An AMD "Halo" Build. Enthusiast AMD builds were rare when this system was built, so I decided to make one.

This system was first built way back in 2014 and reached it's finished state in 2016. It was my first custom loop, and my first build where appearance was a priority. This was also my first taste of significant overclocking!

System specs:

AMD FX-8320 @ (4.7GHz/ 1.38V)

ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0

16GB Kingston HyperX Savage DDR3-2133 (11-12-12-30 1T / 1.600V)

XFX Radeon R9 290X 4GB (Custom VBIOS; 1100/1400MHz Clocks / 1.262V)

Kingston HyperX Savage 240GB SSD (Windows 10 Enterprise)

Corsair Neutron GTX 120GB SSD (Ubuntu GNOME 16.04)

Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2x2TB) RAID 0

ASUS Xonar DSX sound card (w/ 3D printed shielding)

ASUS PCE-AC56 802.11ac Wireless Adapter

Corsair AX860i PSU

Raidmax Vampire Full Tower Case (minor case mods)

Watercooling:

EKWB DBay Res MX (XSPC D5 Vario pump)

EKWB Supremacy EVO (Clear Plexi/Copper) CPU block

EKWB FC-R9-290X (Acetal/Copper) GPU block and backplate

XSPC EX280mm Radiator (Corsair SP140 fans in push)

XSPC EX140mm Radiator (Corsair SP140 fans in push/pull)

Thermaltake C1000 Opaque Coolant - Red

Peripherals:

ASUS MG279Q 2560x1440 144hz IPS monitor w/ AMD Freesync

ASUS PG277Q 2560x1440 75hz monitor (9:16 Portrait)

CMStorm Quickfire XTi (Cherry MX Blue w/ O-rings)

Steelseries Rival

Edifier M3300SF 2.1 Speakers

Sennheiser PC360 SE Headset