Hardware Installation

Because the BitFenix Aegis is such a fun looking case, nosotros didn't desire to install our typical examination hardware -- information technology deserves something custom. That, and the fact that it'due south designed to be chock-total of fans meant that we needed to upgrade the cooling anyhow.

So the shopping listing included five BitFenix Spectre Blueish 140mm fans, BitFenix Fury 750G power supply, BitFenix Alchemy Bluish Sleeved cables and BitFenix Alchemy White LED Strips.

Not stopping there we had Asrock send over their Z97M-Pro4, a neat footling mATX motherboard that sells for just $100. Providing all the memory nosotros could handle was Kingston with a pair of their 8GB HyperX Fury Blue (HX318C10FK2/8) kits.

Keeping the Core i5-4690K processor absurd is the Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU cooler, in bluish of grade. Gigabyte'south Radeon R9 290X has been employed to handle gaming while storage is solved by iii Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSDs and a pair of WD Blackness 4TB hard drives.

Putting all this hardware into the BitFenix Aegis was a lot of fun and we began past installing the BitFenix Spectre Blueish 140mm fans. The fans can exist mounted inside or exterior the chassis frame depending on your preference. When installing just fans without a radiator you are best to install them internally so the magnetic grit filter tin can nevertheless exist used.

However, because we wanted to save as much room as possible internally we installed the fans on the outside of the instance which places them in the plastic front and meridian covers.

With the fans mounted nosotros moved on to the Asrock Z97M-Pro4 motherboard, which slotted into place after inserting an I/O shield.

Moving around to the back of the motherboard tray we found ample room to access the rear side of the CPU socket. This permit u.s.a. quickly and easily install that large blue Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU cooler over the Core i5-4690K processor. With the CPU and libation installed we clipped in the four Kingston HyperX Fury memory kits.

Adjacent nosotros installed all the hard drives and solid-state drives. As we were only installing two 3.v" hard drives we removed the second drive cage beneath the fixed two.v" drive location.

Then it was time to drop the BitFenix Fury 750G power supply in. These BitFenix units feature individually sleeved cables.

Routing all the cables in a clean and tidy manner takes quite a lot of time simply this is true of most cases. As this is a temporary build we didn't spent too much time here, but I'm sure you'll get an idea of what'southward possible.

With all the core hardware installed and continued nosotros just had to make a few final adjustments and connect accessories, such as the BitFenix Abracadabra white LED strips.

The finished product looks groovy and nosotros would like to thank Asrock and Kingston for supplying the hardware that helped make this build and so heady.