Black & Blue Iris
The build name comes from the color theme and that this is the only socketed desktop i7 to feature Intel Iris Graphics.
This build started after I came across an Intel i7-5775c for dirt cheap in May of 2018. I paired it with 32GB of 2400MHz DDR3 and an Asus Z97-A. When this machine was first put together, I was using a Gainward GTX 260, before upgrading to an EVGA GTX 580 to match the unintended blue theme. Unfortunately, the 580 developed some issues and I had to fall back to the 260 until I found a good deal on a GTX 1080 Founders Edition. When the machine was put together, I was using a cardboard box as my case. I was eventually given the Cooler Master case when I got the GTX 580 and I immediately put everything inside of it.
A few months after putting this build together, I decided to take apart my old (never properly set up) storage server and move everything into this machine since it has a lot of space for that kind of thing (what else would I use 6x 5.25" bays for?). Five of the six bays are used to hot swap 7 SATA drive, while the other bay is sitting empty until I get a 6x 2.5" SATA hot swap drive enclosure. One of the internal slots (and three more, eventually) are used for SAS drives using an H310 RAID card pulled froma Dell PowerEdge. I also added an ASUS ThunderboltEX 3 card, giving me Thunderbolt 3, because I could and it was relatively cheap.
This is currently my most powerful system with an AMD Phenom II x6 1090t and i7-940 tied for next best desktop (I have an AM4 based machine, but it's using an A6-9500e, soon to be upgraded to an Athlon 200GE and eventually a Ryzen 7 (also 32GB 3200MHz DDR4... talk about imbalanced)), though my fastest laptop has an i7-3720HQ, which beats out everything I have except for this desktop.
This build started after I came across an Intel i7-5775c for dirt cheap in May of 2018. I paired it with 32GB of 2400MHz DDR3 and an Asus Z97-A. When this machine was first put together, I was using a Gainward GTX 260, before upgrading to an EVGA GTX 580 to match the unintended blue theme. Unfortunately, the 580 developed some issues and I had to fall back to the 260 until I found a good deal on a GTX 1080 Founders Edition. When the machine was put together, I was using a cardboard box as my case. I was eventually given the Cooler Master case when I got the GTX 580 and I immediately put everything inside of it.
A few months after putting this build together, I decided to take apart my old (never properly set up) storage server and move everything into this machine since it has a lot of space for that kind of thing (what else would I use 6x 5.25" bays for?). Five of the six bays are used to hot swap 7 SATA drive, while the other bay is sitting empty until I get a 6x 2.5" SATA hot swap drive enclosure. One of the internal slots (and three more, eventually) are used for SAS drives using an H310 RAID card pulled froma Dell PowerEdge. I also added an ASUS ThunderboltEX 3 card, giving me Thunderbolt 3, because I could and it was relatively cheap.
This is currently my most powerful system with an AMD Phenom II x6 1090t and i7-940 tied for next best desktop (I have an AM4 based machine, but it's using an A6-9500e, soon to be upgraded to an Athlon 200GE and eventually a Ryzen 7 (also 32GB 3200MHz DDR4... talk about imbalanced)), though my fastest laptop has an i7-3720HQ, which beats out everything I have except for this desktop.
Color(s): Black Blue
RGB Lighting? No
Theme: none
Cooling: Air Cooling
Size: ATX
Type: General Build
Hardware
Motherboard
Memory
Graphics
$ 299.00
Storage
$ 99.99
Storage
$ 43.51
Storage
$ 218.00
Storage
$ 218.00
Storage
$ 56.00
Storage
$ 42.99
Western Digital - WD Blue Desktop (WD10EZEX)
Form Factor: 3.5 Inch
Interface: SATA 6 Gb/s
Capacity: 1 TB
PSU
$ 69.99
Case
Case Fan
$ 49.91
Case Fan
$ 29.00
Case Fan
$ 10.56
Cooling
$ 24.95
Accessories
$ 229.99
Keyboard
$ 349.95
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