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your motherboard box as a free non conductive test bench so our CPU choice shouldn't surprise anyone there's nothing RGB about the core i5 7600 K from Intel but it's great for gaming it's unlocked for overclocking and it offers more performance per dollar than any other Intel chip as we outlined here for content creators you might want to switch over to the i7 7700 K and everything else in this build will still be hunky-dory so lift the retention arm like so then holding the CPU by the edges identify the corner with the gold triangle align it with the blunted corner of your socket place it in with no force give it a little wiggle lower the cover and fasten the retention arm again the plastic cover should pop off all on its own put that somewhere safe just in case you ever have to RMA your board there are a few options available for our GB RAM including Corsairs Vengeance RGB series and the shield RGB from new kid on the block Zadok 511 but for this build we chose a 64 gig kit of Trident z RGB memory from g.skill unlike the competition each dim sports 5 individually addressable LEDs and g.skill built in ASU's are a sync support so you can configure RGB waves and animations to your heart's content through software pull back the tabs on all four Ram slots then position each dim so the notch on the bottom lines up with the notch in the socket and press firmly until the tab on the end snaps back into place on its own rinse and repeat if you're only using 2 dims go ahead and just use the gray slots so as for the case we looked at a bunch of options across different price points and noticed a bit of a trend the more you pay the more RGB lights you get so then which case has the most lights per dollar the answer is clear you can't have more than infinity and that's why we chose the in win 805 infinity it sports tempered glass side panels and the front uses RGB strips and mirrors to create an infinity Hall effect that looks even better in person than it does on camera and it's RS sync ready to boot now the front of the 805 infinity is completely impermeable so for supplementary cooling we're going to be using a 3-pack of a hundred and twenty millimeter HD RGB fans from Corsair pull both tempered glass side panels off and stash them using both hands somewhere safe preferably right back in the box where they're not going to get knocked over you'll need to set aside the thumb screws and the rest of the included hardware at this point as well after that install your nine motherboard standoffs here here here here here here here and here and then we're gonna swap out the rear exhaust fan this little arrow indicates the direction of the airflow place the fan with the leads toward the top of the case then you can turn your attention to the bottom to remove that drive cage take off the magnetic air filter pop off the rubber feet and stand and these screws being sure of course to stow your drive cages somewhere safe in case you need to oh I don't know add an RGB hard drive down the road when and if they become available then use the included hardware with your fans to install the two remaining RGB fans with their leads oriented inward towards the motherboard before finally replacing the case stand and snapping on the air filter choosing the motherboard took a bit of shopping we decided to go with a suit because we wanted our lighting effects to be as fully synchronized as possible and at the time of writing there are async RGB ecosystem offered the widest compatibility with third-party products but that wasn't the end of the journey a Seuss offers a pretty extensive lineup of ära sync motherboards in the end then we chose the Maximus 9 hero with its discreet and neutral black PCB it's got two included glow zones both the PCH and the i/o plate are lit two auxiliary RGB headers to support all the chaos we're about to unleash and support for nvidia sli more on that later one shortcoming of this motherboard though is that it only has a single USB 2.0 header and our case cooler and RGB strips are all fighting for that precious real estate so for an extra 25 bucks we grab this internal USB hub from NZXT and taped over the white LED to keep it from harshing our RGB vibes press firmly then in all four corners of the i/o shield at the back of the case until they snap into place then set the motherboard into place and slide it back run the cable for the sli bridge behind the board and plug it into this header here then use the included screws with the case to fasten the motherboard to the nine standoffs now while we have easy access to the board is a great time to plug in everything you can plug the eight pin CPU power connector in to make cable management slightly less nightmarish later then you're gonna want to do the front panel connectors for the power and reset switches and the power and drive activity LEDs the front USB 3 and HD audio over here and an RGB strip way up here we used double-sided adhesive to mount our internal USB hub right here then connected it to the motherboard using the nine pin USB 2 header here finally we'll connect power for our three fans using the headers here here here we chose a big old 280 millimeter radiator for this build Corsairs h 110 i should help balance out the thermal impediments imposed by the case design that we referred to earlier but much more importantly than that it glows in every color of the rainbow inside the h 110 i box we have two different mounting back plates this is the one we'll be using mount the back plate to the back of the motherboard indentation side up if the fasteners don't immediately align with the holes in your motherboard don't freak out their position on the back plate can be adjusted fix the back plate in place using these included standoff screws then leave this area alone for now and move over to the radiator cage where we'll remove the cases radiator mounting bracket by unscrewing these two screws setting them aside for a moment to assemble our cooler we have three components that we need to fasten it together using the long screws that came with it the radiator our recently freed mounting bracket and our Corsair HD 140 RGB fans which we're going to use instead of the boring corporate slave ones that were included a range and screw together these components such that the fans are closest to the center of the case the mounting bracket is closest to the front of the case and the radiator is sandwiched in the middle be sure to orient the fans so that they pull fresh air in from the front of the case and blow it towards the motherboard with the fan leads against the motherboard tray for optimal cable management place the completed unit inside the case the fan leads should be passed through the side of the case the radiator should be hidden behind the front panel and these little legs on the mounting bracket should nest inside these receptacles with everything set fasten the mounting bracket to the case again using the screws you set aside before now finally we can connect the pump and block to the CPU start by removing the plastic cover that protects the included thermal compound then place this mounting bracket over the block and align it with the standoffs you installed earlier then use the included thumb screws to secure all four corners being careful not to over crank them plug in the included mini USB cable then run the pump power connector and the two fan power cables over to the rear of the motherboard tray connect the fan power leads from your HD 140 millimeter fans to those leads coming off the pump plug the 9-pin USB connector into the hub and you're good to go now our DV power supplies do exist Thermaltake actually has a whole lineup of them but if we got one of those it wouldn't sync with the rest of our fans and gosh darn it this is Linus tech tips so what did we do we voided the warranty of a Corsair RM 650 X and swapped out the fan for yet another Corsair HD 140 mil to be clear this is a really janky solution and we wouldn't recommend it the fan leads didn't have the same number of pins the screw holes didn't line up at all and it is very easy to get shocked or even killed if you open up a power supply so if you want a non thermal take our Gbps you write your local congressional representative or ask for Sarah to make an official one because space is tight between the power supply interface and the fans we're going to plug everything into the PSU while it's still loose and then mount it once everything's connected you already ran the eight pin connector when we cheated a bit on the last step so now plug in the 24 pin connector being cognizant of the space you'll need behind the motherboard tray for cable management then plug in two SATA cables and one for pin molex cable and run them through the cable management hole here we'll use the molex to power our USB hub then plug in your PCI Express connectors and let them hang out here slide the power supply in grill side up so it sucks hot air out of the case and exhausts it from the back where you'll use four screws to fasten it to the chassis our drive selection for this system was a no-brainer because at the time of planning it there was literally only one option so when our new friends at Zadok 511 graciously offered to provide us with one of their shield RGB 240 gig SSDs which according to a Seuss's website are compatible with our asynch though we haven't been able to get the two talking just yet we said yeah boy this case has a few options for two and a half inch drive placement but we chose to put ours here though I can't help but imagine how awesome it would have been to have two of these puppies in raid over here attach the drive to the mount using four of these small screws and then slot them out onto the chassis plug in one of the SATA power connectors that you left hanging before then plug in both ends of your dope a F sleeved cable mod SATA cable here and here keeping it in the ASIS family for our video cards we went with there ROG Strix gtx 1070 a big card with big disco appeal but what could be better than this bad boy crunching numbers and blastin raise how about two of them crunching numbers and blast and raise connected by this totally lit AF RGB SLI bridge band I'll be honest this thing right here is the sole reason that this build uses SLI I mean how could we not you're welcome start by taking out these PCI slot covers then align the first card carefully with the motherboards PCI Express 16x slot and the openings on the back of the case push the card in firmly until the tab snaps shut then put the case screws back in lock in that sucker down repeat these steps for a second card then plug in the eight pin PCI Express power connectors that we plugged into the power supply earlier and now it's time for the crown jewel connect the two video cards with the sli bridge if you put it on backwards you'll know then this cable that we sneakily ran under the motherboard before plug that into the sli bridge that's gonna power its RGB lighting onto lighting our three pack of course our HD 120 RGB fans came with a fan hub which we can use to coordinate the colors on all six of our system fans the order matters here though you have to connect them in the order that you'd like certain color effects to be displayed we're going to attach our fan hub to a lighting node Pro module which we'll also use to power it's for included LED strips and then we'll plug both of those into our second SATA power cable from before finally we'll connect the node to our USB hub and as for a spot to mount both of these things yeah we'll figure that out after we clean up our cables a little on to cable management because both sides of this case are tempered glass we don't have the luxury of simply covering up our mess we made in the back with a bulging right side panel so we're going to try to run as many of the cables as we can around the perimeter tucking them into the inseam we'll also use black cable ties to bunch up as much of the clutter as possible and route it in as straight lines as we can so while we had to settle for two separate RGB ecosystems a Seuss's and Corsairs inside the case at least everything on top of the desk is under one umbrella Corsairs we've got the K 6510 keyless RGB keyboard the M 65 Pro RGB Mouse atop an mm 800 RGB mouse pad and finally the RGB Void headphones which could use a little more RGB I think but forget about that let's get all this stuff synched up first we need to power on the system watch it spring to life and wipe the tears from our eyes it's beautiful but also untamed and chaotic we'll fix that later first we need an OS to install Windows create a bootable USB Drive then reboot the system while mashing f8 immediately to get into the boot device selection menu where you'll pick your USB Drive once the setup process has begun mash next until you land on the desktop head to Intel Nvidia courser a seuss and in wind sites to update your drivers and while you're over there you might as well download the latest version of the various lighting control software's that you will need yes that does seem like a lot of them and it is but the good news is Corsair has announced that they'll be consolidating queue and link at least into a single software in the near future but even with our imperfect mishmash of different utilities we did manage to create a few cool themes remember guys the point of RGB isn't to blast rainbow unicorn barf into people's eyes at all times but with that said we do totally endorse that use case for it most people like it for the flexibility so you can rock your favorite teens colors during the playoffs or get festive during the holidays so conclusion time then you know what I think it's pretty safe to say but now that our build is done I can't help but think gee could there ever be a more beautiful machine than this probably not so it's time to turn the lights out and bask in its 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