I Named It The Kraken

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Hey Guy's/ Gals i know i have not posted much here in a while but that is because i had a meltdown on my HP g70t laptop and finally got everything back up and running but not in laptop form. I decided to spring out the money to make a desktop that will decimate any local computer that is around here.(NE Ohio). 

Here is the List....

- NZXT Phantom 410 case.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2687962&CatId=1509

-AMD Am3+ 4.2 Unlocked Processor

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1969417&CatId=7341

-Biostar Motherboard capable of running 

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7655935&CatId=7248

-EVGA GTX 660 2gb

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4501133&Sku=E145-0667

-Kingston Kyper X Beast 16GB DDR3 1866 CL11

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7447448&CatId=4534

-Kingston Hyper X SSD 90GB/S 

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2416661&CatId=5300

-Seagate HDD 1TB

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=61389&CatId=2459

-Lite On Optical Blu Ray/DVD

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Category/guidedSearch.asp?CatId=4&sel=Mfr%3BMfr_1264

-ThermalTake TR2 600w Power Supply

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5344843&CatId=1483

-Windows 7 Premium Home

 

After building this machine i am sad that i didnt research more into a better motherboard to allow the usb 3.0 that are on the top of the case be used because the motherboard i picked out does not have a plub for the usb3.0 on it, and the powersupply i would have gotten a 800 gold one but i was also on a budget of under 1 grand and yet i still made a bomb ass computer that decimates any within a good 10 miles. 

Let the hate and comments consume the posts below! 

 

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Could've gotten WAY more performance. But oh well it's already built. Nowhere to go but up I guess! At least you HAVE that expensive shit. Like yes it's not needed but hey fuck it you have it. 

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Be sure to post pics of it all put together.

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I know i could have gotten better stuff but to code and run a game here and there but mainly is a daily tasker for now, email, movie, post on forums, i want to end up getting higher memory because the board is upgradeable to 64 gb of ddr3 at i think 2100.

 

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Pretty poorly put together, but I have seen far worse for the money. At least you went with AMD, not an i3, or something. 660 is still a great card, just really expensive for what you're getting.

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Honestly i dont think it was that bad for when actually pric pointing at 950 but ended up at 1,000, yeah i skimped on the powersupply but in the end it is actually a damn nice rig. 16GB of Ram at 1866, 1TB+ a SSD boot, running a GTX660 which i will admit is pricey but i am also not looking to replace anything for at least 3-4 years, and maybe the Biostar wasnt a good choice but for the price range it is not bad. plus not many choices for a AM3+ that can go up to 32 gb of ram ( which is a possible upgrade in the future)

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I have always loved nzxt cases, looks nice.