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aqualeak
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Okay so... hi everyone, welcome to my first build log :)

This isn't my first custom build but the first one was for my little brother, so it's actually my first gaming rig  :wub:

 

After a lot of thought I went with these:

 

case: black NZXT Phantom 530 so nice  :wub:

mobo: ASRock Z97 Extreme3 (had a hard time finding a nice black/blue one, most of the gaming mobos are black/red :angry: )

cpu: Intel Core i5-4690K

gpu: GeForce GTX 780 PNY enthusiast edition (maybe SLI later, when funds are available ^^)

ram: Crucial 8GB DDR3 1866 Ballistix Tactical Tracer

psu: Cooler master V700

ssd: Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250 Go

hard drive: Western Digital Red 2To

optical drive: external Samsung (don't use CD's that much so I want to be able to use it between diffrent PC's)

ventillation: case fans + 5 be quiet Shadow Wings 120mm

 

monitor: Dell U2414H (the bezel is sooooo thin! would be perfect for surround!)

mouse: Logitech G502

keyboard:  Steelseries apex raw

headphones: Steelseries Siberia V2 blue special edition

 

 

so a few glam shots

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with the pannel on (hello foot)

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and cable management

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bulding was painless exept for a few things:

I couldn't get the ssd tray out, my boyfriend had to take it out for me, same thing with the front and top covers :(

cable management isn't the best yet but I want to get sleeved cables so... and the fan hub is great but not tha easy to cable manage ^^

 

to come:

custom watercoolig:

cpu block: XSPC raystorm

gpu block: XSPC razor for TITAN / 780 / 780 Ti + backplate

pump reservoir combo: XSPC photon 170 and Liang D5 pump

radiators: 2 swiftech MR220-QP

tubing: Monsoon PETG (clear or uv blue not shure yet) 5/8" OD

fittings: Monsoon Free Center Hardline Fitting 1/2"ID x 5/8"OD in black chrome

mayhems dark blue

 

+ blue lighting

 

sleeving:

I'm planning on doing custom cables from scratch so to not woid the warranty

 

photos when I'll get more stuff but it'll probably be in december :)

thanks for reading guys!

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Wow.... It actually looks pretty damn nice for me!!

 

You might like to add an H110 or H100 to that CPU. It is really good and also looks gorgeous  :D

Yet such a nice build and looks really tidy. Love the NZXT Phantom series cases  :P 

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Holy balls! I didn't even notice the cables at first. I was thinking you didn't actually plug everything in yet :P
 

Wow.... It actually looks pretty damn nice for me!!

 

You might like to add an H110 or H100 to that CPU. It is really good and also looks gorgeous  :D

Yet such a nice build and looks really tidy. Love the NZXT Phantom series cases  :P 

 

He/she's gonna watercool it soon

waffle waffle waffle on and on and on

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Wow.... It actually looks pretty damn nice for me!!

 

You might like to add an H110 or H100 to that CPU. It is really good and also looks gorgeous  :D

Yet such a nice build and looks really tidy. Love the NZXT Phantom series cases  :P 

 

 

nice I'm following this 

 

Holy balls! I didn't even notice the cables at first. I was thinking you didn't actually plug everything in yet :P

 

He/she's gonna watercool it soon

 

thanks guys!!!

Yep, watercooling coming soon :) especially since I got my licence on yhe first try so I have a little money left over :)

biggest problem  is I'll have to order from the US or UK since the french watercooling website doesn't have everything :(

 

(ps: it's a she ^^)

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thanks guys!!!

Yep, watercooling coming soon :) especially since I got my licence on yhe first try so I have a little money left over :)

biggest problem  is I'll have to order from the US or UK since the french watercooling website doesn't have everything :(

 

(ps: it's a she ^^)

 

Sounds great though! Can't wait to see it done  :D

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Soo small update.

sorry, no pics, camera and parts aren't in the same home :P

So I got most of the stuff on a small french watercooling website, really nice customer service I only need the tubing, fittings and bending stuff now ^^

Juste need a little advice: I'll be using clear tubing with mayhems dark blue dye, and sleeving in grey-blue-dark blue, cpu and gpu blocks will be lit in blue.

Should I get blue or white LED strips?

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I cant even right now. Ill come back with a proper comment in a bit. I need a minute.

You had a month, do you have a proper comment yet?

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Tu devrais utiliser des leds blanches sinon ca fera trop de bleu je pense.

 

Tu a commande sur quel site pour ton watercooling? Doc micro? je pense y passer bientot et je crois que je vais commander une bonne partie chez eux.

 

 

(For the non-french: i said she should go with white leds or i think this will be too much blue in her rig)

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Oui c'était doc-micro, super rapides: je commande jeudi midi, ils envoient 2h plus tard, je reçois ça le vendredi... parfait. 10/10 ^^

en plus ils avaient 10% de réduc pour noël sachant que le watercooling est rarement en promo... à saisir ^^

 

et merci pour ton avis sur les led :) je pense effectivement prendre blanc... j'attend que des les mandrels etc soient dispo chez overclockers uk sniff c'est long

 

(translation: yep; I'll be getting white leds but stuff is out of stock on overclockers uk so i'm stuck waiting)

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nice job, very clean and sleak looking build. will be awesome when you SLi it :P

got to love Asus components

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any thing but he stock intel cooler!!!!!

 

           MY EYES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

no really, even if you get the cooler master hyper 212 evo it will be better

 

heah I know... but I can't put the water block in yet since I don't have the tubing and the fittings :( sooo pretty water block waiting under the chritsmas tree... (I did at least change the rubbish thermal paste ^^)

 

 

nice job, very clean and sleak looking build. will be awesome when you SLi it :P

 

Thanks! don't know for the SLI yet, the 780 is getting hard to find with ref. pcb in france...

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