Well, this is my first build log, so if I'm somehow doing something wrong, my bad.
So, I finally got the ball rolling on my first PC build, which I'm calling the HEXecutioner (hence the title). I wanted to go all out with this build, but I won't be posting my parts list just yet because I'm still not set on some of the components. I will say, however, that this build will be used for video-editing, gaming, and music production. Unfortunately, I don't have the funds to get everything I want at once, so this build log will be a more progressive thing (but most build logs are done this way from what I've seen, so whatever).
So let's get the ball rolling on this thing with the first thing I got -- the case. This is the Enermax Ostrog GT. I got it for seventy bucks at Micro Center this past Saturday.
For seventy bucks, this is a damn good case. It's a mid-tower ATX case. It has grommets in the back (which I didn't think to take a photo of), so it has support for liquid-cooling, for those of you into liquid-cooling. The I/O panel is pretty standard -- you have your audio in and audio out jacks, power, reset, and LED buttons (the case comes with three fans, two of which have LED's, so that's why you have that button), two USB 2.0, and two USB 3.0 ports.
Under the hood, you get quite a bit, in my opinion. As I said before, it's a mid-tower ATX case, so you can fit quite a bit of stuff in it. As far as storage goes, it has two hard drive trays, and each are capable of housing four 3.5" drives (they include sixteen drive mounting brackets, so what you do is take mount two of them of each drive, and slide them into the tray). It also has a 2.5" drive tray which is capable of holding two 2.5" drives. This tray sits at the bottom of the case by default (for lack of a better term), but you can mount it on either of the hard drive trays with screws. The top drive tray can be removed if you have a big graphics card, or if you want to mount the 2.5" drive tray on top of the lower 3.5" drive tray.
But what about 5.25" bays, you may ask. This case has Enermax's patented SlideIn ODD design, where you simply slide your 5.25" bay into one of the three slots, and lock it down with their mechanism.
As far as cable-management goes, there's 32mm of clearence bwtween the motherboard plate and the left side panel, so there's a decent amount of room for some cable-management. The case also comes with a few zip-ties and a couple of Velcro straps to help with cable-management.
Expansion? The case has nine PCI-e expansion slots (eight horizontal, one vertical).
Cooling? As I said before, this case does support liquid-cooling, but for those of you who prefer, air-cooling, this case has room for up to twelve cooling fans (which is insane). Two go in the front, one goes in the rear, two can go in the top, one in the bottom, two can be mounted on each hard drive tray, and I'm not sure where the last two are supposed to go. It can take both 140mm and 120mm fans, but of course some areas will only support one or the other, not both. It also has room for a 240mm radiator in the top.
As far as other miscellaneous stuff goes, both side side panels can be removed. and the overall build quality of the case is pretty damn good.
Well, that's my overview of the Enermax Ostrog GT. When I have time, I'll post more-detailed photos. As far as this build log goes, I'll update it whenever I get new parts (I'm aiming to get a motherboard, a CPU cooler, and possibly a power supply when I get paid next week). If you have any questions, comments, or other concerns, leave them down below, and I'll try to get back to you as soon as possible. Thanks for taking time out of your day to check this out, and have a nice day.