So, I had completed my first computer, which was a huge success, and was an excellent build for the price and my level of knowledge, I had it running very nicely for approximately 8 months. All was well, getting decent fps on games, doing all of my school work and video editing with ease... However yesterday, my brother and I had a... disagreement, long story short my computer ended up in a thousand pieces outside the house... I lived to tell the tale.

Now my brother has agreed to pay for a new computer, I thought it was a great opportunity to put together a worklog of my build for others to read, and perhaps gain inspiration or knowledge to do it themselves.

The day after the incident, I had done some research, some adding up, some shopping around, and I have made up my mind on what my new computer will consist of, its quiet a modest build.


To begin with, I have a budget of about $1000 AUD, so I cant go all out as we would all love to, seeing as my older brother is paying for it

Case: Fractal Design Arc Mid Tower

Motherboard: Asus PM8Z77-M Pro

Ram: Corsair Vengeance @ 1600 Mhz 16GB

PSU: Corsair 650w

GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 580 (Will overclock ofcourse)

CPU: Intel Core i7 3.4 Ghz overclocked to 3.8 Ghz

HDD's: 2x 1TB Seagate Barracudas

SSD: 60 GB OCZ Vertex Plus (for OS)

OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit

Cooling:

Case:
Front (Intake) 120m
Rear (exhaust) 120mm
Top (exhaust) 200mm , 120mm
Side (Intake) 120mm
Bottom (Intake) 120mm, 80mm

GPU:

3x Windforce cooling fans

CPU:

Corsair Hydro H40 H70

RAM:

Heatsink


Extras:

UV Reactive blue Zipties, heatshrink and cable sleeves

UV reactive blue fan filters

2x 30 cm cold cathodes, UV

Black cable sleeves

Bitfenix Blue LED Strip... LED or Cathode? hmm...

Arctic Cooling mx-4 thermal compound

(Cheap) Sony optical drive.

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