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angryman
by dustybible
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Description

Machine is being used for moderate graphic design/gaming.

CPU/cooler ... looks great, works even better... minor gripe with the red of the aluminum, but no where near the 'pink' that some online reviews have stated... fans are quiet and effective, gaming never breaks me over 44*c.

motherboard: loved building with this, easy to set up and get running, the wifi adapter works great and i love how the antenna functions and is magnetic to hide. One minor complaint is that you cannot have (as far as I've found) the LED debug read out the temperature, as I've seen on other boards I've used, totally superficial... no deductions for this.

Ram: So far never a single problem with the Avexir Ram kits... love the pulsing light, cheaper than the crucial ballistix tracers, and personally i prefer the avexir effect more vs the options on crucial's kits.

storage: standard fare, SSD is super fast, like the self check software samsung includes, casing of the drive is nice and subtle. HDD is a HDD, no complaints, fast enough for data storage, no errors, cost effective.

Video card: plays what i want, effective in the adobe software, DCUII cooling doesn't impact the case temperature as bad as I thought, coming from a blower card prior... much quieter as well than the reference design.

Power supply: cables are good lengths, PSU itself has been bullet proof (knock on wood)

Case: absolutely love it, although I have had issues with the feet on two of these popping off due to the screw heads popping through the case floor when the case got pushed on a desk (super glue, wider head screw fixed in 1 minute), cannot tell.

I have also put privacy mirror film on the window since taking these. which blacks out the side panel until the system powers up, alchemy LED kits, the RAM, and other illumination allows you to see inside when it is on, giving a different effect... similar, but not quite as good as the inWIN tau i believe.

Standard case fans are great, i added the corsair fans to acccent and help fight against any heat bubbles from the video card not being a blower-style.

System is very quiet, very clean... and I am quite satisfied.

late update: added 2 shots of the mirror film and LEDs installed

Details
Date PublishedAug. 21, 2014
Date BuiltMarch 31, 2014
Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor
CPU Clock Rate4.1GHz
CPU Temperature While Idle32.0° C
CPU Temperature Under Load40.0° C
Asus GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB Video Card
GPU Core Clock Rate1.03Ghz
GPU Effective Memory Clock Rate6.01Ghz
GPU Temperature While Idle-
GPU Temperature Under Load-
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junjaew [1 Build] 3 points 2 months ago

looks clean and compact, love the color scheme as well.

 
 
dustybible [Submitter] [1 Build] 1 point 2 months ago

thanks!

 
 
sanchezliny 2 points 2 months ago

Great Build! I noticed in the pictures toward the end you put the stickers on and they don't look bad. +1

 
 
dustybible [Submitter] [1 Build] 2 points 2 months ago

Thank you... figured what the heck, i can always remove them from the plastic with little fuss.

 
 
jstar 2 points 2 months ago

Hehe, I like how you placed the magnetic wifi plate on the SSD tray. Brilliant!

 
 
dustybible [Submitter] [1 Build] 1 point 2 months ago

why thank you!

 
 
Hazarded 2 points 2 months ago

dat phantecks cooler, =D +1

 
 
dustybible [Submitter] [1 Build] 1 point 2 months ago

i certainly love the looks and performance, worth the price bump in my opinion from something like the 212 series by CM

 
 
PeaceMayker 2 points 2 months ago

dat cpu cooler looks so beefy.

 
 
dustybible [Submitter] [1 Build] 1 point 2 months ago

beefy in a good way honestly, fans dont crowd dimm slots too badly at all, easy as anything to install (honestly my favorite mounting kit ever)

 
 
ITneto 2 points 2 months ago

Have you ever been so angry you built a pc?

 
 
dustybible [Submitter] [1 Build] 2 points 2 months ago

haha, typically happens about 3-4 times a year... my nephews love my rage...

They're good stress relievers surprisingly.

 
 
ITneto 1 point 2 months ago

I wish at least one person in my family, raged like that. Love your build +1

 
 
dustybible [Submitter] [1 Build] 2 points 2 months ago

Thank you very much

 
 
gammin1234 1 point 2 months ago

wow a $0 computer!!!

 
 
dustybible [Submitter] [1 Build] 1 point 2 months ago

yeah, sorry about that... was marking things purchased as i was getting the parts, never changed it back when i submitted...

Cost me about 1175 end to end

 
 
dustybible [Submitter] [1 Build] 1 point 2 months ago

fixed the listing

 
 
gammin1234 1 point 2 months ago

Darn I wish I could get a computer like that for free :D

 
 
IrshaadH [2 Builds] 1 point 2 months ago

Love what you did with the H440. BTW, which cables did you use and where did you install the Bitfenix LEDs?

 
 
dustybible [Submitter] [1 Build] 1 point 2 months ago

Believe they are the silverstone cables. had them left over from a few other builds.

 
 
dustybible [Submitter] [1 Build] 1 point 2 months ago

Alchemy lights are now located on the lip of the drive bay framing, and on the top lip shining down. pulling one set out to give to a friend... hopefully getting new pics up soon.