general thoughts on this machine with a comment below and make sure to subscribe for an upgraded office desk setup tour coming your way and as always thank you for watching and we'll see you in the next one