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Project Codename: Iron Man (NZXT Phantom 410 Build)

Silver3lement
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My Story.

 

     For years I was purchasing the cheapest computer parts possible and trying to make it work at an enthusiast level. Until one day I saw a video from LinusTechTips that inspired me to say no more. Here are the results...of which a few parts are going to be upgraded to a higher level component

 

CPU: Intel i7 3770k OC'd to 4.2 Ghz

Water Cooler: Corsair H100i w/ Corsair SP120 x2

Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-LK

GPU: PNY Geforce GTX 560Ti OC to 925 GPU Clock- To be upgraded to an 800 series card

Ram: 16gb G-Skill Trident X 2400Mhz

PSU: EVGA NEX 750G 750w 80+ Gold

SSD: OCZ Vertex 4 60GB- To be upgraded to a Samsung 840 Evo 250GB

HDD: Seagate Barracuda LP 1TB

Case: Modded/Painted/Vinyl NZXT Phantom 410 Red w/ Corsair AF120, AF140 & Bitfenix Spectre Pro Blue

Lighting: Logisys Blue Cold Cathode Fluorescent Tubes

Monitor: Viewsonic LCD 27" Mounted & Samsung LED 24"

Speakers: 506z Logitech 5.1 Channel

Peripherals: Logitech G500s Mouse, Logitech G710+, Creative Sound Blaster Tactic 3D Sigma, Speed/Control Mousepad

Desk: Custom wall mounted

 

Final Pics and my build progress video to be updated on Jan. 8th, provided the parts arrive as per tracking numbers

 

 

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You may notice a difference of water cooling, from a budget Water 2.0 Performer to the H100i, my second last upgrade before my graphics card. Next build I'm thinking....All white :)

 

 

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Will get better shots when I get home from work again, after some more cable management and all the new parts

 

 

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Cool build! Never thought a phantom build could actually look good :P

Life.exe is missing

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Should have made the inside blue. ;)

"A picture is starting to form here... I wonder if it's accurate? Some pieces don't quite seem to fit. Or maybe I just don't like the way it looks."

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Re-do of the colour scheme and parts is mostly done, pictures coming soon :)

 

 

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Stoked! Love Iron Man, can you tell?

"Everybody wants a happy ending, right? But it doesn’t always roll that way." - TS

 

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what did you use to paint the parts grey?

nice build btw

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what did you use to paint the parts grey?

nice build btw

I'm assuming you meant gold and not grey lol, I used a brand called Liquitex. Its a professional grade spray paint. I also recently upgraded to a Gigabyte Geforce GTX 770 Windforce 3X OC  too :), will be running in SLI later this year when I can get another for my birthday. I've already spent $1800 over about 2 years to get it to this point, I think my girlfriend can help me out a bit haha.

 

 

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That looks awesome :D The only thing I don't like are the decals on the side and the... *shudders* ...case badges

| i5-4670k @ 4.2Ghz | Corsair H100i | Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H | Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB | ASUS Geforce GTX 770 |


| Samsung 840 Pro 128GB | WD Black 1TB | Corsair AX760 | Fractal Design Define R4 Black w/ Window | Corsair AF140 x2 |


| Windows 8.1 | ASUS 23" 1080p monitor | CM Storm Quickfire Stealth- MX Blue | Logitech G9x | Logitech G930 |

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As an Iron Man fan boy (Robert Downey Jr. fanboy actually, he's a great guy) I approve :D

EDIT: I just noticed that fan cover thing inside.  That's amazingly perfect  for this build.

Edited by CJPowell27

i5 4670k| Asrock H81M-ITX| EVGA Nex 650g| WD Black 500Gb| H100 with SP120s| ASUS Matrix 7970 Platinum (just sold)| Patriot Venom 1600Mhz 8Gb| Bitfenix Prodigy. Build log in progress 

Build Log here: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/119926-yin-yang-prodigy-update-2-26-14/

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