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That looks really cool, The cable sleeves look really cool man.  

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This is my first build log and first toe dip into rigid tube water cooling.

It'll be my second PC I've put together, but the first "get serious" build. I'm a mechanic, a lot older than a lot of you (probably most ) but I've been building fast cars/street machines/hot rods most of my working life.

A work injury means i can no longer physically play with cars anymore. I've always been a geek at heart and gamer, but mainly on the peasant machine consoles. So i thought i might try my mechanical skills at PC modding.

This will be a slow build log, i don't have a tonne of money but i don't really want to compromise, so parts will be bought when they can be afforded unfortunately.

One other thing i wanted was a smaller case, but not so small that i could get some serious water gear in there.

Name - Blood and Ice

Build Parts -

Case and Parts.

* Bitfenix Prodigy (White) I know, another damn Prodigy build, honestly, i don't like any of the other ITX cases.
* 6mm white acrylic for front mod
* 3mm clear acrylic for side window mod (both sides)

Components.

Motherboard - Asus Z97i -plus
CPU - D.C. i7 4970K
GPU - Gigabyte Windforce R9 290 OC
RAM - G.Skill 8Gb Ripjaws (2x4Gb sticks already owned)
PSU - Thermaltake Toughpower Gold 850w (from previous build so no "your psu is overkill" comments please)
SSD - Samsung Evo 120Gb
HDD - WD Black 750Gb 2.5"

Cooling.

* Alphacool XT45 280mm Radiator
* Koolance 280mm radiator shroud
* XSPC EX 240mm Radiator
* EK Supremacy CPU block - Clean Plexi
* Aquacomputer Kryographics Hawaii full cover block
* EK DDC 140 pump res pwm combo
* Barrow push in fittings of various angles etc.
* 10/14mm acrylic tubing.
* EK Blood red coolant.
* NoiseBlocker NB Loop 120mm x 2
* NoiseBlocker Silent Pro 140mm x2

Wiring/Sleeving.

* LC Teleios Dark Red
* LC Teleios White
* LC Teleios Black
* Phobya 4 pin to 6x3 Fan Splitter
* Betfenix White led strips
* All custom made wiring (I'll be rewiring the PSU because the 24 and 8 pin are not modular)

Mods.

* Clear window side panels (both sides)
* Remove the solid front and fit the 240 rad
* Remove the roof and fit the 280 rad
* Move the power/reset switch to the rear
* Put decent case feet on the case
* Paint the radiators

I've probably forgotten a few things that I'm doing.

I have the case and have started modding it and i'll try put some photos up soon.

*Warning, i don't own a decent camera, so they are all Sony Experia Z1 pics and sometimes i forget to take pictures at all.

Thanks for looking.

Update and some crappy pics soon!!

Sell everything, get an FM2+ board and an Athlon X4 750K/760K.

not like that mate, need a coarse redirection, info Correction Watch this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3BKuNXdM5A,

that system needs an ssd.
also 8320 is better price performance, i cant look up the price atm tho.

I am running a FX 6300 in my pc right now, and I must say it is amazing.  I play very intense games that are very hard on a computer, and the 6300 does the job very well.  Since it is a 6 core cpu it is great for things that use multicore technology, and for the money nothing can beat it.  The only problem with it is the stock heatsink, but for a couple extra bucks that problem can be solved.  

If you have enough money go for a xbox. You can play Rayman and sit on your damn couch

Although the popular opinion goes to the i5, I would say the fx because for multicore applications it will be better, and it is great for the money.