Upcoming ROG Build

[glenn_with_2_n_]

Hello everyone,

Looking for some feedback from the community and any recommondations anyone would have.

A little history about myself, been building computers prolly since I was 12, (23 now). I'm currently active duty enlisted in the us army, on my second and final deployment, then will be heading to college to earn a degree in computer engineering.

So during this deployment ive been doing a ton of research and just scopeing out new hardware along with functionallity thats become aparent. Ive purchased the majority of the parts and had them shipped state side to my parents house and I'm down to the final 2 componets.

My build outlook is to assemble a vertical heat dissapation gaming system that will be more then capable of handleing the latest and most imerrsive games from realalistic too 3D, and what ever great content thats soon to come. Im expecting this system to stay functional for about 4-6 years. Heres the parts purchased so far:


Case, PSU:

-SilverStone Fortress FT02
There's too few vert heat cases out and I'd say between functionallity and options with a decent size this competes with maingears shift, minus usb 3.0 case support

-SilverStone 1200W Strider Gold
I figure this will beast whatever is thrown at it and run with little strain

-SilverStone PP05 Short Cable for PSU Set
Should give me any length options needed with the stock PSU cables to keep everything managed nicely.

MoBo, Memory:

-ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z
This is going to be sweet, from what ive gathered soo far this will give me a broad range of options for testing and getting into overclocking

-CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB Memory Kit
There blacked out, look mint and have great reviews for gaming and overclocking

Storage:

-2 x Corsair 60GB Force Series GT SSD
plan to set them up in raid 0 for the OS and general programs

-2 x WD Caviar Black 64M Cache, 7200 RPM, 6.0Gb/s HD
also plan to set up in raid 0 for media storage, videos music, games

OS & Add Ons:

-Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64 OEM

-LITE-ON Black 12X Blu-ray Burner

-LITE-ON Black 12X Blu-ray Player/DVD Burner Combo

-VisionTek Bigfoot Killer 2100 Gaming Network Card

-Creative PCI Express Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium

-CORSAIR H60 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler

So far thats whats waiting and to finish it all up is the CPU and GPU/GPU's
prolly will wait till im back state side to order the cpu which will be the 2600K i7
but between video cards is where im hung up, was originally planing 2 matrix gtx580's running sli but i dont think it would fit both with the add on cards since they take 2.5 in slots. since i just noticed the mars II 580 i think that will be my best best.
pricey but im looking for the build that will last in all areas. not saying thats what ill buy for my gpu but its got the apeal with out the lack of performance the 590 ended up with. the only hiccup for the mar II i need to find out is if it can fit in the case since its a 13" long monster haha.

right on, well thats all for now and thanks in advance :cool:

[glenn_with_2_n_]

finishing up by adding a single 12" red cold cathode that is noise activated and adjustable

those of you who don't know this case's panels have noise insulated foam

so being as already knowing the panel would not set in correctly with that noise sensor

i went about getting the general area measurements to cut out a box of the foam

[glenn_with_2_n_]

DAM THING STILL WOULDN'T SET IN!! So0oo0o...
(i was spent)
YOU MUST DIE!
(just really really tired)

...i was fully ready to crack this thing open make it smaller in anyway, ripp it to dam shreds.....

.....

[glenn_with_2_n_]

...........

doesn't a freaking little flat head pop it right off, no solid molding, random glue keeping it on, ....just popped off..

..slapped myself pretty hard for that one lmao

[glenn_with_2_n_]

so0o...

Velcro'd that lil B.... in, finishing up the wiring

there's the light which is actually set on the top of the middle+back fans
(...more panel fitting problems... i don't wanna talk about it.....)

lmao

but other than that little b/s the build went smooth, looks clean and now its time to fire it up! =]

[glenn_with_2_n_]

i think i will name it hell spawn..

..the RoG Hell Spawn =D
(need to take pics with graphics on window still)

fired up no problem all was well and working correctly, fortunate for that! =D
went threw installed windows yadda yadda got steam going and finished deus ex human revolution up on max lol no sweat the 580 matrix rarely even pulsed into purple.
so far not into red from a gaming stand point
playing rage maxed and its just amazing.... next will be to finish batman aa since ac comes out the 22nd for computers =]

[slaytus]

Sweet comp man looks awesome! 🙂

[RoG1]

nice setup man 😉

[glenn_with_2_n_]

right on, slaytus & RoG, thanks! all about the gaming =P

to finish it up, here's some pics of with the window decal and case badges on

[Giannis996]

i like it 🙂