My first build! Build Log : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bought used i5-6500 and Z170A M5 Bought new EVGA 750 G3, Cryorig M9i, Hitachi 7K3000, 2 x 16GB Vulcan DDR4-2400, and Asus VG248QE, D-Link DGS-108
Assembled to test for DOA. All fine -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Designed motherboard tray using Inkscape and online references Home Depot run for custom case materials (wood planks, dowels, metal washers & nuts set, screws, screw rods, shelving brace, hacksaw)
Bought used Corsair Strafe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Motherboard tray cut out of acrylic
Won Steelseries mouse from $5 raffle
Bought mPCIe to PCIe x1 adapter to use wifi card from laptop -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RMA'd Strafe due to repeating keys Received RMA Strafe replacement
PSU and HDD frame made out of wood -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RMA'd Strafe replacement due to same issue Second replacement works fine
Hit roadblock, can't find drill press to do ~half foot for coring out wooden dowel
For now, gave up on finishing the case -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bought used MSI Armor GTX 1080 off eBay 1080 arrived, massive artifacting, black screen, incorrect resolution, sent for RMA RMA back, GPU installed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bought new ADATA SSD, reinstalled Windows 10 and other programs onto it, HDD now used as archive/data storage
SSD inadequately cooled by CPU fan, reaches 60+ Celsius Using a box fan to cool SSD, and also entire computer I guess -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bought additional 2 x 16GB Delta RBG DDR4-2400 due to 32 GB being inadequate for a statistics project