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[Ramius Hazen]

Yes. Another one of "those" threads.

First batch of parts arrived from Newegg.com (including Asus 23" 1080p flat screen not pictured.)



Curse you Amazon.com for making me wait for the rest of the parts! I could be building right now instead of spamming the hardware forum with pic(s). Okay. Not so many curses on Amazon. Slower out the door but shipping from AZ which is only 5 hours away. So balance of parts will be here tomorrow.

07/25 Rest of the parts have arrived. So now it's time to start building. (Amazon's packing was crap. So the boxes got all dinged up in shipping. But the parts themselves look okay so it shouldn't be an issue. However, Amazon not likely to get my future PC component business. That's for sure.)



07/25 Test boot complete! Time to cram all this juicy new hotness into the HAF 912.



"Construction complete." Now just a few hours of downloading software, installing drivers and tweaking settings. Then I can actually put it to good use.







OMG! This right SLAUGHTERS games on max settings! With factory OC on the card, it never gets above 70c @ 65% usage and all 4 cores on the i5 3570k never above 40c @ 40% usage at stock 3.4GHz. Plenty of room left and then OCing to handle anything that comes down the pike in the next couple of years. Plus there's still SLI & surround to grow into. Best $1500 gaming investment I've ever made.

Edited by Ramius Hazen, 27 July 2012 - 01:28 AM.

[Sunny0]

Congratulations!

[WarLiege]

Ahh yes the Geforce 670..should display the Mechwarrior universe perfectly for you.. Congratulations on purchasing and on your entire build.

[Ramius Hazen]

[EDIT] All parts in hand. Time to build while I ponder which gaming kb mouse and headset to add to the mix. Right now, I'm thinking Corsair Vengeance K60, M60 and 1300 headset.

[Ramius Hazen]

[EDIT] Last photos uploaded. Build's done.