Solved Partial build started

[Boozad]

You won't be disappointed with the Z87 Mike, it's a brilliant board.

 

[ThrashZone]

Yea I might need to do some searching on proper installation of all of these new goodies this is all new to me,
Installation/ posting ? whatever the heck that is/ bios updating/...

Fairly intimidating hell I'm scared to flash my bios on this machine

 

[ThrashZone]

Oh this is pretty
Graphics Cards | GOLD20TH-GTX980-P-4GD5 | ASUS Global

1-2 month waiting on this bad boy
EVGA - Products - EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Hybrid - 04G-P4-1989-KR

Amazon.com: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Hybrid 4GB GDDR5 256bit, PCI-E 3.0, DVI-I, 3 x DP, HDMI, SLI, HDCP, Air-Water Hybrid Graphics Cards 04G-P4-1989-KR: Computers & Accessories

 

[Boozad]

I was looking at that yesterday and didn't like the look of it. Great card but so fugly.

 

[ThrashZone]

Which one ?
Gold is ugly or the water cooled ?

 

[Boozad]

The Gold, I didn't see the EVGA card. I'm either going blind or posted before your edit!

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

The Gold card looks sweet except for that back plate; that needs a little redesign.

 

[ThrashZone]

I don't know about that LF it matches the back of the case
Besides the gold screws
Amazon.com: Corsair Obsidian Series Black 450D High Airflow Mid-Tower Computer Case CC-9011049-WW: Computers & Accessories

Beside an extra 100.us for the anniversary edition ?
Gold on black is

Yea I did edit Gav that water cooled seems to be easy to change the fan out incase it's too loud
What other card can you do that on
The hosing to the card looks inappropriate though they go straight out the top instead of showing a 90 degree fitting :/
It looks uglier but then again I can't see that side of the case
Chrome back plate on a black case is uglier and yes I can see the back of the case along with the front/ and right side.

Just poking around those are in my price range

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

My issue with the back plate is it is all gold, which is just a bit too much. Gray and black with gold accents, like the rest of the card, would be far more attractive. I'm thinking that wouldn't be too hard for an owner to accomplish with some masking tape and high temperature rattle can paint.

 

[ThrashZone]

Yea I suppose so although only the actual ports and screws are gold :/

 

[Boozad]

Just poking around those are in my price range

Get this one. EVGA 980 Classified. Mine turns up tomorrow.

 

[ThrashZone]

Yep that was the other one I was looking at
I just started looking at Asus since the board was one too
Then drifted to EVGA and saw the water cooled one

 

[ThrashZone]

Any thoughts on Optical drives ?
Amazon.com: LG Electronics 14x Internal BDXL Blu-Ray Burner Rewriter WH14NS40 - Bulk Drive - Black: Computers & Accessories

I'm now looking at the second round
I'll get the i7 Monday so here's the only needs I know of so far,

1) Water cooling I believe that one has been said H100i fine tune the fans with some of the quite ones suggested to Gav to try.
2) Optical drive in the dark there I would like a fairly good one to do the basics and with blue-ray goodies not sure about the one I linked to above though ?
3) dual sdd hot swap in front top (not behind the side panel) that is just weird to me and inconvenient most of those drive bay I'll probably remove out of the way of air flow although I may leave one large or a dual for smaller hdds if possible ?
Oops 4)AddRam
Amazon.com: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory (CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10): Computers & Accessories
I already have the dual hot swap evo but it's not as pretty as I would like on this build
Anyway that is all I can think of anything I'm missing

 

[Layback Bear]

A hot swap in a 5 1/4 bay is quite handy. I find myself using it a lot when it is so easy to get to.

 

[ThrashZone]

Yes Sir I've been using it a very basic mode only swapping from one bay and leave the other as storage I'll probably keep it like that

I swapped the ram link to sdram

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

A hot swap in a 5 1/4 bay is quite handy. I find myself using it a lot when it is so easy to get to.

I use mine daily for updating backups.

 

[AddRAM]

That is a very nice Asus card Mike, but I`m staying with EVGA.

Gav you are gonna love that card.

I picked up the 4790K today, and the Sabertooth Z87 should be here Monday

 

[ThrashZone]

Yea my thought was a mobo and gpu of the same manufacture would have it's advantages :/

But the water cooled EVGA has me intrigued to say the least

Monday for me on the cpu

Need help on the burner but Micro Center has a bunch to choose from looking like a LG Blu-ray at this point ?

 

[ThrashZone]

Well items now shipped
Case 450D 119.06
Amazon.com: Corsair Obsidian Series Black 450D High Airflow Mid-Tower Computer Case CC-9011049-WW: Computers & Accessories
EVGA psu 123.39
Amazon.com: EVGA SuperNOVA 750G2 80PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V/EPS12V 750W Power Supply 220-G2-0750-XR: Computers & Accessories

Last item likely to ship today for the end of first round,
Yea I know why :/
It's a disease really I couldn't resist
psu will likely need to be upgraded later but I can always use the one above for this computer when I remodel it into another case
X99 MOBO 335.56
Amazon.com: Asus Sabertooth X99 ATX DDR4 3000 (o.c.) Intel LGA 2011-v3 Motherboards: Electronics

CPU likely a i7 5930k in about a month :/
Amazon.com: Intel Core i7-5930K Haswell-E 6-Core 3.5GHz LGA 2011-v3 140W Desktop Processor BX80648I75930K: Electronics

 

[ThrashZone]

Well got the case and installed the Blu-ray burner and Dual EZ swap evo in it,
I was expecting a little more wiring in the case/ harness
Not sure if all of that will come with the psu or what :/

Also not sure what these black plastic brackets are for ??
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