[mrmikeman2]

With the help of you guys I've finished my second custom computer. I've upgraded from a AMD Phenom II x4 965 build (which honestly was a great build and I was happy with it for years) to a brand new Intel i5 6600k build and I'm beyond happy with it. The specs and pictures are below! Thanks for the help and enjoy :)

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (Purchased For $237.39)

CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler (Purchased For $34.99)

Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (Purchased For $124.99)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (Purchased For $49.99)

Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For $0.00)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For $0.00)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SC GAMING Video Card (Purchased For $266.98)

Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Blue) ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $74.99)

Power Supply: Corsair CX750M 750 Watt Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased For $95.39)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit (Purchased For $0.00)

Thermal Paste: Arctic Silver 5 AS5-3.5G Thermal Paste (Purchased for $7.28)

Total: $892.00

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Or view them on imgur here: https://imgur.com/a/0f75g

Also I should point out a few things about this build before anyone comments. I know I could have gotten some of these parts for cheaper, but I was in a rush to build it for school and had to order almost everything with Amazon prime. Also, I know the power supply isn't the best choice. The EVGA power supply I had originally ordered had some shipment confusions so I cancelled it and had to go buy one at the store. I'm happy with it so far, and if I have any issues I'll swap it out later on.

Another note: I reused SSDs that I had in my other computer. I sold it and before selling it just put an extra HDD I had lying around so I could keep my SSDs. I also got Windows 10 free through my college.

[moj]

You've mounted your cooler on the wrong way bro, heat from the cpu heatsinks is now blowing right onto your gfx card.

Corsair psus are pretty good btw, just more efficiency would have been better and their higher end models have 0rpm fans when under x% load.

[mrmikeman2]

You've mounted your cooler on the wrong way bro, heat from the cpu heatsinks is now blowing right onto your gfx card.

Corsair psus are pretty good btw, just more efficiency would have been better and their higher end models have 0rpm fans when under x% load.

I should have put a note about that. I'm aware it's backwards. It was an error of judgement out of excitement to put it together. I planned on returning from college back to home this Saturday, and will switch it then.

I had the CX750 in my last build and I personally didn't have any issues with it. It seemed to power everything fine with relatively good efficiency for what I use it for, which is why it wasn't a big deal for me to get it for the same for this build. Personally I would have liked to go fully modular for the sake of keeping wires more organized but with the S340 case it was rather easy to hide wires anyway.

[You Just Got Sarged]

I should have put a note about that. I'm aware it's backwards. It was an error of judgement out of excitement to put it together. I planned on returning from college back to home this Saturday, and will switch it then.

I had the CX750 in my last build and I personally didn't have any issues with it. It seemed to power everything fine with relatively good efficiency for what I use it for, which is why it wasn't a big deal for me to get it for the same for this build. Personally I would have liked to go fully modular for the sake of keeping wires more organized but with the S340 case it was rather easy to hide wires anyway.

Your heatsink is blowing away from your GPU.

[Gt403cyl]

Your heatsink is blowing away from your GPU.

This ^^^^^^^

Don't change it, unless you mount it vertical, currently it is exhausting out the top which is fine.

[moj]

I should have put a note about that. I'm aware it's backwards. It was an error of judgement out of excitement to put it together. I planned on returning from college back to home this Saturday, and will switch it then.

I had the CX750 in my last build and I personally didn't have any issues with it. It seemed to power everything fine with relatively good efficiency for what I use it for, which is why it wasn't a big deal for me to get it for the same for this build. Personally I would have liked to go fully modular for the sake of keeping wires more organized but with the S340 case it was rather easy to hide wires anyway.

Nvm I didn't see the fan arrows, it's not bad but yeah man remount it vertically.

Unless you're putting am cables in then fully modular isn't super necessary and your cable management isn't bad.