Nfams
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Hey guys/gals. This is my PC. It originally started as a cheap first PC but I upgraded as we all do and it sort of got out of hand
It did have a I3-2100 and 6870 and a Silverstone PS05. An excellent first gaming PC. Then I decided to upgrade the CPU cooler for a quieter model along with a CPU upgrade I'd always intended on doing. An I5 would've probably cut it but the price difference between that and a Xeon E3-1230 V2 wasn't that much. After a LOT of research on the cooler and CPU a 1240 came up (I7-3770 equal) on a local ebay equivalent. I grabbed it right away along with a Antec 920 and some corsair SP 120 fans. When it arrived I was Mega excited. Got my friend to help with the install as a bios update was required. Long and behold the cooler wouldn't fit in the back where I wanted it so I reverted to the stock cooler for a while. Case was the next upgrade then. Fractal R4 seemed like a perfect choice. After a few more years I have ended up with this.
- Xeon E3-1240 V2 cooled by a Antec H20 920 with SP 120 fans
- 8GB Kingston ram (probably need 16 for the photoshop I sometimes do with GTA V)
- MSI P65-GD65 B3 and the star of the show GTX 970 Golden edition
- Sandisk Extreme 2 240GB and 1TB WD blue drive (original one) and a WD Red 4TB backup and storage drive
- Corsair TX 750 V2 (really want a quieter one but this was a bit of a steal)
I like this PC a lot and if you guys have any suggestions for an upgrade or comments on this build leave them down below. Cheers

- Xeon E3-1240 V2 cooled by a Antec H20 920 with SP 120 fans
- 8GB Kingston ram (probably need 16 for the photoshop I sometimes do with GTA V)
- MSI P65-GD65 B3 and the star of the show GTX 970 Golden edition
- Sandisk Extreme 2 240GB and 1TB WD blue drive (original one) and a WD Red 4TB backup and storage drive
- Corsair TX 750 V2 (really want a quieter one but this was a bit of a steal)

I like this PC a lot and if you guys have any suggestions for an upgrade or comments on this build leave them down below. Cheers
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