Xigmatek Gaming PC

[PCBudgetSolutions]

So I built a PC for a friend awhile ago and now I am building a basic gamer for her husband.  He doesn't game much but we think with a decent PC (His laptop has HD graphics) he will play newer games.  Here are the specs:

AMD FX-4300

MSI 970A-G43 Motherboard

Team Vulcan 2x4GB DDR3 1600MHz

WD 500GB 7200 RPM SATA HD

Lite-On DVD-RW

Corsair CX430

Xigmatek ASGARD 381 Mid Tower

2x Rosewill 120MM fans

GTX 550 TI

Total cost: 337.58 (She supplied the GTX 550 TI)

 

Here is a layout of everything

Motherboard, CPU and heatsink installed

Added the power supply and plugged in the 24 pin connector

Rerouted the PSU

Added graphics card and plugged in USB 3.0 front header

Plugged in the rest of the front IO

Added the ram and DVD Drive

Blurry but added HD

No bulge even with a 24 dollar case routing the 24 pin connector behind the tray

Final inside look before I took it apart 4 times to find out the overheating was a bad sensor lol

Taken a Few minutes ago

Windows Experience Index (Because that's useful AMIRITE???)

After 4 hours of Prime 95, bios temps read 60*C at idle but clearly that's wrong.  Cannot figure out the voltage issue, even tried a different PSU.

Thanks guys for taking a look at a simple build I did for a friend.  I cleaned it up slightly better since the last inside pic but not a ton.

[everything count to life]

Not bad for a $300 build

[Oseirus]

For your high temps, try reapplying your thermal paste. Sometimes you just get a bad spread and contact, even with pre-applied paste. If that doesn't help, try another cooler. If you're not wildly concerned with looks, the Cooler Master 212 is pretty much the best cooler you can pick up in the ~$30 price range. If you do all that and are still getting weird temperatures, you may want to look into a faulty sensor, or worst case, a faulty CPU that runs too hot.

 

Voltages... how much have you futzed around with them in BIOS?

[PCBudgetSolutions]

I reapplied out several times. As you can see the prime 95 temps were fine. The sensors are bad which it's common for fx boards.

[Nicktrance]

Specs are very good for the price.