It’s time for another one of our featured builds and this time around the video is sponsored by Thermaltake. The company is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a range of special edition Hydrangea Blue products so we will be putting all this lot together, along with some other components including an RTX 4080 Super from Zotac and an Intel Core i9-14900K CPU. Let's see how this one turns out.
Timestamps:
00:00 Start
00:59 The Hydrangea build
01:40 Thermaltake CTE E600 MX
02:32 Thermaltake TH360 V2 Ultra
03:34 The SWAFAN’s
04:54 Thermaltake Toughpower GF A3 1050W
06:02 Gigabyte Z790 Aorus PRO X
06:12 Zotac RTX 4080 Super Trinity OC White Edition
06:56 Thermaltake Toughram XG RGB D5 DDR5-5600
07:13 Corsair MP700 PCIe Gen5 NVME M.2 SSD
07:35 The timelapse build
14:06 Build is complete
Case – Thermaltake CTE E600 MX Hydrangea Blue
Features:
- The CTE E600 MX is available in three different colours including Black, White and this special 25th-anniversary Hydrangea Blue.
- It’s a dual chamber mid-tower chassis that has inherited Thermaltake’s CTE Form Factor which is designed to deliver optimal thermal performance to critical components.
- It features a three-way GPU installation option, interchangeable glass or mesh front panels, excellent cooling support including up to 420mm radiator installation and up to fourteen 120mm or twelve 140mm fans.
AIO – TH360 V2 Ultra Hydrangea Blue
Features:
- A 2.1-inch LCD panel with 480 x 480 resolution that can display customisable images, GIFs and videos, real-time system information and local time and weather reports.
- It includes new CT120 ARGB Hydrangea blue fans with a PWM speed range of 500-2000 RPM, 57.05 CFM max airflow, 2.23mm-H20 max static pressure and low noise output of 25.8 decibels.
- It is also equipped with a 27mm thick aluminium radiator, 460mm long tubing with white braided sleeving, a solid copper cold plate and compatible with all current Intel and AMD desktop platforms.
Fans – SWAFAN EX ARGB Sync 12 and 14 Hydrangea Blue
Features:
- Quick-connect magnetic connectors keep the fans together while passing through the 12v PWM signal and 5v WRGB lighting connections and swappable forward and reverse fan blades for fast installation and setup
- SWAFAN EX feature two independent ARGB lighting zones with an inner ring of 6 LEDs and an outer ring of 14 LEDs that connect and can be controlled by motherboard RGB software via 3-pin 5v motherboard header connections.
- SWAFAN EX 12 has a PWM speed range of 500 – 2000 RPM, maximum air pressure of 2.39mm-H20 and maximum airflow of 57.11 CFM with a maximum noise output of 30.6 decibels.
PSU – TOUGHPOWER GF A3 1050W Hydrangea Blue
Features:
- GF A3 is an 80-plus gold-certified fully modular ATX 3.1 compatible power supply equipped with a native PCIe 12v-2×6 connector.
- It is designed to comply with the latest graphics cards and their different ways of connecting power either via 3 x 8 pin connections or a single 12v 2 x 6 connector.
- The GF A3 also features a 120mm fluid dynamic bearing fan for quiet operation and built-in protection such as over current, over voltage and under voltage protection as well as a ten-year warranty.
Test System Specification
- CPU: Intel Core i9-14900K
- Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790 Aorus PRO X
- Memory: 32GB (2 x 16GB) Thermaltake Toughram XG RGB D5 DDR5-5600
- Graphics card: Zotac RTX 4080 Super Trinity OC White Edition
- CPU Cooler: Thermaltake TH360 V2 Ultra Hydrangea Blue
- Storage: 1TB Corsair MP700 PCIe Gen5 NVME M.2 SSD
- Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower GF A3 1050W Hydrangea Blue
- Chassis: Thermaltake CTE E600 MX Hydrangea Blue
- System Fans: Thermaltake SWAFAN EX 12/14 ARGB Sync Hydrangea Blue
- Thermal Compound: Arctic MX-6
- Operating System: Windows 11 Version 22H2
KitGuru says: I didn't think I'd be a huge fan of the Hydrangea Blue colour but when all the parts are together inside the CTE E600 Hydrangea Blue case, even I have to admit it looks good. Supporters of Manchester City who are into PC gaming should love it!