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Cheeezburger
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Questionable Decisions

My first build!
Build Log :
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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
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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
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Motherboard tray cut out of acrylic

Won Steelseries mouse from $5 raffle

Bought mPCIe to PCIe x1 adapter to use wifi card from laptop
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RMA'd Strafe due to repeating keys
Received RMA Strafe replacement

PSU and HDD frame made out of wood
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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
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Bought used MSI Armor GTX 1080 off eBay
1080 arrived, massive artifacting, black screen, incorrect resolution, sent for RMA
RMA back, GPU installed
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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
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Bought additional 2 x 16GB Delta RBG DDR4-2400 due to 32 GB being inadequate for a statistics project
Color(s): Black Red
RGB Lighting? Yes
Theme: none
Cooling: Air Cooling
Size: ATX
Type: General Build

Contests

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Hardware

CPU
$ 90.00
Intel - Core i5-6500
Socket: LGA 1151
Cores: 4
Motherboard
$ 229.00
MSI - Gaming M5
Chipset: Z170
CPU Socket: LGA 1151
Size: ATX
Memory
TeamGroup - Delta RGB
Type: DDR4
Capacity: 32 GB
Memory
TeamGroup - Vulcan
Type: DDR4
Capacity: 32 GB
Graphics
$ 492.00
MSI - Armor
Chip Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip: GTX 1080
Interface: PCIe x16
Storage
$ 217.00
ADATA - XPG SX6000
Form Factor: M.2
Interface: M.2 (M)
Capacity: 512 GB
Storage
$ 36.99
HGST (Hitachi) - Ultrastar 7K3000 7200RPM
Form Factor: 3.5 Inch
Interface: SATA 6 Gb/s
Capacity: 3 TB
PSU
$ 199.98
EVGA - SuperNOVA 750 G3
Wattage: 750
Form Factor: ATX
Efficiency: 80+ Gold
Case
Custom - Custom (custom)
Cooling
$ 31.47
Cryorig - CRYORIG M9i
Type: Air Cooler
Accessories
$ 31.31
Monitor
$ 318.00
ASUS - VG248QE
Size: 24 Inch
Panel: TN
Refresh Rate: 144 Hz
Keyboard
$ 249.99
Corsair - Strafe
Interface: Wired
Key Switch Type: Cherry MX Red
Type: Full Size
Mouse
$ 86.59
SteelSeries - Rival 100
Interface: Wired
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