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This is my first PC build so I didn't want to splash out too much. I'm going to be using it mainly for gaming, listening to music and general internet browsing. I bought after market on the CPU, Mobo, RAM and GPU for a grand total of £150 altogether. This also included my 3D monitor and nVidia 3D vision pack (glasses & receiver). Everything else was bought new.
The only thing I would change if I could would be the case. As you can see it's a bit of a tight squeeze in there and there is little/no room for decent cable management.
In the 8th picture, I have the stock Intel CPU cooler installed just so that I could fire it up and make sure everything was working ok. The Corsair H80i arrived the day after I took the picture.
I had to remove one of the case fans from the side panel because, after fitting the CPU cooler, I couldn't get the panel back on.
On the subject of cooling, the RAM coolers I have are 3 Arctic RC's.
Also, typically the i7-920 CPU runs at around 2.66Ghz but I've managed to overclock it to at least 4.
Full Spec:
CPU: Intel i7-920 Overclocked to at least 4Ghz
CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i Liquid Cooler
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5
RAM: Patriot Viper 6GB (3x 2GB) with Arctic RC coolers
GPU: nVidia Geforce GTX 580
GPU Cooler: Gelid Icy Vision Rev 2
Sound Card: Asus Xonar DG
PSU: Corsair Enthusiast Series 750W Modular PSU
Op. Drive: LG Blu-ray writer
Case Cooling: x2 BitFenix Spectre 140mm (x1 Front, x1 Side)
OS: Windows 8 Pro 64-bit
Case: Cooler Master Elite 371 Mid-Tower
Thanks for viewing my build
http://imgur.com/a/ayODY#0
The only thing I would change if I could would be the case. As you can see it's a bit of a tight squeeze in there and there is little/no room for decent cable management.
In the 8th picture, I have the stock Intel CPU cooler installed just so that I could fire it up and make sure everything was working ok. The Corsair H80i arrived the day after I took the picture.
I had to remove one of the case fans from the side panel because, after fitting the CPU cooler, I couldn't get the panel back on.
On the subject of cooling, the RAM coolers I have are 3 Arctic RC's.
Also, typically the i7-920 CPU runs at around 2.66Ghz but I've managed to overclock it to at least 4.
Full Spec:
CPU: Intel i7-920 Overclocked to at least 4Ghz
CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i Liquid Cooler
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5
RAM: Patriot Viper 6GB (3x 2GB) with Arctic RC coolers
GPU: nVidia Geforce GTX 580
GPU Cooler: Gelid Icy Vision Rev 2
Sound Card: Asus Xonar DG
PSU: Corsair Enthusiast Series 750W Modular PSU
Op. Drive: LG Blu-ray writer
Case Cooling: x2 BitFenix Spectre 140mm (x1 Front, x1 Side)
OS: Windows 8 Pro 64-bit
Case: Cooler Master Elite 371 Mid-Tower
Thanks for viewing my build
http://imgur.com/a/ayODY#0
