My first build at fourteen, also looking for tips

[AMD Lover]

This is my first custom PC that i've built. I started on a budget and ended up going over and putting everything on bill me later, i finally got most of that paid off and my job is going to give me around $400 to spend on extra suff for the PC. I'll list the specs below all this jibber jabber but just wanted to run over a few things. The H100i doesn't work quite as well as it should but under idle it stays around 37 degrees Celsius and under load (Using Prime95) it stays about 77-80 Celsius. The side panel with i don't know if it will be listed or not has two stock corsair fans on them, they run around 800rpm because there split on one PWM fan header which i like because there loud at max speed, the top (Radiator) fans are running around 1300rpm, the back 140mm AF fan is running around 100rpm and the front are somewhere around 900rpm, over all with the CPU being liquid cooled i most likely have to much air but i guess thats fine. I'm running Windows 8, which i happen to like especially with a windows 8 phone. 

 

 

More important stuff if u want to skip all of that above, lol

 

 

I plan to upgrade the only 500GB HDD and add a 256GB Samsung 840 Pro (Will keep HDD for pics, Docs, etc.), I also since i have a H100i to add a corsair link lighting and cooling kit (Tell me if i should or not) and rearrange the fans where there will be none on the side panel. I will do this because i plan to add a window in the side to see the corsair link or other lighting in action. I want to do some sort of sleeving on the PSU cables, right now i have some black cable extensions however my GPU has some blue on it so if you can make a good point i might be persuaded to do full cable sleeving. I'm also thinking about painting that ugly grey and white CD and Card reader a black or black and blue, give me a thumbs up if u agree. Any mods or improvements you think i should do like painting the rad., doing custom cable sleeving, etc. tell me. I have approx. $400 to blow on extras....

 

 

 

 

The Specs.

 

** To be added

 

Case: Corsair 550D

CPU: Intel i5 3570k

GPU: MSI 660ti Power Edition

PSU: Seasonic 750w 80plus Gold

16GB of 1600Mhz Corsair DDR3 RAM

500GB WD Green

 

**A 256GB Samsung 840 Pro "will" be added

 

** "May" upgrade the 500GB HDD to a 3TB

MOBO: ASUS Saberooth Z77

All fans replaced with Corsair SP120, AF120, AF140 (Except i moved two of the stock fans to the side panel, still high quality fans)

Corsair H100i With Two SP120 Corsair fans 1300rpm

Acer G236HLBbd Black 23" 5ms Widescreen LED Monitor

Microsoft Sidewinder X4 Red Backlit

Rosewill Multi Card Reader

 

** Corsair Link or some other lighting and fan control addition "May" be added

 

 

 

 

 

Hoped you liked the build, this is not the first time i have listed this but the first time i messed up on the post and i asked the wrong questions...

[Owen]

Pretty nice looking build!

 

But why didn't you get an AMD cpu or gpu, AMD Lover? :P

[Blade of Grass]

Pretty nice! But re-run that USB/Corsair cable, ARGH it's killing me.

[felixbearpig]

Lol that was almost exactly my first build too

[GamerDude]

Yeah, curious as to why you'd gone with an MSI GTX660 Ti PE which comes with Metro Last Light (great game btw) instead of a slightly cheaper, yet more powerful Sapphire HD7870 XT with Boost, and it comes with three games to boot (Bioshock Infinite, Tomb Raider, FC3 Blood Dragon). You don't like AMD GPU for some reason? Anyway, decent enough build......good job for a someone at 14 actually. :)

[AMD Lover]

Pretty nice! But re-run that USB/Corsair cable, ARGH it's killing me.

Yah i had it tucked away but i removed my CPU cooler to clean and i just didnt re run it

[AMD Lover]

Yeah, curious as to why you'd gone with an MSI GTX660 Ti PE which comes with Metro Last Light (great game btw) instead of a slightly cheaper, yet more powerful Sapphire HD7870 XT with Boost, and it comes with three games to boot (Bioshock Infinite, Tomb Raider, FC3 Blood Dragon). You don't like AMD GPU for some reason? Anyway, decent enough build......good job for a someone at 14 actually. :)

Yah, i should have done more research but i picked out, ordered and built the thing in a week

[AMD Lover]

Any add on's or mods you would do to increase the appeal, other than tucking away that little USB ;)

[AMD Lover]

Also if i start painting stuff that won't be damaged by paint should i stay with the black and blue theme or try to change it....

[AMD Lover]

How would painting the RAM Dust Covers, PCI Dust covers and RAM Heat Spreaders the same blue that on the fans?

[RFM-PC]

No you silly kid, dont paint anything like that 

[Tristanjh]

I dont think it should just be about the games but yeah i would have gone for a 7870 or a 7950. Especially the 7950, overclocks very well and could potentially outperform a 660ti PE had u overclocked it.

[TicTac]

Nice job man looks good.

[Aviince]

660ti is still a great choice both good options so dont worry about it especialy if u can utilise pysX or cuda

[it24]

Looks great! Nice and clean :)

[AMD Lover]

No you silly kid, dont paint anything like that 

I'm going to paint the CD and Card reader i guess that's all ill do

[AMD Lover]

What color of cable extensions should i get, black blue or white, or do full cable sleeving????

 

 

 

Would like to have this question answered multiple times by different people...

[ChaoticWeaponry]

Blue sleeving. You have plenty of black. More blue would add some more accents to the case. Extensions or full cable are up to you. Full cable will be more difficult.

[Lukiose]

How far are you overclocking your cpu? You don't wanna waste the h100i and you can maybe add an additional 1tb HDD with your games on the WD Green for game footage recording :)

[AMD Lover]

Will most likely try to find some sort of cable extensions then get a custom made steel PSU cover with a Corsair or some sort of logo on it, the CPU is OC'ed to 4.4Ghz, thats the max i could get it without just taking the voltage and just cranking it through the roof. Yep, definatly going to get some games and a SSD, maybe a 1TB Red Drive, but i might also get corsair link do it just all depends

[hiyayhi]

If you have an extra $400, maybe you could pick up a second 660ti?

 

Sweet build. Much tidier than my first.

[chingyg]

If this is what you did at 14....I can't wait to see your future builds. Keeps us updated!

[ChaoticWeaponry]

If this is what you did at 14....I can't wait to see your future builds. Keeps us updated!

And I thought I was cool for building my first gaming PC at 18 :p

[FloGer]

If you have an extra $400, maybe you could pick up a second 660ti?

 

Sweet build. Much tidier than my first.

 

I would rather replace the 660ti with an 670/680... If you resell your 660ti, your could even get more than a 670 - have a look a 700 series card...

[enRodjavel]

Hehe kinda funny ur nick and an nvidia intel build but looking shar. As the ppl here say add an ssd and some sleeving in your choice of color and u be all set.