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Hi everyone, this is the first time posting my rig and finally finished! yay!
Sorry I don't have many pictures during the building phase! Only just recently joined LTT! :(
It's my first ever build and it cost me an arm and a leg!

Specs:

Motherboard: P8Z77-V Deluxe
Processor: Intel 2700k OC @ 4.7Ghz 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i
GPU: Crossfire Sapphire Vapor-x 7950 (OC @ 1050/1350)
Sound Card: Asus Xonar Essence STX
RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengence @ 1866Mhz
Case: Corsair 600t Graphite (Modded + full acrylic side)
PSU: Corsair HX750
SSD: 256GB Samsung 830 SSD (boot drive) + 64GB Crucial M4 SSD (SSD cache) 
HDD: 1TB Western Digital Black Cavier + 2TB Hitachi

Peripherals:

Filco Majestouch keyboard (Brown switches)
Razer Deathadder mouse
Sennheiser HD 595 headphones

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http://imgur.com/a/0cE3n

 

Firstly some pictures! 
Started off with sleeving my PSU. Used paracord sleeving and was my first sleeving project! Was very happy to finish it and was so scared when I was turning it on for the first time!

 

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Sleeveless!
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Carried out a few modifications on my Corsair 600t case.

Removed the metal grill for the top fan.
This was carried out with just a normal side cutter.
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Removed the metal grill for the front fan.
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Removed the plastic grid support on the top cover + added my own dust filter.
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Building!
I actually didn't have enough internal USB headers on my motherboard; so I had to use the NZXT Internal USB Expansion (great little device)

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Decided to entirely remove all the HDD drive cages in the 600t to improve airflow and inserted them into an Akasa Cagestor.
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120 mm Scythe GT fan + Akasa dust filter for the Akasa Cagestor
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Build Complete!

I know I kinda failed with the sleeving for the SATA power cables. I should have measured/altered the distance and sleeved accordingly; but it was too late when I realised it.

 

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Cable management! (I know it's not the best)
Both my SSDs are attached via velcro.
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Turn on!
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Decided to remove the stock corsair H100i fans and replaced them with Noctua NF-F12 fans. Personally, I love the colour.
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Complete setup with the full acrylic side.
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My entire set up. (I know my other desk is very messy!)
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Thanks for looking! If you have any questions or suggestions/criticism let me know! :)

CPU: Intel 2700k (4.7) MOBO: Asus P8Z77-V DELUXE GPU: Sapphire Vapor-X R9 290X RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengence (1866) CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i w/ 2x Noctua NF-F12 Storage: 256GB Samsung 830 Pro SSD (Boot), 64GB Crucial M4 (SSD Cache), 1TB WD Black Cavier, 2TB Hitachi, 2.5TB Buffalo Sound Card: Xonar Essence STX Case: Corsair Graphite 600t w/ full acrylic side PSU: Corsair HX750 (individually sleeved) 
Peripherals: Filco Keyboard (Brown) Razer Deathadder, Sennheiser HD595, Zalman ZM-MIC1, Steelseries Qck Mass mousepad.
Pics of my Rig

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nice build there. :D

CPU: Ryzen 5 3600 | Cooler: Stock | RAM: 16GB Hyper Fury X RGB | GPU: RTX 2080 Super FTW3 | Motherboard: Gigabyte Aorus Elite| PSU: Corsair RM850x
Storage: WD SN750 500GB / 850 500GB Samsung Evo /  | CASE: 570X | Display: Dell u2414h  | KEYBOARD: Corsair K70 | MOUSE: Corsair M65
 
 
 

 

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It looks good nice job with the sleeving by the way. Do you have the door closed on the case normally when using the PC it is just that it does not look like you do in the pictures.

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Yeah it looks great! Like the blue scheme. I too am curious as to if you have the side panel off or on in the pictures. You mentioned that you have a full acrylic panel. Great work! Good rig!

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Wow, looks really nice :). I like the way the Noctuas' outline shows through the fan grill too for some odd reason

I have a laptop that sucks because I'm broke.

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that ram cooler doesnt help, removed mine after a week cause it was just too noisy :))

still, nice build :D

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It looks good nice job with the sleeving by the way. Do you have the door closed on the case normally when using the PC it is just that it does not look like you do in the pictures.

Yeah it looks great! Like the blue scheme. I too am curious as to if you have the side panel off or on in the pictures. You mentioned that you have a full acrylic panel. Great work! Good rig!

I have the door closed normally and the panel is on in the last 2 photos. It isn't obvious in the pictures, but it's there! haha

 

 

that ram cooler doesnt help, removed mine after a week cause it was just too noisy :))

still, nice build :D

Yeah I'm planning to remove mine as well; I only got it for the looks (tbh doesn't look that great) and It's currently the noisiest thing in my computer. :/

CPU: Intel 2700k (4.7) MOBO: Asus P8Z77-V DELUXE GPU: Sapphire Vapor-X R9 290X RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengence (1866) CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i w/ 2x Noctua NF-F12 Storage: 256GB Samsung 830 Pro SSD (Boot), 64GB Crucial M4 (SSD Cache), 1TB WD Black Cavier, 2TB Hitachi, 2.5TB Buffalo Sound Card: Xonar Essence STX Case: Corsair Graphite 600t w/ full acrylic side PSU: Corsair HX750 (individually sleeved) 
Peripherals: Filco Keyboard (Brown) Razer Deathadder, Sennheiser HD595, Zalman ZM-MIC1, Steelseries Qck Mass mousepad.
Pics of my Rig

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Nice build bud..Can i make a suggestion?I would put some either black or find that same color blue from psu cables in 3d carbon fiber and put it on your Xfire bridge..

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Really nice

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Could you ziptie those SATA power cables together and make them stick upwards? It may look better.

PC: CPU: Intel i7-4790 MB: Gigabyte B85N RAM: Adata 4GB + Kingston 8GB SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB GPU: XFX GTR RX 480 8GB Case: Advantech IPC-510 PSU: Corsair RM1000i KB: Idobao x YMDK ID75 with Outemu Silent Grey Mouse: Logitech G305 Mousepad: LTT Deskpad Headphones: AKG K240 Sextett
Phone: Sony Xperia 5 II
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Nice sleeving on the power supply. I have the same one as well. Could you explain what needs to be done to sleeve a semi-modular psu or post a link showing how it can be done? Cheers.

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nice man. i sleeved the non modular cables on my hx 750 also, i thought i was the only one that would do it lol.

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Nice sleeving on the power supply. I have the same one as well. Could you explain what needs to be done to sleeve a semi-modular psu or post a link showing how it can be done? Cheers.

unscrew and take apart the two halfs, slide the sleeving down the cables as normal on the 24 pin end, heatshrink them. you will have fun getting all of sleeved cables to fit through the hole in the psu.

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Good job cutting out that fan grill. The little things like that can make a big difference.

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Nice sleeving on the power supply. I have the same one as well. Could you explain what needs to be done to sleeve a semi-modular psu or post a link showing how it can be done? Cheers.

 

Essentially what Giancarlo124 said, it was tough getting the sleeved cables inside the PSU.

I had to remove the plastic ring and cut some of the metal PSU case to fit the cables in.

Make sure you fully discharge your PSU or don't poke at the insides as the capacitors will still have charge to shock you.

 

 

Good job cutting out that fan grill. The little things like that can make a big difference.

Thanks!  My hands were super sore after, but was worth it! it removed the noise produced by the fan grill.

Kinda wished I had a dremel to do it, but oh well! very happy with what i've done.

CPU: Intel 2700k (4.7) MOBO: Asus P8Z77-V DELUXE GPU: Sapphire Vapor-X R9 290X RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengence (1866) CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i w/ 2x Noctua NF-F12 Storage: 256GB Samsung 830 Pro SSD (Boot), 64GB Crucial M4 (SSD Cache), 1TB WD Black Cavier, 2TB Hitachi, 2.5TB Buffalo Sound Card: Xonar Essence STX Case: Corsair Graphite 600t w/ full acrylic side PSU: Corsair HX750 (individually sleeved) 
Peripherals: Filco Keyboard (Brown) Razer Deathadder, Sennheiser HD595, Zalman ZM-MIC1, Steelseries Qck Mass mousepad.
Pics of my Rig

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