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Hi im Eddness and I thought I would share with you my journey into building my own PCs.

    so the journey begins.........

 

This was my first build. Thermaltake Saprano case

                                    Asus asus p5n32-sli se deluxe

                                    An intel Pentium 4 of some flavour ( was a long time ago my memory is a little rusty)

                                    Nvidia 8800gts 640 with Ek waterblock

                                    2Gb of ram

                                   Thermaltake big water liquid cooling kit.

                                   HDDs of some type and capacity

 

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As I up graded, as always, I ended with a totally Different PC. It ended up in this configuration.

 

                                 Theraltake Armour Lcs

                                 MSI P7N Platinum

                                 Intel Core2Duo e6600

                                 4GB of ram

                                 Nvidia 8800gts 640 in sli, one water cooled with one on air.

                                 HDDs of some type and capacity

 

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Same again with next round of upgrades i ended up with this.

 

                              Thermaltake Overseer 

                              Msi Z68A-GD55 (G3)

                              Intel i5 2500k 

                              8Gb of ram

                              nvidia 550ti

                              Ocz vertex 60GB ssd 

                              HDDs of some type and capacity

 

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Upgraded Graphics card to A Zotac GTX660 2GB and cpu heatsink to a coolermater hyper 212.

 

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Got a Benq 3d monitor and nvidia 3dvision kit so I thought a second GTX660 would help. 

 

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So a few more upgrades and I have reached my present Configuration.

 

        CPU: Intel Core i5 2500k @ 4.5ghz 

        GPU:  Nvidia MSI GTX 770 
        RAM: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB  DDR3  1600MHz
        HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB
       SSD: OCZ Agility 3 120GB 
       PSU: Novatech 750w semi-modular Gaming edition 
       MB: MSI Z68A-GD55 (G3) 
       DRIVE: Samsung Super Writemaster
       CPU_FAN: Corsair H100i
       Case: Corsair Carbide Air 540
 
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That is my journey so far, im sure it will go on for some time yet....
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You've been at this for at long time! Good job!

Desktop: Intel Core i7-5820K, Corsair H115i, Asus X99-Deluxe/USB 3.1, G.Skill Ripjaws4 32GB 2800MHz CL16, Zotac RTX 3070, Samsung 950 Pro 512GB in Angelbird Wings PX1, Samsung 850 EVO 1TB, 5*Seagate 12TB, Cooler Master V1200, Phanteks Enthoo Luxe, Windows 10 Pro. Phillips 328P6VUBREB, Corsair Vengeance K95 RGB Cherry MX Brown, Logitech G502 X Plus, Sennheiser HD700.

 

AYANEO 2S: AMD 7800U, 32GB 7500MHz, 2TB WD SN850X. Windows 11.

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Trippy tubing at first! Awesome journey man.

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woa, the corrgated tubing is trippy.

Damn my friend still uses that mouse(mx518) visible in the first pic

Stock coolers - The sound of bare minimum

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thats SO cool!

ITX Monster: CPU: I5 4690K GPU: MSI 970 4G Mobo: Asus Formula VI Impact RAM: Kingston 8 GB 1600MHz PSU: Corsair RM 650 SSD: Crucial MX100 512 GB HDD: laptop drive 1TB Keyboard: logitech G710+ Mouse: Steelseries Rival Monitor: LG IPS 23" Case: Corsair 250D Cooling: H100i

Mobile: Phone: Broken HTC One (M7) Totaly Broken OnePlus ONE Samsung S6 32GB  :wub:  Tablet: Google Nexus 7 2013 edition
 

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I love that E6600 system!

[AMD Athlon 64 Mobile 4000+ Socket 754 | Gigabyte GA-K8NS Pro nForce3 | OCZ 2GB DDR PC3200 | Sapphire HD 3850 512MB AGP | 850 Evo | Seasonic 430W | Win XP/10]

 

 

 

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Yeah glad I wasnt into pc's back in those lsd looking days.
beige/silver/multicoloured computers can all burn in hell.
DSC-0319 looks like the best overall rig, very clean

the problem with the 540 is its pretty much double the size of a normal case...when pc's are getting smaller (with the exception of the 900D which is a totally different type of system).
whats really changed? the components are more efficient but you still have the same components pretty much thats why they take the same amount of space to do the same job..

beige pc's->custom mid towers->enthusiast full tower's->mid tower(define r4s etc)->matx (350d)->itx, its the future..
matx will become the new "fulltower" for the watercooling guys and itx will be the standard (with decent onboard sound, vertical vrm circuits, onboard msata ssd's and remote home servers/clouds/NAS's).

I have build logs of all my and my friends pc's (most of which I built) for this purpose^

Falcon: Corsair 750D 8320at4.6ghz 1.3v | 4GB MSI Gaming R9-290 @1000/1250 | 2x8GB 2400mhz Kingston HyperX Beast | Asus ROG Crosshair V Formula | Antec H620 | Corsair RM750w | Crucial M500 240GB, Toshiba 2TB, DarkThemeMasterRace, my G3258 has an upgrade path, my fx8320 doesn't need one...total cost £840=cpu£105, board£65, ram£105, Cooler £20, GPU£200, PSU£88, SSD£75, HDD£57, case£125.

 CASE:-NZXT S340 Black, CPU:-FX8120 @4.2Ghz, COOLER:-CM Hyper 212 EVO, BOARD:-MSI 970 Gaming, RAM:-2x4gb 2400mhz Corsair Vengeance Pro, GPU: SLI EVGA GTX480's @700/1000, PSU:-Corsair CX600m, HDD:-WD green 160GB+2TB toshiba
CASE:-(probably) Cooltek U1, CPU:-G3258 @4.5ghx, COOLER:-stock(soon "MSI Dragon" AiO likely), BOARD:-MSI z87i ITX Gaming, RAM:-1x4gb 1333mhz Patriot, GPU: Asus DCU2 r9-270 OC@1000/1500mem, PSU:-Sweex 350w.., HDD:-WD Caviar Blue 640GB
CASE:-TBD, CPU:-Core2Quad QX9650 @4Ghz, COOLER:-OCZ 92mm tower thing, BOARD:-MSI p43-c51, RAM:-4x1GB 800mhz Corsair XMS2, GPU: Zotac GTX460se @800/1000, PSU:-OCZ600sxs, HDD:-WD green 160GBBlueJean-A
 CASE:-Black/Blue Sharkoon T9, CPU:-Phenom2 x4 B55 @3.6Ghz/1.4v, COOLER:-FX8320 Stock HSF, BOARD:-M5A78L-M/USB3, RAM:-4GB 1333mhz Kingston low profile at 1600mhz, GPU:-EVGA GTX285, PSU:-Antec TP550w modu, STORAGE:-240gb  M500+2TB Toshiba
CASE:-icute zl02-3g-bb, CPU:-Phenom2 X6 1055t @3.5Ghz, COOLER:-Stock, BOARD:-Asrock m3a UCC, RAM:2x2GB 1333mhz Zeppelin (thats yellow!), GPU: XFX 1GB HD6870xxx, PSU:-some 450 POS, HDD:-WD Scorpio blue 120GB
CASE:-Packard Bell iMedia X2424, Custom black/red Aerocool Xpredator fulltower, CPU's:-E5200, C2D [email protected]<script cf-hash='f9e31' type="text/javascript"> /* */</script>(so e8500), COOLER:-Scythe Big shuriken2 Rev B, BFG gtx260 sp216 OC, RAM:-tons..
Gigabyte GTX460, Gigabyte gt430,
GPU's:-GT210 1GB,  asus hd6670 1GB gddr5, XFX XXX 9600gt 512mb Alpha dog edition, few q6600's
PICTURES CASE:-CIT mars black+red, CPU:-Athlon K6 650mhz slot A, COOLER:-Stock, BOARD:-QDI Kinetiz 7a, RAM:-256+256+256MB 133mhz SDram, GPU:-inno3d geforce4 mx440 64mb, PSU:-E-Zcool 450w, STORAGE:-2x WD 40gb "black" drives,
CASE:-silver/red raidmax cobra, CPU:-Athlon64 4000+, COOLER:-BIG stock one, BOARD:-MSI something*, RAM:-(matched pair)2x1GB 400mhz ECC transcend, GPU:-ati 9800se@375core/325mem, PSU:-pfft, HDD:-2x maxtor 80gb,
PICTURES CASE:-silver/red raidmax cobra (another), CPU:-Pentium4 2.8ghz prescott, COOLER:-Artic Coolering Freezer4, BOARD:-DFI lanparty infinity 865 R2, RAM:-(matched pair)2x1GB 400mhz kingston, GPU:-ati 9550@375core/325mem, PSU:-pfft, HDD:-another 2x WD 80gb,
CASE:-ML110 G4, CPU:-xeon 4030, COOLER:-stock leaf blower, BOARD:-stock raid 771 board, RAM:-2x2GB 666mhz kingston ECC ddr2, GPU:-9400GT 1GB, PSU:-stock delta, RAID:-JMicron JMB363 card+onboard raid controller, HDD:-320gb hitachi OS, 2xMaxtor 160gb raid1, 500gb samsungSP, 160gb WD, LAPTOP:-Dell n5030, CPU:-replaced s*** cel900 with awesome C2D E8100, RAM:-2x2GB 1333mhz ddr3, HDD:-320gb, PHONE's:-LG optimus 3D (p920) on 2.3.5@300-600mhz de-clock (batteryFTW)
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I love the Air 540, it is such a great case. Once you need a new HDD, move the SSD into the bays in the back. They are really easy to insert, like the HDD. Also, get another SSD soon.

CPU: i7-4770k CPU Cooler: NH-D14 RAM: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8gb GPU: EVGA Superclocked 780 ti MOBO: ASUS Maximus VI Gene PSU: Corsair RM 850 Case: Bitfenix Prodigy M

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My reasoning behind getting the 540 was, well I love the look of it. Also I wanted to get my PC off of the floor, it used to suck in so much dust down there, and it was the right size and weight to fit back on my desk.

It was strange to see my older builds now that I have more experience. I thought they looked the "dogs danglies" at the time, now I think to myself  "oh dear".

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I know that case!

Sounds like you have a jet engine in the room the entire time it's on...

 

Nice evolution :D

The first step to insanity is believing in your sanity.

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At first to be honest it looked really bad but you winded up with a really goood system man. I see you have taken lots of time to be a pc builder. :D

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I have a box full of spare fans, it might be in there or i might have donated it to a friend, I honestly cant remember, its a few years ago!

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Hi im Eddness and I thought I would share with you my journey into building my own PCs.

    so the journey begins.........

 

This was my first build. Thermaltake Saprano case

                                    Asus asus p5n32-sli se deluxe

                                    An intel Pentium 4 of some flavour ( was a long time ago my memory is a little rusty)

                                    Nvidia 8800gts 640 with Ek waterblock

                                    2Gb of ram

                                   Thermaltake big water liquid cooling kit.

                                   HDDs of some type and capacity

 

attachicon.gifDSCF0011.jpg

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attachicon.gifDSCF0022.jpg                         

 

 

As I up graded, as always, I ended with a totally Different PC. It ended up in this configuration.

 

                                 Theraltake Armour Lcs

                                 MSI P7N Platinum

                                 Intel Core2Duo e6600

                                 4GB of ram

                                 Nvidia 8800gts 640 in sli, one water cooled with one on air.

                                 HDDs of some type and capacity

 

attachicon.gifPhoto059.jpg

attachicon.gifPhoto056.jpg

attachicon.gifPhoto066.jpg

 

Same again with next round of upgrades i ended up with this.

 

                              Thermaltake Overseer 

                              Msi Z68A-GD55 (G3)

                              Intel i5 2500k 

                              8Gb of ram

                              nvidia 550ti

                              Ocz vertex 60GB ssd 

                              HDDs of some type and capacity

 

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Upgraded Graphics card to A Zotac GTX660 2GB and cpu heatsink to a coolermater hyper 212.

 

attachicon.gifDSC_0319.jpg

 

Got a Benq 3d monitor and nvidia 3dvision kit so I thought a second GTX660 would help. 

 

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So a few more upgrades and I have reached my present Configuration.

 

        CPU: Intel Core i5 2500k @ 4.5ghz 

        GPU:  Nvidia MSI GTX 770 
        RAM: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB  DDR3  1600MHz
        HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB
       SSD: OCZ Agility 3 120GB 
       PSU: Novatech 750w semi-modular Gaming edition 
       MB: MSI Z68A-GD55 (G3) 
       DRIVE: Samsung Super Writemaster
       CPU_FAN: Corsair H100i
       Case: Corsair Carbide Air 540
 
 
That is my journey so far, im sure it will go on for some time yet....

 

what fan is that post-18642-0-12259900-1382882521_thumb.j

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I like one of the photos where in the background you have one of those old thermal take fans which you could put your own message onto! Old school! Please say you still have that fan!

I want that fan!

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awesome love your latest one with the blue and black cables looks really nice.

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I always love to see old builds from "back in the day" and you only then start to realise how much has changed over just the course of a decade! 

phanteks enthoo pro | intel i5 4690k | noctua nh-d14 | msi z97 gaming 5 | 16gb crucial ballistix tactical | msi gtx970 4G OC  | adata sp900

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what fan is that post-18642-0-12259900-1382882521_thumb.j

The fan is a Thermaltake Cyclo Logo Fan 12cm A2460. There was a different on that had different patterns. I had a look in my box of bits and it has gone, probably gave it to a friend.

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