iCue 465x / 5600x / 3070

VirtualDevil

Silver Level Poster
Hi All,

I really wanted to do some cable management and tidy the area up a bit before posting, but I really can't help myself in light of such a good service.

I posted my specs a while back and suffice to say a few things needed changing. @JUNI0R was the only one to respond to my thread and I took a leap of faith copying his recommendations to the letter.

I cannot thank Junior enough for his spec, I am absolutely elated with my build. Originally I had the 3060ti on order but decided to upgrade that to the 3070 for a quicker build; and quicker it was, as it went into build and testing bank holiday Friday (next day, 23 days) and arrived Wednesday 7th April, in time for my birthday on 13th :p

The end goal for me was to give my old rig to my eldest for his birthday in June, and the 3060 TI's were looking scarce for that as many were ahead of me in the queue.

Given the absolutely beautiful white zotac gaming OC 3070 I received, I could not be happier.. it's so nice!

After posting the arrival on discord, MiBu noted I should add a rear exhaust fan. I did just that today (as you'll note the difference in arrival and setup pictures), with some more guidance from Junior yet again and MiBu. The community on here is absolutely unreal and I have every faith that if I need to query something, it will have a top tier response.

This turned into a much longer post than I anticipated so TL;DR - I love my new build, the PCS community is absolutely fantastic you're all a credit to humanity and of course, PCS for building and providing me such a thing of beauty and, touch wood, early days, there are no issues.

I'll still be floating around the forum and discord to keep upskilling my knowledge in this beautiful world of PC building.

Case
CORSAIR iCUE 465X RGB GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.6GHz/35MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF X570-PLUS GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3600MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 Ti - HDMI, DP
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3300MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
CoolerMaster MasterLiquid Lite 240 High Performance Liquid Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 15 to 17 working days
Welcome Book
PCSpecialist Welcome Book - United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland
Logo Branding
PCSpecialist Logo
Price: £0.00 including VAT and Delivery
 

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JUNI0R

VALUED CONTRIBUTOR
Hi All,

I really wanted to do some cable management and tidy the area up a bit before posting, but I really can't help myself in light of such a good service.

I posted my specs a while back and suffice to say a few things needed changing. @JUNI0R was the only one to respond to my thread and I took a leap of faith copying his recommendations to the letter.

I cannot thank Junior enough for his spec, I am absolutely elated with my build. Originally I had the 3060ti on order but decided to upgrade that to the 3070 for a quicker build; and quicker it was, as it went into build and testing bank holiday Friday (next day, 23 days) and arrived Wednesday 7th April, in time for my birthday on 13th :p

The end goal for me was to give my old rig to my eldest for his birthday in June, and the 3060 TI's were looking scarce for that as many were ahead of me in the queue.

Given the absolutely beautiful white zotac gaming OC 3070 I received, I could not be happier.. it's so nice!

After posting the arrival on discord, MiBu noted I should add a rear exhaust fan. I did just that today (as you'll note the difference in arrival and setup pictures), with some more guidance from Junior yet again and MiBu. The community on here is absolutely unreal and I have every faith that if I need to query something, it will have a top tier response.

This turned into a much longer post than I anticipated so TL;DR - I love my new build, the PCS community is absolutely fantastic you're all a credit to humanity and of course, PCS for building and providing me such a thing of beauty and, touch wood, early days, there are no issues.

I'll still be floating around the forum and discord to keep upskilling my knowledge in this beautiful world of PC building.
This PC looks fantastic! I love the 465X and that white GPU looks very nice!

I’m very glad to hear about your great experience and it’s good to hear you have a PC that you’re just so happy about! It’s been great to work with you and I’m sure I’ll see you around! Enjoy the PC as I’m sure you will and don’t get totally sucked into the life of PC gaming! ;)

Given how happy you are with the PCS service, I’m sure they’d very much appreciate a positive email about your experience given how busy and under pressure they are, I imagine it’d make their day!

Oh, I also believe we might share a birthday 😂
 
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SpyderTracks

We love you Ukraine
This PC looks fantastic! I love the 465X and that white GPU looks very nice!

I’m very glad to hear about your great experience and it’s good to hear you have a PC that you’re just so happy about! It’s been great to work with you and I’m sure I’ll see you around! Enjoy the PC as I’m sure you will and don’t get totally sucked into the life of PC gaming! ;)

Oh and given how happy you are with the PCS service, I’m sure they’d very much appreciate a positive email about your experience given how busy and under pressure they are, I imagine it’d make their day!
Completely agree, that case is quite something, really good to see Corsair pulling it out the bag on the iCue range.

I'm blown away by the size of that GPU as well, that's an incredibly efficient card for the power it puts out!

Well done @JUNI0R (y)
 

AleTax

VALUED CONTRIBUTOR
Hi All,

I really wanted to do some cable management and tidy the area up a bit before posting, but I really can't help myself in light of such a good service.

I posted my specs a while back and suffice to say a few things needed changing. @JUNI0R was the only one to respond to my thread and I took a leap of faith copying his recommendations to the letter.

I cannot thank Junior enough for his spec, I am absolutely elated with my build. Originally I had the 3060ti on order but decided to upgrade that to the 3070 for a quicker build; and quicker it was, as it went into build and testing bank holiday Friday (next day, 23 days) and arrived Wednesday 7th April, in time for my birthday on 13th :p

The end goal for me was to give my old rig to my eldest for his birthday in June, and the 3060 TI's were looking scarce for that as many were ahead of me in the queue.

Given the absolutely beautiful white zotac gaming OC 3070 I received, I could not be happier.. it's so nice!

After posting the arrival on discord, MiBu noted I should add a rear exhaust fan. I did just that today (as you'll note the difference in arrival and setup pictures), with some more guidance from Junior yet again and MiBu. The community on here is absolutely unreal and I have every faith that if I need to query something, it will have a top tier response.

This turned into a much longer post than I anticipated so TL;DR - I love my new build, the PCS community is absolutely fantastic you're all a credit to humanity and of course, PCS for building and providing me such a thing of beauty and, touch wood, early days, there are no issues.

I'll still be floating around the forum and discord to keep upskilling my knowledge in this beautiful world of PC building.
While I'm not a big fan of the Cooler Master ML240 Lite, your build looks absolutely great! Have fun with it :)
 

Ash_

Master Poster
I have just noticed something... why is your radiator mounted on the front, with a push pull of 5 fans? Did you install your own exhaust fans?
 

Citrus_9

Expert
I have just noticed something... why is your radiator mounted on the front, with a push pull of 5 fans? Did you install your own exhaust fans?
Wow, well spotted 👏 👌 😍 It's a major thing to change asap if 3 case front fans are intake.
 
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Deleted member 17413

Guest
They added their own exhaust yes. Very odd to see a radiator sandwiched between fans like that.
Did you get the Zotac OC with just the general stock 3070 selection on spec? Thats a lucky pull!
 

Ash_

Master Poster
I assume OP requested that fan setup then. Is it a 5:1 or do you have two on the roof also?
 

Citrus_9

Expert
They added their own exhaust yes.
Did you get the Zotac OC with just the general stock 3070 selection on spec? Thats a lucky pull!
And rear exhaust too, not intake? Front 2 AIO blowers to outside and 3 front LL exhaust? That's an interesting configuration then as it makes a negative pressure airflow.
 

Ash_

Master Poster
So, rear exhaust, front 2 AIO blowers to outside and 2 front LL exhaust? That's an interesting configuration then as it makes a negative pressure airflow.
All the 5 on the front are intakes. But 5 intakes with a radiator and only one exhaust, i would expect real issues for the gpu temps, as front rad’s already cool the cpu better, at the cost of a warmer gpu.

It appears there are no roof mounted fans and the dust filter is missing (although that may be for picture purposes).

If there’s no temp issues then i guess it is fine, just strange 😅
 
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Deleted member 17413

Guest
Im assuming PCS sent it sandwiched up like that though? I took teh first pic as how it was out of the box.
Could it be the radiator is too wide to go in the top? Its 240 though...
 

AleTax

VALUED CONTRIBUTOR
Im assuming PCS sent it sandwiched up like that though? I took teh first pic as how it was out of the box.
Could it be the radiator is too wide to go in the top? Its 240 though...
Absolutely not, the top can mount a 240mm radiator
 

AleTax

VALUED CONTRIBUTOR
No, it even has mounts for 140mm fans from the looks of it.
Exact. Top can mount 1 140mm fan, 2 120mm fans or 240mm radiator, front can mount 240-360mm radiators such as well as 3 120mm fans or 2 140mm fans
 

Citrus_9

Expert
All the 5 on the front are intakes. But 5 intakes with a radiator and only one exhaust, i would expect real issues for the gpu temps, as front rad’s already cool the cpu better, at the cost of a warmer gpu.

It appears there are no roof mounted fans and the dust filter is missing (although that may be for picture purposes).

If there’s no temp issues then i guess it is fine, just strange 😅
Wouldn't be better to make a rear intake, AIO front 2 blow to outside and use 3 front case fans as exhaust?

Interesting choice and I'm wondering why OP haven't chosen a default and most popular option: rear exhaust, AIO in the roof as fans as exhaust and 3 front for intake. This is what I would do.

AIO in front is normally when AIO fans are RGB to show off them in front or due to leakage fears and avoiding to use roof, or complicated configuration which wouldn't give enough space for a rad in the top. But I doubt there's such a problem in this case.
 

Ash_

Master Poster
With the cooler master, it makes a lot more sense to mount to the roof anyway, as the hoses are stupidly short and it makes mounting it to the cpu an absolute nightmare in comparison.
 

AleTax

VALUED CONTRIBUTOR
Wouldn't be better to make a rear intake, AIO front 2 blow to outside and use 3 front case fans as exhaust?

Interesting choice and I'm wondering why OP haven't chosen a default and most popular option: rear exhaust, AIO in the roof as fans as exhaust and 3 front for intake. This is what I would do.

AIO in front is normally when AIO fans are RGB to show off them in front or due to leakage fears and avoiding to use roof, or complicated configuration which wouldn't give enough space for a rad in the top. But I doubt there's such a problem in this case.
Well the Cooler Master ML240 Lite has a history of leaking... Anyway, I totally agree with the most popular option you wrote. It's the most common and most effective
 
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