8 core build for a mate

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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

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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