White 540 Air // OCUK

[Muska]

After consulting the OCUK forum to get a little feedback on components for a build, I finally settled on this:

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 780Ti Dual Classified ACX 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (03G-P4-2888-KR)
1 x Intel 4930K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail (BX80633I74930K)
1 x Asus Rampage IV Extreme Black Edition Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard
1 x BenQ XL2720Z 27" TRUE 144Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K4/32X)
1 x Samsung 500GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE500BW) **£18 CASHBACK
1 x SuperFlower Leadex Platinum 1000W Fully Modular "80 Plus Platinum" Power Supply - White
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Arctic White (CC-9011048-WW)
1 x Corsair Vengeance K70 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard – Red Switch (CH-9000050-UK)
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 64-Bit DVD - OEM (FQC-06949)
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW )
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW)
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD
2 x Corsair AF120 Quiet Edition Low Noise High Airflow - Dual Pack (CO-9050002-WW)
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM

I didn't take many pictures during the build but I'll post what I have.


I changed all the case fans for Corsair Quiet edition with a white ring. (Packaging comes with white, blue & red)



A couple of components


MB & CPU fitted


Test fit, wires everywhere but it posted first time and I then cleaned it up a bit before installing everything.





Thats it for now, I've just been enjoying it so far.

Future plans:
LG Flatron superwide monitor
SLi 780Ti (not sure about this yet)
Watercooling (maybe next year)
Better case lights
Remove Sound Card (Never gets used)

Thanks for looking, and to those who helped me with the spec, thanks.

 

[Muska]

Thanks for the tip on the lighting, that's definitely on the list!

This is only my second build. I do tend to obsess and read up lots before doing something though.

 

[Muska]

I got it straight to 4.6 and with quite a bit of tweaking it hit 4.75ghz but I bought it down a touch for day to day use. I'm happy with that, it's no 5ghz @ 1.3v but it will do for me.

I love the case, could not be more pleased with it, plenty of options for future upgrades too.

 

[Muska]

Yea, ideally I wanted it out the back of the case with both ssd's upfront, I might look into mounting it at the rear.