Stealth PC build

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simsimma4

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Hi,

I thought i'd share my almost finished rig with you guys, all parts are in just need to do the software loading part next!

It's taken me a few months, after considerable research, to come up with this build, which i have dubbed 'Stealth' due to it's discreet, quiet yet powerful nature.

Specs are as follows:

Fractal design XL black case

MSI Big Bang Xpower II motherboard

Intel 3820 i7 sandybridge-e core

Corsair Vengence LP 1600mhz 32gb RAM

MSI GTX580 Twin Frozr II GPU

Corsair Force 3 SSD 120gb hard drive X 2 (in RAID 0)

Hitachi 7200rpm 1tb HDD

LG Blu-ray rewriter optical drive

Corsair AX850 PSU

Noctua NH-D14 CPU cooler

Noctua fans throughout (5 in total) plus 1 x Fractal 180mm silent fan

Samsung S27A850D monitor (yet to arrive)

I had to make slight modifications to get the MSI motherboard in, but it fits perfect considering its an XL-ATX board. Plus it looks the part, going with the colour scheme.

Anyways a took a few pictures....



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very nice build indeed but stealth??? I can still see it
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Liking the look of this; how's cooling now you've removed the divider between the MB and the PSU? The motherboard looks pretty good too with the black slots but have to admit I'm not a great fan of the bullet shaped heat sinks.
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Cool rig, no pun intended.

Fractal Define XL is an awesome case and you don't have to worry about any windows for inside looks
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Thanks for the comments guys! Always good to see I'm going in the right direction
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. Yeh it's stealthy in its exterior looks, it's just a silent big black box, inside is a killer rig though
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well hopefully! Yeh a window on the side would ruin everything going for the Fractal XL case.

I have yet to assess the cooling performance, but removing the divider has increased circulation of air.

Yeh I tried to tidy the cables as much as I could, that certainly is an e-SATA back plate. Should come in handy
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The motherboard looks awesome, as soon as I saw it I fell in love! I'm not completely sold on the bullet arrangement heatsink but you can't have it all!
 
Thanks guys! It's been like 10 years since my last build so I was a bit out of my depth. But thanks to all the help and info on this forum I managed complete this rig relatively easily. Only snag I came across was removing the divider. Which was an easy fix. Plus I think this is only fractal design XL case i have come accrods that has been modded to fit an XL-ATX motherboard
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Excellent build, this looks like the big brother of my rig I posted the other day (About Time (Define R3 Build)).
 
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