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First post & first build

asthesunsets
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Hey guys I'm new here and wanted to show my first build :) !

 

Originally this build was in a Fractal R4, but I really liked the Carbide 540 Air so I got that one.

 

It's not the highest-end build, but i'm really happy with the performance.

 

Specs:

 

Corsair Carbide 540 Air

Cooler Master Silent Pro M II 1000W

Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3

Asus GTX660 TI-DC2T-2GD5

Intel i7-3820 @ 3.60 GHZ

Cooler Master Eisberg 240L Prestige

Kingston HyperX Genesis 16 GB DIMM DDR3-1600 

Asus Xonar Essence STX

128GB SanDisk SSD

3 TB WD GREEN HDD

1 TB WD BLUE HDD

 

I bought most of my hardware when I was just getting into this whole pc building thing, so some things aren't the best choices when I look back..

 

Heres some pics: 

 

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A couple of weeks ago I decided to go with a black/green theme so I painted the fans for the Eisberg and got green cables :) ! Need green RAM though

 

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I wanted them matte, but couldn't find the right paint so I went with this, looks kinda cheap imo though.

 

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I also painted the grills looks awesome

 

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Dat essence

 

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Storage

 

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Rad

 

And here's my desk :)

 

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Why X79?

 

I bought most of my hardware when I was just getting into this whole pc building thing, so some things aren't the best choices when I look back..

 

That's why I assume.

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Why not paint the rest? I know you can paint your ram  if you tape off the connection.

NZXT H440 l Inel Core i5-4670K l Z87-GD65 l MSI 780 Twin Frozr l Kraken x60 l Corsair RM 650 l Seagate Barracuda 2 Tb l Corsair Force GS 128 Gb l Teleios Sleeving l Acer H236HLbid l Corsair K70 Anodized Black l Roccat Kone Pure Color


 

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This is why you should post before you buy the stuff, we could have made suggestions. Ethier way enjoy your new build! :D

 

I bought most of my hardware when I was just getting into this whole pc building thing, so some things aren't the best choices when I look back..

 

Spoiler

Corsair 400C- Intel i7 6700- Gigabyte Gaming 6- GTX 1080 Founders Ed. - Intel 530 120GB + 2xWD 1TB + Adata 610 256GB- 16GB 2400MHz G.Skill- Evga G2 650 PSU- Corsair H110- ASUS PB278Q- Dell u2412m- Logitech G710+ - Logitech g700 - Sennheiser PC350 SE/598se


Is it just me or is Grammar slowly becoming extinct on LTT? 

 

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Why X79?

 

Didn't think about it, biggest pc store in Belgium praised it as AWARD WINNING !!!1!1! and it had a good price so yeah.

 

Why not paint the rest? I know you can paint your ram  if you tape off the connection.

 

I'd rather not paint stuff that gets hot? Idk

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Didn't think about it, biggest pc store in Belgium praised it as AWARD WINNING !!!1!1! and it had a good price so yeah.

 

 

I'd rather not paint stuff that gets hot? Idk

 

Unless you're overclocking your ram, it really doesnt get hot. Heat spreaders are near useless anymore.

NZXT H440 l Inel Core i5-4670K l Z87-GD65 l MSI 780 Twin Frozr l Kraken x60 l Corsair RM 650 l Seagate Barracuda 2 Tb l Corsair Force GS 128 Gb l Teleios Sleeving l Acer H236HLbid l Corsair K70 Anodized Black l Roccat Kone Pure Color


 

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Unless you're overclocking your ram, it really doesnt get hot. Heat spreaders are near useless anymore.

I find that heat spreaders nowadays are just used for looks rather than actually cooling the ram

CPU Intel i7-4770k @4.4Ghz Motherboard ASUS Maximus VI Hero RAM Corsair Dominator Platinum 1866Mhz 16GB GPU MSI GTX 970 GAMING 4G Case Corsair 760T Storage Samsung 840 EVO 250 GB + 2x WD Black 1TB PSU Corsair AX860 Display(s) AcerXB1, QNIX QX2710                         Cooling Corsair H105 Keyboard Corsair K70 Cherry MX Red + Red LED Mouse Logitech G700s Sound Beyerdynamic MMX300

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Very nice. More pics please :)  Can you take a photo showing the whole PC? In all the photos you only see partials.

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