Hey everyone, thought I'd post some pictures of my first PC build.
I did have troubles getting it to start up at first, but figured out I had my case fans plugged in in two places (mobo and PSU). Once I got this taken care of, everything booted up as planned and I installed Windows 10 from USB. I went for a red/black theme with white accents. Eventually I want to add some more white as the only white part is the H7 fan as of now. I'm thinking of doing sleeved cable extensions and maybe custom painting the graphics card when it becomes available.
I'll be going with GEFORCE® GTX 1080 GAMING X 8G as I've heard good things about it and it should fit my color scheme wonderfully. Most of my budget is spent and the 1080 will be a birthday gift (hopefully). SSD will have to come later on.
Parts list:
http://pcpartpicker.com/list/2mR7Yr
I do have a few questions I'd like input on.
1) My CPU (6700k) is OC'd to 4.5Ghz @ 1.365V. IntelBurnTest crashes if I lower the voltage anymore. Did I just get unlucky in the silicone lottery? I've heard a lot of people getting to 4.7-4.8 easily. I don't really want to go much more than 1.365V as max temps reached 78C during stress testing. Next thing I'll be OC'ing is RAM as I bought 3200 sticks but they're only running at 2133 I believe. Still have some learning to do on this.
2) Any input or ideas on adding more white to the scheme?
3) Looking for 1440p or 4K gaming monitor eventually. Would love suggestions. $300 is my budget for monitor.
Thanks for looking!
I did have troubles getting it to start up at first, but figured out I had my case fans plugged in in two places (mobo and PSU). Once I got this taken care of, everything booted up as planned and I installed Windows 10 from USB. I went for a red/black theme with white accents. Eventually I want to add some more white as the only white part is the H7 fan as of now. I'm thinking of doing sleeved cable extensions and maybe custom painting the graphics card when it becomes available.
I'll be going with GEFORCE® GTX 1080 GAMING X 8G as I've heard good things about it and it should fit my color scheme wonderfully. Most of my budget is spent and the 1080 will be a birthday gift (hopefully). SSD will have to come later on.
Parts list:
http://pcpartpicker.com/list/2mR7Yr
I do have a few questions I'd like input on.
1) My CPU (6700k) is OC'd to 4.5Ghz @ 1.365V. IntelBurnTest crashes if I lower the voltage anymore. Did I just get unlucky in the silicone lottery? I've heard a lot of people getting to 4.7-4.8 easily. I don't really want to go much more than 1.365V as max temps reached 78C during stress testing. Next thing I'll be OC'ing is RAM as I bought 3200 sticks but they're only running at 2133 I believe. Still have some learning to do on this.
2) Any input or ideas on adding more white to the scheme?
3) Looking for 1440p or 4K gaming monitor eventually. Would love suggestions. $300 is my budget for monitor.
Thanks for looking!
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