Project Magma

[SKOONJar]

So today is the start of my new custom build named Project Magma. Its named Magma because it will by the time its done be the colors of magma and the R9 290 runs hot so I figured its a fitting name. So enough with the boring onward into the parts picked for this build!

 

Parts:

CPU: Intel i7 4770k

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i (Temporary)

Motherboard: MSI Z97 Gaming 7

Ram: G Skill: G.SKILL Trident X series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 1600MHz

GPU: ASUS DirectCU II OC Edition R9 290

Case: Corsair 750D

PSU: SeaSonic M12II 850 Watt Full Modular

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB (Boot Drive) and Seagate Barracuda 1TB  (Mass Storage)

 

Pictures to come sometime this week. Waiting on everything to arrive to take pictures just waiting on my 750D which is in New Jersey being shipped to California and my HDD which NCIX has lost. Also I have the H100i above listed as temporary that is because I plan to water cool everything I can inside this pc with a red, orange and black theme! However it will be a while until I can afford that jump!

 

[Oshino Shinobu]

Specs look nice. Just wondering, are you just going with red/black colours, or are you going to add in orange/yellow etc. to make it seem more like "LAVA"? There's so many red and black builds around that it would be nice to see something a little different. 

[Blueprint]

How about 'Magma'?

[SKOONJar]

Specs look nice. Just wondering, are you just going with red/black colours, or are you going to add in orange/yellow etc. to make it seem more like "LAVA"? There's so many red and black builds around that it would be nice to see something a little different. 

I forgot to add I have orange and yellow LED strips that I am going to offset for that look.

[SKOONJar]

How about 'Magma'?

Is someone already using the name LAVA?

[Oshino Shinobu]

I forgot to add I have orange and yellow LED strips that I am going to offset for that look.

Oh, that could look good. Also, if you're planning on sleeving/have sleeved the PSU, I would suggest mixing it up with orange, red and black/grey wires to break it up a bit. Just a suggestion though. 

[Oshino Shinobu]

How about 'Magma'?

 

 

Is someone already using the name LAVA?

I can almost guarantee someone has used LAVA already. I think Magma actually sounds better myself. It flows off the tongue a little nicer, if you know what I mean. 

[Blueprint]

Is someone already using the name LAVA?

Lol no, just putting out another name suggestion that's all.

[SKOONJar]

Oh, that could look good. Also, if you're planning on sleeving/have sleeved the PSU, I would suggest mixing it up with orange, red and black/grey wires to break it up a bit. Just a suggestion though. 

That would look cool I will look into it I know it would be relatively easy to sleeve the wires on this one.

[SKOONJar]

I can almost guarantee someone has used LAVA already. I think Magma actually sounds better myself. It flows off the tongue a little nicer, if you know what I mean. 

Magma it is....

[Oshino Shinobu]

Magma it is....

Go with what you want. We're just throwing some opinions and options at you. Looking forward to seeing how it comes out, good luck. 

[SKOONJar]

Go with what you want. We're just throwing some opinions and options at you. Looking forward to seeing how it comes out, good luck. 

I just googled Project Lava Pc its used. 

[Scotty]

Specs look nice, look forward to seeing how it turns out!

[Bagmup]

I can almost guarantee someone has used LAVA already. I think Magma actually sounds better myself. It flows off the tongue a little nicer, if you know what I mean. 

 

 

[SKOONJar]

Just a quick picture of everything I have at the moment still waiting on my case and hard drive. My case is supposedly still across the country from me and the estimated delivery date is tomorrow...

 

Also sorry for the bad pic will put more effort once I actually get to building it.

[asusfan]

will you be getting some custom painting or air brushing done on the case?

 

as with so so many new builds nowadays people forget about the case and graphics / paintwork.

 

i think to stand out from the others builds are not about the highest spec or highest price but custom build work and lots of time and effort into small details and new stuff not many other have done before.

 

I got some cool new ideas for a new build but its classified information i don't want to leak out as others will copy it.

 

your build should be good, don't rush it and do lots of custom mods it will give it more brownie points

[SKOONJar]

Finished building the working base of it... Pictures tomorrow I am tired.

[SKOONJar]

Basic build is done now just need to save some cash for some custom cooling and sleeving awesomeness!

[SKOONJar]

Well the R9 290 got returned and I bought a evga 780 off of a forum member.

[Bagmup]

Well the R9 290 got returned and I bought a evga 780 off of a forum member.

Whys that? Financial reasons?

[SKOONJar]

Whys that? Financial reasons?

The asus r9 290 runs stupid hot. And I got a month old 780 for 375.

[acidydragon]

The asus r9 290 runs stupid hot. And I got a month old 780 for 375.

Cooler, Quieter, and better performance by a small amount (in almost all games, unless you need more than 3gb or vRAM)

http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-R9-290-vs-GeForce-GTX-780

[SKOONJar]

Cooler, Quieter, and better performance by a small amount (in almost all games, unless you need more than 3gb or vRAM)

http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-R9-290-vs-GeForce-GTX-780

What you said and cheaper in my case.

[PhantomChevron]

Don't get why people buy Asus AMD cards, they just don't cool well enough, I mean use Gigabye or Sapphire, like they know wtf they are doing. Great build also

[SKOONJar]

Don't get why people buy Asus AMD cards, they just don't cool well enough, I mean use Gigabye or Sapphire, like they know wtf they are doing. Great build also

Where I bought it it had great reviews at the time and I had never heard of the issue about ASUS using the 780 cooler on it. Doesn't really matter though I'm gonna have my 780 tomorrow.

 

On another note small update I bought some SP120s to put on the radiator.  If you can name the worthless (temporary) graphics card you are king of worthless knowledge!