This build started with I got a GTX980ti graphic card to update my soon to be 2 years old AMD build.
Short summary of old build :
AMD FX-8350, Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (rev. 2.0), 8GB Mushkin DDR1333mhz, Samsung Evo 120GB SSD, Radeon R9 270X 2GB graphic card, 500GB 2.5" Hitachi storage No-name PSU, Thermaltake Contac 21 cooler.
*Note: This build will update and is not fully finished.
New Components:
CASE: Nzxt h440 (White+black)
CASE FANS: 2x FZ 120mm nonLED + 1x FZ-140 non-LED, 1 x Corsair White LED 120mm
PSU: In-Win Desertfox 700W 80+Gold
MOtherboard: Asus Z97 Pro Gamer
MEMORY: Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2400Mhz 8GB
CPU: Intel Core i5 4670 (OC to 4.1Ghz)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S
GPU: Evga Geforce GTX980ti SC AC version
AUDIO : SupremeFX
System disk : M.2: Samsung SM951 128Gb PCI-E 3.0 x4
Software disk : Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD
Storage : Seagate Barricuda 3TB HDD
Monitor: Benq BL3200 32-inch IPS 144mhz LED-Lit Monitor
OS: Windows 10 Pro
This build was gonna be in my trusty Cooler Master Silencio 550 case but the lack of window for showing the bling is not on the Cooler Master case. So the choice was either Fractal Design R5 or Nzxt H440. I went with the H440 in the end because I like how it hides the PSU and has many sound damping features such as foaming, good HD mounts and enclosed PSU area. In the start the build had the new Samsung EVO SSD and the Barricuda but the new motherboard has a M.2 slot
which has to be used
. So I got the fastest M.2 SSD on the market the Samsung SM951 which reads up 2000mb/s and writes up to 600 mb/s in short it is lightning fast!. After installing I found out that the M.2 slot is only a PCI-E x2 slot which means the Samsung only runs on 50% capacity. But a plug-in card solved that as the it connects to either the x8 PCI-E slot or the x4 PCI-E slot. Note this bench would be higher if the drive was empty.
Below are pic of benchmarks in CrystalDiskMark5 of all the drives and the leftmost bench is of the M.2 drive after I put it in the plug-in card.
Now a few pics of the components and build
The motherboard with CPU and RAM.
Motherboard with Samsung SM951 PCI-e M.2 card, its funny to see alittle SSD like that but with this cracy performance.
Fully assembled with some LED strip added for more bling.
Inside look, sorry for bad quality of pic. The h440 is very easy to work with which made cabel management easy and there is plenty headroom for upgrades in the case.
** More to come later **
