Here it is!! The 3,300 Dollar Build for Nascar Nationwide Driver John Blankenship

[PCBudgetSolutions]

So finally the build log for this build.  This is for my good buddy John Blankenship.  He's a techie but lazy and figured since this is my passion have me do it lol.  So here are the specs:

I7-4770K

Xigmatek Dark knight II CPU Cooler

MSI Z87 GD65 Gaming Mobo

Gskill Sniper 4x8GB DDR3 1600MHz Ram

2x Asus GTX 780 Direct CU II OC's

512GB Samsung 840 Pro

256GB Samsung 840 Pro

NZXT 630 Matte Black

XFX 850W 80+ Gold PSU

Samsung DVD-RW

Windows 7 Pro 64 Bit

 

The explanation is this.  John is a long time friend of mine who I PVP with in wow and raid with as well.  He's taken good care of me always inviting me out to races when he's local entertaining me and my friends in his private RV.  Granted they are also his friends as well, I opted to do this for free of charge, since he had the parts shipped to me.  He has a LARGE MAC server with a TON of storage space.  He has 200TB filled of movies and such, my guess is, it's multiple servers tbh.  He wanted just an SSD for windows+games (512GB) and an SSD for Linux+Programming.  I didn't go AIO because I don't feel comfortable for someone who needs a reliable PC.  I will be shipping it to him, and with the H100I having an over 5% failure rate I didn't like it.  He won't be overclocking for awhile, but if the fan fails on the Xigmatek cooler, it will survive due to the rear/top exhaust fan pulling.  There was no reason in getting a HIGH end board as the features on this board already surpass what he needs, but he liked the Killer E2200 NIC and 7.1 audio.  We went 2 way GTX 780's because he games at 1440/1600p I believe and he likes MAX settings, meaning x/8 x16 AA/AF, and for games like Last Light and newer games, you need 2 780's.  Lastly, I didn't get an extreme CPU because frankly, I have little experience with how they react and perform.  Plus they are not better gamers and are 130W vs 84W CPU's.  But the true reason for this build was he was tired of hearing how awesome my PC was and he stated, "I want something that will kick your PC's ass in every way.  I want EVERYTHING to be better." So he wanted 32GB of ram since I have 16GB, and my specs are as followed:

 

I7-2600K @ 4.5GHz

CM Hyper 212

MSI Z77 Mpower

4x4GB Corsair Vengeance (Black) 1600MHz C9

Sapphire HD 7950 Vapor-X

128GB Samsung 840 Pro

750GB OEM 7200RPM HD

CM HAF 932 Blue Edition

CM GX 650 80+ Bronze

Samsung DVD-RW (Yes we tied here)

So without further ado here it is!!!

 

Boxes just arrived except the case

Everything on my bed except the case

My GPU (Radeon HD 7950 Vapor-X) compared to one of his (Asus GTX 780 Direct CU II OC), makes me want one rly bad :(

MSI Z87 GD65 Gaming Motherboard w/ CPU installed

rubber attachments for the CPU cooler, never seen this before.  They slide in between the fins and then onto the fan.

CPU fan attached for like the 15th time, installed the ram as well

Just over 2 inches behind the motherboard tray, enough for 2 24 pins on width!!

Naked Case

Rear mounting tool less 3.5inch bays.  I've never seen this before, they slide in from the back

Screws galore, I like how they separated everything.

Mobo mounted inside as I also mounted the PSU.

Front I/O done for the first time

SSD's!!! I ended up having to space them in the 1st and 4th slot to make it work the best.

First GPU in!!

Second GPU in!!

Believe it or not, this was my SECOND attempt at rewiring the back

Back together a SECOND time, made sure it posted and booted to Bios before I took it apart

Forgot SLI Bridge, blurry as heck tho!!

Side Shot

Front Shot

Top Shot

 

Thanks for your time everyone!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

[QcDExtreme]

I thought you left

[target39]

I thought you left

Same here.  :blink:

[helping]

y u no manage cables

[AraSarkisyan]

I don't care what anyone says, NASCAR is extremely difficult. Kimi Raikkonen said it was the hardest left turn in his life. 

[nightlitezzz]

I would've gotten EVGA GTX 780 Classified cards.

[PCBudgetSolutions]

y u no manage cables

Front side is pretty good, backside not so much :(

[bchampion96]

Same here.  :blink:

 

 

I thought you left

 

What do you mean he left?

[PCBudgetSolutions]

Same here.  :blink:

I am no longer here to help people anymore.  As my posted said my post count will be reduced.

[Luc401]

For a build like that i would've like to seen alot better aesthetics 

[helping]

Front side is pretty good, backside not so much :(

Overall not bad, could use some tightening on the slack of some of them. I can't criticize on the back, however.

I was not a wise man and opening the back panel of my case is like cracking open a crypt of snakes. I've been putting off changing a fan for at least 5 months  :P

 

 

He ever let you drive his car?

[PCBudgetSolutions]

For a build like that i would've like to seen alot better aesthetics 

He said he really didn't care at all.  I might try and clean it up a little better.  He's not like us :(

 

 

Overall not bad, could use some tightening on the slack of some of them. I can't criticize on the back, however.

I was not a wise man and opening the back panel of my case is like cracking open a crypt of snakes. I've been putting off changing a fan for at least 5 months  :P

 

 

He ever let you drive his car?

No, he's not running this year, he's in the Lucas Oil Late Model Series this year.  He grew up on dirt, diving into Arca a few years ago and last year got into Nascar.  He's trying to get back into it next year.  He's 3rd in the Late Model Series.