Building today

[Remote_zero]

...... that is all

 

[Defy Belief]

Pics.

 

[JoeF1]

Thread is useless without piccies!

 

[passey89]

needs pics.

specs?

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Post some pics when you can

 

[Remote_zero]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UP5 TH Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £259.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x Corsair Professional Series AX850 High Performance 850W Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply (CMPSU-850AXUK) £159.98
1 x Fractal Design Arc Midi Tower Case - Black £79.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (SH103S3/120G) £69.98
1 x Western Digital Caviar Red 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EFRX - OEM £65.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £32.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £25.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £896.89 (includes shipping : £12.50).



I'll post some pics at some point, its a bit of a murky day here, so lighting isn't that great.
Bit of an mixed bag of components, the buying process was erratic. Went from a budget/mid range build, followed by my girlfriends redundancy and nearly cancelling the whole thing, then a shiny new job with an large increase in budget.
Overall i'm happy with the parts going in.
Graphics card is coming next payday, i've got a 9800gtx going in for now.
I will probably buy a faster SSD soon.

 

[Remote_zero]

Case is ready and the motherboard is all set to go in, but I need to pick up the missus from work.
I've left a few pics uploading, will post on my return.

 

[areksnumbr1sxylady]

Dont you think mobo is a bit of an overkill?? Costs more than CPU -.- Could`ve got one for 80 quid and bought a decent video card for the change....

I push my 2700k to 5.0 ghz on a 70 quid giga mobo...

 

[Remote_zero]

Got some pictures for you.

I need to spend some "quality time" then its a quick test, and into the case it goes.

 

[Remote_zero]

Dont you think mobo is a bit of an overkill?? Costs more than CPU -.- Could`ve got one for 80 quid and bought a decent video card for the change....

I push my 2700k to 5.0 ghz on a 70 quid giga mobo...

I agree, but that's just me I guess. I enjoy the finer things in life, lol.
I had a touch of buyers remorse, but it didn't last long.
I'm getting a 680 I think, so my GPU isn't going to suffer from the mobo purchase.

 

[Pabl0]

I wouldn't have buyers remorse, it's lovely looking.

 

[areksnumbr1sxylady]

I agree, but that's just me I guess. I enjoy the finer things in life, lol.
I had a touch of buyers remorse, but it didn't last long.
I'm getting a 680 I think, so my GPU isn't going to suffer from the mobo purchase.

I would advice you on getting 670 over 680, it is cheaper and performance difference is tiny.

 

[Kosmiche]

When I was looking at those pics I had the intro to "Dirty" by Christina Aguilera playing in my head.

Dirty, nasty pc components

 

[~>Dg<~]

nice hopefully ill be doing mine soon aswell

 

[Remote_zero]

BEEP!

And she lives

 

[dunn2010]

I know its just the picture but bottom of case almost looks like its bending under the sheer awesomeness!

 

[Pabl0]

I know its just the picture but bottom of case almost looks like its bending under the sheer awesomeness!

Haha yeah it does!

Looks great makes me want to get mine all sorted!

 

[Remote_zero]

I'm so glad I've got the week off work. Some serious tinkering going to be happening.

 

[Robbiec053]

Just out of interest; Did you remove the top case fan for any reason a reason?

Looks good man, I have the same case and love how easy it is to work with.

 

[Remote_zero]

Just out of interest; Did you remove the top case fan for any reason a reason?

Looks good man, I have the same case and love how easy it is to work with.

I moved it to the front to create positive pressure. Thought it would be a good place to start. Will have a proper play around at some point, was planning on getting different fans but they're pretty quite.