My First Build (Picture Heavy)

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Finally! I have built my own pc from the ground up, the spec :



So thats NZXT - Havik 140, Phantom (revision 2- has a front panel USB 3.0), Additional 140 and 200 mm fan

Intel i7-2700K
HIS ICEQ 5670 1GB
Corsair VX550
Maximus Extreme IV-Z
8 GB Vengenance 1600 mhz HP ram
Windows 7 HP Retail (64-bit installed)
Segate Bar. 1TB 7200 Drive

Using Rat 7 and Cyborg V 7 with the WarPad as perpherials

I've taken alot of photos as its my first build but I'l try to limit how many I post lol, my main worry TBH with the build was getting the motherboard stand-offs right, If I messed that up and caused a short then I'd be pretty screwed but thankfully all went well



after that everything is pretty much "join the dots" (admitedly I have 1-2 questions about some things, and I installed the motherboard without installing the blue tooh adapter first - which was a real pain lol) but all went well, I had a problem when I first tried to boot up, I thought I broke something along the way but it turned out my ram modules hadnt been pused in far enough - no click - but after that everything booted up fine, installed windows with ease and downloaed the 60 odd update for WIN7 lol ( I have a problem with my tv creen and entering the bios but I've sorted that and its all been posted in another thread)

One thing I learned was the difficulty of cable managment - sure its only a few cables how ahrd can it be? - very bloody hard lol

before :

after (or best I could do lol ) :

few excess cables I didnt use got hid in the drive bay round the front :

the finished product more or less (the leads that are hidden in the drive bay0 :

and the tightness between first ram module and my cpu fan :

of coure new pc beside old pc :

thanks to the rather cool weather my cpu seems to be sitting at an idle tempeerature of around 20 degrees give or take


as soon as I get the tv/monitor thing sorted I'l see how well I can O.C. it

Thanks for your visit - any other pics you'd like to see?

[Retired]

Nice, uv led in there would shine everything up...

great work..

[Doco]

yeh I considered getting some led strips, but decided that can be an add-on later - first wanted to see if I could actually build a pc XD

[Retired]

Mm, i only use led, no ccfl (i dont like the spectrum, and i don't want my whole living room in a orange color).. And you can hide the source better with led..

ebay have alot of cheap gear, from hong kong..

Wired led, led strips, everything.. uv/pink/prple, bicolor, flashing, yes u name it..

I get all my mod stuff from hong kong, and it's a bargain.

Check it out..

There is short led strips 24 led i think, they are great, and can be cut into desired lengths....

require some soldering, but thats fun.........

Often free shipping......

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A tips. Before u plug in to the psu, try them out on a standard 12v adapter, (i dont know the name)..

I started of light, and now i only buy the hardware, everything else i do by hand, cables, connectors, splitters etc.. I saved a lot of money that way.. And its not so difficult..

i am going to build a ROG gene for my youngest daughter soon, i will use pink uv.. they are cool.....and special

My last purchase>
http://www.ebay.com/itm/220933367742?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

There r no limits...... Change the led color in your fans?, easy..... Just an example

the 5mm i have got in the past, is brighter than the 10mm.. a coincidence maybe..

And the leftovers, i sell (auction), every time i end up with more money than i spent on the gear in the first place..

I don't say that this is the way to go, but its my way.....

[slaytus]

Nice build man! With the red on mobo and ram looks sick with the black and white case. Looks awesome 🙂
wish i could of got red corsair they only had in black and blue when i ordered few months back lol

[Doco]

Yhe I do like the look of the phantom, always have, and the ROG series of boards have a very nice black?red theme going on, I decided to get red ram sticks as everyone seemed to be going for the black, but the board has enough black as it is and I think needed a wee bit more colour lol

[angelostefan72]

very nice mate!!
Love the case too! (the white) hope tht it doesnt become yellow in time!
Have the same MB and cpu.
And love it!

[Doco]

Cool, what sort of OC can you get using thos cpu with this mobo?

[red454]

Very nice. Nothing like the excitement of a fresh build!