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The Haswell Revolution.[Waiting for second GPU]

NickyVida
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Introduction:

 

Hi guys! im Nicky from Singapore here

 

Am new to this forum. Been a fan of Linus's videos on YT and have learned lots from his videos.

 

I've been saving up since last year and finally after lots of scrimping and saving i'm almost ready for my first build. I have never assembled a computer before so im really nervous.

Sorry for any blurry pictures.I dont really have a good cam >.<

 

 

The parts:

 

Haswell I7 4770k-CPU+Hyper 212evo dual fan(Gentle Typhoon)

 

Thermal Compound-Gelid

Asus Z87 Plus-Mobo

Asus GTX-780-GPU(intending to SLI in the future.)

G Skill Ripjaws 4x4 1600mhz -Ram

Seasonic X Series 1050w- PSU

 

NZXT Phantom 630- Casing with extra 200mm fan

LG DVD drive

 

Asus VE-248H Monitor

 

Planned parts for this week- Gonna assemble by this saturday once everything's up!

Perhaps a new CPU cooler- Not sure which cooler is the best for raw performance cos im intending to O/C.

 

 

 

Any casing/cooler fans you guys can recommend for the best cooling performance? i don't really care about noise level.

 

Anyway, here are the pics. I'll probably update prior to saturday when i'll get all of the parts.

 

The Haswell Revolution:

 

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Z87 Plus 4770K.

 

 

 

 

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The Brothers in Arms

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And thier Domain

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Monitor and accessories

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Nice work!

Gonna be a sweet build once it's done, keep us updated!

<p>Mobo - Asus P9X79 LE ----------- CPU - I7 4930K @ 4.4GHz ------ COOLER - Custom Loop ---------- GPU - R9 290X Crossfire ---------- Ram - 8GB Corsair Vengence Pro @ 1866 --- SSD - Samsung 840 Pro 128GB ------ PSU - Corsair AX 860i ----- Case - Corsair 900D

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Thanks guys! Will update when i get the remaining parts. Can't wait for saturday. using my old rig already seems like a chore. :(

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HEY NICKY!. im moving back to singapore at the end of the year to server ns and i wanted to build a new computer. where did you buy your gear?

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HEY NICKY!. im moving back to singapore at the end of the year to server ns and i wanted to build a new computer. where did you buy your gear?

 

I bought my parts at PC Themes @ Sim Lim Square.

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ok cool thanks man! whats the range like? and pricing?

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About 2.3k $SGD for my build. im still acquiring parts so that may not be the final tally.

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Ahoy! fellow singaporean! nice build you got going there! 

Keyboards: Filco Majestouch 2 Browns(Everything),Razer Blackwidow Blues (Rarely)

Soon to come! ErgoDox Red\o/

 

 

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well lookiing to be a nice build =D

i7 4790K@4.5GHz-1.15V, BeQuiet! SR2, Asrock z97e-itx/ac, Kingston  Fury 16GB@1866MHz, GTX 670 2GB, 3x ssdNOW300V 300ishGB, Bitfenix Prodigy, OCZ ZT 750W Twittwit@enRodjavel

 

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Just a little update!

 

Bought this for my cpu cooler and to replace my dead ssd from my old rig.. Can't wait for friday.

 

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well lookiing to be a nice build =D

 

Ahoy! fellow singaporean! nice build you got going there! 

 

Thanks! :)

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Hi guys, sorry for the delay. Finally got around to it :)

 

 

The old rig. Transferring the hyper 212 evo and some HDDs for the LGA 1150 intel stock cooler. Strange that after that, it refused to boot -_-. Not even entering bios at all. Motherboard's final indignity? IMG_2074.jpg

 

 

What's a revolution without ingredients?

 

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Side casing don. Removing it to access and install the 200mm fan

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Had a problem over here. The corsair fan extended too much and was clashing with the ram. Had to remove a stick and will deal with it later

 

What can i do?

 

 

 

 

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The Z87's bigger bro..

 

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Meet the Slightan, cut down of the Titan

 

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Perfection? i can't think of anything else but two of these monsters, But sadly its brother has to wait..

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Nvidia's reminder

 

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The coat of armor

 

 

 

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780 horsepower?

 

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Green for go?

 

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SSD, In before performance

 

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Phew. Time to take a break. Rest will be done tomorrow!

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I must say I'm quite jealous of this build! Haha but it's looking nice man! Might I suggest saving a little more money and doing a custom open loop water cooling system for both your CPU and GPU? That would be AWESOME!

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Awesome build, you're pretty much using all the parts I would use If I had the money. 

But I don't get all the hype about the NZXT cases, their fugly imho. But to each his own! 

 

Can't wait for the finished build, maybe you're even going to be one of the BOTW :) 

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I must say I'm quite jealous of this build! Haha but it's looking nice man! Might I suggest saving a little more money and doing a custom open loop water cooling system for both your CPU and GPU? That would be AWESOME!

 

Thanks! how much would a water cooling setup cost? been looking into the possibility though. but we'll see how well i can go on this chip first :)

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Awesome build, you're pretty much using all the parts I would use If I had the money. 

But I don't get all the hype about the NZXT cases, their fugly imho. But to each his own! 

 

Can't wait for the finished build, maybe you're even going to be one of the BOTW :)

 

 

Thanks! Well i sort of fell in love with it as soon as i saw that white casing. Its really cool looking.. I'll probably add a full side window after everything's done but i dont know where to look for it.

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Thanks! Well i sort of fell in love with it as soon as i saw that white casing. Its really cool looking.. I'll probably add a full side window after everything's done but i dont know where to look for it.

 

I'd definitely stick to the regular window, I've yet to see a window mod from someone that didn't look like it was done by an amateur, no offense. If you want to try it, go ahead, but I would do it. Especially with so little space for error. If you mess it up you either have to get a new side panel or it just looks ugly. :D

phanteks enthoo pro | intel i5 4690k | noctua nh-d14 | msi z97 gaming 5 | 16gb crucial ballistix tactical | msi gtx970 4G OC  | adata sp900

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I'd definitely stick to the regular window, I've yet to see a window mod from someone that didn't look like it was done by an amateur, no offense. If you want to try it, go ahead, but I would do it. Especially with so little space for error. If you mess it up you either have to get a new side panel or it just looks ugly. :D

 

 

Oh i see... i might probably stick to the original window then. Thanks!

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Thanks! how much would a water cooling setup cost? been looking into the possibility though. but we'll see how well i can go on this chip first :)

Well it could be quite expensive, depending on the quality of the parts you got. Try checking out www.frozencpu.com. That's where I got my liquid cooling parts. No matter the price, you'd see quite a performance boost from your 780 (GPU boost 2.0 boosts clock speeds up nicely when water cooled) as well as from your cpu. It would also give you more headroom for overclocking. Not to mention how sexy custom loops look when done right! You should look into it, it won't be a waste of money!

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This is real nice!

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nice job man love it !

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