i7-9700k + RTX2070 Gaming Build

[Thavion Hawk]

Another customer build.

CPU: i7-9700k

Motherboard: Asus Prime Z370-A II

Case: Corsair Carbide 200R

PSU: EVGA 850 G3

CPU Cooler: CoolerMaser Hyper 212 EVO

Memory: 16GB Crucial PC19200 (2x8GB) 

SSD: 500GB Samsung 970 EVO m.2 NVME

GPU: Zotac RTX2070

DVD-RW

OS: 10 Pro

This turned out to be one of if not the cleanest builds I've ever done. Cable managed like a boss.

Everything but the GPU and Cables.

Everything but the GPU cable managed (Front view)

Everything but the GPU cable managed (Back view)

And the full system, GPU and all.

[Shiv78]

Cables are clean... but for god's sake tuck away that folded up fan cable somewhere!

[TheKDub]

Case internally seems to be the same as the Carbide 230T. Hated that case, always had issues with plastic bits rattling because of fan and/or hard drive vibrations, and it wasn't the nicest looking inside. I'd've gone for a beefier cooler since the 212 Evo isn't going to handle the heat of a 9700K well if you overclock it. Something like a Noctua NH-D15 or a 240mm AIO would be a better option for keeping it cool.

 

Aside from those two things and the ugly bare RAM, pretty good part selection and decent looking build. I'd definitely tuck away that rear exhaust fan cable. I ended up wrapping mine around my rear exhaust fan and rotating the fan to where the remaining cable going to the header was as short as possible, that way there wasn't a bunch of loose cable.

[Thavion Hawk]

32 minutes ago, TheKDub said:

Case internally seems to be the same as the Carbide 230T. Hated that case, always had issues with plastic bits rattling because of fan and/or hard drive vibrations, and it wasn't the nicest looking inside. I'd've gone for a beefier cooler since the 212 Evo isn't going to handle the heat of a 9700K well if you overclock it. Something like a Noctua NH-D15 or a 240mm AIO would be a better option for keeping it cool.

 

Aside from those two things and the ugly bare RAM, pretty good part selection and decent looking build. I'd definitely tuck away that rear exhaust fan cable. I ended up wrapping mine around my rear exhaust fan and rotating the fan to where the remaining cable going to the header was as short as possible, that way there wasn't a bunch of loose cable.

I used the Mobo's IO Shroud to hide the rear case fan cable, the system is not going to be overclocked at all knowing the customer that bought it, and apart from the restrictive side intakes at the front of the 200R I find it to be an easy and feature rich case to build in.

 

As for the RAM. We don't normally have ram that's not basic Crucial, but when we do I use it. Doesn't hurt this time around because this customer had me disable the LED's on this system. He picked this case from our stock because our Gaming PC case with Tampered Glass and RGB was "Too Flashy"

[Nocte]

Nice build, although I don't understand the need for a 850W PSU.

[Thavion Hawk]

6 hours ago, Nocte said:

Nice build, although I don't understand the need for a 850W PSU.

We built a workstation for his wife with a 750W PSU and he wanted to one up her. That's quite literally the only reason for it. I'm not going to complain given we got the 850W PSU in stock for the same price as the 750W so our profit on the system was a bit better.