First ever build - Name: Axiom

[thunder9231]

I had picked out parts over a period of time to 'prep' for a proper build. Power supply, case, drives, video card; I picked earlier and have reused

Computer I was using before (I know, ewwww) [bought at Best Buy! lol] {transplanted}

Case: Corsair Carbide 500R
CPU: Intel Pentium E5300 Dual-core clocked at 2.6 GHz

RAM: 4GB DDR2 of whatever

Motherboard: Have no idea 

Power supply: Corsair HX750 Professional series

Video card: Nvidia GeForce GT 640 

SSD: OCZ Agility 3 90GB SATA III
HDD: Seagate SATA II 750GB

 

Beginning to gut and clean

 

The new parts and final build

 

Case: Corsair Carbide 500R (Same as before)

CPU: Intel Core i5 4670k overclocked to 4.5GHz @ 1.250 volts

RAM: 8GB (2x4GB) G-Skill Sniper @ 1600 MHz (X.M.P enabled)

Motherboard: Asus Z87-PRO

Power supply: Corsair HX750 Professional series (Same as before)
Video card: Nvidia GeForce GT 640 (I know, crap for this build but I'm saving for a new card) [same as before]

SSD: Corsair Force GT 120GB SATA III

HDD: Seagate 500GB SATA III (Also have a server with a 2TB drive for movies and a 750GB for data)

Cooling: Cosair H60 2013 edition

 

 

Everything put in the case, nothing ran yet
 

 

Final before some changes

 

Ordered 2 Cougar Vortex HDB fans to put on the radiator in push/pull config. Moved the two fans to the top in exhaust on auto-stop when at a lower set temp and took out the top hard drive cage for the top front fan to pull in more fresh air

 

 

And the desk setup I use it on that I built my self out of 2x4s! Paired with an Acer C7 Chromebook

 

 

Other hardware I use: Logitech G510 keyboard, Logitech G500, a Dell monitor that I had gotten for free running at 1920x1080 on DVI (no adapter! DVI cable FTW!), and Cyber Acoustics 2.1. To me, they sound epic...

I'm still doing some minor tweaks to the inside but I think I got it right. As for the other computer, it's my media PC! With a Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 thrown in. You can see it under my desk.

 

 

[CoolBeans]

Nice! Take those stickers off the case though

[thunder9231]

I'm considering it! Since i got them from my ex....

[zinton]

I know its not related to your build but how is the acer chrome book?

[thunder9231]

I really like it. I do any web browsing on it while I'm playing a game so I don't have to keep switching back and forth. 

Now that a revised version with Haswell in it is coming out, kinda irritating me but I'm not upgrading it. I don't use it often on battery.

[JoshM]

Nice build, take the stickers off and a new card and it should be great!

[carolkarine]

New gpu, that 640 sits in there looking like a sound card.

[thunder9231]

Thanks. I'm working on getting a new video card. Just have to have the funds. I'll post a pic once I get it and installed

[asusfan]

Like it, love the colour scheme you got there. and such an improvement than the old build.

 

i think the stickers are ok, tell the others to shut up

 

and thats a nice proper build quality computer desk you built

 

good job.

[oliverthegeekuk]

If this was me insted of the H60 I would have go at Noctua NH-D14 or similar becouse it really would perform better than the H60. I am a water coolig guy but I myself would chose a D14 over a H60!

[MatthewEnderle]

+1 for the custom desk!

[Nicktrance]

Dat purple PCB...

 

Great job for a first build, what GPU are you thinking of getting?

[thunder9231]

Not sure yet. Thinking about a Ti or an AMD card that's around the same line as the Ti

[Dacho]

The color of that old motherboard is just fantastic. I wish they made them today. Would be awesome for a white/purple build.

 

Great new build, mate. Those little orange accents on the cooler's Cougar fan go great with the wires on the 24-pin connector

[Trail Mixorz]

Not sure yet. Thinking about a Ti or an AMD card that's around the same line as the Ti

Wait for 9xxx series @CoolBeans , plus if you're saving up money, you'll have enough by when they come out

[thunder9231]

The color of that old motherboard is just fantastic. I wish they made them today. Would be awesome for a white/purple build.

 

Great new build, mate. Those little orange accents on the cooler's Cougar fan go great with the wires on the 24-pin connector

 

Haha, I didn't even see that!

[thunder9231]

UPDATE: Side panel window mod

 

I grew tired of stareing at the mesh sidepanel and wished that it was clear or was shipped with a window sidepanel. But nope. I changed it.

Before:

 

 

Cut the polycarbonate to size. Could have done better on the cutting but it is what it is. Yes, I know the stickers are still on it..

 

Painted the edges a half inch to cover up the metal supports in flat black

 

 

Final result (Nexus 4 camera couldn't focus on this one for some reason)

 

 

Installed!

 

 

My plan is to order the Bitfenix Alchemy White lighting strip 20cm to light up the inside of the case. When ever they get back instock...

I hope to order a new video card later this week or next week depending on when I get my money from PayPal into my bank account from my ebay auction which will end tonight (9/18/2013)

Will post updates as things come in

 

[RadSalacan]

Not too shabby.

[alpenwasser]

Nice idea with painting the edges!

[thunder9231]

UPDATE: Graphics cards! and others

 

Old Card: MSI GeForce GT 640

Core Clock: ~900 MHz

RAM: 1 gig DDR3 @ ~1334 MHz with a memory interface of 128 bits

PCI Express 3.0 16x

384 CUDA Cores

 

New Cards (Both Identical): ASUS GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST 

Core clock: 1020 MHz

Boost: 1085 MHz

RAM: 2 gig GDDR5 @ 1502 MHz with an effective at 6008 MHz with a memory interface of 192 bits

PCI Express 3.0 16x (SLI PCI-E x16 @ x8)

768 Cuda Cores

 

 

Delivery!!!

 

 

Installed

 

 

With the side window 

 

Other changes that I have done to this build was I moved back the OCZ Agility 3 90 GB drive back into my build as a primary from being in my Chromebook since I had ordered an Adata Premier Pro SP600 32 GB that was thinner than the OCZ. The OCZ was bulging the cover. The Corsair Force GT 120 GB is being used for the current games that I play. Ones I don't, I'll either move to the 500GB drive or take it off completely. 

 

And minor things I've done like clean up some cables and was able to move around the cable from the push fan back behind the motherboard and into a header in reach without the cable cutting. 

As of now, this semi-budget build is finalized! I still want to get the Bitfenix Alchemy LED strips but places are still out of stock....

 

And sorry for more crappy pics.. I don't know what my phone is doing for quality...