First ever PC build, Will update as the lasts parts come in

[russianRider]

1 minute ago, intelCore said:

Exactly the reason I type these posts from this very laptop.

Currently, most any laptop or computer is better than my Apple laptop that I am currently typing from  

[Princess Luna]

1 minute ago, russianRider said:

Currently, most any laptop or computer is better than my Apple laptop that I am currently typing from  

Well then  before I leave the thread to go sleep allow me to be the first here in LTT to greet you welcome to the PC Master Race for real, the curses of Apple shall no longer haunt you

But for real, with the PC you're getting you'll already have higher performance than any Apple that I know of, isn't that cool? =D
Cheers! do post some pictures and tag me wanna see how it looks once its done.

[intelCore]

1 minute ago, russianRider said:

Currently, most any laptop or computer is better than my Apple laptop that I am currently typing from  

I feel you. Maybe look into the Acer Aspire V Nitro Series then as this is a rocksolid laptop should you be in need for a new one!

 

And to contribute to your original topic for once: I also wish you all the best with your Desktop and building it. As previous posts already stated you will get addicted. I hope you have enough money saved for another 500 builds that might still not satisfy your addiction!

[russianRider]

1 minute ago, Princess Cadence said:

Well then  before I leave the thread to go sleep allow me to be the first here in LTT to greet you welcome to the PC Master Race for real, the curses of Apple shall no longer haunt you

But for real, with the PC you're getting you'll already have higher performance than any Apple that I know of, isn't that cool? =D
Cheers! do post some pictures and tag me wanna see how it looks once its done.

 

Thank you very much!  I do look forward to the PC Master Race!  I can not wait until I get this PC up and running!  I will upload photos as soon as I can, and I will do my best to document the build!

[russianRider]

5 minutes ago, intelCore said:

I feel you. Maybe look into the Acer Aspire V Nitro Series then as this is a rocksolid laptop should you be in need for a new one!

 

And to contribute to your original topic for once: I also wish you all the best with your Desktop and building it. As previous posts already stated you will get addicted. I hope you have enough money saved for another 500 builds that might still not satisfy your addiction!

 

I do see myself building many PC in the future! Thank you! and I feel the addiction already!  

[DutchTexan]

Wow. Guys look at this dudes freaking motherboard:

 

It has an overclocking nob with CPU presets that goes to 11 

 

And it is ready for liquid N

 

[russianRider]

@DutchTexan

@intelCore

@Princess Cadence

IT'S ALIVE!!!!!

[russianRider]

[Princess Luna]

Now that is A LOT of red you got there
The final build looks work worth of any good tech shop, you even had more patience in cable management than I did, though for what is worth my PSU is not modular so I got some extra unused cables I just shoved them on the back however way the case closed

 

From the BIOS pic you can see everything is working fully, the water cooling will definitely give you room for a nice steady OC, I bet you can't wait to boot up GTA V on this thing and see its capacity, really nicely done! 

[DutchTexan]

8 hours ago, russianRider said:

 

8 hours ago, russianRider said:

@DutchTexan

@intelCore

@Princess Cadence

IT'S ALIVE!!!!

 

Looks great man! You probably spent a lot more time with cable management than I did. I just shoved all my cables down, next to the PSU

 

People saying it looks 'too' red never meant anything to me. I think that is just what happens with Phanteks cases. Plus I have a meter long LED strip shoved in mine...

 

BEFORE YOU INSTALL ANY DRIVERS: go to start >> settings >>  storage >> then make sure everything saves to your HDD not your M.2

 

I watch this video every time I do a fresh windows install, I usually only do about half of what he does:

 

Don't worry about security, Windows Defender is very good.

Don't download python off ninite either, they only have v2.7. You'll probably want 3.5 :1

 

Fresh installs can be a pain the first few times, almost take a whole day to get everything set up how you like it again. Although, after you do a fresh install about 3 times, it turns into a beautiful cleanup, simplification, origination or all around optimization process. I've done 5 fresh installs since building my rig about 4 months ago. Before you do any clean OS install, save all your important documents onto a usb (I like to make a spreadsheet with passwords and account usernames) and make sure you own or have created a bookable usb with stock Windows on it. Then, restart your computer and get into the bios and change your boot priority to USB key. Then, turn it off. Plug in your usb key and turn your machine on, rebooting to reinstall windows. Type in your windows key and you're good to go. Don't ever feel worried to do a fresh install, more often than not, it is overall the better decision. It's also the easiest ways to completely wipe your drives clean and reformat them fresh, for me anyway. What I like most about it, just like physically building a computer, it forces you to learn about little details you would never have been exposed to before.

 

Good luck!

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

Ah, crap. I was about to advise against the m9 board but its already here. And a gift as well. Its still a good board nonetheless 

[intelCore]

On 31.12.2016 at 11:40 AM, russianRider said:

@DutchTexan

@intelCore

@Princess Cadence

IT'S ALIVE!!!!!

This is beautiful!! Wonderfully cable managed aswell. You're gonna have a lot of fun with it! Also there is nothing like a "too red" build.