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First ever build - Name: Axiom

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I had picked out parts over a period of time to 'prep' for a proper build. Power supply, case, drives, video card; I picked earlier and have reused

Computer I was using before (I know, ewwww) [Bought at Best Buy! lol] {transplanted}

Case: Corsair Carbide 500R
CPU: Intel Pentium E5300 Dual-core clocked at 2.6 GHz

RAM: 4GB DDR2 of whatever

Motherboard: Have no idea 

Power supply: Corsair HX750 Professional series

Video card: Nvidia GeForce GT 640 

SSD: OCZ Agility 3 90GB SATA III
HDD: Seagate SATA II 750GB

 

Beginning to gut and clean

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The new parts and final build

 

Case: Corsair Carbide 500R (Same as before)

CPU: Intel Core i5 4670k overclocked to 4.5GHz @ 1.250 volts

RAM: 8GB (2x4GB) G-Skill Sniper @ 1600 MHz (X.M.P enabled)

Motherboard: Asus Z87-PRO

Power supply: Corsair HX750 Professional series (Same as before)
Video card: Nvidia GeForce GT 640 (I know, crap for this build but I'm saving for a new card) [Same as before]

SSD: Corsair Force GT 120GB SATA III

HDD: Seagate 500GB SATA III (Also have a server with a 2TB drive for movies and a 750GB for data)

Cooling: Cosair H60 2013 edition

 

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Everything put in the case, nothing ran yet
 

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Final before some changes

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Ordered 2 Cougar Vortex HDB fans to put on the radiator in push/pull config. Moved the two fans to the top in exhaust on auto-stop when at a lower set temp and took out the top hard drive cage for the top front fan to pull in more fresh air

 

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And the desk setup I use it on that I built my self out of 2x4s! Paired with an Acer C7 Chromebook

 

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Other hardware I use: Logitech G510 keyboard, Logitech G500, a Dell monitor that I had gotten for free running at 1920x1080 on DVI (no adapter! DVI cable FTW!), and Cyber Acoustics 2.1. To me, they sound epic...

I'm still doing some minor tweaks to the inside but I think I got it right. As for the other computer, it's my media PC! With a Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 thrown in. You can see it under my desk.

 

 


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