Project Heavy Case

[tomisafish]

So, why am I building a new computer? I could upgrade my AMD cpu and gpu but I want to be a badass and get an i5 2500K like everyone else seems to be doing atm. I am also interested in overclocking it as it seems like it could be good fun. If I am going to be overclocking I will need decent cooling. Due to the fact that my room can get pretty hot during the summer I don't really feel comfortable overclocking on air so I have decided I will opt for watercooling. (ooohhh). This is another thing I have wanted to try for a while and is one of the reasons I have decided such a heavy case. I need to fit a 3x120 Radiator and hopefully a reservoir in there and it seems like a great case for the job. I also love minimal stuff.

Case: Corsair Obsidian 800D - Arrived from Amazon


CPU: Intel i5 2500K -Arrived from Aria


PSU: Corsair AX750 - Purchased from Scan


Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS V GENE, Intel Z77 - Purchased from Scan


RAM: 8GB Mushkin Enhanced Blackline Ridgeback - Purchased from Aria


Harddrives/SSD's: Mushkin Chronos 120GB - Purchased from Aria


GPU: 2GB EVGA GTX 670 - Purchased from Scan


Watercooling: XSPC Rasa 750 RS360 WaterCooling Kit

[Pri]

Soooo excited.

[Db696]

GOOD LUCK.

[tomisafish]

Thanks dibbi. I bought my CPU today because it was reduced significantly on Aria. Came to being about £20-25 cheaper than everywhere else.

[tomisafish]

Debating motherboards today. Still haven't really come to a conclusion except for the fact I want something with black pcb.

Have been looking at

Asus MAXIMUS IV EXTREME Rev.3.0 (P67) - £167

Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H - £134

My main reason for considering the P67 board is that it looks cool and has 2 more USB 3.0 ports but the Gigabyte doesn't look that bad either..
From what I can tell, the Gigabyte seems like a better deal. Then again, I am a motherboard noob so any advice would be awesome.

[Pri]

Here are the main differences between the two boards.

Asus in BLUE, Gigabyte in RED

USB3.0: 8 Ports / 6 Ports
USB2.0: 1 / No
USB3.0 IH: Two Headers / One Header
USB2.0 IH: Four Headers / Three Headers
SATAIII: 4 / 2 Ports
SATAII: 4 / 4 Ports
eSATA: 2 Ports / 2 Ports
mSATA No / 1 Port
Max Mem: 32GB / 32GB
SLI: Yes / Yes
Tri-SLI: Yes / No
Quad-SLI: No / No
Crossfire: Yes / Yes
PCIe x16: 2 Slots / 1 Slot
PCIe x8: 1 Slot / 1 Slot
PCIe x4: 1 Slot / 1 Slot
PCIe x1: 1 Slot / 3 Slots
PCI: No / 1 Slot
DVI: No / Yes
HDMI: No / Yes
D-Sub: No / Yes
DisplayPort: No / Yes
Ethernet: 2 Ports / 1 Port

Hopefully this will help make your decision a little easier. Now if it was me I'd just get the P67 board. The EFI BIOS on the Gigabyte boards looks like a pile of shit and the Asus EFI BIOS looks amazing. The Asus board also has more PCIe slots with higher bandwidth than the Z77 board and it has more USB3.0 and SATAIII Ports.

[tomisafish]

http://www.corsair.com/power-supply-uni ... black.html

WHY MUST THESE BE SO EXPENSIVE?! I think i might end up trying to make my own from scratch.

[Pri]

The AX series come with good all black cables to begin with tom. They just aren't single braided.

[tomisafish]

I know. But single braided looks so cool. I suppose I will wait until christmas or something before shelling out on cables .

[Pri]

Well I can't argue with you there. The single braided cables look awesome.