Wednesday, January 15, 2014

The Build Saga: Part Nine

With orders placed and other getting ready to be placed, I feel like I can finally now down what this build will contain.

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Killer
Memory: 2 x Kingston Blu Red Series 8GB
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" SSD
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" SSD
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB
Sound Card: Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium
Case: NZXT Phantom (White/Red) ATX Full Tower Case
Case Fan: Noctua NF-S12A FLX 120mm  Fan
Case Fan: Noctua NF-S12A FLX 120mm  Fan
Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 FLX 68.0 CFM 140mm  Fan
Power Supply: NZXT HALE82 700W Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
Optical Drive: Asus Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 Professional (64-bit)
Keyboard: Thermaltake eSPORTS Meka G1 Gaming Keyboard
Mouse: Logitech G500 Wired Laser Mouse
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 2333SW


I did some looking and I decided on this case.  The NZXT Phantom.  It has some very nice features and THIS one looks amazing.  I may have to do some modifying to get a 200/230mm fan in the side, but I'm okay with that.  It has a built-in fan controller and plenty of space.  It is easier to find than the Azza 9000, too.  Both cases are great.  I'm trying to break out and try some different things.  I've been doing black cases with windows and blue lights for a pretty long time now.  I need a change.

I'm going to throw in some Noctua fans to make everything flow the right way.  I might even toss a couple on my heatsink eventually.  I'm not a huge fan of Kingston, but I'll give their RAM a shot since I wasn't able to cancel more order and I'm getting some anyway.  LAWLZ.

I've been looking into some case badges, because I'd like to keep with the theme here.  Hoping to find some correctly color coded badges for the case.  I'm totally getting a Jumpman (Jordan) logo for this beast, too.  CPU showed up today, the motherboard, RAM and CPU cooler should be here by the end of the week to meet and greet with the hard drives.  I am excite.

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