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My First PC Build: Phantom

temmerich
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Not really a build log, just sharing my finished build.

 

This is my first PC Build, which I completed a few weeks ago.

 

Components:

 

NZXT Phantom White Case

 

Asus P8Z68-V PRO/GEN 3 Motherboard

 

Corsair Vengenance Blue Low Profile Ram 16GB (2x8GB) with plans to upgrade up to 32gb

 

Intel Core i7-3770K OCed to 4.4GHz

 

Cooler Master V6GT CPU Cooler

 

EVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost Superclocked 2GB GDDR5 Memory (with plans to add a second card in 2-way SLI)

 

OCZ Vertex 4 128GB SSD

 

Various HDD's used from other PC's for a total of 2.25TB's total storage

 

NZXT Hale90 850 Watt Modular Power Supply

 

DVD Burner

 

Various NZXT Blue LED case fans

 

Media Card Reader

 

5.25in Bay case boxes (2)

 

NZXT Hue RBG LED controller

 

Phantom Windowed Side Panel

 

Windows 7 Ultimate

 

 

 

Hope you guys enjoy it!

(Sorry for the so-so picture quality)

 

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Looks good, there are so many phantom builds lately. 

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PC Specs - 4770k - OC 4.5GHz  - GTX 780 SC - 16GB HyperX - NZXT H440 White - Corsair H100i - Corsair AX750 - Samsung Evo 250GB - 2 x PA238Q - ATH-M50 - 

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Looks good, there are so many phantom builds lately. 

Thanks, and yeah I've noticed that, I've had the case since December and seen lots of Phantom builds since. Its a great case for the price

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nice build, you have managed to keep it quite tidy :D

P.S I love bacon too B)

Cable Mgmt. is my thing lol. And who doesn't?!

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there is nothing worse than a build where they didn't bother on the cable mgmt front  :wacko:

Tell me about it, why bother building your own if you aren't going to keep it tidy? Might as well buy an OEM machine *cringe*

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Agree :D

I must have used like a hundred cable ties on my current build :blink:

Finishing ATM B)  

Yeah that sounds about right for mine too lol, what;s your part list?

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Awesome build but why so many HDD's?

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Awesome build but why so many HDD's?

Thanks! And because I have a ton of parts laying around from my work so to cut costs I used used HDD's and an ODD

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Thanks! And because I have a ton of parts laying around from my work so to cut costs I used used HDD's and an ODD

Oh ok nice.

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Why do you need 32GB Memory? and a i7 3770k with a Cooler Master V6GT CPU Cooler? That is amazing does it overheat? I have 16GB memory at 1600MHz and can do CAD work along with some light video editing. 

Computer: CPU: Intel i7 3770k 4.2 GHz, Processor Cooling: Corsair 100i,  Video Card: ASUS Geforce GTX 660ti, Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77 V PRO, Power Supply: corsiar AX750, Hard Drive: Toshiba 2TB, Case Fans: Bitfenix Specter x 2, Case: Phantom

 

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Why do you need 32GB Memory? and a i7 3770k with a Cooler Master V6GT CPU Cooler? That is amazing does it overheat? I have 16GB memory at 1600MHz and can do CAD work along with some light video editing. 

I don't, 16 is enough, I just want to max out the RAM capacity. and at 100% burn I never went over 70C even with my 4.4GHz OC, its a good cooler.

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Wow, Thats pretty awesome cooler if your stable at 4.4. Cool build!!!

Computer: CPU: Intel i7 3770k 4.2 GHz, Processor Cooling: Corsair 100i,  Video Card: ASUS Geforce GTX 660ti, Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77 V PRO, Power Supply: corsiar AX750, Hard Drive: Toshiba 2TB, Case Fans: Bitfenix Specter x 2, Case: Phantom

 

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How did you fit an 8 pin through the 8 pin cutout? I tried but I could never get mine to fit.

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Wow, Thats pretty awesome cooler if your stable at 4.4. Cool build!!!

Thanks! I was pleasantly surprised to reach 4.4 stable. Was getting unstable going at 4.5 an beyond, hopefully I can get it higher when I upgrade to a water cooling loop

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How did you fit an 8 pin through the 8 pin cutout? I tried but I could never get mine to fit.

It was not easy lol, I had to have a friend help me hold the mobo while I fed the 8 pin through without the mobo screwed it, then screwed it in after the cable was already fed through

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It was not easy lol, I had to have a friend help me hold the mobo while I fed the 8 pin through without the mobo screwed it, then screwed it in after the cable was already fed through

I don't know what they were thinking not making that hole larger. I always forgot to plug it in before I put the motherboard in.

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The empty space around everything looks really good, also really tidy. I think you need more hard drives though  ^_^

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I don't know what they were thinking not making that hole larger. I always forgot to plug it in before I put the motherboard in.

Me either lol my biggest complaint about the case. I still love it though, especially with my windowed side panel

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The empty space around everything looks really good, also really tidy. I think you need more hard drives though  ^_^

Thanks, that what I was going. I'm all out of drive bays and sata ports -_-

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looks good.

i5 3570 | MSI GD-65 Gaming | OCZ Vertex 60gb ssd | WD Green 1TB HDD | NZXT Phantom | TP-Link Wifi card | H100 | 5850


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