- So I was on Amazon the other day
Shopping around for a case for my next 1000 dollar budget build.
And I came across The CyberWood.
This is a really cool-looking DIY micro-ATX case
That's made out of real plywood this means it's gonna be very easy to mod.
this means it's gonna be very easy to mod.
It's a lot easier to paint on wood than it is to paint metal
And it's gonna be a lot easier for me to drill into.
And this got me thinking into doing something very cool.
I just finished building my personal system which came out looking amazing.
But now I don't have anything exciting to work on.
So I thought this would be my next unique project.
You guys know I love doing unique pc builds on the channel.
So when I got across something so different for once.
I got pretty freaking excited I'm not gonna lie.
It got my creative juices flowing.
But I'm gonna need your help guys.
I need to know what color scheme to go with this build.
And what cool or crazy mods I should do.
But don't answer just yet finish watching the video.
And let me know your thoughts in the comment section.
At the end of the video.
So you just built a brand new shiny PC.
And you're greeted with this nasty notification in the bottom right corner of your screen.
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Now once get in your CD key all you have to do is going to the activation settings on windows and put in the new key.
And watch the water mark disappear.
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So the case comes packaged in a sheet of plastic.
And you're gonna have to assemble it yourself using the included guide.
Let me say that this was extremely easy to put together.
Everything was clearly pictured and labeled and took me only 15 minutes to complete.
The pieces fit together like jigsaw buzzles and you use these metal cubes to connect them all together.
It's actually very genius how this case was designed.
you also have to insert the front pannel USB and the audio connecters.
And then the power and reset switch goes right above that.
The panel closes up using four screws. But the front actually has two layers.
a clear acrylic panel that goes in first.
And the the outer cover.
I'm honestly loving the design of the case it's simple it's sleek.
I'm digging the hexagon cutouts everywhere for airflow.
And it actually looks very familiar.
Do you guys know what this case reminds me of?
If you're a longtime subscriber then you probably already have an idea.
This case looks very similar to the Hex Gear R40.
Which is the same case i used for big red version two many many years ago.
This is pretty much the wood version of he Hex Gear R40
There are a lot of similarities, like the shape, the hexagon cutouts.
The PSU location and the cutouts for mounting the fans.
I guess that's why i love the design so much it brings back good memories.
Alright, so I thought we can build in this case.
And figure out what fits in here and what doesn't.
This also will give me a good idea of what parts to go with.
And ultimately help you guys out on determining what parts to go with.
If you decide to pick up this case as well.
I forgot to mention the build is gonna be water-cooled.
So take that into consideration.
When you guys are leaving your suggestions at the end of the video.
Water cooling in such a tiny case like this is gonna be very challenging.
And I'm honestly up for it, I miss a good challenge. It's been a while.
Plus water cooling a build brings so many more possibilities.
Instead of just doing a regular boring air-cooled build.
So the motherboard I don't know exactly if I'm going AMD or Intel just yet.
But I know for sure. -I am going with a Mini-ITX board.
I will be going with the ASUS Z690i Gaming.
Just so we can see how much extra space we have to work with.
Obviously I wanna go with as much small components as possible.
To make room for all the water cooling gear.
Alright so I got the standoffs already installed on there.
just a friendly reminder this case does support up to a Micro-ATX case (board).
in order to maximize the amount of space we had in here
I am going with a Mini-ITX board instead.
I actually forgot to put the RAM sticks in there.
But I don't think this really makes a big difference.
These are fairly low profile, so it's gonna really interfere with other components
But you know what I will just put them just in case.
What's also cool about this case is that it supports up to a full ATX power supply.
So you can go with some pretty high-end components in here.
But we're going with an SF power supply. Just so I can maximize the space in there.
After all it's a water-cooled build.
Plus a 750 Watt power supply is enough for the components that i wanna go with.
Ideally I would like to go with a 12600K equivalent.
And maybe an RTX 3080. If possible.
Alright so the power supply pretty much gets mounted on the top over here.
Closer to the front panel.
We do have two cutouts I wanna use to bottom one for an intake fan.
And i will use the top for the power supply. So I will have the fan actually facing the outside.
I also noticed that the cutouts on the top over here to mount the power supply.
Only fit a full ATX power supply.
So I'm gonna be using the included full ATX power supply bracket.
On the back of my SFX.
Should probably plug in the cable first
And that's the one thing I don't like is the orientation of the power cable.
It does not match the back of the power supply so I'm gonna have to actually bend.
The Cable... which I don't wanna do.
But I have no choice basically.
I don't like it but I have no choice unless I rotate the power supply
This way..
Which i don't wanna do.
So let's talk about storage for a little bit.
surprisingly a lot of support for SSDs and Hard Drives.
On the bottom right over here you can install a 2.5 inch SSD
Or a traditional Hard Drive and you have more options in the back as well.
Another 2.5 inch SSD in the center.
And there's one kind of tucked away on the top left behind the cables.
And then you have two more additional slots on the bottom right.
Or you can install 3.5 inch Hard Drives.
So technically you have space to install up to 5 SSDs
Or a combination of 3 Hard Drives and 2 additional SSDs.
Tons and tons of space for additional storage but for the sake of the build.
We're going with a single 4TB m.2 SSD
Just so we're not using up any additional space that we might end up needing.
Plus we only have 1 inch of space in the back so i wanna make sure we have plenty of space for cable management.
Alright guys, now for my favorite part of the video.
Cooling.
Before we jump into the radiator and fan configuration.
I wanna know what type of cooling we can fit in here if we do the typical non water-cooled build.
Can you fit a massive air cooler in there.
Or is it better just to stick with a 240 millimeter AIO.
Technically the case does support a 240 mil. So I'm kind of curios to see how much
more space we have to work with after installing these components.
this thing is pretty damn massive I'm not gonna lie.
Alright so it looks like the heat pipes from the cooler are coming in contact.
With the m.2 cover as well as the VRM heatsink so technically this would fit.
There's plenty of clearance towards the side panel but because of the motherboard i'm using it's not going to
But because of the motherboard I'm using it's not gonna work.
So I'm gonna try something smaller like the Hyper 212 black edition from cooler master.
This should technically fit with the motherboard I'm using.
Oh yeah this is much smaller this will fit without a problem.
Yep it's coming to contact with the socket so this fits perfectly.
And there's plenty of clearance from the side panel.
So an air cooler is probably the best option for this case.
But let's see how well the 240 millimeter radiator fits.
Oh yeah look at that!
Beautiful it lines up nicely with the cutouts on the top.
You can screw this in.
So yeah I think a 240 millimeter is a really nice alternative option as well.
If you're not gonna go with an air cooler.
This goes here.
Yeah that works. Wow. Okay
(SAD)
wow okay..
Alright so clearly you can go with up to a 240 millimeter AIO comfortably in here.
And as well as a dual fan air cooler.
I think it really comes down to what motherboard you're using.
As well as ram sticks as long as you're going with low profile ram sticks.
Like the Vengeance sticks i have here.
And you have plenty of space on the CPU socket.
That way the heat pipes on the heatsink on your cooler don't come in contact.
With you know the VRM heatsinks on the motherboard.
I feel like if you go to a micro ATX board you'll be more on the safe side.
But double check the clearance numbers and the dimensions on the manufacturer website.
Just to be sure.
Alright now it's time to figure out the radiator situation.
Ideally I do wanna go with dual 240 millimeter radiators.
And then do an intake fan in the front, exhaust fan in the back
With two additional fans in the bottom.
And then two more on the top.
So we'll have technically three intake and three exhausts.
So perfect neutral pressure inside the case.
I'm going with the XR5 240 millimeter radiators from corsair just temporarily.
I think actually EK has slimmer....
Slightly slimmer radiators.
Which will give us more headroom to work with
But you know, we'll see.
we'll have actually a good idea of how much extra space we have to work with.
Once I hook up the radiators with the fans inside here.
You know what looking at it, we should probably hook up the graphics card first.
So you can actually get an idea of how much space we have
to work with on the bottom.
But hat's not gonna be an accurate representation.
Because the graphics card will be taken apart.
And the actual GPU block is going to be much thinner.
than the GPU with the heatsink so before I install the graphics card.
We actually have to push out one of these PCI brackets.
I just don't want to break the case.
WHOA! Okay, that's scared the crap out of me.
Alright, so I'll be going with the Founders Edition RTX 3080.
The 3080 Ti is actually in my big red version 4 build.
So I'm just using this case to store
the RTX 3080 founders.
I'm going with founders edition because they're a lot smaller after the heatsink is removed.
So this will give us plenty of space on the right side over here to install
The Digital Plate and pump combo.
alright!
Looks like that went in so the GPU block will be about...
i would say three-fourths of the thickness of this card.
So if I were to put a radiator down here.
along with the fan.
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Oh yeah! look at that it actually fits just fine even with the the stock cooler on there.
So the GPU block actually ends about over here so
So it leaves up this entire area over here to do my runs.
so we got the inlet and outlet of the radiator.
And I can actually do my run straight into the GPU block.
And then to the motherboard to the top rad and into the dish drill plate and pump combo over here.
So yep, we have plenty of space to work with.
So that makes me really happy to see.
Alright, so I just came across the first major flaw with this case.
If you're doing a custom water cool build.
So if you want to mount the radiator on the bottom.
Unfortunately, you can't use the standard M3 screws that come with it.
Because the panel is actually too thick.
I'll show you guys from the bottom real quick.
So if I put the screw in from the top.
That is how much thread you have left to work with.
it's not going to grab onto the radiator, unfortunately.
So these standard screws
Will not work you need something longer. (that's what she said...)
About double the length I would have to say.
So I'm going to make a trip to Home Depot and grab longer screws. for the top unfortunately i can't hook
Same thing for the top unfortunately I can't hook up my radiator.
Without the proper screws but we do have...
just enough clearance actually, wow.
Look! How close it is to the bracket from the power supply.
that's insane. But you know what it's gonna work.
It is gonna work!
you know what guys there's actually a bigger problem I just realized.
The cutouts on the bottom here do not align with the radiator.
Unfortunately we can't mount the radiator on the bottom.
So I think we're gonna have to put the fans.
first. Actually no!
This won't work either.
Oh no! yep. They do not align.
That is a problem!
But we do have a solution it is a wood case.
We're gonna have to drill our own holes
We're also gonna be starving for some air the radiator ends over here.
And then we have no cutouts on this section.
So I'm gonna have to make six additional cutouts.
To make sure that we're not restricting any airflow.
And eight holes so that we can align the radiator on the bottom here.
That's an easy thing to do luckily this is a wood case.
So that shouldn't be a problem
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Alright I've actually figured out one other small issue.
When i was installing the rear exhaust fan unfortunately, we're not gonna have any space
to hook up an additional intake fan in the bottom right.
Because i realized this area is gonna be reserved for the EK distro.
slash pump combo. I forgot the name of it.
i'll post a picture of it on the screen
but basically we don't have any space to fit..
a pump even a small pump in here so I figured we can go with the distro.
and pump combo and we can use the 120 millimeter cutouts in the front to mount
it perfectly and this will give us plenty of space to do some really clean
runs into the GPU block radiator CPU block and the top rad.
this portion of the GPU is pretty much going to be gone.
Once I put a block on here.
So we have a ton of space.
or plenty of space to work with over here in the corner.
and then we do have obviously cables running down the power supply.
And into the cutout in the back so overall I'm actually really excited for part two.
I gotta start ordering the parts.
But yeah let me know what you guys think so far.
About the case or the build don't mind the screws in the top by the way.
I temporarily put those in there to hold the top rad.
i have to actually make cutouts for those on the bottom.
and then go to Home Depot to pick up some new screws.
You guys have no idea how freaking excited I am for part two.
I can already picture how the build is gonna turn out.
but there's only one thing missing what color scheme.
Should I go with?
Okay I'm kind of thinking about a few ideas.
and maybe you guys can help me in the comment section.
I do like the black Noctua fans.
That i was using temporarily in here.
So I am thinking maybe we should go all black inside and no RGB.
and kind of stick to noctua fans all around
or
i can go with a wood theme EK does have a wood CPU block and GPU block.
I think it'll be pretty cool to do like..
an all wood custom hard line build.
but I also want to paint the case.
I don't know maybe an old black case or a white case.
and do black components inside there's a lot a lot of possibilities.
so i want to know what you guys are thinking.
honestly, what color coolant? what color cables? what color fans?
what color case? Those are four things I'm looking at right now.
yeah just throwing some ideas down there.
If I find anything interesting I'll pin it.
And that is the theme.
i want to be going with for part two.
yeah super super excited really love this case.
let me know what you guys think about it so far
in the comments section i'll drop a link to the case i guess down below.
since i'm not really using any of the parts in here if you guys want to check it out.
thank you so much for watching!
And I will see you very soon in the next one