This is my little fella!

[1991luk]

My name is Luca and I am from Romania.This is my rig:

CPU: AMD Phenom II x4 955 BlackEdition @ 3.9 ghz daily

*Noctua NH-U12P SE2 CPU Cooler

GPU: MSI GTX 560 Ti OC 1gb (@900 mhz on the core)

MB: Gigabyte GA 870-A UD3

RAM: 4gb Kingston HyperX memory 1600mhz (7-8-7-23 @1.65v) -> I will replace them in the near future,they don't work in dual channel anymore. :(

HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB (WD10EALX)

PSU: Antec TP 650w New Series

CASE: NZXT Gamma

The case cooling is done by 3x140mm NZXT fans ,1x120mm NZXT fan in the back,a CoolerMaster Sickleflow in the front.

I have the DELL S2340L monitor.A lot of people are concerned about it,feel free to ask any questions,I promise I'll answer ASAP.

The next step for this build would be an SSD and if I feel like it's struggling with the games I am throwing at it,I'll upgrade.

I want to ask you guys something.Linus,too! I bought this case: http://www.chieftec.eu/en/chassis/itx-tower/bt-03b.html

It's for a small,m-itx build.It will feature an Intel mainstream 120gb SSD for the OS and a 3TB WD Green as a storage.It'll be for storing all my movies and all the iso files from my games.

This is the part where I need help.I want to go with an I3 3225 because of the HD4000 integrated graphics.The motherboard I chose is an Asus P8H77-I because it supports LucidLogix Virtu MVP Technology.The reason I paired these two is because I may be adding a single slot graphics card for some gaming as well... Does it look good?

P.S. I know that the case is not ideal but i got it very cheap,25 bucks or so...

P.S.S. I know it comes with a 180w psu and I'll have to change it if I add a video-card in it.

*I know that a lot of you guys posted pictures of your computers but I am not able to do that right now.I will post pictures in the future.

*I made this first build using Linus's advice.It was built back in the days when Linus replied to the YouTube messages :).

[kickasssloth]

looks alright, for $25 you cant go way too wrong

[w_km]

Unless you're planning on multiple monitor in the future, this rig will easily support that S2340 monitor, though i would invest in 2 x 4GB RAM as I've maxed out 4 GB all too often. You may have trouble fitting all that hardware in your case but it's worth a shot considering what Linus did with that SG09 and FT03 mini build.

I've seen the U2340 in stores (nice!) but I went with the U2713HM for extra pixels (loving it btw). Hopefully you can post some build pics soon!

[1991luk]

Here are some pics.This is a photoblog of my computer.The photos are in chronological order.The last 5 photos are the ones I took today.

http://i48.tinypic.com/vsm0zp.jpg ->This is how it all started.

http://i46.tinypic.com/zuo4dk.jpg ->The fan in the back was positioned wrong,the wire-management was really really poor,in the front I had an old NEON CoolerMaster Fan

http://i50.tinypic.com/30uyglc.jpg ->My first power supply,a corsiar CX-400,incredibly-tidy wire management,no noiseblocker fans in the top,IDE HDD and DVD-Writer.

http://i46.tinypic.com/aujatw.jpg ->Poor wire-management,Noiseblocker fans,Gigabyte 9500GT,Stock cooler

http://i45.tinypic.com/160pyed.jpg ->This is when I didn't had the NM-A90 upgrade kit for the Noctua cooler to have it rotated 90 degrees. # Gigabyte 9500GT #Noiseblocker fans.

http://i45.tinypic.com/x44u35.jpg ->I had the side-panel's 140mm with some rubber bolts.

http://i49.tinypic.com/2vb1t93.jpg ->You can see here the two cables from the noctua fans around the motherboards heatsink

http://i48.tinypic.com/jagtub.jpg ->The 4x 140mm madness ->This is the first time I installed that 140mm between the powersupply and the hdd cage,the ghetto way.

http://i45.tinypic.com/2ujqhdx.jpg ->An additional 140mm nzxt fan between the powersupply and the hdd cage.The graphics card has some fuses attached to it.

http://i49.tinypic.com/166knsp.jpg ->Cable routing at the back of the motherboard ver.1

Today's pics:

http://i50.tinypic.com/2vj7ygh.jpg -> Wire management overall

http://i49.tinypic.com/28bfbzb.jpg -> Wire management overall

http://i48.tinypic.com/w99qhl.jpg -> This one shows the glossiness of the Dell S2340L

http://i50.tinypic.com/9gzkgx.jpg ->Cable routing re-done at the back of the motherboard

http://i47.tinypic.com/30bjw5i.jpg ->Wire management overall

I had the new NZXT fans for my build as a gift from NZXT.A lot of manufacturers helped me with this build.I should thank:Gigabyte,MSI,NZXT,Noctua,NoiseBlocker,CoolerMaster,Antec,Corsair,Arctic Cooling.These guys helped me a lot with this.Oh,and...Linus helped too!He recommended this hardware for me.:)

Please let me know what you think of it and feel free to ask me anything about my build!