Lord Method Man Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Hmm... I wonder if I can put them together into something... There. Now close this thing up and see what happens. Oh good it lights up. That must mean something good. Ok here's the details: Case: Antec Eleven Hundred PSU: Antec HCG 850 M CPU: AMD FX-8350 Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 RAM: 16GB Crucial DDR3 1600 (2x 8GB DIMM) GPU: eVGA GeForce GTX 770 2GB in 2-way SLI Primary Hard Drive: 240GB Crucial M500 Secondary Hard Drive: 2x 1TB WD Black in RAID 0 OS: Windows 8.1 Pro x64 This case is huge. I dwarfs my old Three Hundred and DF-30 I had used for previous builds. The good news is that cable management is great with it. Plenty of room behind the motherboard for big cables, and lots of grommets to route them through. The top and rear fans plug into a built-in power connector with speed controls on the back which just needs a Molex connector to power it, its nice not having to daisy chain the fan connectors together. Right now there's just two 120mm intake fans on the front. They are easy to get to and install as well. There's a removable filter in the front panel as well as beneath the power supply for easy cleaning. The side panel with the window and fan mounts was damaged when I received it. Several of the rivets holding the window on are broken and the window is about to fall off so I can't mount fans to it. I contacted Antec about this and they are sending me a replacement side panel. This is the first build I've done without an optical drive. I plan to get one later once the rebates for all the various parts come. I installed Windows using a USB stick, and for the first time ever I had to use the preinstall drivers for the SATA controller before I could install Windows, otherwise I just got a Blue Screen when selecting the partition to install onto. I also had to go into the UEFI BIOS and disable booting from USB after the initial install step otherwise during the installation restarts it would boot from USB and restart the install process rather than continue. This was never an issue before using DVDs, as in the old BIOS way of doing things I just let the "Press any key to boot from CD/DVD..." prompt time out. Always good to learn new things. He's Dead Jim, jerzdawg, Eric and 3 others 6 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan R. Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 This is the first build I've done without an optical drive. I plan to get one later once the rebates for all the various parts come. I installed Windows using a USB stick, and for the first time ever I had to use the preinstall drivers for the SATA controller before I could install Windows, otherwise I just got a Blue Screen when selecting the partition to install onto. I also had to go into the UEFI BIOS and disable booting from USB after the initial install step otherwise during the installation restarts it would boot from USB and restart the install process rather than continue. This was never an issue before using DVDs, as in the old BIOS way of doing things I just let the "Press any key to boot from CD/DVD..." prompt time out. Always good to learn new things. It depends how you make the USB stick. I have found Rufus to be the most consistent and it adds a similar "Press any key to boot from USB...". Otherwise, congratulations. That's a nice build. I think my next build is going to use the Corsair Air 540. I'm kinda over the big showy cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiB3R Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Interesting choice for the secondary HDD setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neufuse Veteran Posted February 17, 2014 Veteran Share Posted February 17, 2014 I built a system at work with a Corsair obsidian 550D case (big case) that had a full sized ATX Motherboard and 3X NVidia GTX 780's in SLI and my boss told me "I didn't know they made computers that big anymore, get a mac sheesh"... which left me laughing for the next half hour explaining why I can't do what I just did on current apple hardware.... I use the GPU's mainly for CUDA and math processing..... not games but it's nice to see others making similar large setups also HellboundIRL 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Method Man Posted February 17, 2014 Author Share Posted February 17, 2014 Interesting choice for the secondary HDD setup. Its pretty much just for installing games to. With modern games requiring 20+GB each now I can't put nearly all that I play on the SSD. The blacks in RAID 0 are quite fast too and provide loading times that are about on par with the SSD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Veteran Posted February 17, 2014 Veteran Share Posted February 17, 2014 Looks great. I prefer the boring look of the 300, (I have one myself,) but I know it's old and doesn't have the support for newer stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astra.Xtreme Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Boooo AMD.... Boooo no water cooling! jk :shiftyninja: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riahc3 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Hello, Is there a reason you went with AMD over Intel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Method Man Posted February 17, 2014 Author Share Posted February 17, 2014 Been with AMD for 16 years. Thought about going with Intel this time around but I decided to stick with AMD. Plus I've always been interested in the 8350. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Overlord Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Well looking at the boxes and all the pretty pictures, I'm going to rule out a new car :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riahc3 Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Hello, Been with AMD for 16 years. Thought about going with Intel this time around but I decided to stick with AMD. Plus I've always been interested in the 8350.Well Intel is better bang for buck but if it works for you and you like it, thats that and Im happy for you :) Personally I wouldnt touch AMD with a 10 foot pole. The only time I would have touched them is from 2003 till about 2004-2005ish jamieakers 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neufuse Veteran Posted February 18, 2014 Veteran Share Posted February 18, 2014 Hello, Well Intel is better bang for buck but if it works for you and you like it, thats that and Im happy for you :) Personally I wouldnt touch AMD with a 10 foot pole. The only time I would have touched them is from 2003 till about 2004-2005ish that makes two of us, every AMD system I've had at work has driven me nuts in some way or another Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riahc3 Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Hello, that makes two of us, every AMD system I've had at work has driven me nuts in some way or anotherNot that they are bad or anything; Its just that for some odd reason AMD processors have strange bugs sometimes (Intel does too but more often and recently it is AMD) and also I feel paying 199? for a AMD that will be powerful enough for 3 years and 399-499 ? for a Intel that will be powerful enough for 6 years justifies the cost. But like I said, thats just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louisifer Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Hello, Not that they are bad or anything; Its just that for some odd reason AMD processors have strange bugs sometimes (Intel does too but more often and recently it is AMD) and also I feel paying 199? for a AMD that will be powerful enough for 3 years and 399-499 ? for a Intel that will be powerful enough for 6 years justifies the cost. But like I said, thats just me. I have never experienced bugs with AMD, most current cpu's are capable of performing most of the common tasks flawlessly so go with what you like not what the "sheep" think is best! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riahc3 Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Hello, I have never experienced bugs with AMDConsumers never see them or experience them but: http://beta.slashdot.org/story/165605 most current cpu's are capable of performing most of the common tasks flawlessly so go with what you like not what the "sheep" think is best! :)The thing is that Intel is generally better at it while AMD is worst but consumes a lot less power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louisifer Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Hello, Consumers never see them or experience them but: http://beta.slashdot.org/story/165605 The thing is that Intel is generally better at it while AMD is worst but consumes a lot less power. I'm sure several year old bug can be found with Intel. Anyhu, this looks like a gaming rig and therefore GPU power is the primary concern so why would he need to pay twice the price when this 'worst' processor will quite happily crunch all the numbers and more. :P Alera and Bryan R. 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firey Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 How much that beast cost ya? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsupersonic Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Hello, Well Intel is better bang for buck but if it works for you and you like it, thats that and Im happy for you :) Personally I wouldnt touch AMD with a 10 foot pole. The only time I would have touched them is from 2003 till about 2004-2005ish Usually don't hear Intel and better bang for the buck in the same sentence. I would rather just have Intel for much better performance and lower power usage. AMD is just a mess right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Method Man Posted February 18, 2014 Author Share Posted February 18, 2014 How much that beast cost ya? About $1620 total I think. I had I think $460 in Amazon rewards and gift cards to use so total out of pocket was around $1160. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raid0 Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Is there a specific reason why you chose a pro version of Windows besides the normal version? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Method Man Posted February 19, 2014 Author Share Posted February 19, 2014 Is there a specific reason why you chose a pro version of Windows besides the normal version? That's the version I got from MSDN :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riahc3 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Hello, Usually don't hear Intel and better bang for the buck in the same sentence. I would rather just have Intel for much better performance and lower power usage. AMD is just a mess right now.Your post make no sense. AMD, even if its worst, has been always noticed for consuming less. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bang_for_the_buck Bang for the buck is an idiom meaning the worth of one's money or exertion. The phrase originated from the slang usage of the words "bang" which means "excitement" and "buck" which means "money".The Intel is worth a lot more because it gives better performance for longer time. You get "excited" so to speak because you know the Intel is going to deliver better and longer in the long run. Of course we are talking about gaming/CPU PCs; Any consumer PC you wont even see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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