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bry123456
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It's taken six long months, but I'm almost there!

Everything is in my secret closet except the monitor and SSD, which should arrive tomorrow. I'll make sure to post pictures and keep updated. Me and my dad should be putting it together tomorrow, so I'll post pictures as we go!

Edit: This is my first build ever, and my dad used to do them all the time so it's become a thing for us. The total ended up running under $1500 USD. Watching for sales, Microcenter CPU/mobo bundles and cutting a few corners helped put it at that price.

Here's the specs!

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor

CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock 3 113.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler

Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard

Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory

Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (32/64-bit)

Monitor: Asus VS239H-P 23.0" Monitor

Case Fan: Cooler Master JetFlo 95.0 CFM 120mm Fan

Keyboard: SteelSeries Apex [RAW] Wired Gaming Keyboard

Mouse: SteelSeries Rival Wired Optical Mouse

Other: SteelSeries QCK Mousepad

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I love the title!

 

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i5 4670k, GTX 970, 12GB 1600, 120GB SSD, 240GB SDD, 1TB HDD, CM Storm Quickfire TK, G502, VG248QE, ATH M40x, Fractal R4

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i5 4278U, Intel Iris Graphics, 8GB 1600, 128GB SSD, 2560x1600 IPS display, Mid-2014 Model

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All the parts are here, just need to get customized cords to connect the motherboard to the front panel.

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You're calling that poor? PPPFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

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I see a MSI 970 and an EVGA box. I gotta ask. is that a second 970 in that EVGA box?

As stated, it's the power supply!

You're calling that poor? PPPFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

I've driven myself poor over six months trying to get top of the line haha. I'm finally there though!

Also, this is my first build. I'm excited to jump into the PC world.

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You're calling this a poor college kid's build? I think many people would disagree with you :D

Nice looking parts, make a nice build log out of it so we can follow a poor man's road to a great machine.

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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It took a lot of time and money from good ol' retail to get this together haha. Plus, my parents are truly amazing, and help me out with bills. I couldn't do something like this without them.

I got the monitor, SSD and my first true toy for this thing in today! Picture at the bottom. Waiting for my dad to get home, then we'll get started.

 

 

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yay!

 

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i5 4670k, GTX 970, 12GB 1600, 120GB SSD, 240GB SDD, 1TB HDD, CM Storm Quickfire TK, G502, VG248QE, ATH M40x, Fractal R4

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i5 4278U, Intel Iris Graphics, 8GB 1600, 128GB SSD, 2560x1600 IPS display, Mid-2014 Model

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All the parts are here, just need to get customized cords to connect the motherboard to the front panel.

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Break time. We've got this so far. Trying to figure out Power LED's as of right now.

 

 

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It's winding down! I've got all the parts put in. I have no idea how I'm going to get the side panel on though, with all the wires sticking out... I should probably test it before I do that anyway. I'm a little worried about my CPU cooler mounting job too, but I guess we'll see....

 

 

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Mmmmm that Dark Rock looks good in there!

Horizontal In Theory, Vertical In Practice. Know Hope [Productions]
Design is not meant to be observed; it's to be enjoyed and interacted with. - JValen

Always Remember Love What You Do.  :lol:

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Nice build. Can you post pictures with the side panel on it, so i can see if you can see the power suply, I want to buy the r4/r5 with that psu :> 

 

It's finished, I'm just at work today. I'll put up the finished product once I'm outta here!

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Here's the finished build, my friends. Everything works great! Only issue is the monitor has one tiny dead pixel, but I'll worry about replacing that after the holidays. Here's some shots of it on a way too small desk. Happy New Year's!

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>poor college kid

>better GPU than I

 

I like it :)

Main Rig: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) KLEVV CRAS XR RGB DDR4-3600 | Motherboard: Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX | Storage: 512GB SKHynix PC401, 1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus, 2x Micron 1100 256GB SATA SSDs | GPU: EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra 10GB | Cooling: ThermalTake Floe 280mm w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 3 | Case: Sliger SM580 (Black) | PSU: Lian Li SP 850W

 

Server: CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3100 | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) Crucial DDR4 Pro | Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B550-PLUS AC-HES | Storage: 128GB Samsung PM961, 4TB Seagate IronWolf | GPU: AMD FirePro WX 3100 | Cooling: EK-AIO Elite 360 D-RGB | Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow (White) | PSU: Seasonic Focus GM-850

 

Miscellaneous: Dell Optiplex 7060 Micro (i5-8500T/16GB/512GB), Lenovo ThinkCentre M715q Tiny (R5 2400GE/16GB/256GB), Dell Optiplex 7040 SFF (i5-6400/8GB/128GB)

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