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Project BlackOut - Final Pictures (updated today)

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Purchased all my components today and they should be here on Wednesday. This is my first build and my theme as you can tell is black. Here are a list of components I will have in the build.

Case= Fractal Design R4 pearl black (windowed version)
Motherboard= Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3
CPU= AMD FX 8350
GPU=Asus direct CU2 Top edition R9 280x
Cooling = Cooler Master seidon 140mm
Ram= corsair XMS 2x8gb 1600mhz
HDD= Segate barracuda 1TB
SSD= 250 gb samsung series ( got for 40 pound because amazon messed up pricing woo)
PSU= 750w corsair modular
Monitor= Acer h236hl (hoping to add 3 of these for eyefinity)

I am going to be adding white lighting but am not sure on what lighting solution to use.

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Made it outside case first to check that all parts are fully working (sorry about bad quality photos)

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Woo it worked  :)  :)  :)  :)
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Case

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motherboard

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Final images ( will be getting some better quality ones soon)

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AMD FX-8350 II ASUS R9-20x DCU2 TOP II Fractal Design R4 II Samsung 840 Evo 250gb SSD II Gigabyte 990FXA UD-3 II 8GB Corsair XMS II Cooler Master Seidon 120mm II ACER H236HL Monitor II Corsair K70 II Razer Deathadder II Kinect II 

Go check out my Build Log for my "Home Made Gaming POD"

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/83872-home-made-gaming-pod-build-log/

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Very interesting part list, I love that case, can't wait for more pictures/updates =)

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Cant wait to see it  :)

Hoping that all goes well as this is my first build

AMD FX-8350 II ASUS R9-20x DCU2 TOP II Fractal Design R4 II Samsung 840 Evo 250gb SSD II Gigabyte 990FXA UD-3 II 8GB Corsair XMS II Cooler Master Seidon 120mm II ACER H236HL Monitor II Corsair K70 II Razer Deathadder II Kinect II 

Go check out my Build Log for my "Home Made Gaming POD"

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/83872-home-made-gaming-pod-build-log/

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Hoping that all goes well as this is my first build

Well good luck then, I'm sure that you will do fine  :)

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should be awesome when it comes together

And then you realize your shoes are filled with peanut butter, what then?! >:L

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Cant wait

 

 

PC everything!

CPU-FX8350@4.2  GPU- Sapphire 7870  RAM-8Gb Corsair Vengence @1866 Case-Arc Midi R2 PSU-Rosewill Xtreme Series 850W  Hard Drive-1.5T MOBO-ASRock 970 Extreme3

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You probably mean the Corsair XMS RAM? ;)
Great build, stoked to see the outcome!

phanteks enthoo pro | intel i5 4690k | noctua nh-d14 | msi z97 gaming 5 | 16gb crucial ballistix tactical | msi gtx970 4G OC  | adata sp900

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You probably mean the Corsair XMS RAM? ;)

Great build, stoked to see the outcome!

Yeh sorry typo I will change now :)

AMD FX-8350 II ASUS R9-20x DCU2 TOP II Fractal Design R4 II Samsung 840 Evo 250gb SSD II Gigabyte 990FXA UD-3 II 8GB Corsair XMS II Cooler Master Seidon 120mm II ACER H236HL Monitor II Corsair K70 II Razer Deathadder II Kinect II 

Go check out my Build Log for my "Home Made Gaming POD"

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/83872-home-made-gaming-pod-build-log/

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Updated 1

AMD FX-8350 II ASUS R9-20x DCU2 TOP II Fractal Design R4 II Samsung 840 Evo 250gb SSD II Gigabyte 990FXA UD-3 II 8GB Corsair XMS II Cooler Master Seidon 120mm II ACER H236HL Monitor II Corsair K70 II Razer Deathadder II Kinect II 

Go check out my Build Log for my "Home Made Gaming POD"

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/83872-home-made-gaming-pod-build-log/

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final images have been added will be adding some better quality and more photos soon

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Go check out my Build Log for my "Home Made Gaming POD"

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/83872-home-made-gaming-pod-build-log/

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anyone wanna have a say on what they think ?

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Go check out my Build Log for my "Home Made Gaming POD"

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/83872-home-made-gaming-pod-build-log/

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Nice build

I7 4770K - @4.5Ghz  |  Be quiet Dark Rock Pro 3  | Asus Maximus VII Ranger Z97  | Kingston Genesis 8GB | Be quiet Power Zone 750w   | Sapphire R9 Fury X |  Sandisk SSD 120Go + WD Green 1TB 7200 rpm | Nzxt Phantom 410

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You know what for its price Corsair xms ram is actually kinda sexy. Back on topic all this build needs now is some nice back sleeved cables and it will be perfect. 

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Purchased all my components today and they should be here on Wednesday. This is my first build and my theme as you can tell is black. Here are a list of components I will have in the build.

Case= Fractal Design R4 pearl black (windowed version)

Motherboard= Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3

CPU= AMD FX 8350

GPU=Asus direct CU2 Top edition R9 280x

Cooling = Cooler Master seidon 140mm

Ram= corsair XMS 2x8gb 1600mhz

HDD= Segate barracuda 1TB

SSD= 250 gb samsung series ( got for 40 pound because amazon messed up pricing woo)

PSU= 750w corsair modular

Monitor= Acer h236hl (hoping to add 3 of these for eyefinity)

 

 

You may want to fix the spoiler.

Main Rig: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) KLEVV CRAS XR RGB DDR4-3600 | Motherboard: Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX | Storage: 512GB SKHynix PC401, 1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus, 2x Micron 1100 256GB SATA SSDs | GPU: EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra 10GB | Cooling: ThermalTake Floe 280mm w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 3 | Case: Sliger SM580 (Black) | PSU: Lian Li SP 850W

 

Server: CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3100 | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) Crucial DDR4 Pro | Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B550-PLUS AC-HES | Storage: 128GB Samsung PM961, 4TB Seagate IronWolf | GPU: AMD FirePro WX 3100 | Cooling: EK-AIO Elite 360 D-RGB | Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow (White) | PSU: Seasonic Focus GM-850

 

Miscellaneous: Dell Optiplex 7060 Micro (i5-8500T/16GB/512GB), Lenovo ThinkCentre M715q Tiny (R5 2400GE/16GB/256GB), Dell Optiplex 7040 SFF (i5-6400/8GB/128GB)

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You may want to fix the spoiler.

I just removed it

AMD FX-8350 II ASUS R9-20x DCU2 TOP II Fractal Design R4 II Samsung 840 Evo 250gb SSD II Gigabyte 990FXA UD-3 II 8GB Corsair XMS II Cooler Master Seidon 120mm II ACER H236HL Monitor II Corsair K70 II Razer Deathadder II Kinect II 

Go check out my Build Log for my "Home Made Gaming POD"

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/83872-home-made-gaming-pod-build-log/

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Wait wait wait,You got a 250ish GB SSD for 40 pounds and only got one!

HOW DARE YOU!

Should've ordered more or asked for more.

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Wait wait wait,You got a 250ish GB SSD for 40 pounds and only got one!

HOW DARE YOU!

Should've ordered more or asked for more.

 

well they cancelled the order originally so i rang up and complained and they honoured it 

AMD FX-8350 II ASUS R9-20x DCU2 TOP II Fractal Design R4 II Samsung 840 Evo 250gb SSD II Gigabyte 990FXA UD-3 II 8GB Corsair XMS II Cooler Master Seidon 120mm II ACER H236HL Monitor II Corsair K70 II Razer Deathadder II Kinect II 

Go check out my Build Log for my "Home Made Gaming POD"

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/83872-home-made-gaming-pod-build-log/

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Simple , nice clean , and AMD based :) I love this build

6600K  |  16GB HYPERX  |  GTX1070 FE  |  Z170X-UD3  |  AIR540

Respect the past, Embrace the future.

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