New Build finalized. What do you think?

Black Panther · May 29, 2012

Final bump.

Please just read the OP, I put all my choices there. Just let me know if I'm doing anything stupid

Fourstaff · May 29, 2012

Only one I don't like is the Sandisk, I would go for Agility 3, Samsung 830 or M4, but that is just me

PopcornMachine · May 29, 2012

Very nice build. I wish I had a Switch. I'd water cool the hell out of it.

nleksan · May 30, 2012

NZXT HALE90 850W PSU is what I got to go with my in-progress 3930K + Rampage IV Extreme build... Excellent reviews plus it looks great in the white Switch 810 ;-)

Just trying to figure out a few more options for my own build (RAM/HDD/SSD), and I have been having some trouble figuring out which radiator to use (up top) that is 3x140mm and offer strong cooling performance (initially for just cpu, but eventually I will also have GPU/GPUs and possibly Chipset blocks). So far, it seems like either the Koolance EX420 (the ~30mm thick 30fpi one) or the Black Ice 30fpi "stealth" are best for a "drop-in" no-cutting 420mm radiator in push/pull...
The bottom can always take a 240mm or 280mm rad, or could do a 140mm single back/bottom or even on one of the drive bays fans.

Black Panther · May 31, 2012

OK, the CPU, mobo, RAM and cooler arrived today.

Within the next hour I'm going to place my order for the following:

1) NZXT Switch 810 White.
2) NZXT HALE90 850W PSU.
3) Zotac GTX 670 4 GB.
4) Sandisk Extreme SSD 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive.
5) Sony BWU-500S-WW Blu Ray writer (or LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW)
6) Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit.

"If any person can show just cause why me and the above parts may not be joined together – let them speak now or forever hold their peace."

Crap Daddy · May 31, 2012

Black Panther said:
"If any person can show just cause why me and the above parts may not be joined together %u2013 let them speak now or forever hold their peace."

Amen

yogurt_21 · May 31, 2012

should be good, you should get very similar gaming performance to my rig while booting way faster among other things due to the ssd.

the ud3r is a solid board and is pretty forgiving when it comes to OC settings.

Black Panther · May 31, 2012

yogurt_21 said:
the ud3r is a solid board and is pretty forgiving when it comes to OC settings.

And pretty. I love its colors and layout! :eek:

n-ster · May 31, 2012

Have you looked at the Samsung 830? Or maybe the Intel 520 if it's not much more?

They are both very reliable SSDs, and IMO they are pretty too

Black Panther · May 31, 2012

n-ster said:
Have you looked at the Samsung 830? Or maybe the Intel 520 if it's not much more?

They are both very reliable SSDs, and IMO they are pretty too

At the same price (slightly less) the Intel and the Samsung are 120GB and 128GB respectively. The Sandisk has the same read/write speed but it's 240GB.

D007 · May 31, 2012

OMG what did you do to it?!

; ; ; ;

j/k lol.. You are lookin good.

I

the 240 gb SSD.. They just keep getting bigger and more afordable.

n-ster · May 31, 2012

Black Panther said:
At the same price (slightly less) the Intel and the Samsung are 120GB and 128GB respectively. The Sandisk has the same read/write speed but it's 240GB.

damn the samsung is way overpriced where you live :cry:

I'm just not that fond of the SandForce controller...

How is the Vertex 4 then? but then again OCZ doesn't have the best road record.... but their Vertex 4 seems pretty good still.

Sinzia · May 31, 2012

I smell a build log when you get all the stuffs!

Grats on the upgrades.

Black Panther · Jun 1, 2012

And the waiting game begins...

I'll be getting the rest of the parts within like... 15 days...

nleksan · Jun 3, 2012

If you get the Samsung 830, we are going to have builds that are essentially twins separated at birth lol. I think you're going to love the Switch and HALE90!

Black Panther · Jun 19, 2012

Well, the new parts will be arriving some time next week now because the graphics card was delayed...

entropy13 · Jun 19, 2012

Black Panther said:
Well, the new parts will be arriving some time next week now because the graphics card was delayed...

Aww.

Black Panther · Jun 27, 2012

Well, just my luck but last week the seller told me the 670 4GB won't be available before...

...

take a deep breath...

1st week of August!! :banghead:

So I told him to deliver the rest of the items and then I'll contact him on the graphics card later on in July. Heck by the first week of August I'd have changed my mind 99 times..

At least I can build, the graphics card can wait. Hopefully I'll have the rest of the items delivered next week.

I also bought a decal on ebay, to put on the side of the case where there isn't the window.
Here's a pic. (Note the decal is black and each bit is a sticker on its own. So since my case is white it'd be black on a white background. No grayish background.)
It's 33cm x 30cm so it should fill up the side of the case nicely.

I like embellishing the non-windowed side with a sticker, I have one on my current case but that one I had cut it out myself:

System Name	Black Panther
Processor	i9 9900k
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO Wifi 1.0
Cooling	NZXT Kraken X72 360mm
Memory	2 x 8GB Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro DDR4 3600Mhz
Video Card(s)	Palit RTX2080 Ti Dual 11GB DDR6
Storage	Samsung EVO 970 500GB SSD M.2 & 2TB Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm
Display(s)	32'' Gigabyte G32QC 2560x1440 165Hz
Case	NZXT H710i Black
Audio Device(s)	Razer Electra V2 & Z5500 Speakers
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus GX-850 Gold 80+
Mouse	Some Corsair lost the box forgot the model
Keyboard	Motospeed
Software	Windows 10

System Name	Orange! // ItchyHands
Processor	3570K // 10400F
Motherboard	ASRock z77 Extreme4 // TUF Gaming B460M-Plus
Cooling	Stock // Stock
Memory	2x4Gb 1600Mhz CL9 Corsair XMS3 // 2x8Gb 3200 Mhz XPG D41
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Nitro+ RX 570 // Asus TUF RTX 2070
Storage	Samsung 840 250Gb // SX8200 480GB
Display(s)	LG 22EA53VQ // Philips 275M QHD
Case	NZXT Phantom 410 Black/Orange // Tecware Forge M
Power Supply	Corsair CXM500w // CM MWE 600w

System Name	Vulcan
Processor	i6 6600K
Motherboard	GIGABYTE Z170X UD3
Cooling	Thermaltake Frio Silent 14
Memory	16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB)
Video Card(s)	ASUS Strix GTX 970
Storage	Mushkin Enhanced Reactor 1TB SSD
Display(s)	QNIX 27 Inch 1440p
Case	Fractal Design Define S
Audio Device(s)	On Board
Power Supply	Cooler Master V750
Software	Win 10 64-bit

System Name	Cogito Ergo Switch
Processor	i7 3930K @ 4.8Ghz
Motherboard	Asus Rampage IV Extreme
Cooling	Custom Water (CPU/MB/GPU Blocks, 420+240rads PP)
Memory	16GB G.Skill Ripjaws Z 2133 9-11-10-27 @ 2380 9-10-10-28
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX670 FTW 2GB SLI @ 1344core/7648mem + EVGA 650Ti PhysX
Storage	Samsung 830 256GB SSD (Boot) + 1TB WD10EZEX (Games/Apps) + 1TB WD10EALX (Prog) + 2x 320GB WD/HGST
Display(s)	Dell U2412HM + U2312HM + 2x P2212Hbe + Viewsonic 21.5" 1680x1050
Case	NZXT Switch 810 White - MODDED
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi Titanium HD PCI-Express
Power Supply	NZXT HALE90 850W - Custom Sleeved Cables (White, No Heatshrink)
Software	Windows7 Pro x64

System Name	Black Panther
Processor	i9 9900k
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO Wifi 1.0
Cooling	NZXT Kraken X72 360mm
Memory	2 x 8GB Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro DDR4 3600Mhz
Video Card(s)	Palit RTX2080 Ti Dual 11GB DDR6
Storage	Samsung EVO 970 500GB SSD M.2 & 2TB Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm
Display(s)	32'' Gigabyte G32QC 2560x1440 165Hz
Case	NZXT H710i Black
Audio Device(s)	Razer Electra V2 & Z5500 Speakers
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus GX-850 Gold 80+
Mouse	Some Corsair lost the box forgot the model
Keyboard	Motospeed
Software	Windows 10

System Name	Old Fart / Young Dude
Processor	2500K / 6600K
Motherboard	ASRock P67Extreme4 / Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3
Cooling	CM Hyper TX3 / CM Hyper 212 EVO
Memory	16 GB Kingston HyperX / 16 GB G.Skill Ripjaws X
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte GTX 1050 Ti / INNO3D RTX 2060
Storage	SSD, some WD and lots of Samsungs
Display(s)	BenQ GW2470 / LG UHD 43" TV
Case	Cooler Master CM690 II Advanced / Thermaltake Core v31
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar D1/Denon PMA500AE/Wharfedale D 10.1/ FiiO D03K/ JBL LSR 305
Power Supply	Corsair TX650 / Corsair TX650M
Mouse	Steelseries Rival 100 / Rival 110
Keyboard	Sidewinder/ Steelseries Apex 150
Software	Windows 10 / Windows 10 Pro

System Name	Thought I'd be done with this by now
Processor	i7 11700k 8/16
Motherboard	MSI Z590 Pro Wifi
Cooling	Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 4, 9x aigo AR12
Memory	32GB GSkill TridentZ Neo DDR4-4000 CL18-22-22-42
Video Card(s)	MSI Ventus 2x Geforce RTX 3070
Storage	1TB MX300 M.2 OS + Games, + cloud mostly
Display(s)	Samsung 40" 4k (TV)
Case	Lian Li PC-011 Dynamic EVO Black
Audio Device(s)	onboard HD -> Yamaha 5.1
Power Supply	EVGA 850 GQ
Mouse	Logitech wireless
Keyboard	same
VR HMD	nah
Software	Windows 10
Benchmark Scores	no one cares anymore lols

System Name	Homelabs
Processor	Ryzen 5900x \| Ryzen 1920X
Motherboard	Asus ProArt x570 Creator \| AsRock X399 fatal1ty gaming
Cooling	Silent Loop 2 280mm \| Dark Rock Pro TR4
Memory	128GB (4x32gb) DDR4 3600Mhz \| 128GB (8x16GB) DDR4 2933Mhz
Video Card(s)	EVGA RTX 3080 \| ASUS Strix GTX 970
Storage	Optane 900p + NVMe \| Optane 900p + 8TB SATA SSDs + 48TB HDDs
Display(s)	Alienware AW3423dw QD-OLED \| HP Omen 32 1440p
Case	be quiet! Dark Base Pro 900 rev 2 \| be quiet! Silent Base 800
Power Supply	Corsair RM750x + sleeved cables\| EVGA P2 750W
Mouse	Razer Viper Ultimate (still has buttons on the right side, crucial as I'm a southpaw)
Keyboard	Razer Huntsman Elite, Pro Type \| Logitech G915 TKL

System Name	HAL
Processor	Core i9 13900k @5.8-6.1
Motherboard	Z790 Arous master
Cooling	EKWB Quantum Velocity V2 & (2) 360 Corsair XR7 Rads push/pull
Memory	2x 32GB (64GB) Gskill trident 6000 CL30 @28 1T
Video Card(s)	RTX 4090 Gigagbyte gaming OC @ +200/1300
Storage	(M2's) 2x Samsung 980 pro 2TB, 1xWD Black 2TB, 1x SK Hynix Platinum P41 2TB
Display(s)	65" LG OLED 120HZ
Case	Lian Li dyanmic Evo11 with distro plate
Power Supply	Thermaltake 1350
Software	Microsoft Windows 11 x64

System Name	FragBox
Processor	Intel Core i7 2600K @ 5.0GHz/1.45 volts
Motherboard	Asus P8Z77 WS
Cooling	Custom CPU loop
Memory	Kingston 12GB DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	Galaxy GTX 680/Zotac GTX 680 in SLi/EVGA GTX 650Ti
Storage	2 Vertex 3 120's, raid 0, 2 Seagate Momentus XT 500GB's in raid 0, 1 Hitatchi 2TB for backup
Display(s)	3 Acer S232HLX2 in nvidia surround
Case	Corsair C70 White
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Corsair AX1200
Software	Win 7 x64 Pro

Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 7600
Motherboard	Gigabyte B650 Aorus Elite AX
Cooling	Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE
Memory	Kingston Fury Beast DDR5-5600 16GBx2
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte Gaming OC AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT 16GB
Storage	TEAMGROUP T-Force Z440 2TB, SPower A60 2TB, SPower A55 2TB, Seagate 4TBx2, Samsung 870 2TB
Display(s)	AOC 24G2 + Xitrix WFP-2415
Case	Montech Air X
Audio Device(s)	Realtek onboard
Power Supply	Be Quiet! Pure Power 11 FM 750W 80+ Gold
Mouse	Logitech G304
Keyboard	Redragon K557 KAIA RGB Mechanical Keyboard
Software	Windows 10

New Build finalized. What do you think?

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