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Microwave Oven Build

ERSCreeper
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So this is my long over due build log which I have been delaying due to time and other reasons which I myself are not sure of :D

 

List of hardware of old computer:

 

Gigabyte GZ-X3 (Case)

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4Ghz

Intel 775 Box Cooler

Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R

Gigabyte GV-NX88X768H-RH (8800 GTX) (Died are 4 years, Upgraded to GTX 550 Ti)

Corsair XMS2 675Mhz (4x1 Gb)

D-Link DGE-528T (Gigabit PCI Card)

PowerMan 550W (Died after 2 years) (Replaced with Corsair TX750 v2)

Windows 7 Pro 64-bit

 

New Computer Hardware:

 

Cooler Master HAF XB

Intel i5 3570k @ 3.4Ghz - V1.0100

Intel 1155 Box Cooler (Hate me :D)

MSI Z77A-GD55

PowerColor AX7950 3GBD5-2DHVE (HD 7950 3GB)

Kingston HyperX Blu Tall heatsink 1600Mhz (2x 4Gb) (Ram is from a friends pc (Spare ram))

Corsair TX750 v2

Western Digital Black 80Gb (Boot drive)

Seagate Barracuda 80Gb (Origin Drive)

Western Digital My Passport 1Tb (Steam Drive) (Yes, my steam is over 800Gb)

Windows 8 Pro 64-bit

              

Peripherals:

Genius KB-350e (Water resistant, this has saved me about 30 times XD)

Meccer Opitical Mouse Model# MP-156

Organised Chaos mouse pad (OC is our countries largest monthly Lan party)

Logitech H220 headset (Lovely headset for under $25, padding as worn but yeah)

Samsung SuncMaster 933BW 19" ( 19:10 1440x900)

 

So lets begin!

 

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Pictures of the Haf XB (Not much to say but it is lovely to work with, my only problem is the lack of HDD bays but there are lots of SSD space.)

 

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Boxes!

 

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HD 7950 3Gb (My only problem with this card is that it was meant to have a Black PCB but ended up having a red one but I am working on making a backplate for it)

 

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Great PSU, wish they had the modular version when I got it but I guess on next payday I can buy a AX750w.

 

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Great Ram,Planning to buy my own Corsair vengeance.

 

Now for the inside building!

 

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Psu installed!

 

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I/O Shield installed.

 

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Inside with PSU and attempt at cable management.

 

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Installing HDD on the best Hotswap bays ever.

 

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Super close psu wires by the hotswap bays (I removed the Hotswap interface since the Sata data ports are to close and I couldn't use two right angle cables.)

 

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Motherboard installed to the motherboard tray which makes life a breeze when changing wires under it.

 

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Ram installed and 8 Pin EPS installed

 

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Other wiring done and cable managed

 

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Installed the GPU and changed the one front fan to the rear.

 

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Keyboard and Mouse wired up!

 

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Screen plugged in!

 

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Final Setup

 

I must thank my two boys for not helping me and choosing to sleep instead.

 

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Thanks everyone for comments etc :)

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Nice hopefully we see some inside pictures as well  :)  

Watch out, there might be ninjas out there  :ph34r:

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Can't wait to see the rest of the build, I was hoping to literally see a build inside a microwave but you suckered me in with the title, good work. Will be watching this thread

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As I get new thing I will update this more. Planning to get a SSD, Watercooler I.e. H100i, 4Tb storage drive, 2 new 23" screens and new keyboard, mouse and headset!

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What an interesting choice for a case. Do you plan on switching components around frequently?

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What an interesting choice for a case. Do you plan on switching components around frequently?

 

I liked the look and I don't know of anyone with this case, so I grabbed it :D I don't plan to changed out stuff to soon except add another HD 7950 and some new HDD/SSD's.

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Nice build dude : ) are you planning to get aftermarket cooler for cpu ? but still this looks cool good job : )

Case: Fractal Design Define R3 | CPU: i5 3570k @ 4.0Ghz | MotherBoard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H | GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD7950 Dual Xfan | RAM: Patriot Viper 8GB 1600MHz | Storage: OCZ Agility 3 64GB, Seagate Barracuda 1TB, Samsung 750GB, Seagate 500GB| Display(s):
Acer S235HL, Acer P236H | PSU: OCZ ZS Series 750 W | Keyboard: SteelSeries 6Gv2 Red Edition | Mouse: Mad Catz R.A.T 7 |

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I would love for someone to actually make a PC inside a microwave, use the button to start it and stuff - would take a lot of work but you could open it up and see the components lol...

Nice build nonetheless, looks brilliant!

So many things I could write here... things like this.

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Nice work dude, looks great.

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I would love for someone to actually make a PC inside a microwave, use the button to start it and stuff - would take a lot of work but you could open it up and see the components lol...

Nice build nonetheless, looks brilliant!

 

Planning on doing that next :D

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I would love for someone to actually make a PC inside a microwave, use the button to start it and stuff - would take a lot of work but you could open it up and see the components lol...

Nice build nonetheless, looks brilliant!

 

Exactly what I was thinking.

 

Planning on doing that next :D

 

Awesome! looking forward to see that :).

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Aaahh an other HAF XB, welcome to the club :P!

CPU: AMD FX 8120 @4.5Ghz - CPU cooler: Cooler Master Nepton 240M Watercooling - Mobo: Asus M5A97Pro - GPU: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Vapor-X @ 1200Mhz - Memory: Kingston Hyper X 16GBs DDR3 - Storage: Kingston SSD & Seagate Baracude HDD - PSU: Cooler Master V850W PSU- Case: Cooler Master Cosmost II

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Nice build, really balanced, nice cable management and clean. How are you finding the HAF XB?

                 

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Nice build, really balanced, nice cable management and clean. How are you finding the HAF XB?

 

There are a few things a wish CM could have done like more 3.5" bays and a better hot-swap interface, but besides those two problems I am really lovely the case. I will most likely get myself a tower case next time just due the space it takes up. (It's on a second desk O.o)

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at least you don't have to worry about cable management in that little thingy :D
i can't help but wondering if the cooling is good enough for high end parts

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at least you don't have to worry about cable management in that little thingy :D

i can't help but wondering if the cooling is good enough for high end parts

Well my thoughts are, Based on the layout of the case and how direct the airflow is (No HDD cages and other things in the way) and also the ventilation in the side panels, it should be adequate for higher end components.

                 

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at least you don't have to worry about cable management in that little thingy :D

i can't help but wondering if the cooling is good enough for high end parts

I would say yes it does. You have 2 120/140 intakes and 1 120 exhaust. Plus you can put a 200mm in the top to blow down. And there is passive airflow from the sides.

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that looks great, but I am slightly disappointed that this isn't an actual microwave oven 

CPU: Ryzen 5 3600 | Cooler: Stock | RAM: 16GB Hyper Fury X RGB | GPU: RTX 2080 Super FTW3 | Motherboard: Gigabyte Aorus Elite| PSU: Corsair RM850x
Storage: WD SN750 500GB / 850 500GB Samsung Evo /  | CASE: 570X | Display: Dell u2414h  | KEYBOARD: Corsair K70 | MOUSE: Corsair M65
 
 
 

 

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Ah! Great build fellow WoT player! ;) 
Also, nice job on the cable management! :D

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Nice build love all the items i'm like gimme gimme :p

clean case, only 1 minor the screen you use i give you a hint in the link below.

but afetr all got to love it

 

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