Starting my first full blown build

[Lauen]

a quick tip: you can take out the screws on top of the 3-bay harddrive thingy and remove the mounting for the 5-bay harddrive thingy, it looks a lot cleaner then! :D you can also do it with the one underneath the 5.25" bays, but you need a very short screwdriver in order to do so. 

[Korindo]

You are a king of cable management man, looks awesome 

[Nicktrance]

Nice cable management so far, looking forward to see more .

[_wky]

:O

It's so neat it's like it's wearing a tailored suit.

[lachyman]

Am I the only one who thinks that GD-65 is a waste of money? You'll just get 8 SATA 3 ports instead of 6 which is really enough since gamers don't use more than 4. And you pay €40 more. I own a G-45 and I can't say a bad word about it- it has all the functions as the GD-65 model, but for significantly lower price.

[bob345]

a quick tip: you can take out the screws on top of the 3-bay harddrive thingy and remove the mounting for the 5-bay harddrive thingy, it looks a lot cleaner then! :D you can also do it with the one underneath the 5.25" bays, but you need a very short screwdriver in order to do so. 

Thanks for the tip! i just took the sliders off and it looks pretty good! i am probably going to put a thin piece of black plastic on the top tof the hard drive cage to cover up holes and give an even cleaner look. i also want to make a plate that covers the wires coming out of the psu, i think that would look cool

[TygerStrype]

Isn't seasonic the one that oem's for corsair? I remember it being some company starting with an s. anyway, Im kind of liking the seasonic ss-750km3

Almost, Corsair actually designs their own PSU (just like CoolerMaster/Gigabyte/Silverstone just to name a few).  Seasonic builds, in this case, Corsair's psu to corsairs specifications.

[Lauen]

Almost, Corsair actually designs their own PSU (just like CoolerMaster/Gigabyte/Silverstone just to name a few).  Seasonic builds, in this case, Corsair's psu to corsairs specifications.

Not completely. Example: Corsair AX1200i is built by Flextronics, and they probably deliver to other people as well, Corsair only told Flextronics how good they wanted it to be, and the features they wanted, and then Corsair built the casing. at least that's how I understood it from Jonnyguru's site. Cooler Master's new V series is the KM3 platform by Seasonic, but (example) the GX750 is built by Seventeam, on demand by Cooler Master, they probably didn't do more than say that they wanted a "nice" budget psu.. My GX650 is proably built by Seventeam as well. 

 

if I am wrong, please correct me, I have a habit of mixing things up. I researched a little bit when writing though, 

[TygerStrype]

Not completely. Example: Corsair AX1200i is built by Flextronics, and they probably deliver to other people as well, Corsair only told Flextronics how good they wanted it to be, and the features they wanted, and then Corsair built the casing. at least that's how I understood it from Jonnyguru's site. Cooler Master's new V series is the KM3 platform by Seasonic, but (example) the GX750 is built by Seventeam, on demand by Cooler Master, they probably didn't do more than say that they wanted a "nice" budget psu.. My GX650 is proably built by Seventeam as well. 

 

if I am wrong, please correct me, I have a habit of mixing things up. I researched a little bit when writing though, 

Excellent reply sir!

 

No, your not wrong.  What I failed to show was that although Corsair is a "Designer", they do indeed have/choose to build with different manufacturers (OEM's)  

 

There are 3 types of PSU 'people'.

 

1. The OEM guys - these guys actually have the ability to build (equipment) that they design.  (Channel Well/Delta/Seasonic/Enermax - just to name a few)

2. The Designers - these guys design their own specifications, and have someone else build them (since they have no equipment) (CoolerMaster/Corsair/OCZ/Silverstone)

3. The cheaters - these guys don't do anything at all.  The contract with a (builder) and simply put their label on the product.

 

Apologies to the OP for hijacking his thread

[Lauen]

Excellent reply sir!

 

No, your not wrong.  What I failed to show was that although Corsair is a "Designer", they do indeed have/choose to build with different manufacturers (OEM's)  

 

There are 3 types of PSU 'people'.

 

1. The OEM guys - these guys actually have the ability to build (equipment) that they design.  (Channel Well/Delta/Seasonic/Enermax - just to name a few)

2. The Designers - these guys design their own specifications, and have someone else build them (since they have no equipment) (CoolerMaster/Corsair/OCZ/Silverstone)

3. The cheaters - these guys don't do anything at all.  The contract with a (builder) and simply put their label on the product.

 

Apologies to the OP for hijacking his thread

lots of great information there, thank you for that. But one thing I have to say: Most high-end PSUs are like the Corsair AX1200i, where Corsair has (to a degree) designed the unit. The casing will be produced by Corsair (don't know if there is an OEM for that, but whatever really), the fan is whatever Corsair uses for their OEM (although there might not be an OEM at all), but i do belive that the PSU itself, the PCB and all the components, is either just a platform that Flextronics produces, which Corsair bought rights to use, or made an agreement with, either that they produce according to Corsairs spec, or they just picked out the top of the line platform. I am not sure of this, but I think it's the latter. It's the easiest route, and Flextronics do make excellent PSUs. 

 

and yes, sorry to OP for hijacking this.

[bob345]

so i decided that i would make a mid plate of sorts for my build just using a piece of aluminum sheet metal made the piece in a few minuets. Just something i thought i could do to add to this build

 

 

[bob345]

Ok so the paint has finished drying so it mounted the plate in the computer with some Velcro. I think it looks pretty cool.

 

 

 

[Muffinator]

Am I the only one who thinks that GD-65 is a waste of money? You'll just get 8 SATA 3 ports instead of 6 which is really enough since gamers don't use more than 4. And you pay €40 more. I own a G-45 and I can't say a bad word about it- it has all the functions as the GD-65 model, but for significantly lower price.

Overclocking... Look at some reviews. The G45 is terrible for overclocking.

[lachyman]

Overclocking... Look at some reviews. The G45 is terrible for overclocking.

If I wanted to OC I'd buy Mpower forfor almost the same price that's logic

[bob345]

If I wanted to OC I'd buy Mpower forfor almost the same price that's logic

I could have gotten the mpower, but I just hate how it looks

[lachyman]

I could have gotten the mpower, but I just hate how it looks

100 people, 100 tastes. I personally think it is georgeous with Lightning cards and possibly Mpower Avexir RAM, but still it is an OC board priced around €200, which doesn't fit my needs so I just got the G-45 Gaming since I just needs something good looking with OC Genie for 1-click mild OC, I am not a fan of extreme OC.

[QcDExtreme]

This is a great first build definitely already beat mine and i haven't even started mine yet cause ups is slow as anything.

[JanusBananus]

I like where this is going, a nice and clean build!

[bob345]

got my computer running for the first time today! Posted on the first power up! more to come very soon

[EMPthePanda]

DAMN NICE BUILD

[bob345]

DAMN NICE BUILD

Thanks, and welcome to the forum!

[Swindless]

Very clean looking build my man. Wish I could make my arc midi look as amazing as yours :D

[bob345]

decided to make a vid on the restart time on the mechanical hd. My samsung 120gb 840 will be here tomorrow along with my copy of windows 7

 

[MPX309]

[bob345]

I finaly was able to afford a 770 a asus dcuII 770 to be exact. that will be coming soon. then there will probably be another big gap and then i will add a custom loop water cooling system. Right now i am using a coolermaster tx3 air cooler just to get away from the ugly stock cooler.