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PhysicsMan94

PhysicsMan94

PhysicsMan94

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Okay, so thought I might as well post this project log here now as the time is rapidly approaching for when I start this build (I am going to buy the rest of the components very soon).

This will be my first build and thus my first project log too, so here are the components:

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Superclock 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (03G-P4-2783-KR) £599.99
1 x Dell UltraSharp U2713HM 27" Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £419.99
1 x Asus Z87 MAXIMUS VI EXTREME Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £338.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 900D Super Tower Case £299.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £269.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) £193.99
1 x Seasonic X-Series 850w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £159.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-Bit - OEM (FQC-04649) £119.99
1 x Razer Blackwidow Expert 2013 Mechanical Keyboard - Blue Switch £89.99
1 x Asus Xonar D2X 7.1 PCI-E Sound Card £89.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED316GM1600HC11DC01) £83.99
1 x LG BH16NS40 16x SATA Internal BDRW - Retail £79.99
1 x Asus Orion Pro ROG 7.1 Gaming Headset with ROG Spitfire USB Audio Processor £79.99
1 x Edifier R1600T Studio Plus 2.0 Monitors £77.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £73.99
1 x Hardware Labs Black ICE Radiator SR1 360 £69.98
1 x XSPC D5 Vario (Body + Screwring) £56.99
1 x XSPC RayStorm CPU WaterBlock (Intel) £51.98
1 x EK-RES X3 250 Reservoir £51.98
1 x XSPC Acetal Top for Laing D5 (Multiport) £23.98
3 x Corsair Fan, SP120 PWM Low Noise High Pressure Fan 4 pin, Single Pack (CO-9050011-WW) £14.99 (£44.97)
1 x Mayhems X1 - UV Blue Concentrate 250ml £9.98
1 x Mayhems Ultra Pure H20 Watercooling Fluid 1L £4.99
1 x XSPC 7/16" ID (16/11mm) High Flex Hose - Clear (1m Length) £2.99
8 x XSPC G1/4" to 7/16" ID, 5/8" OD Compression Fitting (Black Chrome) £2.99 (£23.92)
Total : £3,360.02 (includes shipping : £32.90).




This build shall commence very soon! :D
 
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Well, this is a bit of a delayed reaction but I forgot that I even had a project log! Here are some (poor quality, sorry) pictures of my system which I completed quite some time ago now:

A Few Preliminary Case + Watercooling Pictures

These pictures using my phone do this marvellous creation from Corsair, no justice - the case is a thing of beauty and was very easy to work with to build my first system in. :)

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The finish of the front of the case in particular is very nice - the brushed aluminium faceplate is high quality and great looking in real life at least!

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Component Mounting

Motherboard with CPU and RAM installed, and the XSPC Raystorm heatsink is also mounted

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Close up shot of the reservoir

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and the Maximus VI Extreme Motherboard

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The start of cable management!

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LG Blu-Ray drive mounted with the OC panel on the table to the right ready to be installed...

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Sound card installed on Motherboard:

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I'll continue uploading more pictures soon, and again I apologise for the picture quality - I shall take some photos with a good camera soon of the finished system (I just need to put some case lighting in). :D
 
Right, time for some more pictures - note that in around 2 weeks time I shall have much better quality pictures of my finished system with some, hopefully snazzy, lights installed in it too. :)

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The following are pictures of my pretty much complete system and you can see why I want to put some LEDs in there as it's too dark at the moment and one cannot see the full glory of this system properly! Again, higher quality images of my rig will be posted soon once LEDs are installed.

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By the way, that is a reflection of a brush in the window - I haven't actually put a brush in my computer :)

Below is the front of my rig, with the OC panel installed in normal mode of course - this is a cool little feature which has been included with the ASUS Maximus VI Extreme Motherboard (in my system) and the new Rampage IV Black Edition. As you can see it monitors the CPU temperature, the fan speed, BCLK ratio and a few other statistics.

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I hope you enjoyed looking through this project log and I will have some much better pictures in around 2 weeks time. :D
 
Also, I should say that I'm considering putting 3/4 funky LED rimmed fans at the bottom of the case (Window panelled side) in front of where the hard drive trays and PSU are - any suggestions? I've seen some Enermax ones in someone else's build which looked good.

Thanks for any advice.
 
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Did you fit any more LED's in your rig yet? also.....where are the high res awesome photos you said you were gonna take :)
 
Yep, sorry, I fitted the LEDs I mentioned above and took some more pictures - they didn't come out too well though so I need to find a way of taking some good quality pictures. Shouldn't be too long before I post some more pictures :)

Also, I have a second graphics card installed now as well :D
 
I spent 50£ to buy a camera, just to make pictures for my log.
I figured that pictures made with phone won't do the project log any good.
It was a right decision as you can see by following link in my sig :D
 
I might have to invest in a decent camera then just for this, those pictures on your log are very good. If I'm not mistaken I think you said you used a Nikon Coolpix camera, which version is it if you don't mind me asking? Seems pretty good :)
 
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