My "Phantom inside the Phantom?" Build

[Contortion]

So this is my first build and finally, after 2 weeks of scratching my head to find out what the problem was with my computer, I fixed it! YAY!

So onto the specs:

CPU: i7 2600K overclocked to 4.6GHz

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X 2133Mhz 8GB RAM (sadly no Mushkin in Australia)

Graphics Card: Gainward GTX580 Phantom 3GB

Cooling: Noctua NH-D14

Case: NZXT Phantom White (Phantom inside the Phantom, get it now?)

PSU: Corsair AX850

Storage: Corsair Force Series 3 120GB SSD, Seagate Barracuda 1TB SATAII HDD

Optical Drive: OEM Optical Drive

OS: Win7 Ultimate

Keyboard: Logitech G110

Mouse: Logitech G500

Speakers: Logitech Z506 (yes, I'm a logi fan)

Monitor: Samsung S27A950 3D LCD LED Full HD Monitor with TV Tuner and 3D Glasses (So sexy)

 

[yassarikhan786]

So this is my first build and finally, after 2 weeks of scratching my head to find out what the problem was with my computer, I fixed it! YAY!

So onto the specs:

CPU: i7 2600K overclocked to 4.6GHz

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X 2133Mhz 8GB RAM (sadly no Mushkin in Australia)

Graphics Card: Gainward GTX580 Phantom 3GB

Cooling: Noctua NH-D14

Case: NZXT Phantom White (Phantom inside the Phantom, get it now?)

PSU: Corsair AX850

Storage: Corsair Force Series 3 120GB SSD, Seagate Barracuda 1TB SATAII HDD

Optical Drive: OEM Optical Drive

OS: Win7 Ultimate

Keyboard: Logitech G110

Mouse: Logitech G500

Speakers: Logitech Z506 (yes, I'm a logi fan)

Monitor: Samsung S27A950 3D LCD LED Full HD Monitor with TV Tuner and 3D Glasses (So sexy)

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I really like the look of that case. The cable management looks quite good (the all black psu cables do help a lot

). I'm curious as to the temperatures you get for your processor and do you have hyperthreading on or off.

Overall very nice build.

 

[alicarve]

looks ok but tie those cables behind the back

 

[Contortion]

I really like the look of that case. The cable management looks quite good (the all black psu cables do help a lot

). I'm curious as to the temperatures you get for your processor and do you have hyperthreading on or off.

Overall very nice build.

Temps on idle sit at around 33-35 degrees, while Prime95 sends it rocketing up to 66-67 degrees. Take into account that in Sydney, it's winter/start of spring, so temps will be different if you live in the northern hemisphere.

 

[StreekG]

Yeah i like this a lot. Well done! Weather is warming up here in Melbourne too! I'm wondering how hot mine will get in summer on the second floor of this house.

 

[yassarikhan786]

Temps on idle sit at around 33-35 degrees, while Prime95 sends it rocketing up to 66-67 degrees. Take into account that in Sydney, it's winter/start of spring, so temps will be different if you live in the northern hemisphere.

Cool. Do you have HT on or off?

 

[V1Viper]

Nice rig mate, well done!

 

[AxJaWz]

Nice rig. Love the phantom

 

[Icekube]

Looking gd dude, great setup! Just sort out those bunched up cables from the psu and tuck away those random cables between your D14 and Card and will look the dogs danglies