'Step One' Build

[Lukard]

Hey guys.

Never had much experience with building rigs, and now I decided to build one myself.

The specs are:

Case: Zalman Z9 Plus Black

PSU: Chieftec APS-750C

MB: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-DH3

Proc: Core i5 3570K + Cooler Master V8

RAM: 16GB Kingston HyperX 1600

Video: Asus 660-Ti 2GB (GTX660TI-DC2T)

SSD: OCZ Vector 256G

Storage: 2 Tb Seagate Barracuda (ST2000DM001)

System disk: PCI-E OCZ RevoDrive 50 GB (1 gen I belive)

Case fans: Noctua NF-S12B FLX x2

This is what I managed to achieve:

(sorry for pics quality)

Pretty good, yeah? Nah.

After browsing Build Logs section I realized that I have to improve on my building. Cable management that is.

Ver. 2 rebuild:

Better now, but then I decided to double it: -)

+1 Asus 660-Ti 2GB

Couple of ‘glam’ pics.

That’s it. I liked this experience and already thinking about improving looks of my system.

Next steps:

1. To get nicer case. What do you think about Define R4? (cable management, silence)

2. Better PSU to improve noise and looks, thinking about Corsair AX (sleeved black cables, noise level)

[ChrisU2]

Deffenetly new cables would look great, have you thought about getting one of those closed loop cooling systems? I have experience with a few, it does limit some what your case options but they deliver great and easy cooling, the Define R 4 was on my list of possible cases and i think it looks great.

[Gdog96]

That was a relief to see the cable management, it looks so much better now!

[Ymac]

chieftech is not the company that i'll put my two 660 Ti's...

next upgrade should be the PSU.

but very nicely built! :D