Starting a new build after a year of playing with parts in online shopping carts and comparing. It may not be a very high end build but I'm hoping it gives me what I'm looking for....lol..or not I always want what I don't have. I have been pinching here and there and saving and finally sold my last PC and purchased almost everything. I still need the case which I can run out and get any time now I'm looking at getting the Haf X  since there is not much that can fit the board I have and I'm not really fond of most of the large cases out there.

I just received These a week ago.









Now my issue is I'm sitting around waiting on my Cpu which somewhere out there in the snail mail. Was hoping to get it yesterday buuut nothing...lol...Now I have 3 days off and nothing to do but stare at my parts over the weekend. Thing has been in the mail for a week now already..lol wife is going nuts listening to me complain about not having it yet.

I'm planning on 1-2 more 470s, water cooling for the board, vid cards, and cpu, and I need to grab an SSD or two. I'm not 100% sure where I am going at this point but I do have some Ideas and maybe some modding involved, I'll see when I get everything going. I just feel like I have to do something to that case I'm not happy with the exterior. I'll post as I go.

For now I have to look for something I have none of which is patience.

raw2dogmeat

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119230, literally just got done with a new build and used this case. Overall very impressed...already black interior, no painting it; psu mounts top or bottom...hdd install very easily, big fans makes it very quiet and cool runing; Love the window vs. the original fan intake on the side; only complaint...bought a Corsair 1200 watts psu and with it mounted on the bottom no room in front of it for a 120 fan intake on bottom...too long and covers up the back 2 holes...just some thought since you're looking at Cooler Master. I love my Cosmos S more but this is a nice case. No handles by the way. Even has 1 of the hdd trays for a ssd. Nice set up you're building!

Thanks....My issue is I have the 4 way Classified and I see there is only a hand full of cases that will hold it. I was going to go with the 3way Classified but I got this one at a good price with a $100 rebate. Good looking build you have there!!

Nice collection of pieces. Should be a butt kicker when your finished. Make sure to post pics of the finished product!

I'm jealous!  I'm drooling just reading about it...would love to help build it!

I decided to go pick up a Haf X today and start installing parts while waiting for my Processor to clear customs.
I'm quite satisfied with the looks of the case and the set up.

Power supply in.



Got the Board in.


Memory in.


Then around to the back to clean up some wires. I didn't get too far at this point.


This is about where I stopped...Getting way too tired now and will pick up tomorrow.


In all I'm a little disappointed in the way the wires are, I can't really hide them much better than that since the 8 pin will not reach if I run it behind the board. I'm not really sure what I am going to do with those wires right at this point but I am trying to come up with some solution to the problem. I'm really not liking the cables on the Antec. I have no idea what I'm doing so adding length to the cables is most likely a no go so I have to find some way to clean that up. Anyways off to bed I can't even think straight right now.

Rukian

Buy the extended wire made by Crysis gamer in market place then your case will be cleaner. Here you go http://forums.evga.com/tm.aspx?&m=149287&mpage=1

That was one thought I had while fighting with the wires. The next plan was to search for extensions and those look perfect!! Thanks for the link...I remember seeing that thread a few times and honestly never even thought about that one.

http://www.svc.com/cbl-extend-8p.html Or 4 bucks, lol

Extensions make it alot easier and neater, IMO. I have 6 days off starting tomorrow and plan on cleaning the backside of my case (aka wire hell) up while getting in there to do my sound card install.

YerBuddy

Nice components.  The extensions will just make it look that much better.  Nice work!

Thanks....I just need to find some extensions for my video card, well going to be two after my trip in Oct.
My Cpu finally cleared Customs so now I just have to wait for it to get from the East coast to the West.

I have to start saving up to get all the Water bought and hopefully I can grab an SSD here and there somewhere in between. With school starting back up, a trip to Hawaii in Oct, Then B-days and Xmas I'm tied up...lol I chose a bad time to build. I still want to do some modding on the case also once I can fully figure out what I want to do it's just hard without everything sitting here. I know for sure I want to fully change the appearance of the front.

I did manage to find an extension for now to remove that huge cable from the front.

wizdumb1

Finally up and running!!  I am having one issue though. I cannot for the life of me get my Memory running at the advertised speeds. I tried the settings on the package and it will start to boot then the screen just goes black and nothing...lol. I have to reset and start all over every time.

I have found a couple threads on this same memory but have not really found anything that works yet. Also I'm new to the bios...Way different from my dual core setup plus I only know the basics...Still a noob in learning with overclocking. At the moment I'm only using a Corsair H50 untill I can piece the rest together but that will take some time.

Anyone have any suggestions on how I could possibly get my memory at specs?

Can you post you're BIOS settings using this template, we can then help you out

Thanks for the replies....I've been overloaded with work and life...lol
I will get a template up later today or this weekend finally have 3 days off to play with my toy. I have also posted here http://forums.evga.com/tm.aspx?m=566265  Was messing around here and there at night to see what I could do. So far I am just about there I think...I just want to know that I'm not going to kill it ....lol

WannaB

Everything looks good bro! :P The whole custom thing just sucks : /

Hopefully youll get it in a timely manner!

Thanks!! Customs are a pain....I did finally get it but at an extra cost...lol. Got slapped with $45 in duty but w/e still came out $100 cheaper than buying here and in a way they do have a right to tax I guess even though it was marked as a gift.

So far I'm up and running at 3.9 - 4.0 stable with my memory at specs except I could only get it running correctly at 8-8-8-24 instead of the 9-9-9-24 specs which I guess is better? lol  So far I'm pretty happy with it I just want to clean it up a lot and start some custom work on the case and get my second card and water cooling. My 3 day weekend got cut a day short cause of a schedule change and my wife' s birthday and all that.....Now I have a 3 day weekend next week so maybe then I'll be able to get something done. I want to push the card a little and run some benchmarks to see where I can get it. At this point with only the H-50 I am maxed out with the cpu and I really don't have the cash to cook my memory...lol

In all I have lots more to do with this build It's just going to take some time now.

sent you a tip on the power extensions, little secret ;)
 
nice looking build by the way

Great build, I have the same RAM and I would suggest running it slightly below spec. to keep your CPU cooler.