My New Gaming Rig: i5 3570k, GTX660ti, P8Z77-V, Graphite 600T.

[edrakes94]

Hey there guys.

I'm going to be building a new gaming rig; I have the parts arriving today and tomorrow. I currently only have the case at the time of this post going up.

The specs for the build are as follows:

Main parts/build

i5 3570k CPU

Asus P8Z77-V motherboard

GeForce 660ti graphics card

Corsair Vengeance blue, 8gb (2x4gb dims) memory

Corsair Graphite series 600T case

Corsair HX650W PSU

Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo CPU cooler

Western Digital Black 1TB - storage drive

OCZ Agility 3 120gb - OS/boot and games drive

Extras/Stuff I want to get

Extra side-panel for 600T so that I can have a windowed side panel (not a big fan of the mesh version)

NZXT FZ-120 Airflow fans - If the stock 200mm fan in the top of the 600T isn't cooling my system enough, I'll get some of these (white LED version.)

NZXT Hue RGB LED controller w/2 meter LED strip - For those who don't know, this thing is awesome. If you want good general lighting in your case, you might be best off with one of these. (They're around £30 in the UK, unsure about US prices.)

This is my first custom build; no particular reason for posting this up here, but I thought it may get some interest. If anyone wants to know anything else about the build, how it runs, FPS on certain games, (No I will NOT buy games just to test the FPS lol!) how well the stock fans cool, I don't know, whatever you can think of, just ask. I may post pictures of the build once finished and/or in progress.

Thanks!

[Nit3Rid3R]

Nice build! Are you going to be overclocking it?

[edrakes94]

Most definitely. I may need to get one or two extra fans for the CPU cooler (it only comes with one as stock) to be able to overclock properly, but yes. :D

[LTC]

Very nice build indeed! Looks well balanced, and with a modular PSU, you won't have trouble tidying it up :)

[garbeth]

it look pretty good, but f it was me i would change the motherboard for a saberthooth its going to be more balanced.

[edrakes94]

Build complete! Took myself and my cousin a meager 4 hours to put the build together and a further several hours to get all of the drivers and other software installed; now running like a charm. :D

[Dim]

Build complete! Took myself and my cousin a meager 4 hours to put the build together and a further several hours to get all of the drivers and other software installed; now running like a charm. :D

Looks very sweet!

Well done!

Some room for cable management it would appear, but who cares since you can't see it clearly :P

[KieranRogers]

Build complete! Took myself and my cousin a meager 4 hours to put the build together and a further several hours to get all of the drivers and other software installed; now running like a charm. :D

Looks great! I built a similar build but with a I7 3770K and no graphic card, yet. May go with a 680 lightning edition or somthing a little cheaper like a 660ti power edition.