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[Build Log] Brother's New Gaming Rig! (Christmas Present)

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So, I'm gonna be building my brother a high quality gaming rig for his Christmas present. Thanks to an incredible Black Friday deal on OCUK, I managed to save around £300 on parts.

 

Part Breakdown:

CPU: Intel 4790k

Mobo: Gigabyte SOC Z97 Force

PSU: Superflower 850W (Modular) 

GPU: Zotac 780ti 3GB

RAM: TeamGroup 2133MHz (2x4GB)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H75

Case: Corsair SPEC-03 Orange

SSD: Samsung EVO 840 250GB

HDD: Seagate ST2000DM001 2TB

OS: Windows 8.1 Home Premium

PC Part Picker List: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/j6N6mG

 
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Offer Link: https://www.overcloc...rodid=BU-014-GI (Sold Out)

 

WIll be keeping this thread updated with photos as stuff arrives. Will also be posting build updates as I'm in the actual building process.

 

First batch of parts arriving! (Case/OCUK Bundle)

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The OCUK Bundle!

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PSU Installation 

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GPU, CPU, Mobo, Stock CPU Cooler and HDD installed

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So, I'm gonna be building my brother a high quality gaming rig for his Christmas present. Thanks to an incredible Black Friday deal on OCUK, I managed to save around £300 on parts.

 

Part Breakdown:

CPU: Intel 4790k

Mobo: Gigabyte SOC Z97 Force

PSU: Superflower 850W (Modular) 

GPU: Zotac 780ti 3GB

RAM: TeamGroup 2133MHz (2x4GB)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H75

Case: Corsair SPEC-03 Orange

SSD: Samsung EVO 840 250GB

HDD: Seagate ST2000DM001 2TB

OS: Windows 8.1 Home Premium

PC Part Picker List: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/j6N6mG

 
BU-014-GI_102265_600.jpg
 

Offer Link: https://www.overcloc...rodid=BU-014-GI (Sold Out)

 

WIll be keeping this thread updated with photos as stuff arrives. Will also be posting build updates as I'm in the actual building process.

 

 

 

 

looks good

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So, I'm gonna be building my brother a high quality gaming rig for his Christmas present. Thanks to an incredible Black Friday deal on OCUK, I managed to save around £300 on parts.

 

Part Breakdown:

CPU: Intel 4790k

Mobo: Gigabyte SOC Z97 Force

PSU: Superflower 850W (Modular) 

GPU: Zotac 780ti 3GB

RAM: TeamGroup 2133MHz (2x4GB)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H75

Case: Corsair SPEC-03 Orange

SSD: Samsung EVO 840 250GB

HDD: Seagate ST2000DM001 2TB

OS: Windows 8.1 Home Premium

PC Part Picker List: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/j6N6mG

 
BU-014-GI_102265_600.jpg
 

Offer Link: https://www.overcloc...rodid=BU-014-GI (Sold Out)

 

WIll be keeping this thread updated with photos as stuff arrives. Will also be posting build updates as I'm in the actual building process.

 

 

 

 

Have you bought the gpu already? If not then it would be completely worth getting a 980 instead. Better performance and cheaper. I got my 980 for £400

Mind you you say you got a black friday deal so maybe you paid less than 400 for it.

I7 4790K-----ASUS Z97-A-----GTX 1080-----CORSAIR H105-----CORSAIR VENGEANCE PRO 16GB-----ASUS PG278Q-----LOGITECH G900-----MASTERKEYS PRO L-----Sennheiser GSX 1000

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Nice machine. Makes one hell of a present.

You must really love your brother. Haha

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Nice gift, gonna be a good xmas.

-The Bellerophon- Obsidian 550D-i5-3570k@4.5Ghz -Asus Sabertooth Z77-16GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 1866Mhz-x2 EVGA GTX 760 Dual FTW 4GB-Creative Sound Blaster XF-i Titanium-OCZ Vertex Plus 120GB-Seagate Barracuda 2TB- https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/60154-the-not-really-a-build-log-build-log/ Twofold http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/121043-twofold-a-dual-itx-system/ How great is EVGA? http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/110662-evga-how-great-are-they/#entry1478299

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Have you bought the gpu already? If not then it would be completely worth getting a 980 instead. Better performance and cheaper. I got my 980 for £400

Mind you you say you got a black friday deal so maybe you paid less than 400 for it.

The CPU, GPU, PSU, RAM and MOBO were all part of an OCUK Black Friday Deal. Was like £650 for all of them!

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Nice gift, gonna be a good xmas.

He's been needing a better PC for a good while! Hopefully he likes it! :D

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He's been needing a better PC for a good while! Hopefully he likes it! :D

What kind of PC is he coming from?

-The Bellerophon- Obsidian 550D-i5-3570k@4.5Ghz -Asus Sabertooth Z77-16GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 1866Mhz-x2 EVGA GTX 760 Dual FTW 4GB-Creative Sound Blaster XF-i Titanium-OCZ Vertex Plus 120GB-Seagate Barracuda 2TB- https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/60154-the-not-really-a-build-log-build-log/ Twofold http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/121043-twofold-a-dual-itx-system/ How great is EVGA? http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/110662-evga-how-great-are-they/#entry1478299

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WIll be posting more photos when my Corsair H75, Samsung EVO 840 etc arrives! Hopefully either Wednesday the 3rd of December or Thursday the 4th of December when they should arrive! :D

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The CPU, GPU, PSU, RAM and MOBO were all part of an OCUK Black Friday Deal. Was like £650 for all of them!

Then that is one hell of a deal, well done mate :)

I7 4790K-----ASUS Z97-A-----GTX 1080-----CORSAIR H105-----CORSAIR VENGEANCE PRO 16GB-----ASUS PG278Q-----LOGITECH G900-----MASTERKEYS PRO L-----Sennheiser GSX 1000

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WIll be posting more photos when my Corsair H75, Samsung EVO 840 etc arrives! Hopefully either Wednesday the 3rd of December or Thursday the 4th of December when they should arrive! :D

 

Glad to see someone from here got that bundle I posted in the hot deals, it went out of stock pretty quick so must have only had a few of them :P

 

Doesn't look as orange as I had expected, but then I guess the fans face downward and maybe the light just wasn't great on the motherboard.

 

Looking tasty though :)

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Then that is one hell of a deal, well done mate :)

It was indeed haha! It sold out like 5 mins after I got it!

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Glad to see someone from here got that bundle I posted in the hot deals, it went out of stock pretty quick so must have only had a few of them :P

Doesn't look as orange as I had expected, but then I guess the fans face downward and maybe the light just wasn't great on the motherboard.

Looking tasty though :)

Yeah lighting wasn't great, was using camera without a flash too. Will post better pictures when the build is finished! Thanks again for linking the deal!

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I'm not a fan of the case, maybe a Corsair 450D with some orange led fans? The orange bright light will glow through the front panel vents. The orange led Bitfenix Spectre Pro look really neat

 

Most product pictures don't show the actual color of these fans, here you can see it better.

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I'm not a fan of the case, maybe a Corsair 450D with some orange led fans? The orange bright light will glow through the front panel vents. The orange led Bitfenix Spectre Pro look really neat

 

Most product pictures don't show the actual color of these fans, here you can see it better.

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I chose it mainly for the price! And I actually have some 120mm SpectrePro Orange LED fans coming in the post over the next few days! 

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You are one awesome brother!

CPU: i7-4770K  Cooler: NZXT X60  GPU: Asus GTX 770 2GB  MB: Asus Maximus VI Hero  RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB 1600MHz  PSU: Be Quiet! 630 Watt  Case: NZXT H440 

       Storage: 120GB Samsung 840 Evo + 1TB Seagate HDD  Keyboard: Corsair K70 RGB  Mouse: G502 Proteus Spectrum  Headphone: Sennheiser HD598  Mic: Blue Snowball Ice

 

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An old 

Dell XPS Laptop xD

A solid dammed upgrade then, I imagine that he won't even recognize the games he's been playing

-The Bellerophon- Obsidian 550D-i5-3570k@4.5Ghz -Asus Sabertooth Z77-16GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 1866Mhz-x2 EVGA GTX 760 Dual FTW 4GB-Creative Sound Blaster XF-i Titanium-OCZ Vertex Plus 120GB-Seagate Barracuda 2TB- https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/60154-the-not-really-a-build-log-build-log/ Twofold http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/121043-twofold-a-dual-itx-system/ How great is EVGA? http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/110662-evga-how-great-are-they/#entry1478299

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Yeah lighting wasn't great, was using camera without a flash too. Will post better pictures when the build is finished! Thanks again for linking the deal!

 

You're welcome. Had I not built my PC a month earlier I'd probably have snagged it for myself :P

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I thought you already had a thread for this?

 

Anyway, looks great.

CPU: Intel Core i5 4460 | GPU: XFX r9 280x DD BLACK OC EDITION | RAM: 8gb Kingston HyperX Fury 1600Mhz | Mobo: Gigabyte h97n-WIFI | PSU: EVGA 600B | Case: Cooler Master Elite 120 | Cooler: Stock intel | SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 120gb | Storage: WD 150 gb

CPU: Intel Core i7 4710MQ | GPU: NVIDIA Geforce GTX 850M | RAM: 8gb Corsair 1600Mhz | Mobo: Metabox WA50SJ Motherboard | Case: Metabox WA50SJ case | Cooler: Stock | SSD: Sandisk 256gb

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Best purchase this year, bcuz forza

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An old 

Dell XPS Laptop xD

switching from a **** dell to this gaming pc....he is probably gonna cry, because of the new pc :)                   Make sure you get him BF4 and such games as a present too or recommend it, cuz its a good game

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what cooler are you putting in?

Corsair 600T White | Gigabyte Z77-UD3H | Intel Core i5-2500k | 8GB Gskill Ares@1600MHz | Gigabyte G1 GTX970 | OCZ ZT 550 | Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB | Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB | Samsung 840 EVO 250GB (boot) | Full Custom Loop | NZXT HUE

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