Rate my first build?

[Harrison]

Hi, i'm Harrison, aged 17

This was my first build, I spent ages researching my components and their price/performance ratio's. I think I found a great balance.

SPECS:

AMD FX-8350

AMD VTX3D Radeon 6970

4gb generic RAM from my previous PC

Intel 520 120gb SSD

Thermaltake TR-2 800watt PSU

Corsair 600t Black

 

Pictures Below, please give some feedback. Thanks alot guys!

[Oisin Maguire]

not bad for your first build, id sleeve the cables {its pretty cheap but it makes it look cleaner}

[XiaoPigs]

Decent looking first build. Sort of ghetto mounted SSD, I like haha. I would change the CPU cooler to a Hyper 212 Evo if possible and upgrade to 8 Gigs of Corsair Vengeance RAM(quite cheap these days). Don't like the super bright red PCB on the 6970 :p Other then the above mentioned you're good.

[MONTEM]

Not bad for your first build.Like oisin I'd recommend sleeving your cables. It also makes you fell more proud of what you've done :)

[Harrison]

Decent looking first build. Sort of ghetto mounted SSD, I like haha. I would change the CPU cooler to a Hyper 212 Evo if possible and upgrade to 8 Gigs of Corsair Vengeance RAM(quite cheap these days). Don't like the super bright red PCB on the 6970 :P Other then the above mentioned you're good.

Thanks :) aha yeah the 6970 is extremely ugly :P . Thanks for the parts suggestions i'll look into them  :rolleyes:

[Chris.W]

Your first build looks far more awesome than my first one did! Was nervous as hell building it so that could have attributed! Keep up the great work, man. The younger populous are so smart now adays! Or, at least those in this forum. :)

[Harrison]

not bad for your first build, id sleeve the cables {its pretty cheap but it makes it look cleaner}

 

 

Not bad for your first build.Like oisin I'd recommend sleeving your cables. It also makes you fell more proud of what you've done :)

Thanks for the feedback, can you give me some tips on how i'd go about sleeving them? I'll google around but some tips would be appreciated. Thanks again  :rolleyes:

[.Im#NuMBeR1]

OK so now I'm officially jealous of your case..I've been trying to get my hands on an Obsidian 600D and up case for 3 years but it's too pricy for a case imo. I'm thinking of upgrading my RAM from 4GB to 8GB at least as I tend to do a bit of rendering of gaming videos, and other generic and other related type of videos I randomly upload to my YouTube channel. I do however like the overall setup you have there. My current PC is actually my first gaming PC build, which is the one I'm currently using. For an album of photos of my PC check here.

[TB-303]

Looks really neat nice work, ;)

[XiaoPigs]

Oh and maybe if you needed to, add a WD Blue 1TB.

[Harrison]

OK so now I'm officially jealous of your case..I've been trying to get my hands on an Obsidian 600D and up case for 3 years but it's too pricy for a case imo. I'm thinking of upgrading my RAM from 4GB to 8GB at least as I tend to do a bit of rendering of gaming videos, and other generic and other related type of videos I randomly upload to my YouTube channel. I do however like the overall setup you have there. My current PC is actually my first gaming PC build, which is the one I'm currently using. For an album of photos of my PC check here.

Yes, the 600t is sexy  :P and it was only $180 (Australian dollars) Your setup looks awesome especially the blue LED strips, mind sharing where you got them?  :D Just work on your cable management a bit. What's your YouTube channel? i'll check it out.

[MzCatieB]

the mix mash of red dark green and blue makes me smile :D 

[Harrison]

Oh and maybe if you needed to, add a WD Blue 1TB.

Yeah i've only 19gb left on my drive  :unsure: I'm trying to keep my storage all super fast though so it's my plan to get another SSD.

[Harrison]

Looks really neat nice work, ;)

 

 

Your first build looks far more awesome than my first one did! Was nervous as hell building it so that could have attributed! Keep up the great work, man. The younger populous are so smart now adays! Or, at least those in this forum. :)

 

 

 

the mix mash of red dark green and blue makes me smile :D

Thanks heaps guys for the nice feedback  :D

[.Im#NuMBeR1]

YouTube channel etc has been input into my signature, I was editing my signature and come to see that images are not allowed, and signatures restricted to 3 LINES!! :(

 

The LED lights are Xenta 12" Blue Dual Cold Cathode Kit from eBuyer.com.

[nitrousoxide10]

Thanks for the feedback, can you give me some tips on how i'd go about sleeving them? I'll google around but some tips would be appreciated. Thanks again  :rolleyes:

Here is a link for sleeving: http://www.overclock.net/t/1262904/video-sleeving-guide-series

 

Also, very clean build. Nice work.

[Calavera]

Please try and get the focus right, the PC looks awesome but it still needs a bit of camerawork... :)

[Nicktrance]

Decent looking first build. Sort of ghetto mounted SSD, I like haha. I would change the CPU cooler to a Hyper 212 Evo if possible and upgrade to 8 Gigs of Corsair Vengeance RAM(quite cheap these days). Don't like the super bright red PCB on the 6970 :P Other then the above mentioned you're good.

^This, but very good for your first build :)

[NihKiller]

overall very good first build. better than mine first build. BIG creds for motherboard and CPU!!!  :D

[S2000Gan]

your pics seem to be upside down

[Nado]

nice job on your first build, but you should of sleeved your cables otherwise good work :) 

[Nit3Rid3R]

Nice build, the 6970 is still a great card to use, I would however, get rid of that god awful stock cooler.