Basic Prodigy Build called "Heraldo"

[Mightybaal]

Hi,

 First off thanks for looking at the build and its a work in progress. I will be doing a full water cooling loop when i can afford it but for now i have tried to keep it with a budget and still got some looks about it. Sorry for poor quality pics using my HTC one with very poor lighting.

 

 CPU:    I5-2500k Intel (Previous Build)

Mobo:   Z77n-wifi Gigabyte (On sale)

Ram:     2133mhz 8 gig Gskill (Previous Build)

SSD:    120gb OCZ Vertex  (Previous Build)

HDD:     1TB WD Black  (Previous Build)

GPU:    R9-290 MSI (New but was going 280x until this came out for not much more)

PSU:     650W Gold Silverstone (New)

Case:    900D  (jokes Prodigy)

Fan:      Bitfenix Recon, 230mm Bitfenix Orange Spectre, 120m Bitfenix Spectre

WC:      Seidon 120mm Coolermaster (had trouble with air coolers fitting)

MDPC-X Sleeve with some stitching help from (Alpenwasser Great video )

 

Just the case with the mobo and WC installed

 

Tease PSU and Sleeving

 

GPU and SSD-(Clean)

[Excon]

Why did you go with a reference cooler? Anyways I <3 prodigys.

[LogicDeifying]

Wat 128MB SSD?

[Mightybaal]

Why did you go with a reference cooler? Anyways I <3 prodigys.

cause i will be Water cooling it when i can afford it and reference boards are easier to get blocks for.

[Mightybaal]

Wat 128MB SSD?

sorry it was gb not mb. did an edit.  got 120mb on my brain as i have a very old 120 mb IDE HDD sitting next to me.

[LogicDeifying]

sorry it was gb not mb. did an edit.  got 120mb on my brain as i have a very old 120 mb IDE HDD sitting next to me.

Lol thats freaking cool

[Mightybaal]

Nearly got everything going got to go to work :   Its looking pretty good in my opinion but cable management is poor.  Then again its very very hard to do good cable management in a prodigy.

[beaumacc]

Bet this will turn out quite nice

[hiyayhi]

Looking mighty fine.

 

INSTA SUB!

[TheLordofMoisture]

Just the case with the mobo and WC installed

Mobo only.jpg

 

Either there is something wrong with my eyes, but is the fan on your liquid cooler pulling in air from the other way? It should be pulling in air from the front of the case shouldn't it?

[Mightybaal]

Either there is something wrong with my eyes, but is the fan on your liquid cooler pulling in air from the other way? It should be pulling in air from the front of the case shouldn't it?

I have a rear magnetic fan filter so im pulling air from the back. This case sits on my desk and has great airflow around it. I wanted to keep the 230mm in the front to pull in more air for the GPU and the HDD. When it goes full water cooled then it will change again. Top fan is taking air out

[Mightybaal]

Just an update i have done most of the system for now until i can afford my water cooling compnonents. Have decided to also try some minor mods with the build and have some cool ideas as long as i have the skill to pull it off.

 

But here are some cable mess pics.

 

Sleeving

 

Gpu

 

without Gpu  its a cable frenzy.  Will be fixed when i go full water cooling. The HD audio connector is now removed.

 

So hope you like the base build and more to come.

  My benchmark results for 3d mark firestrike was over 8000. Will post results and temps when my kids are not screaming at me.