Tanako's Build 2013

[Silver Knight]

It's been a few years since my last build and i had alot of money to shell out on new gear so here's my latest setup as follows:

ASUS ROG Series MAXIMUS VI HERO Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) ATX Motherboard

SSD:
250GB Samsung 840 EVO Series 2.5" SATA 6GB/s (SATA-III) Solid State Drive SSD
Hard Drive for bulk storage
HGST 4TB 7K4000 Desktar Hard Drive

Processor:
Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail
RAM
8GB (2x4GB) G.Skill RipjawsX 2400MHz CL11 DDR3 Dual/Quad Channel Kit [F3-2400C11D-8GXM]

New Monitor: LG 29EA93-P 29" LED LCD IPS HDMI Monitor
http://www.lg.com/us/monitors/lg-29EA93-P-led-monitor

Older parts that i kept from last build:

GPU:
http://www.geforce.co.uk/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-560

Hard Drive:
WD 2tb Green
http://www.wdc.com/global/products/specs/?driveID=933

Case:

http://www.nzxt.com/product/detail/34-phantom


Power Supply:

http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/powersupplies/nov-psb1000.html


Hard Drive Comparrisons:

Benchmarking in progress:



Finished benchmarking:

Look how old my Samsung HD321KJ 320gb compares. The 4tb HGST hodls up well, but nothing beats the SSD.

[jaik]

lol that is literally my every conversation with steven

[nKe]

Well thats one bad build lol

[Steven :D]

lol that is literally my every conversation with steven

:v

[Silver Knight]

lol that is literally my every conversation with steven

:v

You never did reply.

Steven cannot into chat.

[KingArthur]

I have that same case ;)

[Silver Knight]

I have that same case ;)

That's mah' boy

[Syndraell]

Least it looks better than mine.

[jaik]

Least it looks better than mine.

you've got sexy shoes there m8

[Steven :D]

Least it looks better than mine.

\(oДo)/

[Silver Knight]

I upgraded my GPU recently to the Gigabyte G1 970, i will get a 2nd card once it drops in price in the future for SLI. I have OC'd it to the power of a 980 using EVGA's Precison tool, fantastic bit of software.

Got a new Keyboard - The Corsair RGB K95 - Brown. Fantastic bit of kit, full of glowy goodness and i also obtained a Logitech G502, much better improvement over my old mouse that literally only worked on a old rubber mousepad i had, would not work on any other surface.

Speaking of surfaces, got a Starcraft 2 QCK steel series mousepad, works far better than the Razer Goliath extended pad i have.

Now for the huge update, that is, my 3 monitor setup, i sold my older monitor thats shown in the original pictures on the left. It was a 24" TN panel, was a pretty good monitor but age was setting in, had a big back too. I moved to getting a 23" AOC IPS for the left and  the 29" 21:9 ips monitor has moved to the right with a huge 34" 21:9 ips in the middle. Hitting 3440 x 1440 resolution is pretty sexy indeed. The stand is shitty with it though, i will eventually mount it, but the price has fallen rapidly in the last few weeks, so will be sending this one back and getting a replacement hopefully with less light bleed.