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Project Dragon (First build)

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So this my first built designed for gaming and media playing (xbmc). I needed something as an upgrade from a dell 15R laptop that could output 5.1 surround sound and obviously game better.

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Its built in a corsair 300r windowed case with nzxt sleeved red led lights in

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The motherboard is a msi z87-g45 gaming with an intel i5 4670k (stck cooler :/)

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For ram i got an 8gb duel channel kingston hyperx beast ram running at 2400mhz stock

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For storage I have a samsung evo 120gb ssd and a seagate 320gb hdd (that i had spare but planning on getting a wd green 1tb)

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For power i have a corsair rm550w which is quiet as hell 

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As for the peripherals I have a Benq Gl2450 which has a 2ms response time 

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For a keyboard i have the corsair k30 

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And for a mouse the corsair m65 fps 

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And the speakers are dell altec lansing ada995 (and thats a spare amp sitting on top nad 3020i)

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And to fill the pace on the left an Macintosh Cassic II that i found outside someones house.

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In a few months I will pick up a msi r9 270x but unsure weather to get a 2gb version or 4gb any thoughts ? 

 

 

 

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Get the 2GB. The buss will not be allowed to get the extra 2 Gigs

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Looks NICE! I like how your going with that red color scheme. Although kind OCD about uh......... CLEAN THAT SCREEN!!

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Get the 2GB. The buss will not be allowed to get the extra 2 Gigs

Thanks , had no clue

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Red leds do really good in this build. Its not over saturated, its just perfect.

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Very nice for a first build. I believe your top drive sled is upside down tho :D haha dw about it. 

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Which iPod dock is that? Looks like mine. (Signature)

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Very nice for a first build. I believe your top drive sled is upside down tho :D haha dw about it. 

its because im running 1 lot of power from the dvd drive and then to that , the hdd is on a different harness 

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Which iPod dock is that? Looks like mine. (Signature)

yes :D

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Nice! But PLEASE change the CPU cooler!

[CPU: AMD FX-6100 @3.3GHz ] [MoBo: Asrock 970 Extreme4] [GPU: Gigabyte 770 OC ] [RAM: 8GB] [sSD: 64gb for OS] [PSU: 550Watt Be Quiet!] [HDD: 1TB] [CPU cooler: Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Pro Sr1]  -Did i solve your question/problem? Please click 'Marked Solved'-

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yes :D

 

Does it say this on the front?

"Personal audio docking system ICF-DS11iP"

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Nice build, but why dont you have a gpu?

save up a bit , im a student 

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