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
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
This build participated in 1 contest.
| Rank | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| #2818 | The builds.gg 10K Challenge | ended |
Hardware
CPU
$ 92.99
Storage
$ 217.00
Storage
$ 36.99
PSU
$ 199.98
Cooling
$ 31.47
Accessories
$ 22.49
Keyboard
$ 249.99
Mouse
$ 101.81
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