BEFORE WE GO any further, we put in the stock fans. We will
always need an exhaust fan, so we added this first. With one
of the three stock fans we have on offer, we secured this onto
the case, with the face of the fan looking inward. This will
pull the warm air from the machine away and out the back.
For the other two, we screwed them onto the front of the
case using the top two spaces, facing the same direction as
the exhaust fan. The fans here will bring cooler air in from
outside, creating a nice stream of air that flows through our
rig. With all of these fans, we made sure that the cables
came out towards the back of the case, ready for routing.WE DON’T OFTEN add the PSU in at this stage, but we threw
out the rule book for this month’s build. We’re not normally
that impulsive but on this occasion, we just thought why not?
It also adds a nice amount of weight to the bottom of the
machine to keep things sturdy. To fit this in, it takes a few
small case screws. You can get away with a couple but we
always suggest using as many as possible, that’s four in our
build. Annoyingly the RM750 logo is upside down, but on the
flip side, this will be covered by the back panel.WE HAVE ANOTHER sweet-looking chassis to play with for
this build. Thankfully, it’s a light case with many avenues to
thread cables through. We remove both the front and back
panels, top mesh filter, front grille, front filter, and case fans.
Sounds like a heavy task but most of these are secured with
thumbscrews and require a screwdriver at most.
We recommend resting the case down on its back when
taking the front glass panel off to avoid dropping it. If we said
we haven’t had accidents with glass panels, we’d be lying.
Anyway, with just the Corsair’s 275R Airflow’s skeleton on
show, we can get started on adding in the goodies.SUPPLYING THE POWER
BACK TO BASICS
ADDING THE LUNGS
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12TH-GEN
DELIGHT BUILD
Can this 12th-gen rig power
you to 1080p gaming joy?LENGTH OF TIME: 1-2 HOURS
LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY: EASYAPR 2022 MAXIMU MPC 21