8 core build for a mate

subbytna · 5 Jan 2014 at 22:34

Not great at writing up a build log but here is what I've been doing for a friend over the last couple of days.

Components
1 x MSI Radeon R9 270X HAWK OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor
1 x Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW)
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G1600HC9DC01)
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - Black
1 x Corsair Hydro H80i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD
1 x Corsair Fan, SP120 PWM High Pressure Fan 4 pin, Single Pack (CO-9050013-WW)
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter
1 x Battlefield 4 game

First off the bat - all the new tech goodness

Case unboxed

A few of the case stripped down ready for new tech toys to be put in

Connections on the case - 2 USB 2 and 2 USB 3 with power, reset button and

subbytna · 5 Jan 2014 at 22:34

Front of the case removed ready for fan transplant

Jinx checking out the quality of the gear going into this monster

8 cores? Oh go on then why not

All black mobo, looks great

Power supply

Taking up the living room

subbytna · 5 Jan 2014 at 22:35

This fan will be moved from the rear of the case to the front as the CPU liquid cooler and radiator will be at the back...TARGET ACQUIRED!!!!

Weapons of choice

Didn't stand a chance....

Fan going in the front

Dust filters put back on

RAM going into the MOBO

CPU added as well

Shiney shiney new PSU

subbytna · 5 Jan 2014 at 22:35

PSU going in

Leads...leads everywhere!!!!

Stuff everywhere

Jinx making sure there's no slacking in the job

Motherboard, ram, cpu in the case

Shiny CPU before being covered by cooler

I/O back shield in

Radiator high pressure static fan for the rear of the case

Fan attached to rear of case and radiator going on next

Ah good it's fitting in the case afterall...had a scare it wouldn't for about 10 seconds

subbytna · 5 Jan 2014 at 22:35

Time to plug in the cooler as neatly as I can

Graphics card - Not the red one I ordered but hey ho

Like peeling sunburn skin off...

and in she goes, like the backplate on this card. There is an LED light on it which makes the card glow

The graphics card spins backwards at the point where you turn on the pc...this enables the fans to spin the dust off them and self clean...cool or what :rock:

Drives in and it's almost built - SSD is tucked away behind the case panel

IT'S ALIVE!!!! First time too

subbytna · 5 Jan 2014 at 22:38

The CPU was overclocked to 4.4. I had it at 4.5 but it failed a PRIME95 stress test after 5 and a bit hours so I rolled it back a notch. Temps under full load were 55-57 degrees. The cooler does a great job and the cool air being sucked in from the back of the case keep things nice and cool.

The graphics card was overclocked to 1150Mhz. I ran heaven benchmarks and even under full load the card didn't go above 70 degrees. This overclock nudges the card towards a stock 7970....certainly faster than a 7950 AMD card.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1043?vs=1033
This shows a stock 270x card against the boost edition of the 7950 and they are neck and neck. With the overclock I put on it, it'll blast past the 7950 card no problems.

System is running Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit with all updates and service packs as of 5th Jan 2014.

Side gadgets include cpu meter and core temp - these monitor cores and tell you how hot they are and what % of load they are under.

Next build is a £2k one so should be fun

Thanks for reading

RJC · 5 Jan 2014 at 22:39

Nice build

shatpank81 · 5 Jan 2014 at 23:15

Nice job

There is no better feeing spending all that time building it etc and it powers on first time
I did a recent build, took hours putting it together, cable management for it to turn out i had a DOA motherboard (gigabyte matx sniper)

inovaex · 22 Jan 2014 at 10:35

Nioce one

snips86x · 22 Jan 2014 at 10:46

Build looks good mate, but did you know the fans on the H80i are potentially the wrong way round?

Ideally, you want them to exhaust the air from inside the case!

ToxicTBag · 22 Jan 2014 at 10:49

Nice looking build, clean and tidy well done

AngryB · 23 Jan 2014 at 14:08

Nice build. I really like BitFenix cases, I always use them for budget friendly builds for my mates.

Also, nice cat. Is that water cooled?

OCPete · 23 Jan 2014 at 14:22

snips86x said:
Build looks good mate, but did you know the fans on the H80i are potentially the wrong way round?

Ideally, you want them to exhaust the air from inside the case!

+1 You can see the arrows on the fan shroud.

Why would you want to suck cool air in, heat it up with your H80i rad and then blow it into your case to heat the rest of your components?

Hot air off the rads is always blown OUT of the case. :confused:

snips86x · 23 Jan 2014 at 14:56

OCPete said:
+1 You can see the arrows on the fan shroud.

Why would you want to suck cool air in, heat it up with your H80i rad and then blow it into your case to heat the rest of your components?

Hot air off the rads is always blown OUT of the case.

I was looking at the red trim on the fan, it should be in front

rush_syndrome · 23 Jan 2014 at 17:12

OCPete said:
+1 You can see the arrows on the fan shroud.

Why would you want to suck cool air in, heat it up with your H80i rad and then blow it into your case to heat the rest of your components?

Hot air off the rads is always blown OUT of the case.

On my Corsair H110 the instructions clearly state: "For the best cooling performance we recommend mounting the fans as an air intake".

That's probably why...

http://www.corsair.com/en/media/cms/manual/49-001175_rev_AA_H110_QSG.pdf

OCPete · 23 Jan 2014 at 18:01

rush_syndrome said:
On my Corsair H110 the instructions clearly state: "For the best cooling performance we recommend mounting the fans as an air intake".

That's probably why...

http://www.corsair.com/en/media/cms/manual/49-001175_rev_AA_H110_QSG.pdf

Its pretty obvious that the coolest air is outside the case so drawing external air in will be best for the water cooler....... BUT worse for all air cooled devices in the case. Pretty strange setup IMO. :rolleyes:

What exhaust fans does he have? I'm guessing the front panel is intake :confused:

There is the airflow designed to go?

So the CPU is nice and chilly, but that GPU is not a blower type either so will just heat up the case even more. Not great from what i can see.

CharlieRich · 23 Jan 2014 at 23:14

Nice build