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Hello, I just completed my "first" build, I used to have another PC, but a friend was the one that pretty much build it, and choose the parts. I did not really game much on it. The only games I played on it were: Minecraft and Skyrim. I wanted to play the new games at a decent frame rate at 1080p(my monitor is 1080p). Also having some future proof for maybe going to 1440p. But  that old PC just didn't keep up. So I decided to build a PC by myself. So I can truly call myself a PC gamer. So I researched videos of Computer parts for months, save money to buy the parts. So this is waht I came up with:

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-7600K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler

MOBO: MSI Z270-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard

RAM: Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory

Storage:  SSD OCZ TRION 150 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

               HDD Hitachi Ultrastar 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card

PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Blue) ATX Mid Tower Case

 

PcPartPicker Link

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After recieving all my parts thru mail I decided to grab a Screw driver  and put all the parts together and  Whala! my new PC was ready to game on(Actually to Install Windows on it).

I choose the i5-7600k because I want to overclock it and get a bit more power. My question is, will my CPU cooler be a problem? or the PSU?

The only part that I did not like as much( I will definitely change in the future would) is the Hard Drive. I grabbed the cheapest 2TB HDD, and it is super noisy, it sounds like a really old machine from 1998 or something like that. Well I guess you get what you pay for. So, what do you think about my build? Do you like it? Would you change anything about it?

 

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PD: Sorry for my horrible grammar, English is not y first language, so I am sorry if your Eyes are hurting in pain due my bad writing skills:P:P

 

 

 

 

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Looks nice. Only thing I would change is to add an SSD. But it looks great, and I love the case! Though your CPU cooler is a little wonky. It should be parallel with the RAM.

Gaming PC NAS Laptop Workstation

CPU: i5 12600KF 6P+4E Ryzen 7 3700X M4 SoC 4P+6E Xeon X5690 6c12t

Cooler: Noctua NH-D15S Wraith Stealth w/NF-A9 Passive Apple CPU Cooler

Motherboard: ASRock Z690 ITX/ax ASUS Pro B550M-C/CSM Apple J713AP Mac-F221BEC8 (Mac Pro 5,1)

RAM: 2x16GB 3600Mhz DDR4 2x16GB 2400MHz DDR4 24GB Micron LPDDR5 4x8GB 1333MHz ECC DDR3

GPU: Sapphire Pulse Radeon 9060 XT 16GB Radeon WX2100 M4 SoC 10C Radeon RX 5700

Storage: 1TB MP34 + 2TB P41 500GB SSD + 2x4TB IronWolf Pro in ZFS Mirror Apple AP0512Z 1TB Crucial MX500

ODD: LG WH14NS40 None LG GP65NB60 USB DVD Writer Don't know

PSU: EVGA 850W GM Silverstone SST-TX300 53.8Wh LiPo Battery Delta DPS-980BB

Case: Silverstone Sugo 14 Dell Inspiron 530S Mac16,12 chassis (13" MBA) 2009-2012 Mac Pro "Cheese Grater"

OS: Gentoo Linux TrueNAS Scale macOS 26 Tahoe Fedora Linux

 

Display: LG 27UK650-W (4K 60Hz IPS panel)

Mouse: EVGA X17

Keyboard: Corsair K55 RGB

 

Mobile/Work Devices: 14" M5P MacBook Pro (work) - iPhone 17 Pro - Apple Watch S11

 

Other Misc Devices: iPod Video (Gen 5.5E, iFlash Solo w/128GB SD Card, Rockbox), Nintendo Switch

 

Vehicles: 2002 Ford F150, 2003 Harley-Davidson Sportster 1200, 2022 Kawasaki KLR650, 1994 DR350SE

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4 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

Looks nice. Only thing I would change is to add an SSD. But it looks great, and I love the case! Though your CPU cooler is a little wonky. It should be parallel with the RAM.

Hey, yeah I have and SSD is the OCZ TRION 150.

O yeah it is crooked Will that affect CPU temperature?

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1 minute ago, m6u3 said:

Hey, yeah I have and SSD is the OCZ TRION 150.

O yeah it is crooked Will that affect CPU temperature?

Nope. Just people with OCD. 

Gaming PC NAS Laptop Workstation

CPU: i5 12600KF 6P+4E Ryzen 7 3700X M4 SoC 4P+6E Xeon X5690 6c12t

Cooler: Noctua NH-D15S Wraith Stealth w/NF-A9 Passive Apple CPU Cooler

Motherboard: ASRock Z690 ITX/ax ASUS Pro B550M-C/CSM Apple J713AP Mac-F221BEC8 (Mac Pro 5,1)

RAM: 2x16GB 3600Mhz DDR4 2x16GB 2400MHz DDR4 24GB Micron LPDDR5 4x8GB 1333MHz ECC DDR3

GPU: Sapphire Pulse Radeon 9060 XT 16GB Radeon WX2100 M4 SoC 10C Radeon RX 5700

Storage: 1TB MP34 + 2TB P41 500GB SSD + 2x4TB IronWolf Pro in ZFS Mirror Apple AP0512Z 1TB Crucial MX500

ODD: LG WH14NS40 None LG GP65NB60 USB DVD Writer Don't know

PSU: EVGA 850W GM Silverstone SST-TX300 53.8Wh LiPo Battery Delta DPS-980BB

Case: Silverstone Sugo 14 Dell Inspiron 530S Mac16,12 chassis (13" MBA) 2009-2012 Mac Pro "Cheese Grater"

OS: Gentoo Linux TrueNAS Scale macOS 26 Tahoe Fedora Linux

 

Display: LG 27UK650-W (4K 60Hz IPS panel)

Mouse: EVGA X17

Keyboard: Corsair K55 RGB

 

Mobile/Work Devices: 14" M5P MacBook Pro (work) - iPhone 17 Pro - Apple Watch S11

 

Other Misc Devices: iPod Video (Gen 5.5E, iFlash Solo w/128GB SD Card, Rockbox), Nintendo Switch

 

Vehicles: 2002 Ford F150, 2003 Harley-Davidson Sportster 1200, 2022 Kawasaki KLR650, 1994 DR350SE

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It shouldn't be able to be "crooked" at all... I would seriously check that you have put that together properly. Not kidding, I hope you followed the instructions for putting on the backplate and screwing down the mounts going in the pattern of an x, so corner, diagonal corner, across, then diagonal again.

 

If you did this, then I apologise, but that seriously looks wrong to me and I have seen and built many PCs in my day and have never seen that on one that has been installed correctly.

Please quote my post, or put @paddy-stone if you want me to respond to you.

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  • PCs:- 
  • Main PC build  https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/2K6Q7X
  • ASUS x53e  - i7 2670QM / Sony BD writer x8 / Win 10, Elemetary OS, Ubuntu/ Samsung 830 SSD
  • Lenovo G50 - 8Gb RAM - Samsung 860 Evo 250GB SSD - DVD writer
  •  
  • Displays:-
  • Philips 55 OLED 754 model
  • Panasonic 55" 4k TV
  • LG 29" Ultrawide
  • Philips 24" 1080p monitor as backup
  •  
  • Storage/NAS/Servers:-
  • ESXI/test build  https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/4wyR9G
  • Main Server https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/3Qftyk
  • Backup server - HP Proliant Gen 8 4 bay NAS running FreeNAS ZFS striped 3x3TiB WD reds
  • HP ProLiant G6 Server SE316M1 Twin Hex Core Intel Xeon E5645 2.40GHz 48GB RAM
  •  
  • Gaming/Tablets etc:-
  • Xbox One S 500GB + 2TB HDD
  • PS4
  • Nvidia Shield TV
  • Xiaomi/Pocafone F2 pro 8GB/256GB
  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 4

 

  • Unused Hardware currently :-
  • 4670K MSI mobo 16GB ram
  • i7 6700K  b250 mobo
  • Zotac GTX 1060 6GB Amp! edition
  • Zotac GTX 1050 mini

 

 

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4 hours ago, paddy-stone said:

It shouldn't be able to be "crooked" at all... I would seriously check that you have put that together properly. Not kidding, I hope you followed the instructions for putting on the backplate and screwing down the mounts going in the pattern of an x, so corner, diagonal corner, across, then diagonal again.

 

If you did this, then I apologise, but that seriously looks wrong to me and I have seen and built many PCs in my day and have never seen that on one that has been installed correctly.

Yeah i followed the instructions like that, but I going to double check just in case. Thanks for warning

 

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10 hours ago, m6u3 said:

Yeah i followed the instructions like that, but I going to double check just in case. Thanks for warning

 

No problem, hope it's OK.

Please quote my post, or put @paddy-stone if you want me to respond to you.

Spoiler
  • PCs:- 
  • Main PC build  https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/2K6Q7X
  • ASUS x53e  - i7 2670QM / Sony BD writer x8 / Win 10, Elemetary OS, Ubuntu/ Samsung 830 SSD
  • Lenovo G50 - 8Gb RAM - Samsung 860 Evo 250GB SSD - DVD writer
  •  
  • Displays:-
  • Philips 55 OLED 754 model
  • Panasonic 55" 4k TV
  • LG 29" Ultrawide
  • Philips 24" 1080p monitor as backup
  •  
  • Storage/NAS/Servers:-
  • ESXI/test build  https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/4wyR9G
  • Main Server https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/3Qftyk
  • Backup server - HP Proliant Gen 8 4 bay NAS running FreeNAS ZFS striped 3x3TiB WD reds
  • HP ProLiant G6 Server SE316M1 Twin Hex Core Intel Xeon E5645 2.40GHz 48GB RAM
  •  
  • Gaming/Tablets etc:-
  • Xbox One S 500GB + 2TB HDD
  • PS4
  • Nvidia Shield TV
  • Xiaomi/Pocafone F2 pro 8GB/256GB
  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 4

 

  • Unused Hardware currently :-
  • 4670K MSI mobo 16GB ram
  • i7 6700K  b250 mobo
  • Zotac GTX 1060 6GB Amp! edition
  • Zotac GTX 1050 mini

 

 

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