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As some of you may know from my recent return to the forums after being absent for awhile, my build from just 3 years ago took a jolt from a heavy lightning storm several months ago and has slowly been dying on me.
{Check it out in my Mods Rigs profile before I update it with new build data}
Did everything possible to make it hold out until August because of Skylake, but it finally died on me about 3 weeks ago. Really sucks not having a gaming PC!
Anyway, I finally got my hands on a Skylake i7-6700K CPU, it's in the mail and should arrive Tues.
{Ordered friday evening and even with rush processing, Newegg didn't ship it, so much for paying for overnight shipping...doh}
My new build:
Skylake i7-6700K CPU
MSI Z170 M7 Gaming MB
2x EVGA GTX 780Ti GPUs
{thankfully these GPUs were not affected and still work great}
Corsair Carbide Air 540
{going cube style this time}
Creative Sound Blaster Z
16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4 2400
Corsair AX850 PSU
{this also survived the jolt}
CORSAIR H110i GTX Water Cooler
{for the first time ever, I've decided to cool my CPU with water.}
Corsair Air Series SP140 x4
{for the radiator^}
Corsair Air Series AF140 x3
{replacing the case fans}
Corsair Vengeance K70 KB x2
{got them cheap direct from Corsair refurb $77 each}
Corsair M65 Vengeance
{got them cheap direct from Corsair refurb $28}
SAMSUNG 850 250GB SSD
Seagate 1TB SSHD
EVGA Pro SLi Bridge
Windows 10 64bit Pro
And a bunch of other small cables & accessories...
Got started on it tonight, but can't go any further until MB & CPU get here. Will have more pics as I build it.
Disassembled both GPUs and the PSU, cleaning them thoroughly.
Replaced the case fans with the new AF140s.
{then realized I didn't order any 3-pin, Y-Splitter cables...doh}
Removed the 3.5" drive bay because I don't have any drives and it'll be in the way.
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Re: Khalus' Skylake i7-6700K / MSI Z170 M7 Build
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Received the remainder of my parts today and got to building, took me about 3-4 hrs. Quite a compact case that I'm not used too, last few builds have been massive towers but I really like it!
Started to install fans for a push/pull system around the radiator, but it came down to just a few mm too much to clear the top of the MB and power input. Had to settle with just a pull setup, oh well, have spare fans for later.
Tons of room on PSU side for cable management!
A very clean build, hiding every cable as best possible.
And complete, it fired right up with minor issues! Couldn't get a post or beeps and was checking everything, it ended up being the M65 Corsair mouse in a USB port the MB didn't approve of, unplugged it and posted immediately.
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Re: Khalus' Skylake i7-6700K / MSI Z170 M7 Build
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Looking good.
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