What is happening, guys, ED from TechSource.
And today I have a very exciting video for
you all, because I'll be building a custom gaming
PC inside the brand new HYTE Y40 case.
My initial impressions with this case when it first
arrived, was if Lian Li went into a bar
and bought a drink for NZXT, then they
went back home and smashed nine months later, this
is what their mistake child would look like.
It's kind of like a mix between between
an O11 Dynamic and an H5 Elite.
It is the little stepsister of the popular HYTE Y60.
However, this one has some nice improvements over the
last version, like an extra slot in the back,
providing support for even the most chunky cards out
there, like Nvidia's 40 series GPUs.
Overall, this is a smaller case than the Y60.
It's about 10 liters smaller.
It's actually taller, but it's thinner because they move
the power supply compartment from the back
to the bottom, increasing the height of the case.
But yeah, super excited to finally build in this case.
Let's begin.
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Now, once you get your CD key, all you have to do
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So for the CPU, we're going with the Ryzen 9 7950X,
yet again, this is AMD's fastest
consumer grade Zen 4 processor.
In fact, I just got done building another
PC last week using the same CPU.
We are also sticking with the same exact
motherboard to stay consistent with the color scheme.
This is also the only motherboard, to my knowledge,
for the am5 platform that has a white theme.
So, yeah, the choice is pretty simple.
Have you guys guessed what memory
we're using for the build?
Surprise, surprise.
We're going with the Corsair Vengeance.
RGB DDR5.
So pretty much the motherboard CPU and the
memory are exact same as Frost V3.
But it's still going to look
completely different than the last build.
I promise you guys that.
So we're going with 2 32 GB kits, for
a total of 64GB running at 6200 MHz.
Keep talking about color schemes, but I don't
think I've mentioned what color scheme I'm going
with, if it isn't already obvious.
So the Y40 actually comes in
the same colors as the Y60.
You get the black white or the red option.
And I know a lot of us watching this video
or just YouTube videos in general, are tired of seeing
white case build, so I thought I would change it
up and go with a red one this time.
I feel like black and red is also very common, so I
decided to change that up as well and go with a red and
white theme, to kind of pay homage to the original big
red version 3 build with the white and red colors.
I do miss those colors a lot, so I
thought, why not do it for this build?
So naturally, I'm calling this "mini red version 2"
because, well, version 1 already exists.
So for the cooler, I'm going with the new
DeepCool LT720 360 AIO,
simply because I love the look of it.
But I'm not too crazy about the color choice, and it's
going to interfere with the color scheme of my build.
And when I don't like the appearance of
something, I change it using some paint.
I did a video showing this entire process.
If you guys are interested, you can check it out.
I'm also not too crazy about the fans.
They're going to stick out against the white radiator.
So, I'm going to be replacing these and go with the
brand new SL120 V2s from Lian Li.
I've actually been dying to use these fans in
a build, so this is the perfect opportunity.
Just got to snap these bad boys together.
So one of the upgrades from the Y60 is that
the riser cable is now a PCI Gen 4 riser cable.
So if you're installing a Nvidia 30 series card
or higher, you don't have to
go into BIOS and change the PCI settings.
You're pretty much good to go with this.
Okay, so the Y40 supports up to
a 360 millimeter radiator on the top.
So that is the only place where we can mount the AIO.
You can also mount up to a 280 mil rad
over here on the side.
Either 280 or 240 will fit over there, but we're going
to be using that area to add two intake fans instead.
There is one more intake fan on
the bottom underneath the power supply shroud.
A very interesting place to put a fan.
We'll see if it does anything for thermals.
And then we have one more exhaust fan back here.
So total 3 intake and 4 exhaust.
So, a little bit of negative pressure going on
in the case, but I don't think it's going
to be too big of a deal.
That's what I love about this case so much.
All the panels are pop off.
It's so easy working with this case.
You don't have to deal with
any thumb screws, which is awesome.
Even the back and the front panels are pop off.
Look at that.
Super convenient. I love it.
Are you going to run into a clearance issue like
Frost V3, or is this going to work out?
Oh wow, that is a super tight fit.
Look at that.
I might have to remove the
exhaust fan to get back there.
Yeah, that does not work.
That does not work indeed.
I guess I did not read the fine prints, but if you want
to install a 360 mil radiator, you're not gonna be able
to use the exhaust fan that's included in the case.
You know what, this actually even works out because if
we remove this, then we'll have perfect neutral pressure
in the case with 3 intake and 3 exhaust.
Okay, let's try this again.
Oh yeah, much better.
You can't even see the radiator.
Dude, [laughs in pain] you can't even see the radiator.
Why did I paint it?
Oh my God.
All that work for nothing.
It's so like recessed in there that the only
thing you can see are the fans.
Oh man. You know what though?
I had to paint the pump anyway, so I
guess my efforts didn't go to waste after all.
I guess one thing you guys can learn from my
mistake is if you're building in this case and you're
installing your AIO or your Radiator on the top,
make sure to plug in the cables on the top of your
motherboard first before you install your radiator.
Because as you can see here, there is no
way for me to access the fan header or
even the EPS cables on the back here.
So that's one thing you guys can do differently.
So I'm going to take the Radiator down, plug in
the cables first before I put the AIO back on.
I got to hand it to
the case manufacturer for including this.
So they included a massive cutout on the top panel of
the case, giving you, I wouldn't say easy access, but
giving you access to the top area of the motherboard.
So let's say if you want to swap fans or
change out the cables, you can actually do that without
having to remove your entire Radiator or AIO.
So it's going to be difficult to obviously replace
the EPS cables, but it's a lot easier to
access your fan headers and your 3 pin or
your 4 pin RGB headers as well.
So I think that's pretty cool.
The AMP 1000W power supply.
This is the white edition, so it matches the color scheme,
obviously, but more importantly, it's got plenty
of juice to power the entire system.
In fact, this is the same exact power
supply I'm going to be using in big red
version 5 once I'm done with this.
Now, even though the stock cables are already
in white, it's the crappy kind of cables.
They don't look nice, they're made out of
rubber and they don't even have cable combs.
And personally, I want to go with a different pattern.
So I ordered some high quality cable extensions
from Amazon and what I like about these
the most is that the connector isn't white.
You don't normally get that from extension cables.
This is a premium add on, and it
comes with white cable combs as well.
It's literally perfect for this build.
All right, last but not least, it's
time to pop in the graphics card.
Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce you to
the world's first 1 of 1 exclusive Asus
RTX 4090 TUF Graphics card in white.
I'm just kidding.
It's a regular 4090 TUF that I took apart and
I painted in white, so it matches the color scheme.
In fact, I included the mod in my last blog.
So if you guys want to know how I
custom painting the card, you can watch the video
by clicking on the top right bubble.
But it's crazy to me how there's
such a high demand in white cards,
yet manufacturers aren't taking advantage of this.
We only have an RTX 4090 Strix
in white in the hall of Fame.
To my knowledge, those are only 2 40 series
cards in white that we have access to.
So, yeah, I decided to paint my
own so that matches the color scheme.
So it's going to pop this bad boy in.
I don't know how I feel about the
tubes resting on the graphics card, but don't
think it's a huge deal, to be honest.
I also picked up this
12VH Power cable extension from Amazon.
Looks like they're finally starting to sell these
on there for the 40 Series card.
So I'm going to be going with this instead of the nasty
stock 16 pin cable, just because it looks a lot nicer.
I couldn't find one in white and red, and
my custom order from cable mod isn't here.
It's delayed for another 2 weeks.
So I went on Amazon, got this instead, which, honestly,
I think it's going to work nice with the build.
You know what? I don't like the look of that.
Let me see if I can move the tubes out of the way.
Yeah, I think this actually looks better, and
it won't come in contact with the cable.
So let's try this.
That looks better.
Yeah. Okay.
Oh, man. You know what, guys? I tried.
That's all I can say.
I spent 3 hours trying to change the damn lights on the
motherboard and the pump cover, but it doesn't work.
The motherboard is not even being
recognized by the ROG Armoury.
The graphics card is the only thing that I recognized,
so at least I was able to change the color of that.
But I'm stuck with the RGB puke for
the IO cover and the AIO pump.
I've reinstalled the software multiple times.
I've even used older versions.
Nothing seems to work.
So I decided to just move on because
this is not worth any more headaches.
But other than that, I think the
build came out looking really good.
I love the design of the case, it was very easy to
build in tons of extra space to support big components.
The only clearance issue I ran
into was with the rear fan.
Now, even though the Radiator is tucked away deep
up top, there is still not enough space to mount a
120 millimeter exhaust fan in the back because the fans
on the Radiator simply don't allow that.
I mean, you can technically still install one if you
really want to, but I don't recommend it because the
bottom half of the fan is not going to be
attached to anything and it's going to be sitting really
close to the vertically mounted GPU.
It's going to look really awkward.
So it's better not to install anything in the back.
I don't think you'll need one anyway since you can
install two fans on the side here for intake.
Plus you have one more intake fan on the bottom.
Speaking of which, there is no sort
of shroud or protection that will prevent
the cables from touching the fan blade.
So you have to be mindful of that
when you're dumping your excess cables in here.
It's great that they gave us all this extra space to
use, but they kind of fell short on the execution.
A simple fix to this would have been to
include an optional fan grill that we can put
on top of the fan, that would have prevented
the cables from hitting the fan blades.
If you're building in the Y40, your
only option of GPU mounting is vertical.
That's how the case is designed.
This means you can't install any PCI Express cards
in the back unless they are half height.
This means the bracket of your PCI card has
to be half the length of a full PCI
bracket in order for it to work.
Personally, I don't see that being a huge deal because
I feel like a lot of people don't use PCI
cards in mid range to high end builds.
Like, you don't need a WiFi adapter,
you don't need a sound card.
All those are included in a quality motherboard.
And if you're buying this case, which is $150, by
the way, you're definitely not doing a budget build.
You're doing either a mid range to a high end build
and you don't really need to use a PCI card.
Besides, most PCI cards out there come with an optional
shorter bracket, so you can convert it if you want.
But if that's going to be an issue for
you, then this case is not for you.
One area they can improve with the case design
is the filter integration,
specifically the bottom fan filters.
This one over here, closer to the
back, is really difficult to pull out.
Typically you can just slide out air filters on other
cases, but this one doesn't come out because it comes
in contact with this rivet pin that's inside the case.
So what you have to do is you actually have to pull
the filter away from the case as you're sliding it out.
And even though I know how to do
it, it's still difficult to do it.
[bruh] I can't do it.
There we go.
See how difficult it was to pull out the filter?
Luckily, the other one doesn't have this issue because
you're pulling the filter out from the back.
But, yeah, thought I'd point it out anyways.
Temps wise the GPU did very well,
even after painting the entire card.
I read a lot of comments on the
last video saying that, ED, you shouldn't paint
GPUs, you shouldn't paint the fans.
It's going to throw off the
balance, it's going to affect temps.
Guys, guys, guys, relax.
Everything's fine.
The GPU barely cracked 55 degrees C
in WarZone 2.
I mean, it's one of the coolest 4090s
I've used, now that I'm thinking about it.
I should have used this card for Frost V3.
I should have waited one more
week and put that in there.
Definitely a missed opportunity, but, yeah, that's all
I got for the HYTE Y40, an awesome case.
It's got my two thumbs up.
I definitely want to do another build in it, preferably
in the white option once I get my hands on that.
If you guys want to check it out, I'll drop a link
to it down below, along with all the parts I used in
the build subscribe for more awesome
PC builds coming your way.
Thanks for watching and I'll see you
guys very soon in the next one.
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