My First Build!!

[Bmachang]

This would be my first ever build and I don't know if you guys name your PCs but I've dubbed this as "The Reborn" since this was all inspired to be built in my dad's old PC that he left us when he died. I figure this was a good time to try to upgrade since its also so close to Father's Day too.

 

I was able to keep most of the parts the same brand except for the PSU (no more Xion PSUs so I got an EVGA modular 80+ gold one), GPU (I went with an EVGA GTX 970 4GB intead of an XFX card for price; although it's the same chipset maker in NVIDIA), RAM (no more "Gell" so I went with G.SKILL 1 stick of 16GB) and now the case (from Cooler Master to Fractal). But the CPU is still intel (i7 6700) on an MSI MOBO (Z170A Pro), with a WD Blue (1TB) HDD, and (for myself) even added an SSD (120GB SP550). 

 

So here we go!!

So excited to do this for my first time!!

 

The case gutted

In with the new!!

 

So... Later I was able to find a GTX 970 for cheap and a new Fractal 3300 case to throw it all in (and a new PSU on the cheap) all from a friend. And here is the final project in completion!!

Into the new case it goes!!

So I reoriented the fans to 2 intakes in the front end an exhaust and also flipped the PSU around so that it has its own air flow from under the case. My friend threw in the 212 EVO cooler in for free as well.

But here it is!! My very first build ever and it was soo much fun that I want to do it again (but really have no need for 2 PCs).

 

 

Thanks for checking out my first build ever!!

 

Edited June 17, 2016 by Bmachang
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[Prokart2000]

8 minutes ago, Bmachang said:

 

 

So excited to do this for my first time!!

 

 

The case gutted

 

In with the new!!

 

So... Later I was able to find a GTX 970 for cheap and a new Fractal 3300 case to throw it all in (and a new PSU on the cheap) all from a friend. And here is the final project in completion!!

 

Into the new case it goes!!

 

So I reoriented the fans to 2 intakes in the front end an exhaust and also flipped the PSU around so that it has its own air flow from under the case. My friend throw in the 212 EVO in for free as well.

But here it is!! My very first build ever and it was soo much fun that I want to do it again (but really have no need for 2 PCs).

 

I don't know if you guys name your PCs but I've dubbed this as "The Reborn" since this was all inspired to be built in my dad's old PC that he left us when he died. I figure this was a good time to try to upgrade since its also so close to Father's Day too.

I was able to keep most of the parts the same brand except for the PSU (no more Xion PSUs so I got an EVGA modular one), GPU (I went with EVGA; although it's the same chipset maker in NVIDIA), RAM (no more "Gell" so I went with G.SKILL 1 stick of 16GB) and now the case (from Cooler Master to Fractal). But the CPU is still intel (i7 6700) on an MSI MOBO (Z170A Pro), with a WD Blue (1TB) HDD, and (for myself) even added an SSD (120GB SP550). 

 

Thanks for checking out my first build ever!!

 

Nice!, enjoy the hours of fun

[TheRandomness]

1 minute ago, Prokart2000 said:

Nice!, enjoy the hours of fun

Don't quote images please.

[Prokart2000]

2 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

Don't quote images please.

sorry, completely forgot about the images

Edit: fixed it

[RuLeZ]

Cool, which GPU is that?

[Bmachang]

 

20 minutes ago, Prokart2000 said:

Nice!, enjoy the hours of fun

Thanks!! I think it was more fun and exciting to put together than actually using it lol

5 minutes ago, RuLeZ said:

Cool, which GPU is that?

Thanks man! I was able to get a GTX 970 (04G-P4-2794-KR) that was only used for a couple of months for $200 from a friend