Red Dwarf

[taksdd]

First of all,
I would like to thank to all of you in overclockers Brilliant community that helped me a lot to put my gaming rig together. Also thank you to the overclockers store for prompt service I will always return to you guys..

Now then:

Specs:
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Corsair H105 73.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
Memory: G.Skill Trident X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory
Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000G2 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
Optical Drive: LG UH12NS30 Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer
Monitor: BenQ XL2720Z 144Hz 27.0" Monitor
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF120 Performance Edition
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan
Case Fan: Corsair CO-9050014-WW 62.7 CFM 120mm Fan
Mouse: Razer Abyssus 2014 Essential Wired Laser Mouse
Other: Corsair Gaming CGK70 Red LED Backlight Keyboard Cherry MX Brown Switches 99)
Other: NZXT CB-LED20-RD 24x Red LED Sleeve 2M
Other: Silverstone SST-FF123B Magnetic Dust Filter
Other: Silverstone 120mm Magnetic Fan Filter in Black
Other: LABEL THE CABLE 3m Dual sided Velcro Roll
Other: Belkin 4-Socket SurgeMaster
Other: Kingston HyperX Cloud

and few pics:

I know that card is a bit sagging.. and it does worry me but..

Any comments more than welcome!

 

[taksdd]

thank you.. it was.. a lot of adventures to put it together

 

[taksdd]

Thank you guys

 

[taksdd]

Nicely done.

The card sagging - maybe you can pull back gently on the PCI-E cables a bit more, and wrap them tightly to something at the back, to keep them more taut. Or fishing line (hidden by the PCI-E cables).

Another solution for sagging is to find a backplate for the card.

Shouldn't be a problem anyway.

Do you think - can I just leave it as it is now?

Btw thank you guys

And the windforce logo.. Nvidia Geforce Experience for most of the time

 

[taksdd]

Red Dwarf. I just like stars

 

[taksdd]

stars***

 

[taksdd]

thank you guys I do like the red..

And yeah Hyper X Clouds are really nice! I was going for Sennheisers 598 but noticed these bad boys.. really good price tbh! And quality is remarkable

 

[taksdd]

lol
ED: I never applied vinyl before.. I decided to do it without taking the desk apart.. worst decision ever.. measuring all elements, cutting vinyl, applying.. making sure that its aligned correctly.. if I would take desk apart im sure I would do it in less than hour.. but.. it took me ~8hours instead. Quickest way: disassemble desk, put each element on sticker. Measure how much sticker you need and cut it using scissors or sharp blade. (I would recommend to have some excess on each side so its easier to align. You can easily remove excess with sharp blade after sticking the vinyl.
The good thing about quality vinyl sticker with air channels is that it doesn't bubble. And even if it does its extremely easy to get rid of them. If you don't align it correctly you can pull it off and do it again.. and again.. and again. The adhesive is brilliant on it...

The applying process is way easier than applying screen protector on your phone.. way easier!



Building my PC.. this was the first time I did it. Took me ages to research on different components but in the same time I was quite picky. I wanted to be sure that im doing everything correctly so the building process also took ages. it was around 5 hours.. I guess experienced person or someone less OCD than me would do it in 40-60mins.

When I was placing my CPU into socket there was a black plastic piece that should pop out, well for some reason it got stuck and I thought I did something wrong/killed CPU. Also the metal piece holding cpu left some marks on it, so I started to google if thats normal etc..

I was stressed all the time because I didn't like the idea that I had to use force on some elements. (Fitting motherboard/cpu lever/ram..) I was worried that I would break something etc..

The PC works like a charm. The only disappointment that I have was screen: Benq XL2430T.. I don't know but the colours on it were really weird. (Reds were quite burned..) I tried different settings but nothing helped. Finally I replaced the screen with Benq XL2720Z. overall i'm extremely satisfied.