First Build: The Toaster

[mao91]

I have yet to get more good pictures and whatnot, but this is my first build! When I get down to it, the reason I did it is just because "I wanted to." To start, here is a breakdown of parts and costs:

 

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820k $328.98

COOLER: Noctua NH-D15 $93.99

MOTHERBOARD: Asus X99-A $232.43

RAM: Kingston HyperX FURY DDR4-2400 16GB (4x4) $135.32
STORAGE: Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $99.99  

GRAPHICS CARD: EVGA GeForce GTX970 Superclocked ACX 2.0 $259.96

CASE: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black, No Window) $123.98

CASE FANS: Fractal Design GP-14 $14.99
PSU: Corsair RM750 $99.99

 

TOTAL: $1389.63

 

I have yet to purchase my additional HDD (WD Black 1TB) but here it is! 

The CPU I snagged at MicroCenter on tax-free weekend. It would have been $299, but I added a warranty to it.

 

The cooler I could have gotten cheaper, but I waited and it went up in price. Drat.

 

The RAM is an interesting story. I had ordered a kit of Crucial Ballistix Sport from B&H, only to find out this Tuesday that it was held up and that they wouldn't get it to me for at least two more weeks (this being a week after I had ordered it). So I canceled and put in an overnight order of the HyperX kit. Otherwise, it would have been $115. 

The SSD is pretty normal, nothing special.

The graphics card I snagged from EVGA's b-stock. Holla!

The case I could have waited, as right now it's $109 from Newegg with free shipping. Dang.

 

And I only ordered one extra fan for the case, two in on the front, one out on the back.

 

As for monitors, I'm looking at dual ASUS V2248H-P 24" IPS monitors, but I won't actually be getting them for a little while yet.



That's all for today. Pictures coming tomorrow!

[Swndlr]

Looks great!

I hope to see some pics.

[comicsansms]

Make the tower look like a toaster.

PLEASE!!!!

[Vivilacqua1]

why name a good puter a toaster?

[KemoKa]

You should have had a couple of reference 290Xs in that, blowing hot air into spaces in the case to make you toast

At the very least make the case look like a toaster.

Oh, and you should play I Am Bread on it all the time.

[soaringchicken]

Nice deal on the CPU, build looks good. 

[iamdarkyoshi]

I should name mine the "Watercooled Toaster"

 

because I have a 130w TDP processor and a 275w TDP GPU, eventually I might get a second one if I actually need it. (hint: I wont)

[mao91]

why name a good puter a toaster?

 

Because I'm Toast!

[Vivilacqua1]

...... Oh... okay.... I get it..

Because I'm Toast!

[TheKDub]

I have yet to get more good pictures and whatnot, but this is my first build! When I get down to it, the reason I did it is just because "I wanted to." To start, here is a breakdown of parts and costs:

 

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820k $328.98

COOLER: Noctua NH-D15 $93.99

MOTHERBOARD: Asus X99-A $232.43

RAM: Kingston HyperX FURY DDR4-2400 16GB (4x4) $135.32

STORAGE: Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $99.99  

GRAPHICS CARD: EVGA GeForce GTX970 Superclocked ACX 2.0 $259.96

CASE: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black, No Window) $123.98

CASE FANS: Fractal Design GP-14 $14.99

 

TOTAL: $1389.63

 

I have yet to purchase my additional HDD (WD Black 1TB) but here it is! 

The CPU I snagged at MicroCenter on tax-free weekend. It would have been $299, but I added a warranty to it.

 

The cooler I could have gotten cheaper, but I waited and it went up in price. Drat.

 

The RAM is an interesting story. I had ordered a kit of Crucial Ballistix Sport from B&H, only to find out this Tuesday that it was held up and that they wouldn't get it to me for at least two more weeks (this being a week after I had ordered it). So I canceled and put in an overnight order of the HyperX kit. Otherwise, it would have been $115. 

The SSD is pretty normal, nothing special.

The graphics card I snagged from EVGA's b-stock. Holla!

The case I could have waited, as right now it's $109 from Newegg with free shipping. Dang.

 

And I only ordered one extra fan for the case, two in on the front, one out on the back.

 

As for monitors, I'm looking at dual ASUS V2248H-P 24" IPS monitors, but I won't actually be getting them for a little while yet.

That's all for today. Pictures coming tomorrow!

 

Soory if I missed it in your post, but where's the PSU? lol

[mao91]

Soory if I missed it in your post, but where's the PSU? lol

 

Good catch, it wasn't in there. Updated!

[arvark]

Oh man that name is overused ffs.

[mao91]

Here it is guys.

 

 

 

 

Not really. It's coming very very soon though. Also, it won't look like a toaster... but it could, eventually.

[mao91]

A few quick (and poorly done, but I'm no photographer) pictures.

[mao91]

A few slightly-better pictures.

 

 

[iamdarkbowser]

A few slightly-better pictures.

The second set of pictures are much better, less close up.

[iamdarkbowser]

The second set of pictures are much better, less close up.

Kinda

[dfsdfgfkjsefoiqzemnd]

Toasters eh?  That brings back memories ... of my old screensaver

 

[iamdarkyoshi]

Toasters eh?  That brings back memories ... of my old screensaver

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gD-JnD1DCo

Oh my god xscreensaver i freaking love it

[mao91]

Toasters eh?  That brings back memories ... of my old screensaver

 

I must have this.

[dfsdfgfkjsefoiqzemnd]

I must have this.

It used to be an old Macintosh screensaver, but there are modern versions for PC too.

I haven't really bothered to check those out though, I'm more of an aquarium screensaver man myself.

[mao91]

Not to resurrect my own thread, but I finally made a little addition to my rig. Well, I've made some subtractions (removed the drive cages), so I wanted a hotswap bay. Ordered this one from Kingwin, disassembled it, and painted the latch assembly white.

 

Here it is in my PC.

 

 

 

The front (including the latch) is definitely cheapo plastic, but it seems to work okay for under $20.

 

EDIT: I'm really not digging the design of the handle. I may go for something different in the future, but I'll keep using it for now.

[mao91]

So just an ownership update, with a few things to note.

1) I added a second 970 SSC to my system and ran SLI for about a year. The problem is that about six weeks into my SLI experience I got too busy to game, and switched jobs, so I just had two GPUs in a system that weren't being used for ANYTHING. I eventually sold the second 970. 

 

2) When I first built this system I installed a 4x4GB kit of RAM. I realized 16 wasn't enough for video production at times, so I eventually upgraded to 32 (partly because I needed it for some virtualizing I was doing, partly because I was a pleb and wanted to populate all 8 slots.) I eventually quit the production job but I still do a lot of audio work, so I'll occasionally see RAM usage over 10GB, but nothing close to 32. Cool.

3) I had gotten thermal paste into the socket of my X99-A at one point, tried to clean it out, bent a pin, fixed the bent pin and it was working, but I got too OCD with trying to fix the pin and ended up breaking it trying to re-adjust it. Since I didn't want to attempt to use a board missing a pin on the socket, I ordered a replacement board, ended up getting the X99-PRO. Why, I don't know.

4) Not owning a TV but wanting to rent BluRays from Redbox, I eventually threw in a BluRay burning drive and got some software to go with. Whenever I get CDs (yes I still buy them) I immediately clone an image to my hard drive, make a copy for the car, and keep the original disc and case safely in a box with all my other CDs. I thought I'd use the BluRay drive for the same thing, just with BluRay movies. That was when I learned you can't clone images of BluRay discs using imgburn and I wasn't about to shell out for more paid software.

 

5) The arm which pushes the HDD out of my hotswap bay eventually broke, so now my HDD has just been sitting in the bay. But, it worked out, because I removed the HDD trays from the system for better airflow, so it works.

 

6) The paint job I did on the front bezel is still holding up pretty well. There's some wear on one of the corners, but I've moved this system several times, so that's to be expected.

 

7) I've switched the hinges on the front door a couple times depending on where I was living and where I had the PC situated. It's held up well but I just switched it back the other day and I'm starting to notice a small bit of wobble, but it's been a while since I switched them around so maybe that's normal.

Otherwise I've been pretty happy with this build. Somewhat regular maintenance to clear the inevitable bits of dust that make their way inside, but it's been pretty good to me. I can see this lasting a few more years before I build another. I find myself watching LTT videos about crazy new CPUs with X-number of cores and threads and think, "Damn, my 6-core 5820k is still holding up pretty well." And hey, I recently started gaming again (I'm a late buyer, so I just got Battlefront II) and the 970 is still working well!