Sup guys.
So, I normally don’t do themed builds around characters or comics, but if you follow me
on social media or watched my past builds, my work tends to revolve around clean, simple,
abstract artistic builds and that’s what people usually come to me for.
But this time around, I felt like changing gears a bit for fun and see if I’m capable
of doing something I don’t normally do or haven’t done.
So, here is a gaming focused PC build for a friend of mine who is upgrading his rig
from an older 9900K and 1080Ti to something more modern in 2023.
This is a gaming focused rig so we’re going with an i5-13600K from Intel, a Z790 Tomahawk
motherboard from MSI which is the DDR4 version, 2TB of Samsung 980 PRO NVMe as the main drive,
32GB of Corsair LPX Vengeance RAM clocked at 3600Mhz CL16, an RTX 3080Ti FTW3 from EVGA
as the core components, and the system will be powered by Corsair’s RMX 850W power supply.
Now this being a Batman themed project, I chose the Jonsbo Mod5 when I was looking around
for the right chassis, I said to myself there is no way Bruce Wayne would put a gaming system
in a traditional rectangular box of a PC case.
If you look at all of the more modern Batman movies and adaptations, especially starting
with Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight and onwards, the Jonsbo Mod5 has Batman written
all over it.
The shape, the aesthetics and vibe are just right.
I also want to add that during the time of shopping, I wasn’t able to find a black
Mod5 case in stock anywhere, so I picked up a gray one and manually hand painted all the
panels myself to black.
As for cooling components, I did want to go with an entire Corsair HydroX loop, but Corsair
just doesn’t have a waterblock that would specifically fit the EVGA’s 3080Ti FTW3
graphics card.
Personally, I’m very particular about matching all the waterblocks at least when possible
if I can’t get every component in the loop to match branding.
So alternatively, I opted for Heatkiller’s waterblocks on the CPU and GPU while keeping
everything else in Corsair’s HydroX line.
Except, I also used a few Bitspower 5mm offset fittings in areas that needed to be straightened
out for tube runs since Corsair doesn’t have any offset fittings.
Lastly, the custom cables here are straight black by CableMod, because why would Batman
what it in any other color.
I hope you enjoy the build portion of the video here and I will finish off by adding
a bit more comments at the end.
As you can see there is some extra custom work I’ve done for this project.
The Wayne Enterprises lettering was cut out of aluminum, scrubbed and superglued to the
panel.
The front tempered glass panel was replaced with a custom cut steel panel I did on autoCAD.
Overall, the Jonsbo Mod5 is an open-air case with two 360mm radiators to cool everything
inside and I think it would serve as a very strong gaming rig for the next few years.
I would say I’m pretty happy with how it came out.
All the parts will be linked in the description and that’s all I have for this video.
Let me know what you think of my build here, would you have done anything different?
Comment down below, and as always, thank you so much for watching.
I’ll see you next time.