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Gaming Rig - Glass Cannon

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I wasn't planning on building a new rig, but I saw the Evolve ATX Glass and just had to put a build in it. I have never posted a build log before and thought it might be fun. I have some of the parts already, the rest of them will be arriving in the next two weeks, assuming I can get a hold of a Strix GTX 1080 in that time.

 

Parts I have:

 

Core i7 6700k

ROG Maximus 8 Formula

Noctua NH-U14S

5x NF-A14 LTT Fans

Phanteks Evolv ATX Glass

Corsair AX860

Crucial Ballistix Elite 16GB (2x 8GB)

Crucial BX100 250GB SSD

 

Shipping Now:

 

CableMod custom sleeved cables

Noctua clips for the square fans

 

Buying this week (Hopefully):

 

Strix GTX 1080

Crucial BX200 960GB SSD

CableMod LED Strips

 

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They will be RGB and will work with the motherboard LEDs. I will have to play with them to see what color works best. This is what the cables will look like.

 

 

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Just ordered the Crucial BX200 960GB SSD and the CableMod LEDs. Hopefully they arrive quickly. Still can't find a place that has the ASUS Strix GTX 1080 in stock. But I did get the vinyl decals for my SSDs today!

 

 

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Looking sick so far!

                                                                    MY RIG

Intel core i5-6600k | Hyper 212 EVO | Gigabyte Z170-HD3 | G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2X8) | Samsungs 850 EV0 250GB | WD BLUE 1TB | Gigabyte Geforce GTX 1070 G1 | Corsair 200r | EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Gold 

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Just waiting on the LEDs from CableMod and the cable management clips from modDYI. Trying to decide if I should build today anyway and add those in when they arrive.

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very nice, I like your mobo, it is totally not like I have the older model of it xD You have a very nice and balanced system, good job.

Before you buy amp and dac.  My thoughts on the M50x  Ultimate Ears Reference monitor review I might have a thing for audio...

My main Headphones and IEMs:  K612 pro, HD 25 and Ultimate Ears Reference Monitor, HD 580 with HD 600 grills

DAC and AMP: RME ADI 2 DAC

Speakers: Genelec 8040, System Audio SA205

Receiver: Denon AVR-1612

Desktop: R7 1700, GTX 1080  RX 580 8GB and other stuff

Laptop: ThinkPad P50: i7 6820HQ, M2000M. ThinkPad T420s: i7 2640M, NVS 4200M

Feel free to pm me if you have a question for me or quote me. If you want to hear what I have to say about something just tag me.

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On 19.7.2016 at 7:13 AM, Crowned01 said:

The SSD arrived today. Time to apply the custom decal.

 

 

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Pretty smart using a phone skin! Like the idea.

unRAID 6.3.5 Plus | CASE: Fractal Define R5 | MOBO: Supermicro X9DRL-iF | MEMORY: Samsung ECC REG 64GB 8x8GB | CPU: 2 x XEON E5-2670v1 | PSU: Corsair RM850x 850W | DRIVES: 1 x Seagate Ironwolf 8TB [Parity drive] 2 x Seagate Ironwolf 4TB [Data drives] 4 x WD Red 4TB NAS Harddrive [Data drives] | CACHE: 2 x Crucial MX300 275GB SSD [Cache drives in RAID1] | 1 x HyperX Fury 120GB 2.5" SSD [Plex drive] | OS drive: Kingston Datatraveler SE9 16GB USB drive

 

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Thx. I wanted to replace the SSD branding. I just hope it looks good in the final build. I'll post pics soon.

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The motherboard is updated and everything powers on. The LEDs should arrive tomorrow and I will finish it up and post some pics.

 

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Mounting the fans and inspecting the glass.

 

 

 

 

 

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PSU is in and routing the cables.

 

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Motherboard and SSD mounted next. For some reason this took a bit of work. The purple SATA cable I got was too short had to use a black one for the front SSD. Oh well, you can barely see any of it anyway.

 

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Everything is installed. The LEDs work great! Only magnetic strips from now on. 

 

 

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CableMod really knows what they are doing. The ModMesh is a little stiff, but the colors are amazingly bright. 

 

 

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Looks amazing bro, love the color scheme and cpu cooler.

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