Finally Finished my first build

paulstung

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Morning all,as the title says Iv,e just finished my first build,
(Coolermaster Elite 431 Plus Black Mid Tower Performance Case with Side Window with USB 3.0 & XDock HDD Bay
550W Coolermaster GX RS550-ACAAE3-UK, 85% Eff', 80 PLUS Bronze, SLI/CrossFire, EPS 12V, Quiet Fan, ATX v2.31, PSU
Intel Core i5 3570K,1155, Ivy Bridge, Quad Core, 3.4GHz, 5 GT/s DMI, 650MHz GPU, 6MB Smart Cache, 34x Ratio, 77W, Retail
Asus P8Z77-V LX, Intel Z77, S 1155, DDR3, SATA III - 6Gb/s, SATA RAID, PCIe 3.0 (x16), DVI-D/ HDMI/ D-Sub (VGA), ATX
1TB Seagate ST1000DM003 Barracuda 7200.14 SATA 6Gb/s 7200rpm 64mb Cache 8ms NCQ OEM
Samsung WriteMaster SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±R, 12x DVD±R, DVD+RW x8/-RW x6, SATA, Black, OEM
8GB (2x4GB) Corsair DDR3 Vengeance Jet Black, PC3-12800 (1600), Non-ECC, CAS 9-9-9-24, XMP, 1.50V
21.5" Asus VE228T LED Monitor Full HD 1920x1080P 250cd/m2 100K:1 5ms Speakers Black and a saphire hd7870 2gb,OCZ 60g ssd and w7.
It was suprisingly easy,no problems apart from 1 pin connectors being in reverse,reconected and went through boot and W7 install,first attempt(mobo being changes for a biostar)(2nd gpu and psu and case upgrade on their way)benchmarked at 2200 is this good?
So Iwent about installing Crysis 2 and am playing on ultra high settings,not sure on fps Ive just installed FRAPS so ill find out later,after a good few hours ov playtime.Yeah finally a decent rig.
 

My Computer

OS
7 home premium 64bit
CPU
Intel IvyBridge i5 3570
Motherboard
Asus p8z77-lx
Memory
Corsair venegence jet black
Graphics Card(s)
Ati saphire Hd 7850
Sound Card
on board
Monitor(s) Displays
asus 22" led/Samsung 50" plasma
Screen Resolution
1920x1280
Hard Drives
1tb western digital caviar mass storage
60g ocz ssd boot
256g samsung ssd game data
PSU
Corsair 550w
Case
Lian Li pc7w
Cooling
1x140mmfront 2x120mmbottom,back.1x120mm,promaltec samuria
Internet Speed
7 ish (god awful)
Other Info
Xclio fan controller.Matrix orbital Gx typhone.Bheringerr Ms20
lets see some pics of your hard labor =)
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (32-bit)
CPU
Intel Core i3-2120 @ 3.30GHz (Stock)
Motherboard
ASUS P8H61-M LX (Rev 3.0)
Memory
1x Kingston DDR3 SDRAM @ 1333MHz 4GB (Stock)
Graphics Card(s)
PALIT NVIDIA GeForce 210 @ 1GB DDR3 (Stock)
Sound Card
Realtek ALC887 (On-Board)
Monitor(s) Displays
LG Flatron L227WTG-PF 22" LCD Monitor
Screen Resolution
1680x1050 (Monitor) & 1176x664 (TV)
Hard Drives
Western Digital Caviar Blue @ 500GB (Internal) & Western Digital Elements @ 500GB (External)
PSU
Seasonic M12II Bronze Evo Edition @ 520W
Case
Cooler Master HAF X
Cooling
DEEPCOOL Gamma Archer CPU Cooler & 1x 120mm Side Intake Fan
Keyboard
Compaq KB-0133 PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse
Elephant Blade Runner GR WEM-1019 USB Laser Gaming Mouse
Internet Speed
PLDT Home DSL @ 3 Mbps ↓ & 0.75 Mbps ↑
Antivirus
Microsoft SE & Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (Premium)
Browser
Google Chrome
Other Info
Edifier 2.1 Speaker System + Bose SoundLink Mini | Samsung LN540520X/XAA LCD TV via HDMI | Epson L120
Im just in the process ov sorting out the cable management,and waiting for my cpu heatsink ,fans,controller and lighting,a few more days yet.
 

My Computer

OS
7 home premium 64bit
CPU
Intel IvyBridge i5 3570
Motherboard
Asus p8z77-lx
Memory
Corsair venegence jet black
Graphics Card(s)
Ati saphire Hd 7850
Sound Card
on board
Monitor(s) Displays
asus 22" led/Samsung 50" plasma
Screen Resolution
1920x1280
Hard Drives
1tb western digital caviar mass storage
60g ocz ssd boot
256g samsung ssd game data
PSU
Corsair 550w
Case
Lian Li pc7w
Cooling
1x140mmfront 2x120mmbottom,back.1x120mm,promaltec samuria
Internet Speed
7 ish (god awful)
Other Info
Xclio fan controller.Matrix orbital Gx typhone.Bheringerr Ms20
Im just in the process ov sorting out the cable management,and waiting for my cpu heatsink ,fans,controller and lighting,a few more days yet.

Then it's not finally finished, lol. Sorry, I had to. But yes... some pictures would be nice when you're done.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Built
OS
MS Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2400 CPU @ 3.10GHz
Motherboard
Asus P8Z77-V LK
Memory
G.SKILL Ares 8GB (2x4GB)
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA nVidia GeForce GTX 760 Superclocked
Sound Card
Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
ASUS VN247 24" 1ms
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Mushkin Chronos 120GB SSD (OS), 1TB Seagate HDD (Data)
PSU
XFX Pro Series 850w P1-850B-BEFX
Case
Corsair Obsidian 750D
Cooling
Corsair H100i (cpu) and case fans
Keyboard
Corsair Vengeance K70
Mouse
Corsair Vengeance M60
Internet Speed
1.14 MB/s (9.6 mbps)
Browser
Google Chrome
I no mate,just finished and I'm on upgrades already lol
 

My Computer

OS
7 home premium 64bit
CPU
Intel IvyBridge i5 3570
Motherboard
Asus p8z77-lx
Memory
Corsair venegence jet black
Graphics Card(s)
Ati saphire Hd 7850
Sound Card
on board
Monitor(s) Displays
asus 22" led/Samsung 50" plasma
Screen Resolution
1920x1280
Hard Drives
1tb western digital caviar mass storage
60g ocz ssd boot
256g samsung ssd game data
PSU
Corsair 550w
Case
Lian Li pc7w
Cooling
1x140mmfront 2x120mmbottom,back.1x120mm,promaltec samuria
Internet Speed
7 ish (god awful)
Other Info
Xclio fan controller.Matrix orbital Gx typhone.Bheringerr Ms20

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
    ALWAYS UNDER CONSTRUCTION
    OS
    Windows 11 Pro
    CPU
    Ryzen 9 5900X
    Motherboard
    Asus X570 Crosshair Viii Hero
    Memory
    32GB G Skill DDR4-3600
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA RTX 3080 FTW 3 Ultra
    Sound Card
    On Board/Sennheiser PC37X Headset
    Monitor(s) Displays
    3 X Asus 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    2 X 1 TB NVME drives
    PSU
    EVGA 850
    Case
    Phanteks Eclipse P400A
    Cooling
    EVGA 280 AIO
    Keyboard
    Logitech G510s/ Logitech G13
    Mouse
    Logitech G502
    Internet Speed
    24/1
    Antivirus
    ESET/MBAM Pro/SAS Pro
    Browser
    Chrome/ Firefox/ Edge
  • Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model Number
    Dell 16 Plus
    OS
    Windows 11 Pro
    CPU
    Intel Ultra 9 288V
    Memory
    32 GB LPDDR5X 8533
    Monitor(s) Displays
    16" Mini-LED HDR600 Touch 90 Hz
    Screen Resolution
    2560X1600
    Hard Drives
    1 TB NVME
Yeah post it there =)
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (32-bit)
CPU
Intel Core i3-2120 @ 3.30GHz (Stock)
Motherboard
ASUS P8H61-M LX (Rev 3.0)
Memory
1x Kingston DDR3 SDRAM @ 1333MHz 4GB (Stock)
Graphics Card(s)
PALIT NVIDIA GeForce 210 @ 1GB DDR3 (Stock)
Sound Card
Realtek ALC887 (On-Board)
Monitor(s) Displays
LG Flatron L227WTG-PF 22" LCD Monitor
Screen Resolution
1680x1050 (Monitor) & 1176x664 (TV)
Hard Drives
Western Digital Caviar Blue @ 500GB (Internal) & Western Digital Elements @ 500GB (External)
PSU
Seasonic M12II Bronze Evo Edition @ 520W
Case
Cooler Master HAF X
Cooling
DEEPCOOL Gamma Archer CPU Cooler & 1x 120mm Side Intake Fan
Keyboard
Compaq KB-0133 PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse
Elephant Blade Runner GR WEM-1019 USB Laser Gaming Mouse
Internet Speed
PLDT Home DSL @ 3 Mbps ↓ & 0.75 Mbps ↑
Antivirus
Microsoft SE & Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (Premium)
Browser
Google Chrome
Other Info
Edifier 2.1 Speaker System + Bose SoundLink Mini | Samsung LN540520X/XAA LCD TV via HDMI | Epson L120
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