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Mk42/Project Dailymail

starting a new project for my son to replace his aging 9450 based system


Initial plan was for a budget upgrade circa £300 of a MM special mobo/cpu and GPU to get him gaming effectively at 1080p


Then I spotted this





now my son is a HUUUUUUUUUGE avengers/ironman fan so a quick bit of man maths later the upgrade budget was well and truly forgotten


proposed spec

Aerocool Xpredator Cube
800+watt PSU ideally In red with red/gold cabling
Gigabyte Z97MX Gaming 5 mobo
Intel 4690k
Raijentek Triton cooler (in red)
either 8 or 16gig or ram depending on what I can acquire ideally those lovely red Hyper X kits
and a MSI 280x GE

already got a 2TB storage drive and a 120gig 840 SSD sitting spare to fit as wel
 
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First components (bar the SSD and HDD that are already here arrived



much disappointment as the case that's arrived is an absolute state, panels don't fit, colour match is a mile out side panel to top panel and the QC is utterly shocking.

have raised the issue with CS so hopefully get something sorted asap and get cracking with the build.
 
If I can get the same case without the issues in staying with it


Got a vision of how I want this build to look and the case is a big part of that
 
well case no 2 is on its way and due to arrive tomorrow.


fingers crossed we can crack on shortly.
 
Luggs said:
Time to assemble?

I'll get my coat...
Click to expand...

unfortunately not :)


need to get some (read all) components together first


I have so far

2tb HDD
120gig Samsung 840
case (arrives tomorrow)
280x gpu

still need mobo/ram/cpu and psu
 
well the replacement case arrived today, box in one piece



looking good so far




colour match is still a bit iffy





but I can live with that


gaps are certainly better though




not quite perfect though although 'll straighten this panel out easily enough




looks a good case to build in ;)

certainly going to be easier than my last small case build Project Hardon http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18609687&highlight=hardon although that was just a through together, this is going to be special and themed to the nth degree












plenty of space


overall its not perfect but it only cost me £55 so I cant really grumble too much, the colour match between metal and plastic parts is awful although the actual paint finish is fantastic.





now to get the rest of the build in :)




not yet fully finalized due to some concerns about PSU and the reliability of the cooler but everything else is locked in


YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97MX Gaming 5 - Devil's Canyon i5 4690K CPU & Micro ATX Motherboard Bundle **£10 Saving** £303.98
1 x EVGA Supernova GS 550W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £71.95
1 x Raijintek Triton AIO Water Cooling Solution £69.95
1 x Avexir Core Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16001104G-2CIR) - Red Light £44.99
Total : £500.47 (includes shipping : £8.00 Ex.VAT).






also got a Samsung 840 120 gig sitting spare and a 280x msi GE to go in this



roll on the wee boys birthday on the 22nd of next month, 31 days to go :)
 
The finish on he side panels is fantastic

Was showing a spray painted friend who was approving with his praise

Then they have the colours a mile out and other little niggles grrrr
 
quick test build this afternoon to make sure everything works




everything arrived woot

mobo








cpu a 4690k should be quite handy for gaming, certainly a bit beefier than the Pentium K I initially planned on using










stock HSF in place for now until the Triton comes into stock



psu






nice accesorys <3 cable ties







beefy enough for an eventual upgrade to xfire 280Xs


fitted with a bit of a faff














mobo tray is removable which makes life easier










stock cables are really poor and short need to hunt down some extensions







and It posts at least, although I don't have a usb stick at all to sort out the install (running off the previous win8.1 that is still on the SSD


sort that tomorrow but have to go to work now


To do

order braided cables
order Triton cooler
find some mobo header cable extensions(anyone advise?)

vinyl touches and some red lighting

neaten everything up overclock and game :)
 
some graphical horsepower has appeared




quick strip to remove the top bay to get the gpu in properly






ewwww





cables tucked



roll on some decent lighting arriving








the aerocool case is starting to grate on me now

side panel wont fit n because this is sitting down the side of the mobo tray



not going to be easy on the cable management front




that said

its fully functional albeit only at 3.9ghz and a gpu at stock settings.


I reckon i'm about half way there now with a fair bit of parts still to arrive

still to add

braided cables
hd audio and mobo connection extenders
2tb mechanical.
led lighting
and a good bucketload of patience to get it neatened up
 
My bank balance isn't keen on this circa £300 upgrade :)


Really taking to this now lots of stuff coming tommorow and I have day off and a fridge full of beer
 
233 top tip


don't come home after being at work since 4am and decide to get an hour of pc building in,

its not a bright idea


started off so well, quickly mounted the H100i after being briefly baffled by the adjustable feet on the backplate and wondering why it didn't fit for ten minutes






LEDs mounted, :)




and rad back out to mount the fans as I couldn't get a screwdriver in doh




oh oh bit tight going to be fun getting a 6 and 8 in there




now this is where it got confusing I forgot to put the fan splitter onto the pump

DOH



looks very tight




ten minutes swearing and cursing I gave up




gpu back out cable in then I realized I had left the fan cables too short by being a smarty pants and tucking them behind the screws, blast couldn't get the fan screws out so out came the angled screwdriver




which was the wrong size bit and I couldn't find a suitable one.


rad out for a third time fans removed and cables pulled out refitted HURAAH


then I hit a wall I don't know if it was lack of sleep watching babestation whilst building or just sheer stupidity I couldn't figure out how the fans connected



anyone see the problem here?


20 minutes later I eventually realized that that's a plastic cover to protect the pins that I needed to remove.



current state of play.


cooler mounted 357 swear words uttered and I've realized that I don't think i'll ever have enough cable ties to make a neat build


more tomorrow
 
in case anyone missed my grumblings in GD I did plan on building this all yesterday but those pesky chaps at the rainforest had other plans



Their idea of an AIO cooler
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quick project rename to Project Dailymail.


and in case anyones wondering wtf

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18673301
 
quick bit of temporary cable tidying until I get braided cables(going red/gold braiding Y0







and some finishing touches :)




 
it will do for now until I add a second 280x (got another MSI gaming edition sitting once I get a 380x or whatever AMD release for my rig to filter down to this

a 2tb hdd to add from the MM once it shows up and some braided cables
 
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