So it has begun....

It has been several years since I built a gaming PC and it is definitely long overdue for another one.
I will be posting the parts and overall progress of the build along with pictures. I hope you enjoy it.

Case

Cooler Master HAF XB RC-902XB-KKN1 Computer Case - ATX, 2 x 5.25" Drive Bays, 2 x 3.5" Drive Bays, 2 x USB 3.0 Ports, 2 x Audio Ports, 7 x Exp Ports, 2 x 120mm Fan

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Power Supply
Kingwin ABT-1000MA1S Modularized 80 Plus Bronze ATX 12V V2.92 1000W Computer Power Supply
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Processor
AMD FD8350FRHKBOX FX-8350 Eight-Core 4GHz AM3+ Processor - AM3+, Eight-Core, 4GHz, 16MB, 125W, Unlocked

Link CPU Cooling Corsair Hydro Series CW-9060009-WW H100i Extreme Liquid/Water CPU Cooler - 2 x 120mm Fan, Multi-socket Support, built-in Corsair Link Link Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD5 AMD 9 Series Motherboard - ATX, Socket AM3+, AMD 990FX Chipset, 2000MHz DDR3 (O.C.), SATA 6.0 Gb/s, RAID, 7.1-CH Audio, Gigabit LAN, SuperSpeed USB 3.0, CrossFireX/SLI Ready Link Memory

Corsair CMZ16GX3M4X1866C9R Vengeance Red Desktop Memory Kit - 16GB (4x 4GB), PC3-15000, DDR3-1866MHz, 240-pin DIMM, 1.5V, CL9, XMP Ready Link Video Card XFX Radeon HD 7770 Graphic Card Black Edition - 1095 MHz Core - 1 GB GDDR5 SDRAM -  PCI-Express 3.0 x16 - 4980 MHz Memory Clock - 4096 x 2160 - CrossFireX - Fan Cooler - DirectX 11.1, DirectCompute 11, OpenGL 4.2 Link

*Note - Finally received the right video card. It has been a headache and a long time coming. I could write an entire blog post of it's own about this alone.












Hard Drive
OCZ VERTEX 3 SATA III 2.5" SSD 120GB (x2)
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Cooling
Cooler Master MegaFlow 200 Blue LED Fan
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Silenx Effizio 120mm Silent Blue LED Fan
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Silenx Effizio 80mm Silent Blue LED Fan
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So, Brent came to me and asked if I would design a logo for the Battlefield 3 Platoon on Battlelog. So here it is. What do you think?