Hi!
I couldn't help myself and bought a 900D [
]
I'm not really sure what i'm going to do with it, but if you buy a case you better put stuff in it! It's a huge case, so watercooling will be a thing. I don't think i will plan all that much and just buy part after part until i'm done! Hope it will be fun!
This is my first time making a buildlog, i hope you can enjoy it!
Specs:
Case: Corsair 900D
PSU: Seasonic Platinum 860W
HDD: Don't care
SSD: Maybe old Samsung 830
Board: MSI XpowerII X79
CPU: 3930K
GPU: SLI....or Crossfire depends on the new AMD Frame-Pacing drivers
Cooling: i fancy some Aquacomputer...
My case arrived, and this thing is huge!
First things first, unscrew everything, i have to say i expected better buildquality. it's a bit wobbly with no hardware in it.
The first decision was the motherboard. I didn't want to buy a ROG board because than you kinda have to go red/black with your build. I saw the MSI XpowerII it's completely black! Now I can go any color I like...maybe even red [
] The heatsinks are ugly, but XSPC makes a waterblock for it.
90° USB 3.0 nice!
The XSPC waterbock for the board
Board with no heatsinks on it looks silly!
But with waterblocks really good [
]
I think for socket 2011 there is only one good choice when it comes to the CPU: 3930K
I want do go CF/SLI and sleeve the PSU, so i need a fully modular PSU around 800W. I went with a Seasonic Platinum 860W, because it's semi passiv and i'm a Seasonic fanboy!
Even a XL-ATX board gets lost in the 900D
So long!
I couldn't help myself and bought a 900D [

I'm not really sure what i'm going to do with it, but if you buy a case you better put stuff in it! It's a huge case, so watercooling will be a thing. I don't think i will plan all that much and just buy part after part until i'm done! Hope it will be fun!
This is my first time making a buildlog, i hope you can enjoy it!
Specs:
Case: Corsair 900D
PSU: Seasonic Platinum 860W
HDD: Don't care
SSD: Maybe old Samsung 830
Board: MSI XpowerII X79
CPU: 3930K
GPU: SLI....or Crossfire depends on the new AMD Frame-Pacing drivers
Cooling: i fancy some Aquacomputer...
My case arrived, and this thing is huge!

First things first, unscrew everything, i have to say i expected better buildquality. it's a bit wobbly with no hardware in it.

The first decision was the motherboard. I didn't want to buy a ROG board because than you kinda have to go red/black with your build. I saw the MSI XpowerII it's completely black! Now I can go any color I like...maybe even red [







90° USB 3.0 nice!
The XSPC waterbock for the board


Board with no heatsinks on it looks silly!

But with waterblocks really good [


I think for socket 2011 there is only one good choice when it comes to the CPU: 3930K

I want do go CF/SLI and sleeve the PSU, so i need a fully modular PSU around 800W. I went with a Seasonic Platinum 860W, because it's semi passiv and i'm a Seasonic fanboy!


Even a XL-ATX board gets lost in the 900D

So long!