Construction diary
The first part of the practical test is always a highlight for me. Having worked in a “computer store” for several years and having been enthusiastic about computer hardware for over three decades, I must have built up a high three-digit number of computers by now. And yet every time I test and build a new system, I’m as happy as a little kid at Christmas.
The following hardware was to go into the case for the practical test:
CPU, RAM and NVME were pre-assembled as usual and the board was quickly installed thanks to the centering nubs.
Please turn it over once. No brackets, no breaking fingers – place the power supply unit on the rubber buffers and screw tight.
I was already annoyed that they had “again only paid attention to the optics” and had therefore incorrectly aligned the light wings on the side as exhausts, so that you can definitely see the illuminated ring on the “open side” of the fan. On closer inspection, however, I noticed that the fans have inverted rotor blades and are actually intakes. Chapeau, BeQuiet!
Cable all on..
The most visually suitable AIO in my inventory is unfortunately “only” a 280, but its cooling capacity is easily sufficient. Everything was installed quite comfortably outside the case.
Then just hang the whole “unit” on top and fix it with two knurled screws, done!
Let’s ignore the fact that I rarely or never take the time for proper cable management for the extremely temporary systems in the reviews. However, despite the many RGB cables and the fact that exactly ONE cable tie was used for cable management in the picture, I think it’s quite acceptable!
If this has also disappeared behind the cover aka SSD holder, you can’t really complain anymore, can you?
Finally, the only thing left to do – in the old-school “regular” way – is to install the graphics card, position the GPU support and connect the cables:
In the end, despite (or thanks to?) the white components, it still turned out to be a reasonably coherent build.
All the panels are back in place:
Uuuuand test run!
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