Project Five40

hakank68 · 18 Dec 2013 at 21:13

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 · 19 Dec 2013 at 17:34

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

hakank68 · 19 Dec 2013 at 17:40

wont be long hopefully

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

hakank68 · 19 Dec 2013 at 19:54

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

hakank68 · 19 Dec 2013 at 19:57

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

hakank68 · 20 Dec 2013 at 08:39

pipson said:
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 · 20 Dec 2013 at 14:25

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

hakank68 · 20 Dec 2013 at 16:37

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 ?

hakank68 · 22 Dec 2013 at 19:25

Bleeding was the most boring part of the build

hakank68 · 22 Dec 2013 at 19:27

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

hakank68 · 24 Dec 2013 at 16:11

pipson said:
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

hakank68 · 24 Dec 2013 at 21:37

CharlieRich said:
Looks awesome

Thanks

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

hakank68 · 4 Jan 2014 at 22:07

Some updates

got the led strips installed

i wanted to see how much i would get for my 7970 so i listed it on a website (i guess its against the rules to say where) and i got a fairly good amount so i think i will be upgrading, but cant decide what to

. for now im stuck with this

hakank68 · 4 Jan 2014 at 23:12

For now my budget is arround £330, the 290 seems perfect for the price if it wasn't for the heat and sound issues, is the Inno 3d a reference pcb ?. As for the looks I'm not that fussed, I want something I can watercool in a years time which is future proof.

hakank68 · 5 Jan 2014 at 01:40

That's a great idea thanks

it isn't visible when a gpu is there anyway