Project Five40

[hakank68]

Hello, I have recently built my first pc, at the time i couldnt be bothered with a project log however i still took many photos which came in handy today, i have decided to make this project log and see what people actually think of my first build. Initially i had thought that it was going to be very difficult however i found it relatively easy and very fun (especially the watercooling).

Components -

Case - Corsair Air 540
CPU - Intel 4670k
Mobo - Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H
GPU - Asus 7970 Matrix Platinum
RAM - 8GB Corsair Vengeance Pro 1866mhz
PSU - Antec High Current Gamer 750W
SSD - Samsung 840 EVO 250GB
HDD - Western Digital Green 1TB

Watercooling -

Alphacool Nexxxus XT45 240mm
EK Supremacy Clean CSQ
EK DCP 4.0 Pump Res Combo
Bitspower Matt Black Fittings

Peripherals -

CM Storm Quickfire TK (Blue)
Gigabyet M8000X

Monitor - Asus VN248H 24" IPS Monitor

 

[hakank68]

The packaging, it was so exciting having all these in front of you ready to be built



i dont know why but i always expected the CPU box to be bigger, its actually tiny













Some more coming in a bit

 

[Bayk]

Looking forward seeing the finished product

 

[hakank68]

wont be long hopefully just trying to get the images sorted out, i might be able to finish it today

 

[Bayk]

nice you'll have to tell me how you find your gigabyte board ive ordered the d3h

 

[hakank68]

ive had no problems so far, the bios is great but a little complicated because of all the fancy graphics.

 

[hakank68]

some more pictures of boxes then the real stuff



Loud but good Blues are really great to type with, if anyone is considering buying a mechanical keyboard.



This is one of the brightest keyboards ive seen, i think the blue backplate gives it a better look

 

[pipson]

that keyboard does look nice, is it this one -> http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=KB-015-CM ? the price aint too bad either

 

[Bart_Hunt]

Very nice keyboard.
I'd live it for my build' I'm building one with blue theme so would fit great.

 

[hakank68]

that keyboard does look nice, is it this one -> http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=KB-015-CM ? the price aint too bad either

yeh thats the one

 

[hakank68]

Some more images







before all the watercooling stuff arrived, the stock cooler





Maybe a little too much towels but i have OCD so i cant help it





Some more coming up soon

 

[pipson]

Does that psu have a blue led?
If that keyboard had extra macro keys would buy it, still thinking atm..

 

[hakank68]

The psu has a white LED but it looks blue on camera , tbh i thought i needed macros however it didnt feel like i was missing out as i dont think i would have used them anyway. Great keyboard well worth the £70, if you want to buy it. Which other keyboards are you looking at ?

 

[pipson]

I have a Roccat Isku Illuminated Gaming Keyboard, which i love but i dropped it and its a bit loose but works fine but never had a mechanical keyboard so wanted to try one.

 

[hakank68]

Bleeding was the most boring part of the build

 

[hakank68]

Love how it looks compared to the 5 year old 'pc'



Expected the free mouse to be worse but turn out to be a very good

 

[pipson]

Is your watercooling set up better than an h100? Also how much did it cost you?

 

[hakank68]

Is your watercooling set up better than an h100? Also how much did it cost you?

The watercooling cost be around £210 including the pump, im not sure how much better than the h100, if i were to do another build. i would most certainly buy h100i but the advantage with the custom loop is that i can watercool my gfx later using the parts i have now which was one of the reasons i went custom but if youre not planning on watercooling your gpu, go with an AIO

 

[CharlieRich]

Looks awesome

 

[hakank68]

Looks awesome

Thanks , ive just installed some led lighting, ill have the images soon. It looks even better at night