The Good, the Bad, and the Overkill

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The Good, the Bad, and the Overkill

Yeah, it's more than a little rough. I'm gonna rebuild it during the Summer after I get a part-time job and make it pretty. Between me and two buddies we put it all together even though it shouldn't have worked, the case doesn't even support the CPU cooler. Speaking of the case, nowadays it would certainly not be my first choice, I could get much better for the same price, but I was trying to get it made a little too fast. I made sure all the parts worked together, but not if they looked good together or how efficient it was.
It's still working after three years though, and I'll put it in a new case, get some new storage, and rewire it during the rebuild. Oh, and you don't need to tell me about the PSU being ridiculous. I kinda figured a little after I made it that it was crazy.
The OC on the 6700k is my 24/7 load that runs below 70°C, but it's running a little hot because we used the stock thermal paste so I'm going to reseat it soon. I can't get my GPU to overclock in MSI Afterburner right now, I'll fix it later. This is the year of upgrading so I'll have a draft log out soon.

Edit 1: I've picked up a lot of new stuff but I put off taking the pictures, so now everything is dusty again. I'll make sure to take some when I clean it, but I'm sure you're still going to hate me cause I had to route the CPU cable through the front. I swear I tried for 20 minutes to pull it through the back but alas it was too short.

Rebuild Parts: Seagate 2TB 7200 rpm, Samsung 860 Evo 500GB, Phanteks Enthoo Pro M.
Color(s): Black
RGB Lighting? No
Theme: Desk / Table
Cooling: AIO Cooling
Size: ATX
Type: General Build

Hardware

CPU
$ 200.00
Intel - Core i7-6700K
Socket: LGA 1151
Cores: 4
Motherboard
$ 123.00
ASUS - ROG Maximus VIII Hero
Chipset: Z170
CPU Socket: LGA 1151
Size: ATX
Memory
$ 189.99
Corsair - Dominator Platinum (3200MHz) (Grey)
Type: DDR4
Capacity: 8 GB
Graphics
EVGA - FTW
Chip Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip: GTX 970
Storage
$ 88.95
Western Digital - WD Blue
Form Factor: M.2
Interface: M.2 (M)
Capacity: 500 GB
Storage
$ 38.49
Western Digital - WD Blue Desktop (WD10EZEX)
Form Factor: 3.5 Inch
Interface: SATA 6 Gb/s
Capacity: 1 TB
Storage
$ 38.49
Western Digital - WD Blue Desktop (WD10EZEX)
Form Factor: 3.5 Inch
Interface: SATA 6 Gb/s
Capacity: 1 TB
PSU
$ 300.00
Thermaltake - Toughpower Grand
Wattage: 1200
Form Factor: ATX
Efficiency: 80+ Gold
Case
Antec - Eleven-Hundred
Type: Full-Tower
Side Panel: Acrylic
Cooling
$ 249.99
Corsair - Hydro H100i
Type: AIO
Size (WxHxD): 240 mm
Monitor
$ 449.99
Dell - S2417DG
Size: 24 Inch
Panel: TN
Refresh Rate: 165 Hz
Monitor
$ 43.00
HP - S2031
Size: 20 Inch
Panel: TN
Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
Keyboard
$ 111.00
Razer - Ornata Chroma
Interface: Wired
Key Switch Type: Razer Green
Type: Full Size
Mouse
$ 44.95
Logitech - G502 Proteus Spectrum
Interface: Wired
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