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The Phantom

smithaveryb
By smithaveryb
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Hi,

 

I m posting my first build here. First, I will give you a little bit of backstory to the build.

 

I am currently 13 years old. Back in the fall of 2012, my mother told me that I should find a hobby. I knew that two of my neighbors worked for Intel and Corsair. Because of this, I decided to learn to build computers. I purchased two books about parts and the actual building, started watching internet videos about computers, and started ordering parts. Because I am young, I decided to build a budget gaming computer to replace my xbox (To become part of the glorious pc gaming master race.). However, since my neighbors work at Corsair and Intel, I was able to get a very large deal on parts, so my budget build has many high end parts in it. For kicks I will add the price I payed for my parts next to my parts so you can see how much of a discount I was able to receive. Other than that, feedback would be appreciated. I know my cable management sucks, but this is my first build, and I am still trying to get the hang of this. 

 

Parts:

 

CPU: i7-3770k @4.5GHz (I know that the 3770k is overkill for gaming, but the 3570k was out of stock at the Intel employee store)

Price: $100

 

Motherboard: Intel DZ77BH-55k 

Price: $100

 

Cooler: H100i

Price: $65

 

PSU: TX 650M

Price: $70

 

RAM: 16GB (4x4) Corsair Vengeance 1600 MHz

Price: $70

 

GPU: Saphire 7850 1GB OC 

Price: Retail

 

DVD Drive: Cheap DVD Drive

Price: Retail

 

Hard Drive: Western Digital 1TB Black

Price: Retail

 

Monitor: Dad's old 23" 1440x900 monitor

Price: Free

 

Keyboard/mouse: Cheap logitech keyboard and Xornet gaming mouse

Price for both: $55

 

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My Rig: | i7-3770k @4.9 GHz | h100i | Intel DZ77BH-55k Mobo | 16GB 1600 MHz Vengeance Ram | GTX 770 4GB x2 (SLI) | Acer 21.5" 1080p Monitors x3 | 1TB WD Black x2 (In Raid 0) | 256GB SSD | Quickfire TK Blue | Razer Deathadder 2013|

Surfing it up in Huntington Beach, USA. Find me on Steam (my username is /r/buildapc). 

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Nice! You are very lucky to get discounts like that :)

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lol what a troll i thought it was in a phantom hahaha good work man it looks sick!

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Awesome sauce. You have turned us all to jelly.

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wow!! lolz...how come you dont have a corsair case? xD

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Thanks for all of the kind words. I used to have some cheap corsair case, but I saw this on sale at frys and picked it up because the corsair had terrible cable management. I am very grateful that I received the deals.

My Rig: | i7-3770k @4.9 GHz | h100i | Intel DZ77BH-55k Mobo | 16GB 1600 MHz Vengeance Ram | GTX 770 4GB x2 (SLI) | Acer 21.5" 1080p Monitors x3 | 1TB WD Black x2 (In Raid 0) | 256GB SSD | Quickfire TK Blue | Razer Deathadder 2013|

Surfing it up in Huntington Beach, USA. Find me on Steam (my username is /r/buildapc). 

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Nice job :)

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Great bank for the buck :) looks very nice as well.

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Your starting at such a young age. looking at what you've already done, I see great things in the future.

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Good build, the name threw me off, I thought it would be a NZXT phantom. 

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Those discounts are REDICULOUS! $100 for a 3770k threw me back in my chair.

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Wanna trade houses? XD It does look nice though; although, with that name I would be tempted to somehow put a logo like this on it.

 

( not the best animie ever or anything, but the title looks cool XD )

 

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