It has been an on and off again project to finish out my gaming rig, that started simple and became more and more complex as time went on.
This has been my evolution of returning to PC gaming this year on a costly, but fun, journey. . .
A) Custom ordered a new gaming laptop to work with photography back with the 980M started showing its head after the announcement of Alienwares graphic amplifier
Added a graphics amplifier with a GTX-970 reference card to enhance the gaming experience
C) Added an ultrawide screen monitor to futher enhance the world of witcher 3 and GTA V
D) realized that I was no longer portable, and scratched the graphics amplifier, retained the card and used it as my first piece in my gaming desktop puzzle build.
E) Skylake, Devil's canyon, Skylake, Devil's canyon, Ohhh 5820.... battle of the build settled with Devil's Canyon, thanks to Micro Centers ridiculous price on it back in August
F) First build bought and completed. Water Cooled CPU via AIO
G) Had to add another SSD / HDD / RAM - Now running 512gb total in SSD and 10 TB in HDD (Photography master backups) as well as 24gb Ram
H) Added accent lights, new fans, and replaced the original side panel with a window - Had to make it look better.
I) Wife bought my first Asus 24" 3D LED 144 hz monitor. Replaced the ultrawide.
J) Soon after, bought a second to run in dual and wait to run in third when I found the right price (Second one, I picked up refurbished for 200 plus tax felt OK about it)
K) Black Friday sale on monitor... caved and added the third - but no desk to support three. . . ($185 shipped on the third one, new!)
L) FINALLY - new desk build from parts from Ikea yesterday, and the start of installation today brings us to where we are . . .
Now to get my speakers back in place, wire management and enjoy 3D gaming in surround! (Yes, I do actively game in 3D, mainly Black Ops 2 as it had the best use IMO thus far, as well as Bad Company 2). May add some better shots soon.