My First Build with pics (WIP)

[Ghostbusta]

Welcome to my first ever build. Hopefully you guys can give me some advice or comments in general. I have been planning on building a new PC from the start of the year since none of the consoles appealed to me and I found myself spending more time on the PC anyway.

I'd like to point out that at the start of the build I had a budget of £1200 I managed to get the rig up and running on this budget however i'm now spending on additional items and continuing work on the rig.

Graphics card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 SC

Processor: Intel Core i5-4670K

Processor Cooler: Corsair Hydro H100i

Memory: Avexir Core Red Series 8GB

Fans: Corsair SP120

HDD: Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO

Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Series Intel Z87

Power Supply: Seasonic G series 750w

Case: CM Storm Scout II Advanced (WHITE)

Optical Drive: Pioneer 24x Internal DVR

Mouse: Razer Naga molten core (Already Owned)

Monitor: Acer S243HL (Already Owned)

Fans: Cooler Master BC 120 x2

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM

Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K70 Mechanical

GPU Backplate: EVGA 780 backplate

Okay phase one was pretty simple, I took all my initial parts from the list and built the PC. Obviously as a noob to all of this my cable management is horrible. None the less it all booted up first time and I felt pretty smug that it worked GO ME! After this nothing happened for about a week as I was doing very important things (downloading and playing games mainly), I then overclocked the CPU to 4.2GHz and its been left at that ever since.

Ok I didn't plan phase 2 i'll be honest, my friends were heading to overclockers for some parts for a mining rig and I ended up tagging along and walking away with a new keyboard as a replacement for a bog standard old microsoft keyboard id had for years. I picked up the Corsair Vengeance K70 which seems to be a brilliant keyboard so far. Its really well built and has simple features for the lights and volume and so on. Nothing overly complicated which is the way I like things.

I love the storm scout 2 case and I don't regret buying it however I didnt like the fact the window was so small. As i'm not using the two fan mounts on the side I thought it would be cool to modify the side panel. Its not finished yet but the whole rig is very much a WIP. Here you can see a picture of it cut, the window still needs to be added but if you look at the first pictures you can see the difference.

Phase four and now I've decided I don't like looking at the back of the GPU PCB any longer. I ordered the gtx 780 backplate unfortunately not from OC as the don't stock it (Booo!). I first fitted it to see what it looked like then today I decided to change it a little and started to apply paint. It needs a few more coats of paint but I think It will have a good finish in the end.

As you can see I still have plenty of things to do. The window and backplate need to be finished and cable management needs a massive look at. I'm going to remove the HHD trays from the case, I ordered a bay converter so as soon as that comes I can hide the HDD's. The build parts were ordered 11 Jan, 14 to give you an idea of how long this has taken so far. I've been putting time into it when I can when work/finances allow.

I'm also on the lookout for a new monitor, i've been keeping an eye on 4k monitors however i'm really not sure what i'm after yet.


I'll keep this topic updated should it interest anyone and hopefully I can finish off with some decent pictures.

 

[Ghostbusta]

Backplate now finished

 

[Ghostbusta]

Little bit of an update:

Side panel is all done, really happy with it!

Here's two pics as the first just looks like a cut out after may amazing glass cleaning skills

Also got a hdd tray so I can remove some caging from the case had tuck the bays away.

I realize this is probably one of the more boring builds (no water loops just a stock enclosed cooler) so thanks for showing some sort of interest!

 

[Ghostbusta]

Really nice for your first build, I did my first build few years back, still running great. I was on budget when I did mine but you have great parts. Also love the window mod, looks great, clean look. What did you use to attach the window, tape, glue, ect. Also have you completed your build yet? Also what did you use the cut the panel, dremel, jigsaw? Also did you use actual glass for the window or acrylic plastic?? Nice work, your doing really good.

Hi, sorry for the late reply the PC has taken a back foot recently. The window is attached using very strong double sided tape and is acrylic. I didnt cut the window myself I marked it out and sent it away to be cut. The people who cut it used a machine that blasts high pressured water to get a clean cut.

As an update I still need to drill out the HDD cage after moving the HDD's to the drive bay area. I also still need to sort cable management which will be done when I purchase braided cables.


Windowed side:

The boring side:

The back side :

The MESS:

As you can see its still all messy, looks like I will need to drill out the HDD cage as well

And the mascots will be added some time in the future:

 

[Ghostbusta]

that looks really nice the scout II looks really good in white

I love the case but getting hold of replacement OEM fans is a nightmare from the manufacturer!