First Mini-itx build

[Gigachip]

OK. Well I decided to build a mini-itx rig recently. Actually built it in March during spring break. Just barely getting around to posting it :)

I intended it to be my mobile rig, so I could take home when I'm not in school. Some of it is out of parts laying around too :D.

 

Anyway here are the specs.

Case:  CM Elite 120

CPU: i7-2600k (I had it sitting around from upgrading main rig to 3rd gen i7)

RAM: Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz @ 1333 2x4 for 8gb

Motherboard: Asus P8H77-i I didn't need the overclocking features on this one. Temps will varry too much to want to worry about it.

PSU: Rosewill 750W 80Bronze. Another spare from upgrade earlier this year.

GPU: Visiontek Radeon HD 7970

Storage: OCZ 120 gb SSD/ Seagate 1tb SSHD

 

Day one when I got the case

I stipped out all cables to prep for minor drilling

HD cage gone

Case and graphics card getting ready for painting

Primer is going on (I forgot to take a photo of main colors being painted. Partially because at the time I didn't want friends to know color scheme.

finished painted product

Components going in. (the H70 isn't as bad as it looks in there. And its already spent 7 hours on the road and nothings bad happened. Temps are great too)

GPU side of things

PSU going in + cables

Here it is hooked up to my TV (46")for couch gaming. (I routed a xbox wireless reciever to the inside so it'd clean up the wires on the outside.)

and my monitor when I go back home (if I can't use my parents tv) Or when I go on a road trip (think its a 19")

[Acek94]

Looks amazing! I love it. :)

[MrBlackOpsNinja]

Awesome color scheme and good cable management for being non-modular.

[<boss2939>]

one word boss is it loud though with that reference 7970 

[Duffman]

Loving the color scheme of the video card white and blue, with that red fan SICK!!!!

[AMICLG]

Nice the blue and white is sick.

[Beefy547]

keep up the good work, sometimes people think painting a piece of plastic is impossible. Nice to see more people destroying warranties with their builds.

[Simsyy]

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OH HELLO BLUE AND WHITE

 

Bravo sir, Bravo

[TicTac]

Looks cool, i like it :)

[Sickable]

Awesome little project! I love the obscure contrast between the red and white.

[XiaoPigs]

Nice little project you've got there. I like it! 

[Nicktrance]

I love the colours especially on the painted graphics card, black and red has definitely grown old for me on radeon cards :D.

[Gigachip]

Thank you all for the kind words over the build :D . Sorry if I responded late, was going to respond yesterday, but got sick :(

 

one word boss is it loud though with that reference 7970 

 

not really noticable. I wouldn't say its loud, but my definition of loud might differ from others. If it helps I have a build with cougars in it, and its louder than this build.

[dOug]

Very nice. Custom paint looks great. You should do some custom sleeved cables to really put it over the top.

[_The_Petes]

That color scheme is amazing!!!! I was curious where you were going with and then i scrolled down..................."DUUUUUUUDE!!!!!"! I litterally yelled that out haha. I love that blue and white combo. I was going to go with that case and mod the front to house an AIO water cooler and decided on the Node 304 instead. I might buy one of those and mod the crap out of it anyway. I mean, 50 bux? How could you NOT buy that case.

 

Anyway, GREAT build man!

[temmerich]

Love the paint job!

[Jozi]

Nice paint job mate.

[Tim3Shift3r]

nice GPU cover, looks good with the colo(u)rs

[Joshua]

That looks awesome, I am jealous of that! Colour scheme is brilliant!