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I've been bouncing around here lately asking questions about this and that, and sometimes attempting to answer one. I've probably posted this list about half a dozen times when asking advice, but now I can post it and say, it's finally together, up and running:
ASUS X99-M-WS
Intel Core i7-5820K Haswell-E 6-Core 3.3GHz
Swiftech H240-X
2x Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD
CORSAIR Dominator Platinum 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4 2800
be quiet! SILENT BASE 800 WINDOW
EVGA 220-PS-1000-V1 80 PLUS Platinum 1000 W
For now, I'm using the SAPPHIRE DUAL-X Radeon R7 265 that I bought for my old rig which I will be passing down to my son. It will eventually be replaced with a GTX 970.
I didn't think it would be together this soon. I still needed the cpu and ssd. I just discovered that there is a new Micro Center about 80 miles from me, and they had the i7 5820K for $90 less than Newegg. I spent about three hours in there. Man, that place is awesome. I come away with a couple of extras as well.
OK, that picture uploaded, let's move on with some others. The computer has been running for about 16 hours so far with no leakages or issues. I'm going to finish up my cable management and change some fan headers around. Then I'll button up the case, move it into my office and hook up my second monitors. This is only about the fifth or sixth system I've built since 2003, and my first water cooled one. It was pretty straight forward, not really so much different from any other build. I'm going to add a GPU loop to the Swiftech, and will probably add a couple of tricks to the loop. I definitely can't wait to build my first custom loop. So here are a few pics.:
I should mention that this is the first build I've done that I've put any consideration towards aesthetics or decent cable management. All of my other builds were strictly workstations, and I only shoved cables out of the way for airflow, not caring much how they looked. This case has a window, so I wanted it to look nice.I'm really new to PC gaming and am only playing Skyrim right now. I work in AutoCAD for a living and do a little bit of 3D modeling and rendering at home, just for fun really. I also have a desktop recording studio, so that's the reason for a silent build.
I'm using strictly SSD's in this machine, and have decided not to install an optical drive. The cage at the top of the case will be eventually removed, as will the HDD cage pedestal at the bottom. They are riveted in and will have to be drilled out. This also the first time I have cloned a drive and man! Isn't that the way to go! Cloned the drive from my old machine, plugged into this one and booted up into bios. Looked around a little and then booted right up into Windows like I was booting right up onto my old desktop. Couldn't be simpler.
Thanks for looking!
ASUS X99-M-WS
Intel Core i7-5820K Haswell-E 6-Core 3.3GHz
Swiftech H240-X
2x Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD
CORSAIR Dominator Platinum 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4 2800
be quiet! SILENT BASE 800 WINDOW
EVGA 220-PS-1000-V1 80 PLUS Platinum 1000 W
For now, I'm using the SAPPHIRE DUAL-X Radeon R7 265 that I bought for my old rig which I will be passing down to my son. It will eventually be replaced with a GTX 970.
I didn't think it would be together this soon. I still needed the cpu and ssd. I just discovered that there is a new Micro Center about 80 miles from me, and they had the i7 5820K for $90 less than Newegg. I spent about three hours in there. Man, that place is awesome. I come away with a couple of extras as well.
OK, that picture uploaded, let's move on with some others. The computer has been running for about 16 hours so far with no leakages or issues. I'm going to finish up my cable management and change some fan headers around. Then I'll button up the case, move it into my office and hook up my second monitors. This is only about the fifth or sixth system I've built since 2003, and my first water cooled one. It was pretty straight forward, not really so much different from any other build. I'm going to add a GPU loop to the Swiftech, and will probably add a couple of tricks to the loop. I definitely can't wait to build my first custom loop. So here are a few pics.:
I should mention that this is the first build I've done that I've put any consideration towards aesthetics or decent cable management. All of my other builds were strictly workstations, and I only shoved cables out of the way for airflow, not caring much how they looked. This case has a window, so I wanted it to look nice.I'm really new to PC gaming and am only playing Skyrim right now. I work in AutoCAD for a living and do a little bit of 3D modeling and rendering at home, just for fun really. I also have a desktop recording studio, so that's the reason for a silent build.
I'm using strictly SSD's in this machine, and have decided not to install an optical drive. The cage at the top of the case will be eventually removed, as will the HDD cage pedestal at the bottom. They are riveted in and will have to be drilled out. This also the first time I have cloned a drive and man! Isn't that the way to go! Cloned the drive from my old machine, plugged into this one and booted up into bios. Looked around a little and then booted right up into Windows like I was booting right up onto my old desktop. Couldn't be simpler.
Thanks for looking!
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