Black and Red NZXT Tempest Build

[squanto273443]

NICE MOD GOOD WORK MATE... fucken love it great work!

[grpace]

@squanto273443 Thanks! I really need to start making new videos :D

[squanto273443]

@grpace YEAH you should i like this kind of modding i mean in not into crazy modding. I love the discrete modding getting the cathodes in the right spot and making look very professional. If i have any criticism is that you cut some of the psu wires other than that good work mate.

[knighty653]

hey, what size cold cathodes do you have ?

[grpace]

@knighty653 2x 12" cathodes i think

[BruceTheLegoMan]

I was just wondeing how muhc of a cleanerance you have betrween the case and your cpu cooler?

[Georgefromaccounting]

How do you like that motherboard? b/c i'm considering getting one from microcenter.

[grpace]

@Georgefromaccounting I love it, they have more recent version called the p6dx58. I would take a look at that if you can afford it.

[Georgefromaccounting]

@grpace yea i think i will go with the p6dx58. microcenter has it and im probably going to be building my core i7 pc on black friday since microcenter has a yearly sale. thanks for your advice.

[2Mrcooler]

nice build man love it

[bashbanger]

Nice build man... I have the Tempest aswell, and am wanting to paint the inside black. Did you have to take the case apart to spray it?

[grpace]

@bashbanger Yes. Check out my guide on spraying your case. Just google "How to Spray Paint Interior of Case" its the 2nd one.

[timmytime1793]

nice

[teenawa]

the front fan is ugly..

[grpace]

@teenawa Why is that? I think cooler master r4's are great.

[teenawa]

@grpace i think your great..

[shadowtroop110]

Very nice case man. did you make any other hole besides the one on the top left? i am trying to find clean way to pass all the drive cables to the back panel.and did you have to dismantle the case to paint it?

[grpace]

@shadowtroop110 You dont have to dismantle the case completely but I did because it helps get all the hard to reach areas.

Yeah in this video just one hole.

[plasticsandvich92]

what a beast!!!

[jeesan485]

Thanx for the info

[jeesan485]

Very nice work. Is it possible to replace the top 140mm fans without modding or cutting anything?

[grpace]

Yeah just remove six screws on the top of the case from the inside and then two on the front pannel. and you get full acess to the top 140mm's

[LANPARTYDUDE]

1:23 lol!!! charley brown...o and i love the cable mangment : ) ....and the 285

[grpace]

@LANPARTYDUDE Lol you can see my cup as well to the left :O

Thanks for the comments check out my latest video, it has improved cable management

[Blood1Zero]

want to do this to my tempest so bad

[grpace]

@Blood1Zero Its a big project but its worth it

[FDS8488]

tempest looks much better painted black (check out new tempest evo crafted series)

[grpace]

@FDS8488 Yeah it looks awesome.

[1wildsniper1]

you maybe write ti somewhere but i didn't have time to search everithing (what's the name of the song) =)

[grpace]

@1wildsniper1 The red by chevelle

[1wildsniper1]

tnx

[feczor]

about the cathodes what size are they?

[TylertheGeek28]

wow great cable management looks like tj's work, nice pc

[grpace]

Thanks, im planning on doing a rebuild with more mods in the future +5870 once i can get my hands one to stay tuned :D

[revenant3154]

Those cost so much 400 bucks for a graphics and its 11inches D: Doubt it could fit in anything but a full tower

[grpace]

@revenant3154 Tempest has a good 3-4 inches left for gfx card :D

Its got plenty of room.

[neardood1]

yea I hev 2 5850's at the moment and they are the same size as a 5870 (length wise). However, I'm running a full tower thermaltake armor+ case, painted lack like your case, with a 2-radiator liquid cooled rig, and my i7 925 is overclocked to 4.2GHZ

[RockyNOR]

Cable management...... SICK!!!

[JuniorDExchangecore]

Looks a lot like tjharlow's.

[grpace]

I take that as a compliment. A fantastic compliment. Thank you.

[JuniorDExchangecore]

No prob.

[crissglitch666]

I had a bent pin in my P6T also. I just took a small flat head screw driver and using a magnifying glass bent it back. Love the setup by the way! Just for the hell of it, here are my specs:

ASUS P6T Motherboard

Core i7 920 OC'd to 3.20Ghz

48C idle 79C load

Powercolor HD 4890 1 GB

12GB PC12800 DDR3 OCZ Gold RAM

Thermaltake Armor+MX Case (poor airflow)

Corsair H50 CPU Cooler

Seacrap 500GB HDD

OCZ GameXstream 700W PSU

[grpace]

Yeah i did the same with a twezzers. but I noticed i was only get 4 of six gb ram noticed. So I was fuck this and rmaed it.

btw asus's advanced rma service is fantastic.

[crissglitch666]

Oh that sucks. Luckily I bent mine back and it's working flawlessly!

[grpace]

Yeah it was weird because 6gb was reconsized in cpu-z but only 4 was in bios and vista... (64) so i decided to rma and just get a new one. the advanced rma is where they send u a board and you just ship the old one in the box. was really easy.

[crissglitch666]

Hey.. coincidence. My computer just crashed, so I restarted and went into the BIOS and checked. According to my system I have 8 GB of RAM. :S ... I have 12. This is extremely weird especially since this is what we were just talking about.

[neardood1]

Here are mine

GIGABYTE EX58-Extreme Motherboard

Core i7 920 OC'd to 4.20Ghz

22C Idle 42C Under Load

2 X GIGABYTE 5850 (Crossfire X)

6GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600Mhz

Thermaltake Armor+ Case - mods: Entire case interior painted matte black, automatic-on (via reed switch) green LED lights in top tool bay, cable management with UV blue spiral wrap kit

Custom Liquid Cooling- Apogee GTZ Waterblock, 2X TFC Xchanger (1 single + 1 double radiators)

Corsair HX 750W PSU

2X WD Caviar Black 500Gb in RAID0

[crissglitch666]

Hey, I have the Armor+MX case and I get such bad temps. I have the corsair H50, one 120mm rear exhaust fan and a front 120mm intake fan. Do you know any way I can get better temps? I'm too poor for watercooling.

[grpace]

@crissglitch666 you know that on the radiator they say you should have that fan intaking air. just an idea

[crissglitch666]

It's already mounted that way.

[grpace]

@neardood1 Dude those temps are amazing. what ur ambient and why dont you push ur clock higher?

lol

[neardood1]

what, is 4.2ghz too low for you, and plus, I'm not that pro to at overclocking and sometimes (1 in every 100hrs of gaming) it will crash games. but i built my system with performance in mind, cooling performance as second priority and visuals as third. When you mix these together and take them all into consideration , you end up with a great PC. Be sure to check out my vid of my PC

[lescarles]

realy nice!

[crackshot91]

Amazing job! :) I'm looking to get the tempest as well, although I'll probably stick with the blue LED's, lol. I have a question, did you have to do any hard modding (IE: Dremeling) for the cable management?

[grpace]

Yes, I cut out the fan grills in the front and I cut a 8pin cable management hole at the top. Other than that tempest has good stock holes. I could have used another by the optical drive and hdd but whatever I worked around it.

[grpace]

Also thanks for the comment!

[JuniorDExchangecore]

What i did is hide the 8 pin behind the front panel cords, and snaked it up along the top and into the plug, no drilling required.

[grpace]

I mention this technique in my cable management video as well.

[V3NOMDAWG]

what's the song called and the band?

[grpace]

The red by chevlle

[JustinR19]

The cathode next to the motherboard looks a little overkill.

[grpace]

No, it is not.

[JustinR19]

BLASPHEMY!!!

[DutchGamerr]

OMG :O whats the name of that fan Grill (have too the tempest)

Can you tell me the name of that grill its awesome!!!

[grpace]

at performance pc's its called Stainless Steel Blade Grill 120mm.

Cheers

[DutchGamerr]

Ok Thanks, hope that they have this grill in the netherlands too (im dutch)

[soccaman847]

One of the best builds ive ever seen!!

[grpace]

Thank you. I really appreciate your kind comments.

[peacockskeleton99]

Ignore my comment on cable management vid.

Did you use some type of special paint?

[styrrell14]

Dude looks sick. I love that pc u built for me a while back still runs like a champ!

[simezra]

great build bro !

can you do on how to do this cable managment ?

some tips you know :D

[grpace]

Yeah I'll try do a quick video like

"NZXT Tempest Cable Management Tips."

If your looking for cable management I'll put that in the video.

Thanks btw for the comment

[simezra]

yes man im looking for cable managment guid or somthing im buying the nzxt tempest so it will be awesome :D

[WestCoastMods]

Really good job, that looks Awesome! 5starz

[grpace]

Thank you. Can't wait to see the black widow with everything in it!

[klipsch19604]

Awesome Build bro, Nice cable Management 5/5*

[grpace]

Thanks!