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xxrod17xx
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Hey guys this is my first build, prolly a little overboard, but I got a nice tax return this year so whatever, plus I want a beast for Star Citizen.  This is my first for everything.  I am going to use the 4-way optimization to slightly overclock the cpu, pretty scared and intimidated by the manual overclocking guide here.  Much less nervous for the build itself. 

 

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CPU: Intel 4770k

Cooler: Corsair h100i

Mobo: Asus Maximus VI Formula

Ram: 16gb (2x8) Corsair Dominator Platinum Clocked 2133

GPU:  Asus Direct CU II 780ti

SSD:  Samsung 840 Evo 250gb

HDD: 1tb Seagate Barracuda

PSU:  Corsair AX 760 80+ Plat

Case: Corsair 750d

 

 

Only got package 1 of 3 today so far....pretty bummed wanted to build this thing before work started.  Also, based on tracking info I wont be getting the third package until tomorrow 

 

 

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Cool. I wanna see this bad boy.

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Wow. Beast, dude. Can't wait to see how it all looks with that color theme in that 750D.

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Good choice of parts!

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 - 3900x @ 4.4GHz with a Custom Loop | MBO: ASUS Crosshair VI Extreme | RAM: 4x4GB Apacer 2666MHz overclocked to 3933MHz with OCZ Reaper HPC Heatsinks | GPU: PowerColor Red Devil 6900XT | SSDs: Intel 660P 512GB SSD and Intel 660P 1TB SSD | HDD: 2x WD Black 6TB and Seagate Backup Plus 8TB External Drive | PSU: Corsair RM1000i | Case: Cooler Master C700P Black Edition | Build Log: here

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Awesomew! Might do a build log with my formula too :D

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thy guys

 

@DamDirtyApe I am still not sure what I am going to do with colors lol I have the options to go white or red...maybe both?  No LEDs yet wanna see what it looks like without

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@Butterfish  yea I am excited for it, i wanted something with the armor i love the look.  I also wanted something where I can overclock with 4-way Optimization.  The tuff series doesn't give me that, was pretty bummed about it also.

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thy guys

 

@DamDirtyApe I am still not sure what I am going to do with colors lol I have the options to go white or red...maybe both?  No LEDs yet wanna see what it looks like without

Don't go with colored LED's. Do a red themed build, but stick with white LED's. Looks a lot better imo. :)

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just fyi, the 4-way optimization doesn't work on the formula board the way all the asus vids show.  it just has 3 presets (4.2, 4.4, 4.6 iirc), with preset locked voltages and everything.  nothing is actually optimized for your setup like all the asus fluff marketing material says for any of the z87 ROG boards.  that feature only works on their mainstream boards (the gold ones)

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just fyi, the 4-way optimization doesn't work on the formula board the way all the asus vids show.  it just has 3 presets (4.2, 4.4, 4.6 iirc), with preset locked voltages and everything.  nothing is actually optimized for your setup like all the asus fluff marketing material says for any of the z87 ROG boards.  that feature only works on their mainstream boards (the gold ones)

 

I am aware, i was going to just overclock minimally to 4.2, do you think I would come into any issues with voltage?  What about overclocking ram speed?

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I am aware, i was going to just overclock minimally to 4.2, do you think I would come into any issues with voltage?  What about overclocking ram speed?

 

I'd follow this guide if I were you (and I did) for overclocking instead of using the asus preset.  It covers ram overclocking also

 

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/41234-intel-haswell-4670k-4770k-overclocking-guide/

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I was extremely overwhelmed when reading this, I might need to ask for help idk

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the OP of that thread still responds to it.  if you have any questions just post in there.  

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omg still waiting for the last package then pics or ill gtfo!

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OK, it took forever and I had to RMA my HDD, was pretty frustrated with all that, but the build is complete and here are some pics!

 

Started swapping out the fans for the AF140s and the SP120's on the H100i

 

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Next I put in the the PSU and the SSD just to get an idea of what kind of cable management I needed (which I will not be showing you!)

 

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Then Mobo Ram and the cooler!

 

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Then the last two are the final build pics (minus my HDD =( )

 

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Not sure why everything is sideways, but you get the idea of the looks which I did not plan on going black and red at first I wanted black and white, but that mobo is so sexy

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