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By zenix12
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As a dude who been running a A8 3850 for so many years.. I finally decided to actually have a proper rig this time. Here is my rig that is still incomplete. Please excuse the pictures, my camera is a bit crappy. 

SPECS: 

Case: Coolermaster CM690III

Motherboard: Asrock Fatal1ty Z87 Killer Series
Processor: Intel Core i5-4670k 3.4GHz

Ram: G.SKILL Ripjaws X series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1866 (not delivered yet)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i

SSD: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB

GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7850 (Temporary) Hoping to gather the money to buy a GTX 770 soon. 

PSU: Seasonic SS-660XP 80PLUS Platinum 660W

 

 

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MOAR! 

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These Grommets are just so useless:

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I've decided to go with a Black and red theme and luckily I go this mobo on sale: 
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PSU:

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H100i: 

Is it just me or these fans are a bit loud?

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Installation time: 
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I made a mistake here and had to remove the MOBO to install the fans on the rad because there wasn't enough clearance..and I ended up installing it in a pull instead of pull  -_-

 

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As the first build that I had really put money into... i'm loving it. 
MOAR!!!

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I had 2 x 2GB Sticks from my old build so I am using that until the shipment arrives. Slapped on the GPU and did some decent cable management at the back and it's all Ready to go! 

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Now with the Side panel on:
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When some more money comes in, I'll begin to do a red and black cable sleeving, have two 770 in SLI and have much quieter fans. 
Thank you for checking this post out and ALL BOW TO THE LINUS SHRINE! 

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If you are saving up for a GTX 770, I would say to save up for a GTX 780 instead.

Quote me to get a reply!

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If you are saving up for a GTX 770, I would say to save up for a GTX 780 instead.

The 780 Price point is too high for me. The 770 goes for about $300 USD on ebay very often so it all comes down to the money now. 

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Nice! If you don't want a 780 you don't.

 

P.S.: Why are the attachments broken?

Fixed. I made a booboo.  :D

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G.Skill RAM is kind of overpriced, go with Kingston HyperX Blu Black 1600Mhz 2x4GB RAM cards. I have them in my system which is similar to yours and I am very pleased with them

 

1866Mhz is kind of pointless for RAM, it shouldn't make much of a difference from 1600Mhz.

 

Overall though OP build, you will be very pleased with it. I have the intel core i5 4670 and it's really fast.

 

This build is such an upgrade from your previous system, lol you're going to love it.

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G.Skill RAM is kind of overpriced, go with Kingston HyperX Blu Black 1600Mhz 2x4GB RAM cards. I have them in my system which is similar to yours and I am very pleased with them

 

1866Mhz is kind of pointless for RAM, it shouldn't make much of a difference from 1600Mhz.

 

Overall though OP build, you will be very pleased with it. I have the intel core i5 4670 and it's really fast.

 

This build is such an upgrade from your previous system, lol you're going to love it.

I got it on sale..well actually this entire build was on sale so I did this the smartest way I possibly could. 

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I got it on sale..well actually this entire build was on sale so I did this the smartest way I possibly could. 

 

Okay then that's fine, I thought maybe you paid full price for it.

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i came here thinking you were building the computer in an empty wallet :( Good build though. :D

My Rig :  Case: Cooler Master HAF X ,Motherboard: Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H,PSU: Seasonic SS-750KM3,Processor: Core I7 4770k (overclocked 4.7ghz),Cooler: Corsair H100i, GPU: EVGA GTX 780 with acx cooler, RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws 16gb DDR3 1600 (overclocked to 2000mhz), HDDS  Samsung 840 EVO 250 gb SSD , Western digital  2tb 7200 rpm 64mb cache, Old 1tb laptop drive I had , 320gb for os backup daily, 80gb external for weekly backups,Drives 2x Lg Blu Ray burner WH16MS40,MISC: Tp-Link dual band wireless card, Logitech g510s, Razer Deathadder 2013, Acer G236HLBbd 23" monitor, Old tv I had 23" for secondary monitor, old 32" samsung tv third monitor

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Probably should upgrade dat monitor though.

Just a suggestion

Life.exe is missing

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Probably should upgrade dat monitor though.

Just a suggestion

that's my 2nd monitor.. I have a decent one next to it. 

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