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Hey guys most of you know I am a computer recycler and just to get more people to show there "basic towers" im here to amp it up to show them not to be afraid to work with what you have. I have alot of recycled fans in my build and very old cathodes that I cannot get over that they still work but I am not complaining. So cmon You guys with your basic Builds Show it off don't be afraid all it takes is a little work :D My specs seem to most to be not a poor mans but all I did was save all my pennies over a long period of time im am very proud of my build.

Here it is I hope you enjoy.

I5 2500K @ 3.5 Ghz

Kingstons Hyperx Ram @ 8 Gig running 2000mhz

Powercolour HD 6850 OC'ed @ 850Mhz/1075mhz

Asrock Z77 exteme4 Motherboard

2x 500gb seagate Mech Hard drives

1st Image this is with my flash on just to show off the sexy design of a Asrock motherboard

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With the cathodes on:

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Not the best Cable managment but work with what you have guys:

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My side panel which is running a 80mm Manhatten fan (I truely love this fan) and yes in the video card vent I have blu tacked A single Hard drive cooler to cool my video cards ram.

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And last 2 shots of my baby one in the dark and side panel off and one in the light with side panel on.

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Thanks guys for checking out my PC I hope you enjoyed it. And I hope this let's other people not to be ashamed of there basic stuff show it off guys we all love it!

CPU- I7 7700K @ 4.4Ghz, RAM- 32 Gig Hyper X @ 2800 mhz , GPU - GTX 1080ti Strix 11gb , MOBO- Asrock Fatality Z270 , SSD :Kingston Hyper X SSD Fury and Samsung 500gig

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2000MHz memory on SB :O? Naice.

I like this rig. I'd like to see it fully modded but the case has no cable management options :L ...Unless you modded your PSU and shorted the cables dramatically. Yush, do that.

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2000MHz memory on SB :O? Naice.

I like this rig. I'd like to see it fully modded but the case has no cable management options :L ...Unless you modded your PSU and shorted the cables dramatically. Yush, do that.

I only run it @ 2000mhz when showing off, it can do it but im scared to run it all the time.

Love my motherboard :D ill leave it at 1866mhz otherwise. And I could do the cables.... maybe one day hehe

CPU- I7 7700K @ 4.4Ghz, RAM- 32 Gig Hyper X @ 2800 mhz , GPU - GTX 1080ti Strix 11gb , MOBO- Asrock Fatality Z270 , SSD :Kingston Hyper X SSD Fury and Samsung 500gig

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Just some advice. I don't think you memory is running in dual channel mode. You should have the second module in the third slot. Other than that nice build. :)

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Just some advice. I don't think you memory is running in dual channel mode. You should have the second module in the third slot. Other than that nice build. :)
Done. :D

CPU- I7 7700K @ 4.4Ghz, RAM- 32 Gig Hyper X @ 2800 mhz , GPU - GTX 1080ti Strix 11gb , MOBO- Asrock Fatality Z270 , SSD :Kingston Hyper X SSD Fury and Samsung 500gig

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Cheers dude I didnt relise lol

CPU- I7 7700K @ 4.4Ghz, RAM- 32 Gig Hyper X @ 2800 mhz , GPU - GTX 1080ti Strix 11gb , MOBO- Asrock Fatality Z270 , SSD :Kingston Hyper X SSD Fury and Samsung 500gig

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Finally I've done something helpful on here. :) I have the older Z68 Extreme3 quite a nice board, though I am running a Xeon on it. :D

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For that build I think its really nice! You have really tried getting the cables away and that aint an easy job with no behind the motherboard cable management! Good job :D

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For that build I think its really nice! You have really tried getting the cables away and that aint an easy job with no behind the motherboard cable management! Good job :D
Thanks dude :D

CPU- I7 7700K @ 4.4Ghz, RAM- 32 Gig Hyper X @ 2800 mhz , GPU - GTX 1080ti Strix 11gb , MOBO- Asrock Fatality Z270 , SSD :Kingston Hyper X SSD Fury and Samsung 500gig

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Finally I've done something helpful on here. :) I have the older Z68 Extreme3 quite a nice board, though I am running a Xeon on it. :D
Yeh thank you, looks better to, love the black and blue.

CPU- I7 7700K @ 4.4Ghz, RAM- 32 Gig Hyper X @ 2800 mhz , GPU - GTX 1080ti Strix 11gb , MOBO- Asrock Fatality Z270 , SSD :Kingston Hyper X SSD Fury and Samsung 500gig

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Running alot better since the ram change :D

CPU- I7 7700K @ 4.4Ghz, RAM- 32 Gig Hyper X @ 2800 mhz , GPU - GTX 1080ti Strix 11gb , MOBO- Asrock Fatality Z270 , SSD :Kingston Hyper X SSD Fury and Samsung 500gig

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lol, i like the hdd cooler placed on the side panel.
Damn thing has been going for years to

CPU- I7 7700K @ 4.4Ghz, RAM- 32 Gig Hyper X @ 2800 mhz , GPU - GTX 1080ti Strix 11gb , MOBO- Asrock Fatality Z270 , SSD :Kingston Hyper X SSD Fury and Samsung 500gig

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"Poor Mans PC"...with a i5 2500K? lol

That's actually a pretty good PC, good job!

Did you overclock the RAM? Or was it running at 2000Mhz stock?

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"Poor Mans PC"...with a i5 2500K? lol

That's actually a pretty good PC, good job!

Did you overclock the RAM? Or was it running at 2000Mhz stock?

Overclock

CPU- I7 7700K @ 4.4Ghz, RAM- 32 Gig Hyper X @ 2800 mhz , GPU - GTX 1080ti Strix 11gb , MOBO- Asrock Fatality Z270 , SSD :Kingston Hyper X SSD Fury and Samsung 500gig

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"Poor Mans PC"...with a i5 2500K? lol

That's actually a pretty good PC, good job!

Did you overclock the RAM? Or was it running at 2000Mhz stock?

Yeh there is a 2500k in there but it took alot of saving my crappy wages to get it. And by poor mans I mean i have alot of recycled parts in my tower, vents at the front are from 2 diffrent towers, Mahanten fan is hard wired from a PC that friend had long time ago, Hard drive coolers blu tacked on the side vent, and none of my fans are brand new, all about 6-7 years old, and the cathodes are about 7 years old from my first build, and the tower is one i scored from work :P

CPU- I7 7700K @ 4.4Ghz, RAM- 32 Gig Hyper X @ 2800 mhz , GPU - GTX 1080ti Strix 11gb , MOBO- Asrock Fatality Z270 , SSD :Kingston Hyper X SSD Fury and Samsung 500gig

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Here is some updated Pics, Got the front vents to match now woot, with a blue fan in front.

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CPU- I7 7700K @ 4.4Ghz, RAM- 32 Gig Hyper X @ 2800 mhz , GPU - GTX 1080ti Strix 11gb , MOBO- Asrock Fatality Z270 , SSD :Kingston Hyper X SSD Fury and Samsung 500gig

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It looks loud... if that makes sense ;P

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It looks loud... if that makes sense ;P
OH yeh she is lol, Sounds like an air field, but i use g35 headphones so it doesnt bother me, and because I overclock everything without water cooling I need alot of fans :P. In totalt there is 3x 80 mm fans 2x40mmfans 2x120mm fans and GPU fan at 90%

CPU- I7 7700K @ 4.4Ghz, RAM- 32 Gig Hyper X @ 2800 mhz , GPU - GTX 1080ti Strix 11gb , MOBO- Asrock Fatality Z270 , SSD :Kingston Hyper X SSD Fury and Samsung 500gig

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For a "poor" man's PC, this is not that bad. I probably had a "poorer" PC when I first built mine, lol. The cable management looks good since by the look of the pictures, you're using a power supply that comes with pre-built PC's (A $500.00 HP PC for an example). I would also not recommend over clocking on the stock CPU cooler. I would wait and buy one of those $30.00 cheap CPU coolers. All in all, that looks like a nice PC.

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For a "poor" man's PC, this is not that bad. I probably had a "poorer" PC when I first built mine, lol. The cable management looks good since by the look of the pictures, you're using a power supply that comes with pre-built PC's (A $500.00 HP PC for an example). I would also not recommend over clocking on the stock CPU cooler. I would wait and buy one of those $30.00 cheap CPU coolers. All in all, that looks like a nice PC.
Yeh the cooler is coming, its very stable tho even with stock cooler, i think the manhatten fan on the side has alot to do with it, the air that goes straight onto the stock cooler is insane also why my PC is really loud.

CPU- I7 7700K @ 4.4Ghz, RAM- 32 Gig Hyper X @ 2800 mhz , GPU - GTX 1080ti Strix 11gb , MOBO- Asrock Fatality Z270 , SSD :Kingston Hyper X SSD Fury and Samsung 500gig

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very nice and simple :) good job i guess your a bf3 fan how is the machine at running it >? just interested.

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very nice and simple :) good job i guess your a bf3 fan how is the machine at running it >? just interested.
Fan of everygame got desktop on slide show that just so happen to be the one at the time :P . BF3 runs great most things on high/ultra get a 30-50fps but when I tweak graphics mostly high settings I can a good 60 FPS at 1080P, alot better then I expected, this PC is alot more powerful then it seems.

CPU- I7 7700K @ 4.4Ghz, RAM- 32 Gig Hyper X @ 2800 mhz , GPU - GTX 1080ti Strix 11gb , MOBO- Asrock Fatality Z270 , SSD :Kingston Hyper X SSD Fury and Samsung 500gig

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Got a new 120mm Blue fan for the front and replaced the side manhatten fan because it was to loud, rig is alot more quieter now. 

Saving for a HD 7970 will be gloroius when i get it http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=193_1309&products_id=20995 ,and after that will be getting a new tower. 

 

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Also trying to fill in the gaps at the back under video card with metal mesh this is what it looks like so far
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This tower has been great but its time to stop frankensteining it :P  any recomendations on towers?

CPU- I7 7700K @ 4.4Ghz, RAM- 32 Gig Hyper X @ 2800 mhz , GPU - GTX 1080ti Strix 11gb , MOBO- Asrock Fatality Z270 , SSD :Kingston Hyper X SSD Fury and Samsung 500gig

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